Acting as the city’s liquor control commissioner, Mt. Carmel Mayor Joe Judge has approved renewing 17 liquor licenses for 2021. In addition, city clerk Rudy Witsman said an application for a new license had been submitted for an establishment next to Family Dollar that will offer video gaming. In November, the city council voted to suspend liquor license fees for the first half of 2021, something Judge challenged other Illinois cities to emulate…
Witsman told the council many of the applicants expressed their appreciation to the city council for suspending the fees for the first part of next year.