Daily Chronicle | Gambling in DeKalb could be a vote away

By DAVID THOMAS

Bar patrons could be using video gambling machines as soon as Sept. 6 if the DeKalb City Council passes an ordinance approving it Monday.

The council already has approved the measure once and will vote on it in second reading. If approved, the new ordinance would take effect 10 days later.

The establishments, KJ’s Tap, 518 E. Lincoln Highway; American Legion Post 66, 1204 S. Fourth St.; Mardi Gras Lanes, 1730 Sycamore Road; and Sullivan’s Tavern, 722 E. Lincoln Highway, will have to create a separate area and secure leases with the machine suppliers as well.

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Agenda for Belvidere Township Meeting for Tuesday, August 28, 2012

AGENDA

BELVIDERE TOWNSHIP

MEETING OF THE TOWNSHIP BOARD

8200 Fairgrounds Road

August 28, 2012 – 5:00 P.M.

I. Call to Order / Roll Call

II. Pledge of Allegiance

III. Public Input

IV. Approval of Prior Meeting’s Minutes

V. Transfers

VI. Reports

a. Supervisor’s Report

b. Highway Commissioner’s Report

c. Assessor’s Report

d. Clerk’s Report

e. Trustee’s Report

VII. Unfinished Business

a. Orth Road Contract

b. Setting of Salaries

c. Harvest Fest Request

d. Wind Turbines

VIII. Legal

a.

b.

IX. New Business

a.

b.

X. Treasurer’s Report and Approval of Bills

XI. Closed Session

XII. Adjournment

* Please note in order to take final action on an item it must be specified on the posted agenda 48 hours in advance of the meeting

Three Boone County business apply for video gaming licenses - Rockford, IL - Rockford Register Star

Why is Belvidere City Council discussing this matter?   Why is Boone County Board not discussing this? Two of the applications are under county jurisdiction; the other in Poplar Grove.

By Jennifer Wheeler

RRSTAR.COM

Veterans of Foreign Wars Department of Illinois Post 1461, 1310 W. Lincoln Ave., unincorporated Boone County; Pleasant Street Tavern, 6828 Pleasant St., Garden Prairie; and Mortimers Roadhouse and Grill, 105 W. Grove Ave., Poplar Grove, have applied for the machines, according to the Illinois Gaming Board website…..

All Belvidere businesses and unincorporated Boone County “adult entertainment establishments” prohibit housing the machines, according to the Illinois Gaming Board website. It remains unclear whether any bars fall into “adult entertainment establishments.” Poplar Grove, Caledonia, Capron and Timberlane have not taken action.

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