Galesburg City Council Monday night will vote on adding two more Class A liquor licenses to the city’s roster.
One is for La Cantinita at the site of the former Carriage House building at 240 East Simmons Street. Elvith Santoyo-McNaught, the owner of Acapulco Mexican Restaurant, is the applicant.
Also seeking a Class A license is an unidentified applicant looking to serve at 2100 Grand Avenue.
The bar was once The Grand Tap but looks to be re-opened as The Tap. This would bring the city’s number of Class A liquor licenses up to 26.
Also as a part of tonight’s consent agenda, Aldermen are expected to terminate a redeveloper’s agreement with the Taco Bell on East Main, because according to council documents the owners are attempting to sell the building.
Terminating the agreement entered into in 1997 is being requested so the property title can be cleared.
The owner of the building is David Parochetti, who owns several Taco Bells in the Quad Cities, as well Galesburg’s Henderson location.
Galesburg City Council might finally approve use for the Broad Street Armory at 149 North Broad Street.
Trillium Dell LLC expressed interest in using the building in December, and the council then approved a feasibility study for a $7,300 cost.
Trillium Dell is a timber frame and restoration company that originated in Toulon moved to Knoxville and then to Galesburg at Old City Hall in 2018.
There was a serious discussion in 2016 about turning the Armory into some sort of recreation/community center, but aldermen narrowly tabled that proposal due to cost.
Trillium Dell will install needed improvements for the building at their own cost, which will take an estimated three months.
The terms of the lease are 4 years, for a rate of $1,000 a month, which would be $48,000 in revenue for the city over the lease’s duration.
Council will also vote on the city paying the $100,000 legal judgment levied against their former HR Director David Jones in federal court, related to discriminatory actions he took towards city employee Lisa Wilson.
The city has no legal obligation to pay the judgment but administration says that in light of Jones’ failure to make any payments, its in the city’s “best interest to do so.”
