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Illinois Liquor Control Commission met April 19. 

Here is the minutes as provided by the commission:

The regular meeting of the Illinois Liquor Control Commission was held at the James R.

Thompson Center, Chicago, Illinois 60601 Room 9-040 pursuant to notice.

Call the Roll:

Constance Beard, Chair

Donald O’Connell, Commissioner

Cynthia Cronin Cahill, Commissioner

Patricia Pulido Sanchez, Commissioner

Thomas Gibbons, Commissioner

Ann Deters, Commissioner

Gerald Gorman, Commissioner

Also Present:

Chimaobi Enyia, Acting Executive Director

Dusanka Marijan, Licensing Administrator

Richard Haymaker, Administrative Law Judge

Joseph Z. Jones, Enforcement Division

Lee Roupas, BASSET Manager

Meagan Sharkey, Acting Commission Secretary

I. Approval of Minutes

          a. A motion was made by Commissioner Gibbons to approve the release of the

              minutes of the March 14, 2018 Board Meeting. The motion was seconded by

              Commissioner Pulido Sanchez. Commissioner Deters abstained from the vote.

              The motion was unanimously approved.

II. Director’s Report

          a. Acting Director Enyia introduced himself to the Commission. He provided his

              background and accomplishments thus far.

          b. Acting Director Enyia presented a Resolution honoring former Commissioner

               Maria Saldana. A motion was made by Chair Beard. The motion was seconded by

               Commissioner Cahill. The motion was unanimously approved.

          c. The Of Value Regulations have been submitted to the Secretary of State’s office

               Index Division. The first notice period begins May 4th. The public can review and

               comment for 45 days.

          d. Acting Director Enyia proposed the formation of an ILCC Advisory Council

              Meeting. These meetings will likely take place quarterly.

III. Enforcement Division

          a. The ILCC completed 90 SAM compliance checks, 6 failed. Ten of the compliance

              checks were repeat violators, only 1 violated again. This gives a repeat violator

              compliance rate of 90%.

          b. The ILCC trained 2 existing LC-13 partners in April, which included 2 inspectors.

          c. From July 1, 2017 – January 31, 2018, LC-13 partners performed 2,476

              inspections resulting in 723 licensees with violations and 1,105 total violations.

              This a compliance rate of 81%.

          d. The LC-13 Project currently has 71 active partners, containing 310 inspectors,

               covering 6,657 licenses.

IV. Licensing Division

          a. Dusanka Marijan stated that the percentage of online renewals is 77%. Mrs.

              Marijan also provided a report of all new licenses issued for March 2018.

          b. The ILCC issued 37 new out of state winery shipper licenses.

          c. The licensing department is beginning a pilot program which will send licensees

              reminder emails of application expiration dates. These emails will be sent 45 days

              prior to expiration. An informational bulletin will contain this information. Paper

              applications will be available through the MyTax system.

          d. There have been 90 licenses issued due to the Cease & Desist letters that were

               mailed in January.

V. Industry Education

          a. The total number of BASSET applicants trained in March 2018 was 8,701.

          b. Cook County BASSET certification cards are approaching their expiration date

               and will need to be renewed. BASSET cards need to be renewed every 3 years.

          c. The College Town Summit will take place later this year. Brainstorming topics is

              underway.

          d. A database of social media ideas was recommended by Commissioner Cahill for

              yearly events; e.g., prom season, unofficial St. Patrick’s Day, etc.

VI. Legal Division

VII. ALJ Recommendations

          a. A motion was made by Commissioner O’Connell to approve the Administrative

              Law Judge tax recommendations. The motion was seconded by Commissioner

              Deters. The motion was unanimously approved.

          b. A motion was made by Commissioner Cahill to approve the Administrative Law

              Judge default recommendations. The motion was seconded by Commissioner

              O’Connell. The motion was unanimously approved.

          c. A motion was made by Commissioner O’Connell to approve the Administrative

              Law Judge recommendation for Disposition (REDD Diamonds). The motion was

              seconded by Commissioner Cahill. The motion was unanimously approved.

VIII. Closing Remarks and Adjournment to Hearing

          a. Commissioner O’Connell made a motion at 2:10P.M. to adjourn the meeting.

              Motion was seconded by Commissioner Gibbons. Motion unanimously approved.

https://www.illinois.gov/ilcc/Divisions/Meeting%20minutes/2018-04-17.pdf