The Rockford City Council held a special meeting on May 11, 2026, at 5:45 p.m. (called to order at 9:15 p.m., adjourned at 9:20 p.m.) to consider a committee report and two ordinances related to the sale of packaged liquor (Class PKG) and tobacco products at a gas station and convenience store at 2914 West State Street (Way Low Citgo, operated by Khodiyar 364001, Inc.). The items were recommended for approval by the Liquor and Tobacco Advisory Board of Appeals. After brief discussion, the council voted to adopt the committee report and both ordinances.
Uh for Monday, May 11th, 2026. Clerk, could you please call the roll? Oguman. Toomber? Frost. Terina. Prunty. Neil. Granit. Beach. Solgato. Meeks? Bell. Eleven present. Thank you. We'll move to new committee reports and code and regulation committee. Alderman Bell. Oh. So sorry, Chairman. I accidentally I thought we were taking a vote. Appreciate it. All right. Last time we were here this late was uh budget time. All right. Item one, twenty-nine fourteen, West State Street, liquor and tobacco advisory board of appeals recommends approval for A, a sale of packaged liquor class PKG, and B, the sell of tobacco products in conjunction with the gas station and convenience store in an I-1 light industrial zoning district at 2914 West State Street, Robbie Patel, Priyank Patel, Cody R 36401 Incorporated, doing business as Weylow, Sitgo are the applicants. I place this one item before you. Thank you. Any discussion on the one item? Alderman Frost. I'm sorry, is this the get the the Way Low gas station for the liquor and tobacco? Was there a requirement that were they going to sell fresh fruit? Was that mentioned last week? No, there was a desire that there was fresh uh produce. Fresh produce. I'm sorry, no. I don't know uh where that's at. Um I don't think there's a requirement in writing that they'll do that. Well was it I was not mistaken? Was this was this what was it was discussed about selling fresh produce? There was uh discussion and an eagerness for it to take place. But it was nothing in writing, no requirements. No, I don't believe there's a requirement in what's before us. Thank you. Is there further discussion on any of that in uh one item before us? Clerk, please call the roll. Aye, Tomber? Aye, Frost, no, Terina? No. Frontier. Neil Granit?