Urbana council extends Fernie's High Horse deadline, approves two liquor licenses and a rule on the mayor's committee role
The Oct. 19 rescheduled meeting also approved two board appointments and a change to the code on appointed positions.
URBANA - The Urbana City Council on Monday, Oct. 19, pushed back the completion deadline for the Fernie's High Horse redevelopment project and approved two new liquor licenses, according to the City Clerk's summary of the rescheduled meeting, posted Oct. 20.
Council members approved Resolution 2026-10-054R, which moves the project completion date in the city's redevelopment agreement to Dec. 31, 2026.
The council also added a Class R&T-1 liquor license for Eighty Three Vietnamese at 201 N. Broadway Ave. (Resolution 2026-10-055R) and a Class INC license for Soccer Planet at 2310 Willow Road (Resolution 2026-10-056R).
The council passed Ordinance 2026-10-027, which makes the mayor a nonvoting member of the Committee of the Whole who does not count toward a quorum. It approved Ordinance 2026-09-026, on appointed city positions, with an amendment to keep the IT Manager and City Attorney titles.
The council approved the mayor's appointments of Marcus Johnson to the Civilian Police Review Board and Patrice LeNard to the Human Rights Commission. It also approved Ashley Withers as Ward 6 council member, which this paper reported Oct. 20.
Vote counts were not listed in the clerk's summary; minutes have not yet been posted.
Source: Urbana City Clerk's Corner, Oct. 20, 2026 (https://urbanail.civicpluswebopen.com/city-clerk/page/clerks-corner-2); Urbana City Council Oct. 19, 2026 rescheduled meeting agenda (https://mccmeetings.blob.core.usgovcloudapi.net/urbanail-pubu/MEET-Agenda-af146b8be32f4ec085b1826267733547.pdf).