DeKalb establishes new liquor license classification, rules allowing video gaming for large truck stops

The city of DeKalb is preparing to greet the opening of a new Pilot Travel Center, establishing a new liquor license classification, along with rules allowing video gaming at large truck stops. Council action, as taken this week in a pair of 6-1 votes, puts the city in line to fulfill its obligations under the terms of an authorized annexation agreement. Sixth Ward Alderman Mike Verbic was the lone dissenting vote. City Manager Bill Nicklas said council action serves to aid the city’s new Pilot Travel Center specifically. “Just to be clear, this classification is unique, and it applies only to this one,” Nicklas said. “It doesn’t apply to all gas stations. It’s a uniqueness that was allowed for in state statute in anticipation of such truck stops along a toll highway or serving a primarily trucking kind of operation.”Council action acts on a provision of a Jan. 26 annexation agreement which called on the city to establish a new liquor license classification for large truck stops as def