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Highwood aldermen got the six votes they needed to overturn Mayor Fidel Ghini`s veto and increase the city`s liquor license fees. Ghini objected to the liquor fee increase that the eight-member council approved in June and vetoed it. Six votes were required to overturn the veto.
One aldermen sided with the mayor and one was absent and did not vote, according to City Clerk Agnes Rose. The measure raises the cost of a liquor license to $2,160 from $1,800. Ghini had argued that the increase was unnecessary and unfair to the bars and restaurants that are the city`s major industry.
