GENEVA –  Petitions on paper and online have surfaced in Geneva, urging the City Council to amend its ordinance to allow liquor license holders to serve as aldermen.

Michael Olesen, who owns Stockholm’s, started the paper petition so he could run for 1st Ward alderman. A friend, Jennifer Anderson of St. Charles, created an online petition at www.change.org.

But Geneva Mayor Kevin Burns said the issue will not come up for discussion at Committee of the Whole or City Council meetings before the April 9 consolidated election.