BATAVIA – The man who has filed to run as a write-in candidate in the April 9 consolidated election for the 7th Ward seat on the Batavia City Council was disciplined in November by the Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation.

The state in November refused to renew Steve Holland’s real estate broker license for “his failure to perform on a guaranteed sales plan and engaging in dishonorable, unethical, or unprofessional conduct of a character likely to deceive, defraud, or harm the public,” according to a report from the Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation.

Holland, who lives on Bird Lane, could not be reached for comment. Last week, he filed his paperwork to run as a write-in candidate.