The City Council will vote today on changing one of the city’s Class E package liquor licenses to a Class D restaurant license.

The City Council will meet at 7:30 p.m. at City Hall.

Since the liquor store Grape and Grain closed, the city has had an extra Class E license that is going unused, said Mayor Dan Cougill. Cougill said he would like to change that to a restaurant license to assist more businesses.

“We always like to help out restaurants,” Cougill said.

The city has no more restaurant licenses left after the last one was given to Angie’s Pizza for its new restaurant location.

The council will decide whether to enter into a lease agreement with Vesuvius, USA to receive 0.4 acres of land to be used for parking for city employees, Cougill said.

The lease agreement is for $45 per month for 19 years for employees of the street, maintenance and utility departments.

Diane Schaefer, assistant professor sociology and anthropology, will give a 20 minute presentation addressing the problems with storm water along South Douglas Drive.

“(The problem) is worse than I thought it was,” Cougill said.

Another item on the agenda will be to authorize the city to sell a Kabota tractor that the city does not need because it has begun to contract out park maintenance projects, Cougill said.

The tractor will be sold on the Internet at www.ebay.com for a minimum of $4,000, and there also will be an advertisement in the Charleston Times Courier.

Another item on the agenda is an ordinance to close Sixth Street between Olive and Locust avenues next to Ted’s Warehouse, which the community center could use for a recreation area, Cougill said.

The ordinance approving Gary and Mildred Wright to build a 960 square foot garage at 320 N. Sixth St. will be brought before the City Council again tonight.