The Fireworks guy ( Vance), did come to the village board and ask to put a stand in pontoon beach. We have an ordinance that all business must operate in a building. He wanted a tent. He had been to all the neighboring communities before he spoke to us, all the Illinois ones rejected his proposal. His proposal was to sell fireworks and we would get the sales tax. Pontoon currently gets 1%... So if he sold $100,000 in the 3 week span, the village would reap $1000 in sales tax. It is illegal to use fireworks in Illinois without proper permitting. The board felt it wasn't in the best interest of the village residents to approve selling them when it's illegal to use. So yes to the question of whether he came to the board, no that he offered to split the profits, which wouldn't of changed my opinion on the subject