The Annapolis city council will vote tonight on a bill that would revoke the liquor license of any social club that officially admits women and minorities, but excludes them in practice.
The bill, sponsored by Ward 7 Alderman M. Theresa DeGraff, is aimed at local social clubs whose memberships are all-male or all-white. The measure would expand an earlier bill, approved in 1990. That bill denied a social club the right to sell alcohol if the institution's bylaws banned women and minorities.
The city's Alcoholic Beverage Control board unanimously approved Ms. DeGraff's measure last month. The city council, however, probably will be divided. The 1990 bill passed by a narrow margin.
The council also will consider whether to spend $60,000 to study a proposed conference center site at West Street and Taylor Avenue.
The Annapolis and Anne Arundel Conference and Visitors Bureau has requested the grant to conduct environmental, transportation and economic impact studies on the site.
The council also is expected to hold a closed meeting about the disputed contract for cable television in Annapolis tonight at 6 p.m.
Last month, the council unanimously voted to approve a new contract for TCI Cablevision, but the cable company rejected several key contract provisions.
The council could sue TCI, complain to the Federal Communications Commission or seek another cable company.
The council meets at 7 p.m.