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QUINCY, ILL. -- Monday the Quincy City Council voted to allow a special permit so a Quincy resident can sell firearms from his house.

Quincy resident Jason Klinner wanted a special permit so he could sell firearms over the internet from his house. He needed the city council to approve the special permit since he would be operating a business in an area zoned primarily for residential living. The council awarded the special permit with two stipulations. If customers were to pick up a firearm from Klinner's home one north 27th, they could only do that between the hours of five and nine in the evening. Second, Klinner will be allowed to have ammunition in his home, but will NOT be able to sell it.  There was some concern that the council would not allow him to have any ammunition if he was selling firearms, but some aldermen felt the council was not able to do that.

The City Council also approved a special permit to allow a pottery shop and residential unit in the bottom level of a building at 701 Maine Street.

Also a heated discussion occured during the council meeting, after Councilwoman Jennifer Lepper made a suggestion that elected officials refuse or return their annual pay increase in the coming fiscal year.  She said elected leaders needed to set an example, as city workers and union members have had their pay frozen during the coming year.  Mayor John Spring said the city could not make that mandatory according to state law.  But she argued, that if state officials could return their pay increases, municipal officials could surely find a way to do so.  The issue is headed to the city's legal council for clarification.