The Monroe County alcohol board once again delayed a vote Wednesday on whether to renew the permit for Kilroy’s on Kirkwood.

The board heard hours of testimony when it first considered the renewal in May.

Several community members expressed concerns during that initial meeting about the bar being a public nuisance because of the high number of police calls, but Kilroy’s had no state excise violations.

The board originally delayed a vote on the renewal until June, but didn't have a quorum to take action at the meeting. The board rescheduled the vote for Wednesday, but one member was absent and Dave O’Guinn recused himself from voting. O’Guinn is Indiana University’s Dean of Students, and says there had been questions about whether he could be impartial in his vote because the IU Foundation owns the Kilroy’s building.

"I really feel like I really need to be beyond reproach in terms of my ethics and integrity," he says.

Without a quorum, the board rescheduled the Kilroy's vote for its August meeting.

Board members did approve a permit renewal for Brother's Bar and Grill, which came under fire after a large fight broke out at the bar in August. Monroe County officials say all of the police officers on duty were called to the scene.

The Indiana Alcohol and Tobacco Commission got involved and entered into an agreement to defer prosecution of the incident for one year. Brother’s had to implement a corrective action plan as part of the agreement, and Attorney Jeff McKean says the bar’s made significant changes.

"Since the first of the year there have been no police reports, no arrests," McKean says.

The alcohol board says it's pleased with how Brother's has responded since the incident.

"If I didn't see the evidence of real rehabilitation, so to speak, about the type of establishment you were running I would not vote to renew it," says Board Member Katherine Liell.

But Liell cautioned that a "melee" like what happened at the bar in August would not be tolerated.

The board's next meeting is Aug. 7 at 9 a.m.