Town of Hudson - Board of Selectmen
Minutes –March 22, 2010
Present were Messieurs Durant, Loura, Leeber, Parente, Vereault and Blazar. Mr. Cipriano and Ms. Santos were also present.
Public Session: March 8, 2010
On a motion by Mr. Loura, seconded by Mr. Parente the Board voted by a margin of 5-0 to approve the minutes.
- Citizen’s Issues:
- Meetings and Public Hearings - 7:00 PM:
Chief Braga was present and informed the Board of the sting operation that was conducted on 2/7/2010 and supervised by Sergeant Thomas Crippen. Chief Braga stated that in fact, three establishments violated the Massachusetts liquor laws by selling/serving Alcohol Beverages to persons under the age of twenty-one. The establishments that violated the liquor laws, were, Lake Boon General Store, Li’l Peach and Hudson Roast Beef & Wing.
Selectmen to conduct hearing on alleged violation of the Massachusetts Liquor Laws by the Lake Boon General Store, Inc., at 700 Main Street.
Representatives of the Lake Boon General Store, Attorney Joseph Devlin, Mr. Kanaiyalal Patel and Mr. Vinodkumar Patel were present at the meeting and stipulated that the facts as presented by the Police Chief were accurate. Attorney Devlin mentioned that the store does have a scanner on site; however the employee on duty did not use it. Attorney Devlin also stated that J.B.S. Professional Services will be conducting a three hour on site training session and that all employees including the Manager and Administrative staff will participate.
On a motion by Mr. Loura, seconded by Mr. Parente the Board voted by a margin of 4-1 to place a permanent letter of reprimand in Lake Boon’s General Store license file. Mr. Leeber opposed.
Selectmen to conduct hearing on alleged violation of the Massachusetts Liquor Laws by Hudson Roast Beef & Wing, at 246 Main Street.
Mr. George Gourousis, owner of the Hudson Roast Beef was present at the meeting and stipulated to the violation of serving an under age patron on 2/7/10. He indicated to the Board that he purchased a scanner and is having 4 additional employees trained.
On a motion by Mr. Parente, seconded by Mr. Loura the Board voted by a margin of 4-1 to place a permanent letter of reprimand in the Hudson Roast Beef & Wing license file. Mr. Leeber opposed.
Selectmen to conduct hearing on alleged violation of the Massachusetts Liquor Laws by the Li’l Peach, at 28 Cox Street.
Attorney Jose Moreira and Christopher Pendleton were present at the meeting and stipulated to the violation of selling Alcoholic Beverages to an under age patron on 2/7/10. Attorney Moreira stated that the employee on duty disregarded the store policies and in fact resigned after the incident.
On a motion by Mr. Parente, seconded by Mr. Loura the Board voted by a margin of 4-1 to place a permanent letter of reprimand in the Li’l Peach license file. Mr. Leeber opposed.
Selectmen to consider approval of a Class II Dealership License to Lilian Moraes-Hageman d/b/a Leo’s Auto Sales, at 171 Washington Street.
On a motion by Mr. Durant, seconded by Mr. Loura the Board voted by a margin of 4-0-1 to deny the license at this location, the Board noted that the widening of Washington Street would force the applicant to relocate in the near future. Mr. Parente abstained.
Selectmen to consider approval of an application to change D/B/A on a Wine & Malt Package Store license from Li’l Peach to Tedeschi’s Food Shops, at 28 Cox Street.
On a motion by Mr. Loura, seconded by Mr. Durant the Board voted by a margin of 5-0 to approve the application.
Selectmen to note resignations of Caitlin Budrewicz as Part-Time Communication Dispatcher, Susan Palola as Part-Time Police Matron and Carol Bergeron as Part-Time Traffic Supervisor.
On a motion by Mr. Loura, seconded by Mr. Leeber the Board voted by a margin of 5-0 to note resignations.
Selectmen to consider reappointing Hugo G. Guidotti, Jr. to the Board of Registrars to a three year term expiring on March 31, 2013.
On a motion by Mr. Parente, seconded by Mr. Durant the Board voted by a margin of 5-0 to reappoint Mr. Guidotti.
Selectmen to consider nomination of Jennifer Condon as Assistant Inspector of Animals for the period of May 1, 2010 to April 30, 2011.
On a motion by Mr. Parente, seconded by Durant the Board voted by a margin of 5-0 to approve the nomination.
Selectmen to note retirement of Elaine Fish from the Collectors Office.
On a motion by Mr. Loura, seconded by Mr. Parente the Board voted by a margin of 5-0 to note retirement.
Selectmen to note retirement of Bob Mannes from the IT Department.
On a motion by Mr. Loura, seconded by Mr. Parente the Board voted by a margin of 5-0 to note the retirement.
Selectmen to consider authorization of the Executive Assistant to execute contracts and related documents associated with the Energy Efficiency and Conservation Block Grant Award to the Town.
On a motion by Mr. Parente, seconded by Mr. Leeber the Board voted by a margin of 5-0 to approve the authorization.
Mr. Durant requested that steps be taken to possibly allow the Board to assess Liquor violation hearing cost to licensees.
On a motion by Mr. Durant, seconded by Mr. Vereault, the Board voted unanimously to approve the request.
- Proclamations:
- Correspondence to be Noted by Clerk:
On a motion by Mr. Leeber, seconded by Mr. Loura the Board voted unanimously to note correspondence.
On a motion by Mr. Durant, seconded by Mr. Loura, the Board voted by a margin of 5-0, by roll call vote, to adjourn to executive session, not to return to public session, to discuss collective bargaining.
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