The Fall River Licensing Board convened on Thursday, February 23rd, 2023, at five o'clock, with Mr. McCoy chairing the meeting alongside Miss Cadero. The board addressed a series of licensing applications and administrative items, with all motions passing unanimously. Key approvals included a one-day all-alcohol permit for the Corky Row Club at 602 3rd Street for St. Patrick's Day, March 17, 2023, from 10 AM to 10 PM. A Common Victualer's license was granted to Pizza Time at 1539 Pleasant Street, represented by Right Zachary, for a seating capacity of 18, with operating hours of Monday-Thursday 10 AM-9:30 PM and Friday-Saturday 10 AM-10 PM, with the applicant noting a future intent to open on Sundays. An entertainment license for live music and dancing was also approved for St. John's Athletic Club at 1365 Rodman Street, with Kim Patello as the applicant, for typical hours of Friday and Saturday nights from 9 PM to 1 AM.
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so Fall River licensing board meeting to order it is Thursday February 23rd 2023 at five o'clock I will read the open meeting law pursuant to the open meeting law any person may make an audio a video recording of this public meeting or may transmit the meeting through any media attendees are therefore advised that such recordings or Transmissions are being made whether perceived the Run
0:24perceived by those present and I deemed acknowledge and acknowledged and permissible City Charter section 9-18 mandates that all multiple member bodies develop and adopt rules all policies for public comment we have adopted such a policy which ensure provides for Citizens input on licensing board specific matters at the beginning of the meeting there is a sign up sheet that is located in the back of the room just as
0:52you enter the doors so with that said good evening everybody and item number one is public input so public slash citizens input if anybody has signed up and would like to speak on any agenda item matter they can come forward and seeing nobody will move on to item number two which is a one day permit of the Corky row Club 602 3rd Street application is signed by Mr Kevin Grant I'm going to quickly read the letter
1:27that we have the koki road Club Society requests a one day all alcohol permit for St Patrick's Day March 17 2023 this permit will be used to continue the club's St Patty's Day event an 85-year tradition a percentage of the profits before that day will be donated to the veterans kitchen and to the Corky row neighborhood association that letter comes from Mr Ray Hague can you just tell us the hours chairman uh the
1:56application we have uh all it would be from 10 a.m to 10 p.m and again 602 Third Street so the chair would um entertain a motion I'll make a motion to approve the one day permit for Corky Road Club motion made by Miss cadero seconded by myself all in favor I motion passes good luck Mr Hague item number three common victuals license it is Pizza Time 1539 Pleasant Street read Sakari if I'm pronouncing that
2:34correctly how are you sir good thank you yep yeah I was just gonna ask him please can you please come forward and give your name and address at the mic
2:48yes sir can you give your name and address my name is Right Zachary and my address 1539 Pleasant Street that's my business address Fall River right for River Mass and we see you have an application in here it looks like a seating capacity of 18 folks uh there is a certified application of tax certificate noting taxes have been paid we do have a clean bill of health so to speak a letter from from
3:21Chief govern at frpd not objecting to the application can you maybe just want to give a little bit a little bit of background your uh your your hours that you're going to maintain and what a little bit about the business okay we just got the business like three weeks now okay already did that business is worth before like 18 years how about hours of operation we start 10 o'clock in the morning yeah
3:49and then 9 30 10 to 9 30. Yes except the Friday Saturday 10 to 10 10 to 10. yeah so open on every seven days a week no tip Sunday we close Sunday close Sunday but we put in the mind like a couple weeks later we're gonna open it okay we have to ask for it now if you're gonna do that if you want to open on Sunday because you'll have to come back in
4:11front of the board again to to change your hours okay we can do the first of April okay and yes what do you plan for the Sunday hours oh we can start 12 to 8 30 okay okay share with entertain a motion I'll make a motion to improve the common Victoria's license for a pizza time motion made by Miss cadero seconded by myself all in favor aye motion passes sir good luck to you
4:45thank you so much I appreciated that you're welcome thank you foreign okay looks like item number four on the agenda it's an entertainment license uh St John's Athletic Club 1365 uh Rodman Street Fall River um this Kim patello come on and come on at least please state your name and address I can't believe the travel 1365 Rodman Street Fall River thanks for coming Kimberly it looks like we have a um it's
5:19an entertainment license for live music correct includes dancing by patrons we the folder does have the appropriate uh tax certificate certification we are good as far as any any input from frpd um can you give hours you plan on having this entertainment it would probably be on the weekend in the hall on Friday or Saturday nights starting at nine like nine to one okay so typically
5:48Friday Friday Saturday nights nine to one yeah
5:57that conform to a lot of rains right that's fine okay all right the chair would entertain a motion from my colleague I'll make a motion to approve the entertainment motion made by Miss cadero seconded by myself all in favor aye motion is granted thank you good luck thanks for coming okay item number five a uh the first one we have we have five A and B uh looks like change of manager here uh
6:31Banda Sonora D can't say Sao if I'm pronouncing that correctly 369 Hope Street says David Medeiros Mr Mr Medeiros can you come up and please give your name and address into the mic David Medeiros at 369 Hope Street Fall River Mass thanks Mr Medeiros looks like we do have the appropriate the appropriate paperwork here um been with me for a minute we have no objections from uh Chief govin or our
7:09detectives on the on the behalf of the behalf of the police department we see there are you know corporate folks are in here Corey request Social Security vote of the entity which I just mentioned payment receipts and whatnot we typically ask do you have experience in managing these type of businesses and clients never been a manager but I was assistant manager for many years okay at the same location how
7:39much time do you plan on spending at the location where their daily you know where we're actually only open on the weekends okay so it's a Friday Saturday Sunday and you're typically there for all hours of operation okay if you're present on site correct okay chair would entertain a motion I'll make a motion to approve the change your manager to David Medeiros motion made by Miss cadero
8:03seconded by myself all in favor aye motion passes good luck sir thank you
8:16okay item number five b which is the Liberal Club 20 star Street Fall River Donna Bergeron I'm not sure if this is dual I have change of hours but it's under change of management so we have two okay how are you I'm good how are you good to see you again can you please both state your name and address for the record so my name is Donna Bergeron and the
8:43address for the club is 20 star Street Fall River Mass uh Sean Ainsworth uh Liberal Club president 20 stock Street four of Ms thanks Miss dainsworth so if I could we have two separate issues here but why don't we take um Miss Bergeron first so I see that we have a a positive uh letter with no objections from uh Chiefs go oven on behalf of Fall River PD I know well I should ask you have
9:15experience in managing these type of businesses I actually have experiencing in managing I was an operations manager for a company that I worked for for 25 years different kind of business but and you work now though don't you I work for the Liberal Club I've worked there for eight years okay I think we all recognize yeah exactly because I just didn't in fact say it for the record and
9:38um and uh time at the establishment I mean you anticipate are you there I'm pretty much there I actually have assigned an assistant as well but pretty much have coverage seven days a week between the two of us can you estimate how many hours you sell for a week I would say that I probably am there close to 80 hours a week okay yeah God bless you yeah so the uh chair would
10:08entertain a motion for change of manager to Miss Donna Bergeron I'll make a motion to approve the change of manager for the Liberal Club to Donna Bergeron motion made by Miss cadero seconded by myself all in favor I motion passes and the second prong of our uh business here tonight it looks like we have a request a change of hours so I do see the letter here submitted by president Mr Ainsworth
10:36do you want to mention the changes uh or would you like me to read them into the record Miss Danger you can read them Mr McCoy that's fine okay Liberal Club requests a consideration the following hours of operation for the bar um we have Monday uh 9 A.M to 12 A.M uh Tuesday 9 A.M to 8 P.M Wednesday 9 A.M to 10 p.m Thursday 9 A.M to 11 P.M Friday 9 A.M to 1 a.m obviously early
11:07Saturday morning and Saturday evening uh Saturday 9 A.M to 1 a.m Sunday morning okay uh excuse me Mr McCoy um I was talking to Donna earlier we would like to change Tuesday if that's not a problem sure from 8 pm to 9 p.m sure yes Sean signed that if you don't mind he can initial it the change we'll do so I'm going to write in 9 p.m you can initially after we after we vote here
11:36you need me to read them again I'm sorry so uh I'm sorry I may have missed that Sunday's 11 A.M to 8 P.M right and I think 10 is when we're allowed to on a Sunday correct yeah okay so the uh chair would entertain a motion for the for the chains or change of hours for the for the bar motion made by Miss cadero seconded by myself all in favor
12:04motion passes uh Mr Angel do you think you can just initial right here where I wrote in the nine yeah thanks right over there thank you sir good luck to you thank you Mr spiritual thanks good luck please call me Tim the item number six class two so used auto license for LNS Auto Mall LLC 1112 Pleasant Street I have Jose Jose Luis uh rustam codero come on up boss please
12:51could you please state name and address and 11 12 present Street and Fall River thank you sir and you're applying today uh it is licensed to sell used cars or as it says in the application second-hand Motor Vehicles number of vehicles 50.
13:17um we have uh looks like it's from secretary galvin's office Corporation division so we have a printout of the corporation being in good standing uh application for tax certification is complete we have no objections on the pot of Chief Golf and and Fall River PD why don't you give us your your hours of operation we nine to six Monday to Friday to Saturday okay Sunday is gonna be close
13:58and again this was an existing business right correct was is the name is there is it a name change was it always I don't think it's a name change yeah name change okay but this was a used call log in the past um the chair will entertain a motion to approve that a Class 2 license for LNS Automall motion made by Miss cadero seconded by myself all in favor aye motions approved good luck sir you're welcome
14:28uh last but not least we have transfer beer and wine package doll license pledge of inventory pledge of collateral High Attorney good evening good evening can we get name and address for the wreckage absolutely how many is Matthew Porter I'm the attorney for Roddy Krishna Corporation 480 Turnpike Street Southeast in Massachusetts introduce yourself in your home address home address 85 Stewart Street
15:03thank you Mr Patel uh so before the board this is the transfer of the beer and wine license for 1447 North Main Street Roddy kirschner Corp doing business as Sunshine convenience uh Mr Patel has worked at sunshine convenience for nearly 10 years now he has uh the opportunity at this point to to buy out the current ownership group and take over a story that he's essentially been operating for the past decade they had
15:29one violation which was very early on in their tenure I think 2015 they've had no underage sales since that point Mr Patel is alcohol tip certified they do have a scanning machine in place so they certainly understand the rules and responsibilities that come along with the sale of beer and wine Rockland Trust is helping to finance the transaction so with that there's a request for a pledge
15:50to Rockland Trust but otherwise it's pretty straightforward transaction there's no change of hours no changes to the operation of the business whatsoever um two quick questions uh first of all again to put the public on notice we have no objection from Chief Golf and and Fall River PD can I get the principal uh and corporate name of the transferring party uh the transferring party hang on one second thanks attorney
16:22Porter yeah it should be on the first page Corporation gotcha gotcha yep that's correct okay and I know you said I was of operation and I changed it do you think you can just reiterate what the owls are for the record hours current hours for the story beer and wine okay and Sunday like at 10 to whatever Ten Ten to Ten on Sundays okay so eight to ten Monday to Saturday Monday 8 A.M to 10 right
17:02p.m and 10 to 10 on Sunday and two sometimes we grow like at night Sunday only for the Sunday okay I promise yep yeah thank you sir so I believe we actually need three motions Miss cadero all right yes yes no this is his DBA is this that's and that's that's gentleman here yep I'll make a motion to approve the transfer of the beer and wine Package Store license to Bugatti Krishna Corporation
17:40motion made by Miss cadero seconded by myself all in favor I motion passes I didn't know if you needed me no no I mean if you need me I'll just you know Pledge of the Pledge of inventory and collateral it would be pledge of inventory inventory yeah so we'll do it I'll make a motion to approve the pledge of inventory license to Rockland Trust motion made by Miss cadero seconded by
18:15myself all in favor I motion passes pledge of collateral to Rocklin I mean pledge of inventory excuse me motion made by Miss cadero seconded by myself all in favor I pledge of licenses collateral to Rockland Trust motion passes gentlemen thank you thanks so much appreciate it have a great day Journey brought a personal favor please say good evening to Danny Vieira I certainly can go Bruins we work together
18:49in another lifetime yeah no peace all right yes you take care sir thank you sir good luck okay just put it in the mail yeah no worries at all right item number eight all the new business um can I get a motion to table item a um motion made by Miss cadero seconded by myself all in favor aye motion is table to the March meeting uh item 8v approve and sign the January 18th 20. 23
19:28minutes can I get a motion to approve please I'll make a motion to approve the January a motion made by Miss cadero seconded by myself all in favor my motion is a motion to approve the minutes is approved and I just need Fred or FR government TV to stay with us so we could sign on air
20:01probably for myself my life no it's all this it's probably missing signatures if there's any if there's another one so we'll sign both okay thank you
20:29I'll put that in for next time yep thank you and now that that is signed we have item eight C which is a letter I apologize a letter from Straight Shooters uh from the office of Attorney Peter celino looks on behalf of Mr Robert Alvin I'm gonna read it to the uh read it into the record uh and then we'll make a motion to accept damage to ayash as you aware I
21:05serve as counsel to the above capture captioned individual and organization I'm writing on behalf of my client to advise you that he would like to remit his beer and wine license back to the city of Fall River he has changed locations formed a limited liability company and may want to expand his offerings therefore it would be his intention to file an application for a new license on the March agenda of our board
21:32should he have any questions please advise thank you for into your anticipated um cooperation and again the client at the top is listed as Robert Albin doing business as Straight Shooters so could I please get a motion to accept the letter and remit I'll make a motion to accept the letter and remit motion made by Miss cadero seconded by myself all in favor I motion passes uh chair would entertain a motion
22:02to adjourn I'll make a motion seconded by the chair all in favor I this meeting is adjourned thank you