The Fall River Licensing Board convened on Wednesday, March 18, 2026, at 5:00 p.m., chaired by Gregory Brilliant, with board members Michael Pereira and Melanie Cado also present. The meeting began with a reading of the open meeting law notice and the public comment policy, followed by a public input session where no citizens wished to speak. The board then proceeded to address several one-day liquor permit applications, an extension of hours request, a lodging house license transfer, and a class two auto sales license application. Key decisions included the unanimous approval of one-day permits for Bristol Community College for events on March 27 and October 26, 2026, and for St. Anthony of Padawa Church for feasts on May 23, May 24, June 20, and June 21, 2026. St. Anthony of the Desert also received unanimous approval for two separate one-day permits: one for a dance on April 11, 2026, and another for a charity dinner on May 30, 2026. An application from St. Cecilia Band Club was not heard due to the applicant's absence. The board also unanimously approved an extension of hours for Chick-fil-A at 700 William Canning Boulevard, allowing them to operate until midnight Monday through Saturday. Further approvals included the unanimous transfer of a lodging house license for 621 Second Street to Dan Rossman, who outlined plans for property improvements. Finally, Brandon Roacher received unanimous approval for a class two auto sales license for Sha's Auto Sales at 394-400 Stafford Road, with the clarification that the license would be issued to "Brandon Roacher doing business as Sha's Auto Sales" and required corresponding insurance documentation. The meeting concluded with a motion to adjourn.
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Um call call to order the uh city for a licensing board meeting of Wednesday uh March 18, 2026 at 5:00 pm. Um to my right is board member Michael Pereira and also Melanie Cado and my name is uh Gregory Brilliant. I'm the chairman of the board. Um before we get started, I need to read this notice. Pursuant to the open meeting law, any person may make an audio or video recording the of
0:23this public uh meeting or may transmit the meeting through any media. The attendees are therefore advised that such recordings or transmissions are being made, whether perceived or unpersceived by those present and are deemed acknowledged and permissible. The city charter section 9-18 mandates that all multiple member bodies develop and adopt rules or policy for public comment. We have adopted such a policy
0:45which in short provides for citizen input on license board specific matters at the beginning of the meeting. There is a signup sheet that is located in the back of the room. Um, we'll call a meeting in order with agenda item number one, public input. Is there anything out there? Anybody want to speak?
0:59No, we have no uh public input. We'll go to agenda item two, one day permits.
1:06Um, first one is Bristol Community College.
1:11Yes, sir.
1:12Um 777 Ellby Street, Baxter Smith for the dates 32726 and 102326.
1:23Um, could you please state your name and address for the record, sir?
1:26Yes. Uh, Baxter Smith wasn't able to make it. Mark Natalie, police chief of Bristol Community College. I was going to bring Magnolia with me. I understand she's very popular here, but she was otherwise committed to Okay, it looks like the first one on 227 2026 is for an awards banquet with approximately 150 expected in attendance. And the event is from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. and all alcoholic beverages
1:56will be served. Is that accurate?
1:58Uh that is uh that was postponed because of the blizzard on 227. That was I apologize. Obviously I am sorry about that. So is that what which date is the rescheduled date?
2:09So on your agenda you have October 23rd.
2:13What I was told was October 26th. So I'm not sure on that.
2:16We have 32726.
2:18That's correct. That one's next week.
2:20And what is that?
2:22That is uh that is a um a open dining reception. Beer and wine only.
2:28Beer and wine only.
2:30Correct.
2:31Okay. So 3:20 beer and wine. And what's the hours?
2:355:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m.
2:44And what about on 10:23 26? Uh, as I said, uh, I have 10:26 as the rescheduled date. So, there's obviously a communication, uh gap.
2:56We'll we'll handle that as 10:26 for you.
2:58Okay.
2:59Um, and what is that for?
3:01That is the uh, Bristol Awards night.
3:03That's the awards night.
3:04Correct.
3:05And is that is the rest of that correct from 6:00 to 8?
3:09It is 6 to 8 and all alcohol.
3:11All alcohol. Yes, sir.
3:12Okay.
3:15You guys have done these re every year, so you know the rules and regulations. I think we allow you to use your own police detail.
3:22Yes.
3:22Uh I'm pretty certain of that.
3:24Um okay. Um anybody out there in favor of this petition? Anybody out there to oppose it? U I'll entertain a motion um for 327206 and 1026 2026.
3:39I'll make a motion to approve the one-day permits for Bristol Community College for the following dates of March 27th and October 26, 2026.
3:51Okay. Second, please. Second. Uh, any questions on the motion from the board?
3:54None.
3:56Hearing none. All those in favor? I. All those opposed. All said, officer. Good luck.
4:00Thank you, folks.
4:01Chief, they're not officer.
4:02Oh, I'm sorry. I apologize. I didn't say it right.
4:05No offense taken.
4:08My fellow board member took offense to it, so I have to apologize to him. Uh, next is St. Anthony of Padaw Church, 4816th Street, Maurice O. Gorin.
4:23Yeah, that's the that's the priest me.
4:26Yeah, I was going to say, it's not a Portuguese name, is it?
4:31Hi, my name is Emanuel Medeiros.
4:35Diamond that had um from the Kabiri from So and what's your address, Mr. Medeiros?
4:41Mine is 42 Striper Circle in North Diamond.
4:44Okay. The these are for the feast, right?
4:46Yes. For two the two feasts.
4:48Yeah. This is what you do every year.
4:49Every year.
4:50Okay. Just just can you I'm just going to want to get the hours on what's the hours on the 23rd and the 24th of of May. What's the hours? 11. Uh, that's 1:00 then 11:00 p.m. 1:00 p.m. to 11:00 p.m.
5:05Both days.
5:06Both days.
5:07Okay. What about on the 21st and the 22nd? Same.
5:10No, right there. There's a wrong mistake there. There's only 21st and a 20 and the 20th, not 22nd.
5:16So, it's the 20th and the 21st.
5:18Yes. That's a Saturday and a Sunday.
5:20That's way Sunday and Monday. Now, it's 20 and 21st.
5:26Okay. 6:20. 621. What's the hours there?
5:28This says noon to 10.
5:31That's the same thing.
5:33Noon to 10.
5:33Yep.
5:36That's beer and wine only.
5:38Beer and wine. And the other one's all alcohol.
5:41No, they're both beer and wine.
5:43All beer and wine. Yep.
5:44Okay. This obviously is the annual fee.
5:48So you obvious you guys know the rules, police detail, so forth and so on.
5:52Correct.
5:53Yes, sir.
5:54Okay.
5:57Uh, anybody out there? Um, in favor of this petition, anybody to oppose this petition? Hearing none, I'll entertain a motion with the corrected dates once again of uh June 20th and June 21st.
6:09I'll make a motion to approve the one-day permits for St. Anthony of Padawa Church for the following dates of May 23rd, May 24th, June 20th, and June 21st 2026.
6:22I have a question.
6:23You want to second then question?
6:24I'll second it. Yeah.
6:25All right. Questions on the motion? Go right ahead, Michael. Sir, you you guys hire a Fall River police officer for the detail, correct? Not a constable.
6:32Yeah.
6:34Yeah. Okay.
6:34We we have the the we hire him for we do the processions and boat fees. So, we we go we have to go the the temp them for us to take care of the streets first and everything.
6:45Right. Make sure it's a police officer, not a constable.
6:47No, no, it's a the police office.
6:49Okay. Okay.
6:51Yeah. Thank you. Okay. Any other questions on the motion? Hearing none.
6:54All those in favor? I. All those opposed? All said, sir. Thank you.
6:57Good luck.
6:59The next one is St. Anthony of the Desert 300 North Northeastern Avenue.
7:12Reverend Christian Habit habit habit.
7:18Habit. I'm sorry, sir.
7:20That's enough. It's a difficult name.
7:21And it's regarding um April 11, 2026.
7:25Can you please state your name and address for the record?
7:26My name is Deacon Jean Matar. I'm here on behalf of Father Biter.
7:31Okay.
7:32I work with him in Brockton.
7:34Okay. Yeah. So, this I think we already did one um we did one last year.
7:39Yes. Yes.
7:41So, it looks like this is going to be a dance of sorts with 250 uh attendees, all alcoholic uh beverage license. What I need is you got 5:00 PM as your start time, but you didn't give a you didn't give an end time. What's What time is it going until midnight?
7:5812:00.
7:59Yes.
8:07I know you've had one in the past um because you work in conjunction with the Forever, but you're from Brockton, right?
8:14Correct.
8:14Okay. So, so you know the rules relative to the police detail, so forth and so on.
8:18I've already booked it.
8:20Okay. Um, anybody out there in favor of this petition? Anybody to oppose this petition? And hearing none, I'll entertain a motion from the board.
8:29I'll make a motion to approve the one-day permit for St. Anthony of the Desert for April 11th, 2026.
8:36Second. Questions on the motion?
8:39Hearing? None. All those in favor? I.
8:42All set. Thank you.
8:43I believe that's the next one as well.
8:45Yeah, same same. I don't think it's him though. I think it's a different person.
8:49Yes. Okay.
8:51I thought it was my I saw I saw your name on here. That's why. Um the next one is article D. St. Anthony in the Desert, 300 Nor Eastern Avenue, Michael Silva for a one-day liquor permit for May 30th, 2026.
9:06Can you please state your name and address for the record?
9:07Uh Michael Silva, 269 Cypress Street in For Okay. Um, it looks like it's a dinner um for a charity outreach program.
9:20Um, this one doesn't have this doesn't have anything regarding. Can you tell me a little bit about it? Is it an annual thing or is this No, this is our first one. Uh basically we're doing a charity uh uh a dinner for uh hospital of the cross which is in Lebanon and this is coincide with a golf tournament uh at Swansea later on in the summer. So we're just trying to raise a
9:47little bit more money this year by having a dinner.
9:50What's the What's the hours of operation Mr.
9:52Uh be 5 to nine.
9:545 to nine. Is that all alcohol or beer and wine?
9:56All alcohol.
10:00You say it's your first one, so you're familiar relative to the rules?
10:03You're working. Yeah, I'm working with the people at uh the Desert. They're helping out, you know.
10:09Okay.
10:09With it.
10:12Okay. Just make sure you do the detail and get everything right. I'm sure there'll be no problems, but Right. Yeah. Right. After I get approved, I'll, you know, go down to the police station and get it. And as I said, they they they they're guiding me in this process.
10:23Not a problem. Anybody out there in favor of this petition? Anybody oppose this petition? I'll entertain a motion.
10:28I'll make a motion to approve the one-day permit for St. Anthony of the Desert for May 30th, 2026.
10:35Second.
10:36Questions on the motion from the board?
10:37None.
10:38Hearing none. All those in favor?
10:40I. All those opposed.
10:41What would be the next step? Just a month. Thank you. Come in and get the permit from you.
10:47Yes. So, you can pay either online through the portal or you can bring me a check and I'd be able to print out that permit for you.
10:53I'll come by Monday. And then and then you coordinate with the police department relative to the uh relative to the um detail.
10:59Right. Thank you very much.
11:00Okay.
11:01Good luck.
11:03Item E under one day permits St. Cecilia Band Club 293 Alman Street Maria Lara uh July 25th and July 26th.
11:17We'll put it at the end. if they're not here will not be heard due to the practice of the board that unless people are here we do not hear petitions with people not being here we'll move on to item number three extension of ours 700 William Canning Boulevard Lewis Martinez good evening good evening Mr. Valentine's, you're the new owner.
11:40Yes, sir.
11:41Yeah. Okay. Well, representing the new owner coming 10 p.m. closing time Monday through Saturday. All right. So, you want to increase your hours with presently 10 p.m. You want to open until 12:00 a.m.?
11:53Yes.
11:54Midnight?
11:54Yes, sir.
11:55Okay. Um, I don't know of any problems over there. Um, anybody in favor of this petition? Anybody to oppose it?
12:03Um, I don't I don't know of any problems but I don't know either. You may know Heather. No.
12:08No.
12:08No. Okay. I'llend a motion.
12:11It's from 10 10.
12:12Okay. I make a motion to extend the hours from 10 p.m. to uh 12 midnight for Chick-fil-A 700 William Sandy Boulevard.
12:23And I'll second.
12:25Questions from the board on the motion hearing? None. Um all those in favor?
12:30I. All those opposed. All set.
12:31Thank you.
12:32Good luck.
12:33Thank you.
12:34Next we will do transfer of lodging house license 621 second street. Dan Rossman.
12:45Will you please state your name and address for the record, please, sir?
12:47Yeah. Dan Rossman, 609 Salem Street, Rockland Mass.
12:51Okay.
12:52Um, is this change of ownership?
12:56It it will be after the license is approved.
12:59Okay. And you're going to be buying it, you and your wife, it looks like.
13:01Me and my wife.
13:02Okay. Um, nothing else is going to change. It's going to be it's going to be cleaned up.
13:08Okay.
13:09I've owned several properties throughout the city over the years. So, Okay.
13:13Very familiar with the process.
13:14Okay. All right. Um, were they all other lodging houses?
13:19No, this is the first one. Um, I did have one on Bank Street. Oh god, that was several years ago, but I owned several other room houses in other towns, whether it be where him, Cape Cod, and I have a big one here in uh New Bedford.
13:32What what are your plans to clean it up, per se, or to do security-wise or anything?
13:38Uh, well, I'm the security. Um, no, what I'm doing is is keeping the management place in place, but I'm going to manage them. I'm going to clean it up inside is just not the way I run a place. I can I do all bedding, new bedding, uh, furniture, and everything else. And it's just not what I do. Um, of course, I'm going to do an upgrade of a tenant. I don't like what's in there.
14:02Okay. I'm I'm just asking this. This isn't like a sober house, is it?
14:06No. No. No. Nothing to do with that.
14:08Okay.
14:08Working individual people. They go to work every day. They don't hang around.
14:12Gotcha. Okay. Um, anybody in favor of this petition? Anybody opposed? I will say that the the uh police department has uh said that uh they have approved the transfer of the lodging house license and approved Mr. Rosman. So, that's not an issue. So, um I'll entertain a motion.
14:32I'll uh make a motion to approve the transfer of the lodging house license of 621 second street to Dan Rosman.
14:43Second questions on that motion. Anyone?
14:46None.
14:46Hearing none. All those in favor? I. All those opposed. All said, Mos. Good luck with it.
14:54Um class two license.
14:58Um 394 400 Stafford Road, Sha's Auto Sales, Brandon Roacher. Is this a new or is this a late one? Do you have any idea?
15:09Is this brand new?
15:10Uh yes. Well, it was in place, but it was expired for two years.
15:15Okay. All right. Uh can you please state your name and address for the record?
15:20Brandon Roach at 3 Taffy Drive, Congress. Okay.
15:30Okay.
15:30So, it was expired for two years. Are you changing anything over there?
15:36No.
15:37Okay.
15:37Other than cleanups outside.
15:40How many cars is this for?
15:42Four to five.
15:43Four to five. So, five.
15:44Yeah, if we could do five.
15:46Okay.
15:48All right. Do you have any experience in the car sales bit? Do you run Do you do you operate Sha's Yes.
15:53Uh the repair shop?
15:54Yes. Okay. What what what background do you have in the car sales business, young man?
15:59So, I have been around the car, used car lots, um doing all the auto repairs for a few few in the city. And as for car sales, um I've been buying and selling them since I was younger. I worked at First Choice Auto on Pleasant Street for about a year and a half.
16:16Okay. Yeah, it's a small lot. I know I know Mark, so Yeah, I know Mark very well.
16:22Okay. So, I I know it used to be over there. Um, anybody in favor? Anybody opposed? Um, board. Oh, by the way, I'm sorry. I apologize. Mr. Roachi was also approved by the Florida Police Department, his application and him individually. So, that's all set.
16:42Okay. Uh, make a motion to grant the class two license to Mr. Roacher for uh um Shay. It's going slow. Cochay's auto sales at um 394-400 Stafford Road, I think.
16:57And I'll second.
16:59Before we take the vote, can what what's True Brothers, Inc.?
17:04They stole the property.
17:06You stole it?
17:06Yeah.
17:08Okay. But the certificate of liability still under True Brothers. Did you Did you bring in your bond and everything?
17:15That was the one at the time when it was uh filed. It was still True Brother.
17:24Okay. So, who who's technically getting this license?
17:27I am.
17:28True brothers or Brandon?
17:32See,
17:41see that's your name. But is that who this is coming in? Because the license is going to be issued to Shaes.
17:50That's what we just approved. It looks like Sha's Auto Sales, but that means you don't have the proper certificate of insurance.
17:59Yeah, I'm confused.
18:00You You have to give My understanding is is I always that you have to give liability insurance and also a bond to sell cars.
18:07Yes. But but your liability insurance part if this is yours.
18:15One second. Give me one quick second.
18:17I'm trying to find I'm trying to find a a date on here when it's effective.
18:2515206.
18:29This isn't any good because this is the insured is True Brothers Inc.
18:37Okay. So, I'll go to let's see.
18:40Well, I don't know what where's True.
18:41Who's True Brothers?
18:42True Brothers is 1138 Pleasant Street, Forever Mass.
18:45That you own?
18:46I work there.
18:48You work or own it?
18:49I do some work there with them.
18:51They used to own that property.
18:53What property?
18:54So, uh 400 Stafford Road, which is why the bond was under them.
19:02Do you own the property now?
19:03Not at the moment. Not at the moment.
19:05It's a lease. Okay.
19:07But but the license it appears it says business name Sha's Auto Sales. This is your application.
19:15Yes.
19:15Doing business as True Brother.
19:19That was probably a mistake on my hands.
19:25All right. Well, I just trying to so you don't have any problems. So, this license is going under Sha's Auto Sales.
19:32Okay. But they're not going to give you the license until it's liability and the bond because I don't see a copy of a bond unless this is it.
19:42I think that's the one that I uploaded.
19:46This says liability insurance for well anyhow before they're going to release your your license to you to start doing business.
20:05We're giving this we're giving this license to Sha's Auto Sales.
20:09Okay.
20:10So all of the necessary insurance documentation has to be consistent with that.
20:14Sha's Auto Sales. Correct.
20:16You don't have an LLC or anything, right?
20:18No DBA.
20:19Just a DBA. Brandon Souza doing business as Yes. Brandon Roacher.
20:24I'm sorry. I apologize. Brandon Roacher doing business at Sha's Auto Sales.
20:28Correct.
20:31Okay. Um.
20:43Okay.
20:45I'm just not sure if this license should go in your name individually because I think you're going to have to you're the one that's going to have because you're DBA. You're not a I I just would like the record to reflect part of that motion that he has filed a doing business certificate with the board that basically says it's a used car dealer. His DBA is known as Sha's Auto Sales. So technically it's
21:12Brandon Roachcher doing business as Sha's Auto Sales. Is everybody okay with that?
21:17Yeah, I'm fine.
21:18Um I just don't want him to get messed up when he goes and get his insurance.
21:21Okay. So um that being an amendment to the motion. All those in favor? I All those opposed. All set. Okay.
21:28So um get a certificate with Brandon Rocher Shaes Auto Sales.
21:33DBA Sha's Auto Sales. Okay.
21:34Yes. And I can bring that right here.
21:36Bring it to bring it to Courtney and Courtney will then process the license.
21:39Right. Thank you very much.
21:41All right. No problem. I just don't want you to have any problems with No, no. Appreciate it. Thank you.
21:45All right. Is there any minutes? No minutes. No, we're all set.
21:53Um I don't even know. Yeah, I don't even know if we have to table. Take No, that you got to come back in and we'll place it back on that. We don't need to table.
22:02All right, then I'll make a motion to adjurnn.
22:04Second.
22:05All those in favor? I. All those opposed.
22:08There you go.
22:08Thank you.
22:10First me.