The Holyoke City Council Land Use/Development Committee voted to send to the full City Council a recommendation to approve a street-vendor permit for Raul Montes of 33 Mountain View Street, pending proof of Board of Health approval and payment of the mobile food permit fee. The recommendation also set operating hours at 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday through Saturday.

Committee members said they had received an application and a Department of Public Works permit to occupy the public way, but that the mobile-food permit fee and a Board of Health signature were outstanding. Montes told the panel he had “already got most of my — well, I got all my permits, actually,” and asked for an extension; he also said he is a veteran and inquired about veteran aid. Councilor Bartley said the committee could approve the application now “so long as you make it contingent upon the proper credentials being presented from the Board of Health, etcetera.”

Committee staff confirmed the DPW permit to occupy the public way had been issued and that the DPW fee had been paid; the mobile-food permit fee was recorded as unpaid in the packet. Members noted the proposed vending location on High Street between Sargeant and Cabot is adjacent to several existing businesses and near a Head Start facility. Montes confirmed proposed hours of operation as about 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.

The motion approved by voice vote directs that the permit recommendation go to the full City Council for final action, conditioned on submission of Board of Health approval and payment of the mobile food permit fee. The committee asked Montes to present the Board of Health documentation before next Wednesday’s council meeting so the full council will have those materials for its vote.

No formal enforcement conditions beyond the Board of Health sign-off, fee payment and the stated hours were added by the committee; the committee will not formally issue the vendor permit itself — the full council must complete the approval process.