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Norwood food-truck permit fee jumps; committee seeks state spreadsheet and potential truck-park sites
Summary
The Norwood Small Business Committee reported that mobile food-vending permit fees rose to about $317 from roughly $87–$97, has requested prior-year fee data from the Board of Health, and discussed possible centralized sites for food trucks to ease inspections and safety concerns.
The Norwood Small Business Committee reported this month that the city’s mobile food-vending permit fee rose to about $317 from roughly $87–$97 in prior years and said it has requested the state spreadsheet and previous-year figures from the Board of Health to determine why.
Committee members said the Board of Health used a state-provided spreadsheet into which local figures are entered to calculate recommended fees. The committee said the board held a public hearing on the change — notices were mailed Dec. 5 and the hearing took place Jan. 13 — and that no members of the public attended that hearing.
The committee has asked for the 2024 spreadsheet it received and for the 2023 data to compare changes year to year. Ms. Hoover submitted and copied a records request for the 2023 materials, the committee said, and had not received a response…
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