Board approves one‑day live‑entertainment license for Valley View Farm after process questions

The Select Board approved a one‑day live‑entertainment license for Valley View Farm and closed an administrative gap from a prior meeting, while members raised concerns about how the paperwork had been handled.

The application had been before the board as a carryover from a May 14 meeting. Board materials showed the liquor license had been conditionally approved pending certificates of insurance; the live‑entertainment form itself had not previously been signed by the police chief. At the June 11 meeting the applicant, Matt Leclerc, confirmed he had submitted the entertainment application and that it was signed on May 27. Staff said the unsigned chief’s signature line on an older form was a historical artifact and that the chief had been contacted informally and had expressed approval in emails.

Board members raised two process concerns: first that minutes from the May 14 meeting recorded the liquor license as pending the live‑entertainment signature, and second that the live entertainment dates listed included May 23 and May 30 as well as June 6, while the application signature came May 27. The board discussed the gap as an internal process oversight rather than a failure by the applicant.

Police Chief Bennett (as relayed in the meeting) had offered assistance with traffic control and crosswalk planning; Leclerc said the chief had been consulted and that he and town staff had addressed temporary traffic‑calming cones for a one‑day event. After discussion the board moved, seconded and approved the one‑day live‑entertainment license for the dates listed in the packet, subject to standard insurance and permit conditions.

No penalty or reversal of previously issued one‑day liquor licenses was recorded; the board emphasized tightening internal procedures so required signoffs align with approvals in future meetings.