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Board renews routine license slates and invites public information officer to discuss website improvements
Summary
The Board of License Commissioners approved late renewals of common victualler, inholder and lodging house licenses (each by 4–0 votes) and voted to invite Susan Petrone, the city’s public information officer, to discuss consolidating and improving the board’s web presence and publishing licensed businesses.
The Board of License Commissioners approved a set of routine late license renewals and agreed to invite the city public information officer to a future meeting to discuss website consolidation and options to publicize licensed businesses.
On Jan. 13 the board approved the following renewal motions, each by roll-call vote of 4–0 with one member absent: the slate of common victualler licenses, the slate of inholder licenses, and the slate of lodging house licenses. Each approval was conditional upon payment of all taxes and fees and submission of required city department documents and inspection receipts. The board’s votes were recorded as “aye” from Commissioners Joseph Sterniolo, Laura Medrano and Shannon McCullough and Chair Stewart Polity; Commissioner Alicia DeAngelis was absent for the votes.
During commissioners’ reports, members discussed the board’s public presence and two different web pages on the city’s site. Commissioner McCullough and others said the board should consider consolidating materials and making license lists or announcements more visible so residents and customers can find current license information. Commissioners raised operational concerns such as the need to monitor listings for business closures and to attach a last-revised date to any published roster.
The board moved and approved a motion to invite Susan Petrone to a future meeting at a mutually agreeable time to present what the PIO office can or cannot do for the board’s web presence; the motion passed 4–0 with one member absent. Licensing coordinator Audra Shaw confirmed she would contact Petrone.
The board also approved draft minutes from Dec. 16 and Dec. 30, 2024 (Dec. 30 minutes recorded with one abstention and three yeas, per the roll call). The meeting adjourned after a motion to adjourn passed 4–0 with one absent.
