The Worcester License Commission on Nov. 6 approved an amendment to the financing disclosure for Punta Cana Bar & Grill and continued several violation matters to a future meeting.

Attorney Daniel Cotton told the commission that the Alcoholic Beverages Control Commission (ABCC) flagged a problem: one of the checks used in the financing disclosure had been drawn from another license holder, which is not permitted. Cotton said the parties corrected the issue by returning the check to the other license holder and providing affidavits showing that new funds had been obtained to replace the disallowed check. "We have arranged and we've done. The gentleman who was selling the business gave the check back to the license the other license holder," Cotton said. The commission approved the amendment; Sergeant Thomas Needham said the submitted materials should satisfy state review.

The commission also took up a motion to postpone Suvero LLC d/b/a Mayor Lounge to the next meeting.

On license violations, the owner of Macau Restaurant, Jose Fernandez, appeared but did not sign a waiver of counsel and said he could not take the day off from work; the commission postponed the Macau hearing and required the owner to appear in person or be represented by counsel for the next meeting. For Creed Lounge, the board noted multiple prior continuances and voted to continue the matter to the next meeting, stating on the record that the violation hearing would proceed at the next meeting whether or not the owner appears.

The board's votes on those items were recorded by voice: Commissioner Sharron Fisher and Chair Anthony Vigliardi voted to approve the Punta Cana financing amendment and to continue the listed hearings. No fines or final disciplinary outcomes were decided at this meeting; the commission set the continued hearings for the next regularly scheduled meeting.