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Select Board approves most 2026 license renewals, issues violation letters for noncompliant businesses

Town of Brookline Select Board · January 14, 2026
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Summary

The Select Board approved Category 1 license renewals and conditionally approved Category 2 renewals (extensions through Feb. 25) after staff described the first year of fully electronic processing; staff will issue violation letters for a small number of noncompliant Category 3 businesses and bring unresolved cases to the licensing panel.

At its Jan. 13 meeting the Town of Brookline Select Board approved the bulk of the town's 2026 license renewals and set a process for addressing businesses still out of compliance.

Licensing staff told the board this was the first year the town processed renewals entirely electronically, which improved oversight and identified compliance issues previously missed in a hybrid system. Staff described three categories for renewals: Category 1 (substantially compliant and recommended for omnibus approval through…

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