Madison review committee approves several liquor-license changes, grants agent status despite decades-old convictions

The Alcohol License Review Committee in Madison voted Oct. 16 to approve several alcohol-licensing items, including a change of agent for Spare Time New England and two business-license adjustments.

The committee granted the change-of-agent request for Spare Time New England after hearing a background-check summary from Captain Kamoski and testimony from applicant Jessica Miller. Kamoski told the committee the background check showed multiple convictions tied to 2004 for identity theft and obtaining money by forgery, additional Monona Police Department cases in the same period, and a 2016 misdemeanor possession of THC. "These were quite old," Kamoski said when describing the records. Miller, who introduced herself and said she is the general manager for the business, told the committee, "Those offenses were almost 20 years ago ... I have really worked hard to rehabilitating…