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Holyoke official proposes modest increases to weights-and-measures inspection fees
Summary
Marcus Gabrielli, Holyoke’s sealer of weights and measures, presented a regional comparison and recommended raising several inspection fees (example: scanner/price-verification proposed from $1.00 to $1.25) to align Holyoke with peer Massachusetts cities; the committee asked legal to draft ordinance language and tabled the item.
Marcus Gabrielli, Holyoke’s sealer of weights and measures, told the Ordinance Committee on March 4 that the city’s fee schedule for inspections hasn’t been updated in about six years and that a regional comparison supports modest increases. "I ensure consumer transparency and equity in the marketplace," Gabrielli said, summarizing the office’s inspections at gas stations, grocery stores, pharmacies, cannabis dispensaries and other retail and manufacturing sites.
Gabrielli presented a spreadsheet comparing…
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