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Orchard Church asks for permit-fee cut for Taste of Westford; board discussion ends with an internally inconsistent meeting record
Summary
Orchard Church sought reduced food-permit and plan-review fees to host a May 21 Taste of Westford event; the board debated costs, recurring permit obligations, and who should cover fees; the transcript records a roll-call and also contains a contradictory statement about the motion's outcome.
Orchard Church volunteer Manny Gasper asked the Westford Board of Health on April 13 to reduce fees for a food-permit application and plan review so the church could host the May 21 "Taste of Westford" event with area restaurants providing samples.
Gasper said the church is providing space to the Westford Business Association (WBA) and sought a 50% reduction of the plan-review and permit fees because the costs were unplanned. “We were trying to enable that for [the WBA] in this given time frame because the event is coming up on May 21,” Gasper said.
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