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Danvers Select Board approves Craft Kitchen entertainment license, adopts FY27 budget goals; routine items passed
Summary
The Select Board voted Feb. 17, 2026 to approve a 7‑day entertainment license for Craft Kitchen with conditions, adopted FY27 budget goals with added language recognizing Danvers’ historical heritage, and approved the consent calendar and minutes; the motion to approve the Feb. 3 minutes passed 4‑0‑1 (Djoko abstained).
The Town of Danvers Select Board on Feb. 17 approved several items including a limited entertainment license for Craft Kitchen and its FY27 budget goals.
Entertainment license: Owner George Tsatis sought a seven‑day entertainment license to allow occasional musical bingo, trivia or small‑scale live music. The Board confirmed required notice and abutter notification were completed and closed the public hearing. On a motion by Select Board member Gardner S. Trask III, seconded by Select Board member Daniel C. Bennett, the Board voted 5‑0 to approve entertainment Monday–Saturday 8:00 P.M.–10:30 P.M. and Sunday 12:00 P.M.–3:00 P.M., with the stipulation that no more than two entertainers perform and there be no outdoor entertainment.
Budget goals: Finance Director Rodney Conley presented the FY27 Budget Goals and Objectives. The draft incorporated prior board feedback and defined fiscal goals and fund balance targets; the Town Manager warned that the FY27 budget gap is larger than in previous years due to rising health insurance and contracted services costs and constrained state aid. Select Board member Daniel C. Bennett proposed adding language recognizing Danvers’ historical heritage; on a motion by Select Board member Gardner S. Trask III, seconded by Select Board member Daniel C. Bennett, the Board voted 5‑0 to approve the goals with that addition.
Consent calendar and minutes: The Board voted 5‑0 to approve the consent calendar, which included livery and Class 2 dealer licenses (Exclusive Limousine, LLC and Pelletier & Milbury Corp. d/b/a Port Auto Sales). The earlier motion to approve the Minutes of Feb. 3, 2026 (moved by Trask, seconded by Bean) passed 4‑0‑1, with Dutrochet Djoko recorded as abstaining because he had not attended that meeting.
Board members also offered routine remarks thanking staff and participants for a productive Special Town Meeting and requested follow‑up information on snow‑removal costs. The meeting adjourned at 8:18 P.M.
