Licenses & Franchises Committee

Licenses & Franchises Committee Meeting Minutes August 4, 2025 The Chair called the meeting to order at 10:38 p.m. Present: Councillors Dunn, Hanley, Katz, Logan. Absent: Vidal. (He was attending the LTD Committee meeting) President McLaughlin was also present at the meeting. Councillor Logan moved approval of the minutes from the 6/23/2025 meeting. The motion was approved on a voice vote. The Clerk opened the meeting and called the roll. The Clerk asked for nominations for a Councillor to be the Chair Pro Tem for the meeting. Councillor Katz nominated Councillor Logan. With no other nominations and by a voice vote Councillor Logan was the Clerk Pro Tem of the meeting. First agenda item: Secondhand dealers license at 88 Maple Street for LaBoutiqua for Ricardo Vasquez. Councillors Katz and Dunn asked questions to the petitioner. From the Chair, Chair Pro Tem Logan asked questions and spoke to the petitioner. Councillor Dunn moved approval The motion was approved by a voice vote. Second agenda item: Secondhand dealers license at 16 Elm St for Big Dawgs Cards Councillor Hanley asked about card breakings? Mr. Torres answered questions and spoke a lot of the reasons for the need of his shop; to help the kids. Councillor Hanley moved approval of the license. The motion was approved by a voice vote. Third agenda item: Grant of location at Grant Street for Eversource Councillor Katz asked questions. Joanne Callender, representing Eversource answered questions. This was for the McDonalds revamp and the need to relocate the transformer. Councillor Dunn moved approval. The motion was approved by a voice vote. Councillor Katz moved to adjourn at 10:48 p.m. The motion was approved by a voice vote. Respectfully submitted, Kara Wilson, Assistant City Clerk August 7, 2025