Board of Aldermen 03-22-2022 Page 3
industries come and go. | do ask that the Board consider a recommendation upon approval if they do approve it that it
pertains to the customers that are currently in the establishment. So at 1 am, they can continue serving till two but no
longer allow any other patrons to come into the establishment. Having businesses that have different liquor licenses in
Massachusetts myself, we find that at 1 am, they get an influx of people that are already intoxicated showing up ona
licensed establishment. It not only causes a lot of problems with the patrons having to deal with a bunch of drunk people
showing up at you know 1:15 in the morning when they're trying to end their night peacefully. It also puts a burden on the
license holders to have intoxicated people now showing up at the door, having to turn them away, and it could cause more
problems than if it's wanted. So my recommendation is upon approval having it restricted to patrons that are already on
site and not allowing any more patrons in after 1 am. Thank you.
President Wilshire
Thank you. | have someone on Zoom but right to something. I'm not sure - Right to Know. That's not a name. So in the
future if you could put your name that would be more helpful.
Laurie Ortolano
Okay. | don't know if | can because | don't even know why that appears. But anyway, it's Laurie Ortolano, 41 Berkeley
Street. | would like to speak to a couple things. The first one was the Franklin Street School. The bond for $5 million. |
was there last night. | gave some comments on that. | would like to ask the Board to do more to get information to the
public on the bonding schedules, the cost of bonds, bonds that are coming off payment plans so we have a better
understanding on what's going on with the bond schedules and we're able to educate Board members more fully. We did
that when | lived in Litchfield. | think it's really important because | don't have a good sense of it and | can't believe Board
members really have a good sense of it.
| also think it's really important to competitively build these things. We seem to give our contract to the same person or
the same company over and over again because we have great results. | just think that that's not a good plan long term.
We should mix it up a little bit. A 15% contingency is very high. | know it's because of material fluctuations but | think
normal contingencies are like 3% or 4%.
14 Court Street - you've heard my comments on that. I'm concerned about extending a lease to Liquid Therapy because |
really think we should be getting rid of the building. If there is no fire issue in there to maintain the building, then we are
just holding on to a facility that we will never make money in and it costs us, you know, millions of dollars to maintain. So
maybe we should sell that building to somebody who has a better plan and can turn that into something more profitable.
| support the gaming change in schedule to some extent. But in general, | sort of feel like nothing good happens with
alcohol after midnight. The woman who just spoke and said that you should limit it to the patrons that are already on the
establishment, | think had a really valid point. I'd also like to know what the Police Department position is on this as far as
what it may potentially do for police calls involving issues at these establishments and if they raise the concern that was
just raised by this woman who spoke previously. I'd also like to Know that there's a monitoring program that we can see if
there's any impact with our Police Department and extending this to 2 am.
Raising the landfill fees | think is terrific. We need to do that. It is hard on the people dropping off stuff that are local
people but it's a necessary change. We have to preserve the landfill.
Donna Graham, Legislative Affairs Manager
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Laurie Ortolano
Okay. That's everything. I'm good. Thank you.
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