Adams Simplifies One-Day Liquor License Application
ADAMS, Mass. — The Selectmen on Wednesday approved a revamped one-day liquor-license application form that will simplify the application process.
Selectman Arthur "Skip" Harrington presented the new two-page one-day application that was developed by the Licensing Subcommittee.
"It's pretty straight forward and I think this is part of a number of steps that we will be taking going forward trying to bring our liquor policies up to date," Harrington said.
Harrington said the town has been testing the new form over the past few weeks, and after making some final tweaks, it should streamline the once complicated process.
He added that the subcommittee is still working on updating the liquor licensing policy.
In other business, Town Administrator Tony Mazzucco said there will be two "world cafe" style public meetings hosted by the Collins Center on Saturday, Oct. 22, from 10 to noon and Nov. 3 from 6 to 8 p.m. to gather information from the public about the Adams-Cheshire Regional School District. Both will be at Hoosac Valley High School.
"I think they will be talking about the future of the district, what we value and what we are looking at," Mazzucco said.
Adams secured a grant to hire the University of Massachusetts' Edward J. Collins Jr. Center for Public Management to survey the school district and provide data that will inform how the district should move forward in the future.
He added at the end of his report that the school district is having issues hiring someone to rip down the inside of the C.T. Plunkett boiler room roof for an environmental assessment.
"Apparently they called two different contractors," he said. "One couldn't do it, and the other was weeks and weeks out so I had the building commissioner send them a few more names."
The town of Adams had agreed to make repairs to the defunct boiler room roof at the school.
• Mazzucco also said the Department of Public Works recently purchased a leaf vacuum that it hopes will help out with this year's leaf pickup.
"They think it will cut down quite a bit on the number of guys it actually takes to do the leaf pick up," he said.
The DPW also received a recently purchased hot box and pavement recycler to aid with pothole patching this winter.
"They are very happy with it and I was told that they don't anticipate any potholes this spring so we will see if we will hold them to that," Mazzucco said. "We have been stocking up on asphalt so we can make the repairs but I will throw them a party if we can get through the winter without potholes."
• Selectman Joseph Nowak said with the nearing completion of the Ashuwillticook Rail Trail extension to Lime Street, he had concerns over vandalism. The new trail runs parallel to Route 8 and behind a number of residences and businesses on the west side of the Hoosic River.
"I worry about early vandalism, and ... I really hope that we can work with the police," Nowak said. "If we don't start soon when that opens we may not be able to catch people and let them know that we aren't fooling around because we have a lot invested there."
He said it may be good to have police on the trail with bikes.
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