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[Opening]
WE'RE GOING TO HAVE AN AMENDMENT TO THE AGENDA THIS MORNING.[Amend Agenda]
WE'RE GOING TO HAVE RED LIGHT LIQUORS IN HERE FOR THEIR FOR THEIR 2025 WINE TASTING LICENSE.NOT REALLY A RENEWAL, I GUESS.
IT'S AN, ANNUAL, ANNUAL LICENSE.
DO YOU HEREBY SOLEMNLY DECLARE AND AFFIRM, UNDER THE PENALTIES OF PERJURY, THAT THE STATEMENT YOU MAKE AND THE TESTIMONY YOU GIVE IS THE TRUTH, THE WHOLE TRUTH, AND NOTHING BUT THE TRUTH? I DO.
CAN YOU EXPLAIN WHAT YOU WHAT YOU DO WITH YOUR LICENSE AND HOW MANY, HOW MANY WAS IT? 25. UP TO 26 PER YEAR, 26.
WE DO BEER, WINE AND OR LIQUOR TASTINGS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR.
WE HAVE NEVER DONE MORE THAN TWO IN A MONTH, MOST MONTHS IT'S ONE.
AND WE ADVERTISE IT TO CUSTOMERS.
WE'RE NOT OVERWHELMED WITH PEOPLE COMING IN.
SO IT, I WOULD SAY IF THEY GIVE OUT MORE THAN 25 SAMPLES IN A DAY, IT'S BEEN A LOT.
DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR? NO RED LIGHT. LIKE I SAID ROBIN'S ALWAYS COME TO US AND STAY IN TOUCH WITH ANY INFORMATION THAT WE'VE HAD.
THEY'VE HAD AN EVENTFUL MONTH, MONTH AND A HALF HERE LATELY.
I'M SUPPOSED TO STOP BACK OVER TO RED LIGHT.
OKAY. OKAY. DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? I HAVE NO QUESTIONS.
OKAY. I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO FOR RED LIGHT LIQUORS TO GIVE THEM A TASTING LICENSE FOR 2025, UP TO 26 EVENTS PENDING THE RECEIVING OF THE APPLICATION.
IT'S BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED THAT WE APPROVE THIS 2025 TASTING LICENSE FOR RED LIGHT LIQUORS.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU.
NOW WE'LL HAVE STAR DELI AND LIQUOR.
[Star Deli & Liquor – Transfer of Greensboro Deli]
THERE'S A TRANSFER LICENSE OF GREENSBORO DELI.ANYBODY WISHING TO SPEAK? PLEASE COME FORWARD.
WE'LL HAVE EVERYBODY STAND AND RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND, AND WE'LL DO THE OATH OF ALL WHO'S GOING TO SPEAK.
MIC] DO YOU HEREBY SOLEMNLY DECLARE AND AFFIRM, UNDER THE PENALTIES OF PERJURY, THAT THE STATEMENT YOU MAKE AND THE TESTIMONY YOU GIVE IS THE TRUTH, THE WHOLE TRUTH, NOTHING BUT THE TRUTH? I DO. GO RIGHT ON ACROSS.
WE'LL GET EACH ONE OF YOU TO STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD.
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ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. YOU MAY BE SEATED NOW.IS CATHERINE GOING TO READ IT? ARE YOU GOING TO READ IT? OKAY.
SO I'LL GO AHEAD AND READ THE NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING INTO THE RECORD.
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT PURSUANT TO THE ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES ARTICLE OF THE ANNOTATED CODE OF MARYLAND, THE CAROLINE COUNTY BOARD OF LICENSE COMMISSIONERS WILL HOLD A PUBLIC HEARING BEGINNING AT 9:30 A.M.
ON DECEMBER 18TH, 2024, RELATIVE TO THE FOLLOWING APPLICATION.
A REQUEST BY SUNIL KUMAR PATEL, PARAG KUMAR PATEL, AND ROSHAN KUMAR PATEL FOR THE USE OF NRP ASSOCIATES, INC., TRADING AS STAR DELI AND LIQUOR, LOCATED AT 105 WHITELEYSBURG ROAD, GREENSBORO, MARYLAND, FOR A TRANSFER OF THE CLASS A BEER, WINE AND LIQUOR SEVEN DAY OFF PREMISE SALES ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE LICENSE.
THE CURRENT LICENSEE IS SUNIL KUMAR K PATEL FOR THE USE OF GREENSBORO DELI, INC..
ANY CITIZENS INTERESTED IN THE APPLICATION WISHING TO BE HEARD BY THE BOARD WERE INVITED TO ATTEND.
WOULD YOU LIKE ME TO READ THROUGH THE EXHIBITS? YES, PLEASE. OKAY.
BOARDS EXHIBITS, NUMBER ONE IS THE NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING.
NUMBER TWO IS THE STAFF REPORT.
NUMBER THREE IS THE ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE LICENSE APPLICATION.
NUMBER FOUR ARE THE CORPORATION DOCUMENTS.
WOULD YOU LIKE ME TO GO OVER THE STAFF REPORT? SURE. OKAY.
SO IN YOUR PACKAGES MARKED AS EXHIBIT TWO IS THE STAFF REPORT.
YOU'LL SEE NOTED THERE THAT THE APPLICATION HAS BEEN REVIEWED.
IT IS COMPLETE WITH ALL REQUIRED SIGNATURES.
CRIMINAL HISTORY RECORDS CHECKS WERE PERFORMED FOR ALL THREE APPLICANTS THROUGH BOTH THE MARYLAND AND FBI, AND THERE WERE NO ENTRIES ON THOSE CHECKS. SUNIL KUMAR PATEL, WHO'S THE CURRENT LICENSE HOLDER, IS REMAINING ON THE LICENSE, AND HE IS THE LICENSEE THAT MEETS THE RESIDENCY REQUIREMENTS FOR THE STATE OF MARYLAND.
ALL THE APPLICANTS ARE AT LEAST 21 YEARS OF AGE.
AND SUNIL KUMAR PATEL IS GOING TO BE THE MANAGER OF THE BUSINESS.
ALL CORPORATION DOCUMENTS HAVE BEEN RECEIVED.
I DID NOTE PENDING LEGAL SUFFICIENCY, BUT MR. BARROLL HAS CONFIRMED THEY'RE ALL IN ORDER AND LISTED AS YOUR OUTSTANDING ITEMS ARE GENERALLY ITEMS WE DON'T ALWAYS SEE AT THE INITIAL HEARING.
THEY WOULD NEED TO GET ALL OF THEIR OTHER LICENSES, SALES AND USE TAX BUSINESS, WORKERS COMP, HEALTH DEPARTMENT, SOME OTHER ITEMS SUCH AS THE WORKERS COMP INSURANCE CERTIFICATE, THEIR AFFIDAVIT OF COMPLIANCE, AND ALCOHOL AND ALCOHOL AWARENESS CERTIFICATIONS.
THE BULK TRANSFER PERMIT TO TRANSFER THE STOCK OF INVENTORY TO THE NEW OWNERS, AND A RELEASE FROM THE COMPTROLLER'S OFFICE INDICATING THAT THE OUTGOING LICENSEE HAS ALL TAXES CURRENT.
MR. THORNTON, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.
YES. ROBERT E THORNTON JUNIOR, ON BEHALF OF THE APPLICANTS, YOU'VE SEEN THEM INTRODUCED.
YOU MAY RECOGNIZE SONNY DOWN AT THE END, I CALL HIM SONNY.
HE'S BEEN THE OWNER OF A DELI FOR, I DON'T KNOW HOW LONG THIS FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO WHO DATE BACK AS FAR AS I DO.
BUT BUT IT'S BEEN THERE, AND THE BUSINESS IS VERY GOOD.
SO HE THERE IS AN AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE PARTIES.
I SAID GRADUALLY, WE HAVEN'T OFFICIALLY TRANSFERRED IT YET.
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WE'RE TRYING TO DO THAT AROUND THE END OF THE YEAR FOR TAX PURPOSES, TO GET THINGS GOING.YOU KNOW, RIGHT AT THE END OF THE YEAR AND FIRST OF THE YEAR.
SO SO THERE'S NO THERE'S NOT GOING TO BE ANY CHANGE IN OPERATION.
THERE'S NOT GOING TO BE ANY CHANGE IN THE PREMISES.
THE ONLY THING THAT'S CHANGING IS THE THE CORPORATE OWNERSHIP.
AS I SAY, SONNY STAYING ON AND THESE TWO GENTLEMEN ARE COMING COMING ON WITH SONNY.
THE TWO OF THEM, OBVIOUSLY, SONNY IS STILL GOING TO BE A STOCKHOLDER IN THE IN THE SITUATION.
SO WITH THAT, UNLESS YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, LIKE I SAY, IT'S BEEN THERE FOREVER.
THEY'VE HAD A LIQUOR LICENSE FOREVER.
SONNY'S BEEN THE LICENSE HOLDER FOREVER, YOU KNOW, SO I DON'T KNOW OF ANY THING DIFFERENT UNLESS YOU ALL HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR YOUR STAFF DOES.
I HAVE TO APOLOGIZE A LITTLE BIT, BECAUSE I JUST GOT BACK FROM WEST VIRGINIA YESTERDAY, BUT LATE YESTERDAY, I USUALLY CHECK WITH CRYSTAL THE DAY BEFORE. SO YOU KNOW, WE GOT EVERYTHING STRAIGHT.
SO I'LL TURN IT OVER TO YOU, GENTLEMEN.
DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? NO.
I MEAN, BECAUSE I'M IN GREENSBORO EVERY DAY I ACTUALLY GO TO GREENSBORO DAILY ONCE IN A WHILE.
I'VE BEEN TO I EAT LUNCH A LOT OF TIMES AT STAR GAS AND DIESEL.
AND I DON'T I DON'T THINK EITHER ONE OF THE ESTABLISHMENTS HAVE HAD ANYTHING MAJOR, HAVE THEY? IT'S BEEN A LONG TIME SINCE THEY HAVE.
I DON'T EVEN REALLY REMEMBER SONNY EVER BEING IN HERE BEFORE THE BOARD.
SONNY'S ONLY EVER RECEIVED MINOR VERBAL WARNINGS FROM ME.
WHEN I AT LEAST WHEN I FIRST STARTED.
BUT EVER SINCE THEN, EVERYTHING'S BEEN GREAT.
AND ACTUALLY, ONE DAY I TOLD THIS STORY ONE TIME I WAS IN STAR GAS AND DIESEL, ORDERED MY LUNCH, AND I WAS SITTING THERE WAITING AND A YOUNG LADY WALKED IN THAT I THINK PROBABLY COMES IN THERE QUITE OFTEN, AND SHE WAS FAIRLY INTOXICATED AND THEY TURNED HER AWAY AND SAID, NO, YOU DON'T NEED ANYTHING ELSE. AND I WAS VERY IMPRESSED TO SEE THAT FACT BECAUSE THOSE GENTLEMEN DIDN'T KNOW WHO I WAS.
THEY I WAS JUST THERE GRABBING SOME LUNCH.
I WAS VERY IMPRESSED WITH THAT THAT DAY.
SO WHEN YOU SAY THAT RIGHT NOW THEY'RE JUST TRANS, THEY'RE TRANSFERRING THE LICENSE OR WHATEVER, IS THAT YOU'RE JUST TRANSFERRING LICENSE, BUT THE ACTUAL BUSINESS IS GOING TO TRANSFER AFTER THE FIRST OF THE YEAR.
YEAH, WE'RE TRYING TO TO COORDINATE IT.
IS THERE ANYTHING THAT THEY'LL HAVE TO DO, YOU KNOW, UPON APPROVAL OR WHATEVER? IS THERE ANYTHING THAT THEY'LL HAVE TO COME BACK AND DO ONCE THEY TRANSFER THE BUSINESS? NO, I THINK THEY'RE DOING THIS ALL AT THE SAME TIME.
THEY WON'T ACTUALLY GET THE ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE LICENSE UNTIL THEY MAKE THE TRANSFER OF THE BUSINESS.
OKAY. THAT'S WHAT I WASN'T SURE WHETHER YOU WERE DOING IT IN STAGES, WHICH I UNDERSTAND, YOU KNOW.
I WOULD RECOMMEND THE BOARD'S APPROVAL IS GOOD FOR 30 DAYS.
I WOULD RECOMMEND ASKING FOR ADDITIONAL TIME, BECAUSE IF YOU'RE PLANNING TO DO THE TRANSFER TOWARDS THE END OF THE YEAR, AND THEN YOU'VE GOT TO DO YOUR BULK TRANSFER PERMIT WITH THE STATE. SO THAT MIGHT TAKE A LITTLE BIT OF TIME TO FINALIZE.
SO I WOULD SUGGEST ASKING THE BOARD FOR IF WE GOT TO THAT POINT, I WAS GOING TO ACTUALLY ASK IF THEY WOULD LIKE TO GO TO MAYBE A 90 DAY TIME FRAME ON THIS BECAUSE OF THERE'S NO CONTROL OVER STATE, HOW LONG IT TAKES THEM TO DO THINGS.
WE'RE COMING INTO THE HOLIDAY SEASON.
IT MIGHT TAKE A LITTLE BIT LONGER.
HOWEVER, I WOULD SUGGEST THAT YOU COMPLETE THE TRANSFER BEFORE RENEWAL.
SO RENEWALS START MARCH 1ST, SO IF YOU CAN GET EVERYTHING COMPLETED AND LICENSE IN HAND BEFORE THEN, IT WILL FOLLOW WITH A RENEWAL FOR THE UPCOMING YEAR.
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SO THE ATC, THE ATCC IS THE ENFORCEMENT DIVISION, JUST ENFORCEMENT, FOR THE ALCOHOL AND TOBACCO.AND THAT'S WHERE THE BULK TRANSFER PERMIT GOES THROUGH THE COMPTROLLER'S.
OH, THEY STILL DO THAT. OKAY. THEY STILL DO THAT PART.
AND I DO HAVE, IF YOU DON'T MIND ONE OTHER QUESTION.
I NOTICED THAT PARAG AND ROSHAN BOTH DON'T LIVE IN MARYLAND.
AND I KNOW YOU SAID YOUR SON IS GOING TO STAY ON, AND EVENTUALLY YOU'RE GOING TO, I GUESS, COME OFF.
YEAH. OKAY. CURRENT ADDRESS IS FLORIDA OKAY. ALL RIGHT.
THERE'S EVERYTHING ON THE OUTSTANDING ITEMS THAT HAVEN'T.
YOU DON'T KNOW THAT ANYTHING'S BEEN.
EVERYTHING'S STILL OUTSTANDING.
YES. OKAY. THE ONLY THING I BELIEVE ON THERE THAT IS TAKING CARE OF.
ACTUALLY, NO, EVERYTHING'S STILL OUTSTANDING THERE.
SO THAT'LL ALL BE REQUIRED BEFORE WE RELEASE THE LICENSE.
THE ONLY QUESTION I HAVE IS LOOKING AT THE DRAWING OF THE PREMISE.
THERE WERE A FEW THINGS THAT I NOTICED, BUT IT COULD BE COVERED BY JUST ASKING YOU IN ONE DETAIL.
IS EVERYTHING INSIDE THE PREMISE.
YOUR LICENSE PREMISE, LIKE EVERYTHING INSIDE THE BUILDING, IS YOURS, RIGHT? YOU'RE NOT RUNNING OUT OF BACK ROOM.
EVERYTHING IS. YOU'RE ASKING FOR EVERYTHING.
OKAY. YOU HAVE NO OUTDOOR OTHER STORAGE OR BUILDINGS OR ANYTHING ON THE PROPERTY.
EVERYTHING'S GOING TO BE IN THE MAIN.
YEAH. MAIN BUILDING. YOU KNOW WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT, THAT DOOR RIGHT HERE, SONNY.
THE DOOR RIGHT HERE BY THE WALK IN COOLERS.
YEAH. THAT'S. THAT'S WHAT I JUST DIDN'T SEE.
LIKE IF YOU MOVE A COUNTER OUT OF BATHROOM OUT OF WHATEVER THEN YEAH.
BUT IF IT'S JUST CHANGING A SINK, THAT'S NOT A BIG DEAL.
ALL RIGHT. AND THEN ARE YOU ASKING FOR THE LITTLE WOODEN WALKWAY OUT FRONT TOO OR NO.
GLEN, YOU GOT ANYTHING YOU WANT TO ASK? [INAUDIBLE] YOU'VE ASKED ALL THE QUESTIONS I WOULD HAVE ASKED.
IT SOUNDS GOOD DOWN THERE IN FLORIDA.
SOUNDS WARM, DOESN'T IT? YEAH.
[INAUDIBLE] SO IF THERE'S NO MORE TESTIMONY, WE HAVE SOME FACTORS OF APPROVAL AND DENIAL THAT WE HAVE TO GO THROUGH.
BLAINE, CAN YOU HEAR US? [INAUDIBLE] THE FIRST ONE IS THE PUBLIC NEED AND DESIRE FOR THE LICENSE.
THERE'S ALREADY BUSINESS THERE.
IT'S JUST A TRANSFER OF THE BUSINESS, SO I DON'T SEE WHERE THERE'S AN ISSUE.
I DON'T KNOW IF EITHER ONE OF YOU.
I MEAN, IT'S BEEN IT IT HAS BEEN EXACTLY WHAT IT IS FOR.
I'VE BEEN GOING TO GREENSBORO SO IT'S BEEN THAT FOR 25 YEARS.
SO AND THERE'S NOT BEEN ANY [INAUDIBLE].
THE NUMBER AND LOCATION OF EXISTING LICENSE HOLDERS.
BACK TO THE SAME THING. BACK TO THE SAME THING.
I MEAN, IT'S NOT CHANGING THE NUMBER.
IT'S NOT GOING TO PUT ANY STRAIN ON ANY BUSINESS ALREADY IN TOWN.
RIGHT. THERE'S NO CHANGE IN THE LICENSE TYPE.
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THEY'VE TESTIFIED THERE WOULD BE NO CHANGE, RIGHT? JUST SOME SPRUCING UP.I THINK THEY SAID JUST SPRUCING UP THE BUILDING A LITTLE BIT.
THE IMPACT OF THE LICENSE FOR WHICH THE APPLICATION IS MADE ON THE HEALTH, SAFETY AND WELFARE OF THE COMMUNITY, INCLUDING ISSUES RELATED TO CRIME, TRAFFIC, PARKING OR CONVENIENCE. IT'S NOT GOING TO BE ANY DIFFERENT THAN WHAT THEY HAD.
I MEAN, THE PARKING IS NOT GOING TO CHANGE, THE BUILDING IS GOING TO BE THE SAME.
NO. AND AND WHAT I SEE A LOT OF TIMES THERE'S A, THERE'S A LOT OF WALK IN CUSTOMERS THAT LIVE RIGHT CLOSE TO THAT AREA ACROSS THE STREET AND THEY HAVE THAT COMPLEX THERE.
YEAH, THERE'S A LOT OF WALK IN TRAFFIC.
LAST ONE FOR THIS PART IS IF THERE'S ANY OTHER FACTORS THAT THE BOARD CONSIDERS NECESSARY.
I THINK WE'VE WE'VE PRETTY MUCH ASKED OUR QUESTIONS.
NO. GO ON, INSPECTOR, JUST DOUBLE CHECKED ON SOME THINGS AND MAKE SURE THAT THEY WEREN'T GOING TO TRY TO ADD ANYTHING OUTSIDE AND MADE THEM AWARE OF THE FACT THAT IF THEY DID WANT TO MAKE CHANGES, THEY NEED TO COME BACK BEFORE US.
MAJOR CHANGES, YOU KNOW, PAINTING AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
OKAY. NEXT PART IS THE BOARD SHALL DENY A LICENSE APPLICATION.
I DON'T FEEL THAT THAT'S AN ISSUE.
I THINK THAT I THINK THAT THIS ESTABLISHMENT SERVES THE PUBLIC IN IN A GOOD MANNER.
THE APPLICANT IS NOT A FIT PERSON TO RECEIVE A LICENSE.
THE APPLICANT, THE APPLICANT HAS MADE A MATERIAL FALSE STATEMENT IN THE APPLICATION.
NO APPLICANT IS ACTIVE FRAUDULENT IN CONNECTION WITH THE APPLICATION.
NOT THAT WE'VE. ONCE AGAIN, I DON'T THINK THAT WE HAVE ANY PROOF OF THAT, SO YEAH.
YEAH. IF THE LICENSE IS ISSUED TO OPERATION, AUTHORIZED BY THE LICENSEE WOULD UNDULY DISTURB THE PEACE OF THE RESIDENTS OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD. I DON'T SEE WHERE THAT'S GOING TO BE AN ISSUE.
IT'S NOT GOING TO CHANGE FROM WHAT IT'S AT NOW IF IT HASN'T DISTURBED THE PEACE.
WHY IS IT GOING TO START NOW? I AGREE. YEAH I AGREE.
SO THOSE ARE OUR FACTORS FOR REASON FOR APPROVAL OR DENIAL.
[INAUDIBLE] I WOULD, I MEAN, GLEN, YOU HAVE ANYTHING FURTHER YOU WANT TO...
BECAUSE I THINK YOU'LL COVER ALL THE THINGS I WAS THINKING.
OKAY. LET ME SCROLL BACK UP HERE TO GET THEM.
I'LL MAKE A MOTION THAT WE APPROVE THE TRANSFER OF CLASS A BEER, WINE AND LIQUOR RETAIL STORES, SEVEN DAY OFF PREMISE SALES, ALCOHOL BEVERAGE LICENSE, FROM BASICALLY GREENSBORO DELI TO NRP ASSOCIATES DOING BUSINESS AS STAR DELI AND LIQUOR, AND TO GIVE THEM A INSTEAD OF A 30 DAY, GIVE THEM A 90 DAY TIME FRAME TO GET THIS COMPLETED IN BUT THE AND ALSO TO ALL OUTSTANDING ITEMS WITHIN THE STAFF REPORT NEED TO BE MET.
IT'S BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED THAT WE APPROVE THIS TRANSFER FROM GREENSBORO DELI TO NRP ASSOCIATES, TRADING AS STAR DELI AND LIQUOR.
THANK YOU GENTLEMEN. GOOD LUCK.
GOOD. SONNY CONGRATULATIONS ON ON GETTING GETTING TO THAT POINT.
YEAH. THANK YOU, MR. THORNTON. YES. THANK YOU.
[Inspector's Report]
GAS AND DIESEL.WE HAVE OUR INSPECTORS REPORT.
JUST TRYING TO WRAP UP THINGS FOR THE END OF THE YEAR, TRYING TO GET THESE LAST MINUTE INSPECTIONS.
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THEY WERE EXPECTING ME, OF COURSE.YOU'RE ABOUT THE ONLY LIQUOR INSPECTOR IN THE STATE OF MARYLAND WE SEE.
I SAID THAT MIGHT BE BECAUSE WE ONLY HAVE 40 LICENSES, ABOUT 40 LICENSES.
BUT YOU KNOW, MAKES ME FEEL GOOD LIKE I'M DOING MY JOB AND CHECKING ON THEM.
AND THEY FELL INTO COMPLIANCE WITH THAT, AND THEY THEY DID SEEM TO APPRECIATE IT.
LIKE I SAID, JUST WENT THROUGH AND JUST DID A BUNCH OF INSPECTIONS.
THE TURKISH VFW THE NIGHT BEFORE THANKSGIVING, OBVIOUSLY, WAS A BIG DRINKING NIGHT.
I'VE GOT A LOT OF THINGS THAT ARE COMING IN YOUR DIRECTION FOR VIOLATIONS IN THAT ASPECT.
I'VE ALSO BEEN WRITING SOME WARNINGS, TOO.
SO YOU'LL BE SEEING SOME OF THOSE WARNINGS COME THROUGH.
WITH THE CHANGE OF THE ADMINISTRATOR HERE, WE'RE GOING TO ACTUALLY BRING A LOT OF STUFF FOR YOU FOR THE FIRST OF THE YEAR, BUT UNFORTUNATELY, IT'S JUST PILING UP. BUT THAT'S ALL I'VE GOT FOR YOU ON THAT ASPECT.
OKAY. CRYSTAL GOING TO DO THE ADMINISTRATOR'S REPORT OR IS? IS SHE COMING BACK? YEAH, SHE'LL COME BACK.
SO HE'S AGREED TO HELP ME ON THAT.
SO WE'LL SEE IF WE GET SOME HELP ON THAT.
WE'VE BEEN ON PHONE CALLS, YOU KNOW, WITH THE MARYLAND ALCOHOL LICENSING ASSOCIATION.
BUT THEY DID CONFIRM THAT THEY'RE LOW ON STAFF AS WELL.
SO I THINK IT'S GREAT THAT WE GAVE THEM SOME EXTRA TIME TO GET THAT STUFF DONE.
[Department Update]
WE DON'T HAVE A BOARD ADMINISTRATOR, SO I DON'T HAVE A REPORT.BUT YOU ARE THE ADMINISTRATOR.
WHAT I CAN TELL YOU IS JUST FOR THE DEPARTMENT.
WE DO HAVE A PERMIT TECHNICIAN THAT WE'VE OFFERED A POSITION TO AND HAS ACCEPTED.
SO WE'RE HOPING TO ONBOARD THAT PERSON HERE SHORTLY.
WE HAVE EXTENDED AN OFFER TO A PLANNER.
AND THEN WE STILL HAVE OUR GIS COORDINATOR POSITION THAT HAS TO BE FILLED AS WELL.
SO WE STILL HAVE THOSE TWO OPEN.
WE'LL BE COMING UP ON RENEWALS HERE SHORTLY.
THEY'LL BE DUE BACK IN MARCH 30TH.
YOUR REVIEW WILL BE THE FIRST FRIDAY IN APRIL, WHICH I THINK IS LIKE THE 4TH FOR RENEWALS, I DON'T ANTICIPATE NOBODY NOT RENEWING. WE DO HAVE A ANOTHER TRANSFER FOR JANUARY.
THEY'RE LOOKING TO REMOVE HER.
I KNOW SHE'S HAD SOME HEALTH ISSUES.
AND THE OTHER TWO LICENSE HOLDERS LIVE IN DELAWARE, SO THEY WERE THEY'RE SEEKING TO REPLACE HER WITH ANOTHER GENTLEMAN WHO LIVES THERE IN GREENSBORO THAT WILL BECOME PART OF THEIR CORPORATION.
AND THEN ONE OF THE OTHER LICENSE HOLDERS WILL BE COMING OFF COMPLETELY.
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YES. OKAY.THAT VACANT POSITION FOR AN ALTERNATE.
ANY PROGRESS ON THAT OR? NO. I UNDERSTAND THERE'S BEEN SEVERAL PEOPLE THAT WERE INTERESTED AND APPLIED TO THE GOVERNOR'S APPOINTMENT OFFICE, BUT I HAVEN'T HEARD ANYTHING.
IT'S BEEN VERY DIFFICULT TO GET ANSWERS OUT OF OR DEAL WITH.
I MEAN, JUST TRYING TO GET YOUR REAPPOINTMENT IN PLACE AND MIKE'S APPOINTMENT IN THE PLACE WAS A YEAR WE FINALLY GOT THERE. I DID HAVE TO ASK DELEGATE GREIST IF HE COULD HELP OUT, BECAUSE WE JUST WEREN'T GETTING ANYWHERE.
AND I, YOU KNOW, I EXPRESSED TO THE APPOINTMENTS OFFICE, WE LITERALLY HAVE ONE VALID BOARD MEMBER.
AND HOW ARE WE SUPPOSED TO DO BUSINESS? SO THAT FORTUNATELY CAME THROUGH.
BUT I FEEL THE SAME THING IS GOING TO HAPPEN WITH THE ALTERNATE.
DIDN'T WE DIDN'T IN THE PAST, DIDN'T THE COUNTY ADVERTISE FOR IT? SEE, IT'S APPOINTED BY THE GOVERNOR'S OFFICE, SO.
RIGHT. BUT I THOUGHT WE HAD I THOUGHT THE COUNTY HAD ADVERTISED FOR IT, PEOPLE APPLIED BECAUSE WE INTERVIEWED AND THEN WE THE RECOMMENDATION GOT SENT UP TO THE APPOINTMENTS OFFICE. RIGHT, RIGHT. BUT IT'S CHANGED WITH THIS ADMINISTRATION, SO THEY DON'T SEEM TO CARE WHAT WE THINK.
WELL, IS THE ARE THEY ADVERTISED? I MEAN, IS IT BEING ADVERTISED TO PEOPLE EVEN KNOW THAT IT'S...
WE ON OUR WEBSITE DO SHOW AN OPENING.
SO BUT THAT'S THE ONLY ADVERTISED.
BUT THAT WOULD AND THEN WE COULD EXPLAIN TO THEM WHAT THE PROCESS IS.
BUT YES, IT IS I MEAN, YOU COULD CALL IT ADVERTISED ON OUR COUNTY WEBSITE BECAUSE YOU CAN GO ON THERE AT ANY TIME AND SEE WHAT WHAT OPEN POSITIONS FOR BOARDS THAT ARE AVAILABLE. OKAY.
CRYSTAL, WHAT ABOUT THE CONVENTION THAT'S HELD? DOESN'T COME UP IN OR HAS IT ALREADY TAKEN PLACE? NO. THEY HAD TALKED ABOUT DOING ONE AGAIN THIS FALL.
THEY DIDN'T HAVE IT. SO I'M THINKING THEY'RE GOING TO CIRCLE BACK AND GO BACK TO DOING IT IN THE SPRING, WHICH IS USUALLY MOTHER'S DAY WEEKEND IS USUALLY WHEN THEY DO IT, BUT I HAVEN'T HEARD A DEFINITIVE DATE YET.
SO I WOULD SAY SOMEWHERE AROUND THE WEEKEND OF MAY 11TH.
OKAY, WELL, BUT AS SOON AS I HEAR SOMETHING, I'LL LET EVERYONE KNOW.
ALL RIGHT. THANKS. ONE, ONE ALSO THING I WANT TO LET YOU GUYS KNOW WE DID HAVE A ROBBERY IN THE COUNTY, THAT THEY STOLE NOTHING BUT LIQUOR. RED LIGHT GOT ROBBED THE OTHER NIGHT, AND DENTON POLICE DID A GREAT JOB, AND THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT DID A GREAT JOB AND CAUGHT THEM, AND ALL THE ALCOHOL WAS RETURNED.
SO I JUST WANT TO SHOW APPRECIATION TO THEM FOR THAT.
WAS IT A ROBBERY WHILE THEY WERE OPEN? WHILE THEY WERE OPEN YEAH.
THEY TOOK ABOUT $1,600 WORTH OF TEQUILA.
SO JUST WANT TO LET YOU GUYS KNOW THAT ALSO WHAT HAPPENED, LIKE ARMED ROBBERY, I MEAN THAT TYPE OF DEAL OR? MORE THEY JUST WENT IN AND PUT IT UNDER THEIR JACKET OF A THEFT.
LIKE I SAID, WE DON'T THANKFULLY, WE DON'T HAVE A WHOLE LOT OF THAT GOING ON.
BUT, YOU KNOW, THE THEFT OF LIQUOR, I MEAN, COMES INTO OUR ASPECT OF, YOU KNOW, SO.
YEAH. AND THEY'RE CARRYING HIGH END ODD YOU KNOW, THEY WERE I KNOW WHEN THEY WERE ADVERTISING LIKE WHEN THEY WERE FIRST GETTING INTO LA, THEY WERE TALKING ABOUT HOW THEY WERE GOING TO CARRY HIGH END ODD EXPENSIVE TO SEPARATE THEMSELVES FROM THE OTHER.
SO PEOPLE KNOW THAT THAT'S THERE.
AND I'VE EXPLAINED TO THEM, YOU KNOW, UNFORTUNATELY THEY'RE OPEN LATE AND IN MY POSITION, YOU KNOW, DRINKING DOES OCCUR LATE AT NIGHT, SO IT DOES TAKE ME OUT LATE, LATE AT NIGHT. SO A LOT OF TIMES PEOPLE THAT ARE IN THAT AREA, THEY SEE THE COUNTY TRUCK PARKED IN THE PARKING LOT AND I TELL RED LIGHT, UNFORTUNATELY, YOU GUYS ARE MOST LIKELY THE PEOPLE WHO OPEN THE LATEST.
SO YOU'RE GOING TO SEE ME MORE THAN ANYONE JUST CHECKING IDS AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
AND WE WE HAVE CONVERSATIONS WE'LL GO IN THERE.
IT WAS ACTUALLY LIKE ONE NIGHT AFTER I LEFT THEM THE VERY NEXT NIGHT.
OTHER THAN THERE'S A COUNTY TRUCK UP THERE AND BUT IT IT WAS SOMETHING INTERESTING.
AND LIKE I SAID, IT, IT DID INVOLVE THEIR INVENTORY OF ALCOHOL.
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SO WE TALKED ABOUT THAT AND PUTTING IT BACK INTO INVENTORY.SO RED LIGHT'S BEEN DOING A GREAT JOB COMMUNICATING WITH ME AS WELL.
SO SO THE BOTTLE OR BOTTLES THAT GOT STOLEN, ARE THEY ABLE TO PUT THAT BACK IN.
YES. I MEAN IT WASN'T OPENED OR ANYTHING.
NO. SO THEY WERE ABLE TO PUT THAT BACK IN INVENTORY.
YES. IT'S STILL UNDER IT'S STILL UNDER INVENTORY.
RIGHT. I MEAN, IT WAS THEIR INVENTORY TO BEGIN WITH.
RIGHT. AND IT WAS IT WAS RETURNED BY THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, SO.
SO THERE'S A POLICE REPORT TO SHOW THAT AS WELL.
YEAH. STEWART, DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING EXCITING? YEAH. NOT ON THIS SUBJECT.
OH. SO I'M GOING TO WRAP UP AND MAKE A MOTION TO ADJOURN.
[Adjournment]
I SECOND. IT'S BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED THAT WE ADJOURN THIS MEETING FOR THE CAROLINE COUNTY BOARD OF LICENSE COMMISSIONERS FOR WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 18TH, 2024 AT 10:05.THAT'S A WRAP.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.