Pawtucket Board of License Commissioners.
March 20, 1991.
A regular session of the Pawtucket Board of License Commissioners is held Wednesday, March 20, 1991, at eight ten o’clock p.m. All the members are present and Chairman Houle presides.
The reading of the records of March 6, 1991, is dispensed with and the records are approved as prepared by the Clerk.
FORMAL HEARING REGARDING THE FOLLOWING LIQUOR ESTABLISHMENT IS TAKEN UP:
CLASS B (Victualer)
Jan’s Place Inc., 58-60 Middle Street
CLASS D (First Class)
Lily Social Club, 158 South Bend St
Gerald J. Pouliot, Assistant City Solicitor, represented the City of Pawtucket.
The following are present at hearing:
Stenographer
Marylou Wenz
Steven Laverty
Paul Jan Wenz
Captain Robert Morris, Pawtucket Police Department Detective John M. LaCross, Rhode Island State Police
THE DETAILED TESTIMONY OF THE FORMAL HEARING MAY BE FOUND IN THE VAULT IN THE CITY CLERK’S OFFICE.
THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILMAN BARRY.
With majority consent of the Council, the following License is REVOKED on a roll call vote as follows:
Ayes - President Houle, Councilmembers Barry, Calista, Doyle, Kinder, Robert Lynch, William Lynch, Rabbitt, Vieira.
Noes - 0.
CLASS B (Victualer)
Jan’s Place Inc., 58-60 Middle Street
REVOCATION DUE TO CRIMINAL ACTIVITY REGARDING BOOKMAKING AND VIOLATIONS OF THE RICO ACT BY THE OFFICE HOLDER.
CLASS D (First Class)
Lily Social Club, 158 South Bend St
REVOCATION DUE TO CRIMINAL ACTIVITY INVOLVING ORGANIZED CRIME, GAMBLING, AND RACKETEERING, BY THE LILY SOCIAL CLUB AND ITS EMPLOYEES.
Communication from Gerard B. Sullivan, Assistant Attorney General, regarding the Lily Social Club proprietor, Paul Wenz is Read and Ordered Filed.
Pawtucket Police Department printout of activities at the Lily Social Club and Jan’s Place is Read and Ordered Filed.
The following Matter was Laid on the Table at the meetings of February 20, and March 6, 1991, and is again taken up and is again Laid on the Table on a unanimous voice vote:
Communication from R. Gary Clark, Tax Administrator, RI Division of Taxation, requesting that the liquor license renewal of Sully’s Pub Inc., 617 Prospect Street, be withdrawn pending payment of delinquent taxes to the State.
Memo from Gerald J. Pouliot, Assistant City Solicitor, to Fred E. Joslyn, Jr., City Solicitor, regarding LaVault’s extension of Stay until a hearing de novo is scheduled is Read and Ordered Filed.
THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILMAN BARRY.
With majority consent of the Council, Councilman Barry introduces the following entitled communication:
Communication from Gerald J. Pouliot, Assistant City Solicitor regarding the hearing in the matter of Snicker’s Inc. d/b/a LaVault’s, scheduled for Wed. April 17, 1991, before the Liquor Control Commissioner.
Upon Motion made by Councilman Barry, seconded by Councilman kinder, the following entitled communication is Read and Ordered Filed:
Communication from Gerald J. Pouliot, Assistant City Solicitor regarding the hearing in the matter of Snicker’s Inc. d/b/a LaVault’s, scheduled for Wed. April 17, 1991, before the Liquor Control Commissioner.
Copy of Communication from RI Health Department and Police Complaint Report regarding the closing of LaVault’s Restaurant for failure to obtain State Food Business Registration requirements is Read and Ordered Filed.
THE FOLLOWING APPLICATION FOR LICENSE WAS TAKEN UNDER ADVISEMENT AT THE MEETING HELD JANUARY 9, 1991, AND IS AGAIN TAKEN UP AND IS GRANTED ON A ROLL CALL VOTE, AS FOLLOWS:
Ayes - President Houle, Councilmembers Calista, Robert Lynch, Rabbitt, and Vieira.
Noes - 0.
Abstain - Councilmembers Barry, Doyle, Kinder, and William Lynch.
CLASS D (First Class)
Delaney Columbus Club, 87 North Bend Street LIC #138
Upon Motion made by Councilman Barry seconded by Councilman Kinder, the meeting is adjourned at eight forty-five o’clock p.m.