The Select Board will be meeting tonight at 7pm in the Select Board meeting room at Town Hall. The board will first be going over the annual liquor licenses renewals. Most notably in the list below, two out of the fifteen received Alcoholic Beverages Control Commission (ABCC) Violations this year. Also, the Common District Meeting House is not renewing their license which the Select Board previously approved twice. It was publicized last week that new owners had purchased the space and a new steakhouse called “Post 1917” would be coming in 2024. Pamplemousse is also not renewing as they are closing their Reading location at the end of the month.
All Alcohol – Restaurants
- Anthony’s Coal Fired Pizza – 48 Walkers Brook Drive
- Bertucci’s Italian Restaurant – 45 Walkers Brook Drive
- Café Capri – 355 Main Street
- Chili’s Grill & Bar – 70 Walkers Brook Drive * ABCC Violation in 2023
- Fuddruckers – 50 Walkers Brook Drive
- Public Kitchen – 530 Main Street
- Longhorn Steak House – 39 Walkers Brook Drive
- Mandarin Reading Restaurant – 296 Salem Street
- Oye’s – 26 Walkers Brook Drive * ABCC Violation in 2023
- Ristorante Pavarotti – 601 Main Street
- Fusilli’s Cucina – 107 Main Street
- Venetian Moon Restaurant – 680 Main Street
- Bunratty Tavern – 620 Main Street
- The Common District Meeting House – Haven Street – NOT RENEWING
- Half & Half – 607 Main Street
Wine & Malt – Restaurants
- Bangkok Spice Thai Restaurant, 76 Haven Street
All Alcohol – Clubs
- Knights of Columbus – 11 Sanborn Street
- Meadow Brook Golf Club – 292 Grove Street
- Reading Veteran’s Association/American Legion – 37 Ash Street
All Alcohol – Package Stores
- Reading Fine Wines and Spirits, 25 Walkers Brook Drive
- City Wine Spirits and Smoke Shop (FKA Baystate) – 345 Main Street
- Rickys Liquors – 214 Main Street
- Square Liquors – 13 High Street
- The Liquor Junction – 1 General Way
- Pamplemousse– 26 Haven Street – NOT RENEWING
The board will also be receiving discussing the CATO Bill Russell Proposal that is on pages 13-37 in the packet. The board will be looking at Creating the Bill Russell Ad-Hoc Commemoration Establishment Committee (BRACE) to honor Bill Russell’s life and legacy, considering the options provided by BRACE and schedule the first acknowledgement and commemoration by the end of 2024 and inviting Committee members are invited to attend the second CATO conversation to be held in February 2024.
The final items all relate to Town Manager, Fidel Maltez’s departure on December 31st. The board will be voting on the 13 residents that previously interviewed during the boards special meeting last week, to serve on the Town Manager Screening Committee. Chair Jackie McCarthy and Vice-Chair Mark Dockser represent the Select Board on the committee with Police Chief Dave Clark, Director of the Reading Public Library Amy Lannon, and Town Moderator Alan Foulds joining them.
The complete agenda is listed below:
- 7:00 Overview of Meeting
- 7:05 Public Comment
- 7:15 SB Liaison & Town Manager Reports
- 7:30 PUBLIC HEARING – Change of Manager Application for Bertucci’s
- 8:00 Vote to approve annual licenses (delegated to TM Office)
- 8:15 Vote to approve annual liquor licenses
- 8:30 Discuss CATO Bill Russell Proposal
- 8:45 Vote to Appoint Acting Town Manager
- 9:00 Vote to Appoint At Large Residents to the Town Manager Screening Committee
- 9:15 Discuss and Vote on Select Board Comment to DOER Regarding Green Communities Regulation
- 9:30 Discuss Future Agenda Items
- 9:40 Approve Meeting Minutes
- 9:50 EXECUTIVE SESSION – Vote to Approve Collective Bargaining Agreements (Reading Patrol Officers Association – MassCop, Local 191A, AFL-CIO)
The 7PM meeting will take place in the Select Board meeting room at Town Hall. The public can attend in person or watch via several options: via a broadcast on RCTV’s YouTube channel at this link or on the RCTV Government Channel (Xfinity ch 22, Verizon ch 33). The Zoom link for this meeting is: https://us06web.zoom.us/j/86400342040
