This is a lightly edited transcript of the Chelsea Licensing Commission meeting of Thursday, October 8, 2026, made from the Chelsea Community Cable recording. Speech recognition software produced the text and separated the voices; we then labeled speakers from context, corrected names and misheard words, and removed filler and repeated words. Otherwise the words are as spoken. Two commissioners whose voices we could not tell apart are labeled “Commissioner,” and short remarks we could not attribute are marked “Unidentified speaker.” Names of the two businesses appealing to the state are as heard. Timestamps count from the start of the livestream; the meeting begins about 14 minutes in. For anything you plan to quote or rely on, check the video.
Our report on this meeting: Pezzi Gas gets its petroleum license, with conditions.
Agenda: Call to order and minutes · Clerk’s update and communications · Interpretation and order of business · Disciplinary hearing continued: Fannies Place Inc., d/b/a Chelsea Walk, 416 Broadway · Petroleum storage license: Chelsea SPI, LLC, 571 Washington Avenue · Livery license: JNS Limo Services Corp., 42 Revere Beach Parkway · Other business: state appeals and an October 29 special meeting · Adjournment
Call to order and minutes
Chair Marnie MacAlpine [0:14:19] Good evening, everyone. This is a meeting of the Chelsea Licensing Commission. Today is Thursday, October 8, 2026. I am joined by my fellow commissioners, Enio Lopez, Mike McAteer, Emily Cherniack, Alexandria Christmas is on her way, so she should be here in a moment. Myself, Marnie MacAlpine, we have Bea Hernandez from our licensing department, as well as Mark Rossi, our Assistant City Solicitor. In addition, we have Captain [name unclear] from the Chelsea Police Department, Officer [name unclear] from the police department as well. So with that, we will get things started to kick off our meeting. We’re looking to get an approval of our minutes from the August 13 and August 10 meetings.
Commissioner [0:15:21] Motion to [unclear].
Commissioner Mike McAteer, director of inspectional services [0:15:22] I second it.
Chair Marnie MacAlpine [0:15:25] All in favor?
Commissioners [0:15:26] Aye.
Chair Marnie MacAlpine [0:15:29] Thank you. And moving right along, we have clerk’s updates.
Clerk's update and communications
Licensing Administrator Beatrice Hernandez [0:15:39] Okay, so for the clerk’s update, we have a reminder that it is renewal season for the following licenses. Liquor, Amusement and Entertainment, Common Victualler, Class one, two, and three, lodging house. And Constable, as you guys should know, all licenses expire on 31 December. And to ensure that the licenses are approved and issued in a timely manner, all applications are required with supporting documents to be completed and passed in by November 27th. That’s. That’s it for the clerk’s update. And as far as the communications, so we have two parts of the communications, we have a. For the Merritt Club, the application for change of manager was withdrawn. So what they want to do with this is to keep Robert as a manager. And this was approved by the ABCC. So we have email conversations as proof stating that this is fine, nothing further needs to be done with it, and they can just continue.
Chair Marnie MacAlpine [0:17:00] Perfect.
Commissioner [0:17:01] Thank you.
Licensing Administrator Beatrice Hernandez [0:17:02] Second communications was late communications. We received notices for appeal hearings for King Tacos and Ranchos Las Pupusas [names as heard]. So their appeal hearings are for the decisions that were made on their disciplines. This will take place with the ABCC, and that’s set for Monday, November 2nd of 2026. That’s.
Interpretation and order of business
Licensing Administrator Beatrice Hernandez [0:17:30] That’s all I have.
Chair Marnie MacAlpine [0:17:31] Thank you. Appreciate that. Before we get into the public hearings, just a couple of housekeeping notes for anybody that needs interpretation. We do have an interpreter in the back, if you wouldn’t mind stepping up to the microphone, introducing yourself and letting them know of your services.
Unidentified speaker [0:18:07] Hello, everybody.
Interpreter [0:18:08] My name is Joan. I will for today. If you ever need me, we will be in the bag.
Unidentified speaker [0:18:12] Thank you.
Chair Marnie MacAlpine [0:18:13] Thank you. And for those coming and speaking before us this evening, we just ask that you step up to the microphone. Please state your name clearly and your reason for being before us. Also, if there are multiple People speaking on each matter. We do ask that you each take your turn stepping up to that microphone to speak as it makes it clearer for us to hear you as well as for folks who may be watching from home or watching a recording of our meeting at a later date. So with that, we’ll go right into our public hearings. I did actually hear from our police department, so I was going to ask the commission if we could go out of order.
Disciplinary hearing continued: Fannies Place Inc., d/b/a Chelsea Walk, 416 Broadway
Commissioner [0:19:01] Sure.
Chair Marnie MacAlpine [0:19:02] The third item on our agenda is a disciplinary public hearing. And in speaking with our police department, we would be looking to do a continuance to our next meeting for this disciplinary matter as they don’t have the video for us today. That that is due to an internal person at the police department that’s not related to the establishment. So the police department has requested. If I am correct, Captain [name unclear], that is correct.
Police captain [0:19:38] Plus also the officer that investigated this is not able to be here today as well. That’s the other part of the issue also.
Chair Marnie MacAlpine [0:19:48] So if it is okay with the commission, I’d like to see if anybody would like to agree to move this to our next meeting so Officer McLaughlin can be here to speak to her investigation and we can have the video surveillance that the police department collected before we make a decision.
Commissioner Mike McAteer, director of inspectional services [0:20:14] Yes, I make a motion to move the [unclear] to the next [unclear].
Chair Marnie MacAlpine [0:20:19] Do we get a second? All in favor? Thank you.
Petroleum storage license: Chelsea SPI, LLC, 571 Washington Avenue
Chair Marnie MacAlpine [0:20:19] Moving back into order, the first hearing on our agenda is a continued public hearing to consider a new petroleum storage license application for Chelsea SPI, LLC at 571 Washington Ave, Chelsea, Mass.
Representative, Chelsea SPI, LLC [0:20:49] Hi, I am [name unclear]. I’m here representing Super Petroleum for our Chelsea Petroleum Storage license.
Chair Marnie MacAlpine [0:20:59] It’s nice to see you again.
Representative, Chelsea SPI, LLC [0:21:00] Nice to see you as well.
Chair Marnie MacAlpine [0:21:02] How are we doing on everything since you were here last month?
Representative, Chelsea SPI, LLC [0:21:06] I’ve took care naturally of everything should be all set.
Chair Marnie MacAlpine [0:21:12] So I see in our packet that there is a temporary occupancy permit, correct? That is set to expire next week. How are we doing on a full permit?
Commissioner Mike McAteer, director of inspectional services [0:21:23] So the [unclear] hadn’t been inspected in 50 years. He did everything but there’s a little bit more electrical work. He’s on pace.
Representative, Chelsea SPI, LLC [0:21:30] We did the electrical work. It’s all taken care of. The permit is also. We pulled the permit ready. We’re just waiting for it to go through. Tommy gave us word that he’s going to put it through. So we’re just waiting on Tommy now.
Chair Marnie MacAlpine [0:21:42] So is ISD planning on issuing another temporary permit if that work has not been completed before? The turn.
Commissioner Mike McAteer, director of inspectional services [0:21:50] No, Tommy will inspect. He hasn’t inspected. I’ll know more when he inspects it. I don’t know if your electrical electricity called. Once he calls him if it passes and says occupancy for him, I don’t think it’s a ton of work.
Chair Marnie MacAlpine [0:22:04] That’s not.
Commissioner Mike McAteer, director of inspectional services [0:22:05] I know.
Chair Marnie MacAlpine [0:22:06] My concern. The concern is we need to make sure that we’re following rules. So my concern. Like, right now, you have an occupancy permit. That’s fantastic. You’re doing the things to get everything done. My concern is if that occupancy permit expires on. I believe it’s the 16th and you don’t have everything done and the approval for your actual occupancy permit, you’d have to shut your doors. At that time.
Representative, Chelsea SPI, LLC [0:22:33] My electrician and Tommy worked closely, and he was very on it, and he told them all the work that was done. He said, you guys are all set. I’m gonna sign off. That was his work. So I’m very confident it’ll be. As long as someone signs off on it, I’m sure it’ll be good before the date.
Chair Marnie MacAlpine [0:22:49] Okay.
Commissioner Mike McAteer, director of inspectional services [0:22:50] I just don’t want to do the inspection. Tommy do the inspection? Did he already do the inspection?
Representative, Chelsea SPI, LLC [0:22:55] No, weirdly enough, I don’t think so. But he liked my electrician that they met in person, and it seemed like you trusted him. But I can’t force someone to come to my station and do the inspection.
Commissioner Mike McAteer, director of inspectional services [0:23:10] All you have to do is call.
Representative, Chelsea SPI, LLC [0:23:11] Oh, I tried calling.
Commissioner Mike McAteer, director of inspectional services [0:23:12] Have him call tomorrow. Not you. Your electrician.
Representative, Chelsea SPI, LLC [0:23:14] I can call again. Okay, I’ll have him call again tomorrow. Sounds good.
Chair Marnie MacAlpine [0:23:17] I just don’t want you to end up in a situation absolutely. Where you get shut down because you don’t have the required.
Representative, Chelsea SPI, LLC [0:23:23] Trust me. Yeah, I know.
Commissioner Mike McAteer, director of inspectional services [0:23:25] I know.
Representative, Chelsea SPI, LLC [0:23:25] I agree with you.
Chair Marnie MacAlpine [0:23:26] Very important.
Representative, Chelsea SPI, LLC [0:23:28] I agree with you.
Chair Marnie MacAlpine [0:23:29] Questions from my fellow commissioners.
Commissioner [0:23:33] So if. If I recall, you’re operating on the old [unclear].
Representative, Chelsea SPI, LLC [0:23:39] Actually, I wish we could have done that. They closed us down the Tuesday after the meeting.
Commissioner [0:23:45] Oh, okay.
Representative, Chelsea SPI, LLC [0:23:46] And then. And they said that we couldn’t. So then I was. I acted very frantically right after the meeting happened, and I got everything done or tried to had the electrician pull the permit and then didn’t have anyone sign off on it. So then I came here a couple times. I spent the whole week here talking to everyone, trying to get someone to sign it, and they said that the person who did the original inspection isn’t available this week. And then it has to be that person who comes and sees it. So it was like, oh, great. I could close the whole week. And then I spoke to. I think his name was Hector maybe.
Commissioner [0:24:19] Yeah, it’s Hector.
Representative, Chelsea SPI, LLC [0:24:20] Hector. Really nice guy. But I met him that Friday, so I was closed the whole week. Met him Friday. He let Tommy come and check it out. And then Tommy gave us a whole new list of things that wasn’t brought to our attention the first inspection. So I said, it is what it is. And I. And then he gave. He said that it’s very. It’s still safe. And we kind of got screwed over in a sense, because we have all these things that we didn’t put in any of it, and we don’t even use any of that space, but we have to take care of it. So showed my inspector everything. He said it’s still safe, though. So he gave us a temporary and then reacted immediately to fix all those things. In the meantime, though, I also got. I made sure to get signed off and that every other department hadn’t signed off yet.
Commissioner [0:25:03] So I guess my question is, if he’s just waiting for the inspection services, like, what is our action steps? Because it looks like he’s getting closer.
Chair Marnie MacAlpine [0:25:12] So I will ask Mark if I’m correct in what I’m about to say, that we would be able to approve a license pending the occupancy permits being finalized and all appropriate permits and fees being in place with the city, because
Commissioner [0:25:33] he’s much closer than he was on last month. So I also feel confident that you will get it done before. There’s no point of holding, having you come back another month.
Representative, Chelsea SPI, LLC [0:25:43] Yeah. Thank you.
Commissioner [0:25:44] Way much closer than it was last time.
Representative, Chelsea SPI, LLC [0:25:47] Yeah, it is.
Chair Marnie MacAlpine [0:25:51] So to be clear, like. So when, like, we approve that, but you still don’t get to use it until all of that stuff is done.
Representative, Chelsea SPI, LLC [0:26:02] It’s all done. I’m just waiting for it to get signed off.
Licensing Administrator Beatrice Hernandez [0:26:03] Right.
Commissioner [0:26:04] But.
Chair Marnie MacAlpine [0:26:04] But that signed off is the approval is done.
Assistant City Solicitor Mark Rossi [0:26:07] The approval is contingent on all of the work being done and signed off. And so until that happens, the approval is not valid. The approval becomes effective.
Representative, Chelsea SPI, LLC [0:26:17] Yeah.
Assistant City Solicitor Mark Rossi [0:26:17] When those things are. It’s a contingency.
Representative, Chelsea SPI, LLC [0:26:21] I understand.
Commissioner Mike McAteer, director of inspectional services [0:26:22] Okay.
Representative, Chelsea SPI, LLC [0:26:23] Can’t ask for anything more.
Commissioner [0:26:25] And.
Chair Marnie MacAlpine [0:26:26] And that’s where, honestly, you want to. If everything is done, you want your electrician hounding them.
Representative, Chelsea SPI, LLC [0:26:32] Yeah.
Chair Marnie MacAlpine [0:26:32] To get that for you so you can get those next steps done. And hopefully there’s somebody available. They’ll be able to do it quickly. But it’s our job to make sure that all of the Other, like ducks are in a row. And it does involve all of those, like, stamps of approval, if you will, all across the world.
Representative, Chelsea SPI, LLC [0:26:52] It’s a pretty tough process. I had to bug so many people. But we’re here.
Chair Marnie MacAlpine [0:26:56] But you got to know everybody at city hall.
Representative, Chelsea SPI, LLC [0:26:58] I wouldn’t be here this many times if I didn’t have to.
Chair Marnie MacAlpine [0:27:01] You got to know the city really well, really quickly.
Commissioner [0:27:04] I think it’s clear what we need to do, but that was my question, so thank you.
Chair Marnie MacAlpine [0:27:08] Other questions from the commission before I open it to the police department.
Representative, Chelsea SPI, LLC [0:27:15] So just to be clear, just contingent. Once it’s signed off, then I’ll get that petroleum license.
Chair Marnie MacAlpine [0:27:20] If we vote to do that.
Representative, Chelsea SPI, LLC [0:27:22] Yes. So you guys want me back here next month or.
Chair Marnie MacAlpine [0:27:24] No, you would.
Representative, Chelsea SPI, LLC [0:27:25] You’re sick of me.
Chair Marnie MacAlpine [0:27:26] So if we vote, because we haven’t done that yet, There’s a couple more steps.
Commissioner Mike McAteer, director of inspectional services [0:27:31] Just.
Commissioner [0:27:31] Just hold on. We got you’re two steps ahead of us.
Representative, Chelsea SPI, LLC [0:27:35] I’m like that close, you know, I
Commissioner Mike McAteer, director of inspectional services [0:27:36] just want to be.
Chair Marnie MacAlpine [0:27:37] So the way that it works is if we vote and we pending all of those things, you don’t come back before us unless you do something wrong.
Representative, Chelsea SPI, LLC [0:27:47] Okay, so hold on.
Chair Marnie MacAlpine [0:27:48] Change something in your license.
Representative, Chelsea SPI, LLC [0:27:50] Understood?
Chair Marnie MacAlpine [0:27:51] Does that make sense?
Representative, Chelsea SPI, LLC [0:27:52] Understood.
Chair Marnie MacAlpine [0:27:54] But what we say yes to isn’t official until everything else is approved through the city.
Representative, Chelsea SPI, LLC [0:28:01] Understood.
Commissioner [0:28:02] Okay.
Chair Marnie MacAlpine [0:28:04] Captain, any concerns, Questions from the police department?
Representative, Chelsea SPI, LLC [0:28:17] Not. They’re not being used at the moment.
Police officer [0:28:20] Okay. So hold on one second.
Representative, Chelsea SPI, LLC [0:28:29] We do have no. We know they are. I believe they are up and running at the moment.
Police officer [0:28:47] Okay, disregard it. We’ll talk to you after.
Representative, Chelsea SPI, LLC [0:28:50] Sounds good.
Chair Marnie MacAlpine [0:28:52] Are you concerned about there being cameras? Because we can make that don’t even mindset.
Police officer [0:28:56] I had a. I’ve been having multiple. Multiple hit and runs.
Representative, Chelsea SPI, LLC [0:28:59] Oh, I know the hidden one you’re talking about. I spoke to the lady.
Police officer [0:29:03] Just leave it there. We’ll talk.
Representative, Chelsea SPI, LLC [0:29:04] Okay, sounds good.
Chair Marnie MacAlpine [0:29:06] Okay, if you guys are good, then we’re good.
Police officer [0:29:12] Oh, no. I mean,
Police captain [0:29:16] I don’t personally know if that’s part of. I know what liquor recommendations we would recommend everybody have here.
Representative, Chelsea SPI, LLC [0:29:21] No, I do have running cameras. Now, obviously, I misspoke.
Assistant City Solicitor Mark Rossi [0:29:24] You take that under consideration.
Chair Marnie MacAlpine [0:29:27] So if we want to make part of having the license, the property. Having cameras.
Commissioner [0:29:35] Yes, 100%. You come back here because cameras don’t work and someone does something wrong in your store. Is that a requirement?
Chair Marnie MacAlpine [0:29:43] It’s only a. It.
Commissioner [0:29:48] But then as president. For everything. For every petroleum license. No, not for just this one Individual. Okay.
Chair Marnie MacAlpine [0:29:57] So the old.
Applicant, JNS Limo Services Corp. [0:30:01] Can you.
Chair Marnie MacAlpine [0:30:02] Can you. So we can hear you.
Assistant City Solicitor Mark Rossi [0:30:06] If the commission decides dealing with this license that’s presently before it to take the CPD’s recommendation that the active. With the cameras on site be active, it can become an condition of granting the license.
Chair Marnie MacAlpine [0:30:20] And the only licenses that are all required to have cameras are liquor licenses and cannabis licenses. Those are the ones that 100% have to. It’s not a question.
Unidentified speaker [0:30:35] Yes, I will say, since they’re selling gas there. Right. These people coming in now, I think it’s for their own benefit who have cameras.
Chair Marnie MacAlpine [0:30:45] I would say that.
Unidentified speaker [0:30:45] Is there a motion.
Chair Marnie MacAlpine [0:30:47] We haven’t gotten there yet for a motion. But you are concerned. You feel this area should have cameras?
Police captain [0:30:59] Yes, I do. It’s a. It’s a very busy roadway, you know, having the gas station there and, you know, I’m not sure you open at all hours. I don’t even know what your hours
Representative, Chelsea SPI, LLC [0:31:10] are, to be honest. Not all hours open. 6 to 9, 30 or. No, 6 to 10. Sorry, 6 to 10.
Police captain [0:31:15] But it’s a very busy roadway.
Representative, Chelsea SPI, LLC [0:31:18] And, you know, we do have cameras, by the way.
Police captain [0:31:19] But yeah, if he has no. I have to say, if he has no issue with the cameras, then, you know, I would recommend that everybody has cameras.
Chair Marnie MacAlpine [0:31:26] But do you have exterior cameras or just the interior? The.
Representative, Chelsea SPI, LLC [0:31:30] Mostly the exterior. I do know the hit and run. Just talking about this lady spoke to me.
Commissioner [0:31:35] No.
Chair Marnie MacAlpine [0:31:36] Yeah, we’re not talking about that.
Commissioner [0:31:40] That.
Chair Marnie MacAlpine [0:31:40] That’s not one of our purviews.
Police officer [0:31:42] Yeah.
Representative, Chelsea SPI, LLC [0:31:42] Honestly, I don’t mean to get my two cents, but I do recommend that all gas stations should have cameras. I work in the gas station business. We have like 20 something other locations. And every day there’s something. You know.
Chair Marnie MacAlpine [0:31:53] No, it’s beneficial for everybody to have that record.
Applicant, JNS Limo Services Corp. [0:31:58] Yeah.
Chair Marnie MacAlpine [0:31:59] Okay.
Assistant City Solicitor Mark Rossi [0:31:59] So the licensee, it sounds like you’re agreeing to put. Install the cameras or the cameras operate.
Representative, Chelsea SPI, LLC [0:32:05] We have cameras ready.
Assistant City Solicitor Mark Rossi [0:32:06] I’m asking him. Hang on. So I just want to be clear so that we’re all clear and we’re all on the same page. You have cameras and you’re operating.
Commissioner [0:32:14] Correct. Great.
Assistant City Solicitor Mark Rossi [0:32:15] And you will work with the CPD to the extent that there are any other cameras that the CPD recommends. Wonderful. Then you have an agreement by the licensee.
Chair Marnie MacAlpine [0:32:24] Is there anyone from the public that would like to speak on this matter? Seeing no one. Fellow commissioners, would anybody like to make a motion,
Commissioner [0:32:42] a motion to approve license pending building inspection, Occupancy permit is granted. Is that correct? Enough Ish.
Chair Marnie MacAlpine [0:32:52] I would say that they have
Commissioner [0:32:58] the permanent occupancy.
Chair Marnie MacAlpine [0:33:01] The permanent occupancy and all permits and fees are filed appropriately with the city.
Commissioner [0:33:06] Right.
Chair Marnie MacAlpine [0:33:08] Did you want to add anything about cameras?
Commissioner [0:33:12] What’s the best language recommendation? Is that you should have cameras.
Chair Marnie MacAlpine [0:33:19] Would anybody like to second that?
Commissioner [0:33:21] I’ll second.
Chair Marnie MacAlpine [0:33:22] All in favor?
Commissioner [0:33:23] Aye.
Chair Marnie MacAlpine [0:33:26] Best of luck. And remember, it’s not active until you do all the things. And once you’ve done all the things, then the licensing department would grant it to you don’t get it until that’s done.
Representative, Chelsea SPI, LLC [0:33:39] Okay. And you’ll be notified once we do have the occupancy. Or do you want me to come to you?
Chair Marnie MacAlpine [0:33:45] You should follow up.
Representative, Chelsea SPI, LLC [0:33:46] I have to go.
Unidentified speaker [0:33:48] Okay.
Commissioner [0:33:49] Just hang out here and you’ll get everything done in a week.
Unidentified speaker [0:33:52] You’ll be.
Licensing Administrator Beatrice Hernandez [0:33:54] As soon as you get that, you come up to us. There is a fee to pay for the license. Pay that and we give it to you.
Representative, Chelsea SPI, LLC [0:34:02] Sounds good. Payable by check card. Check. Thank you, guys. Thank you for your time.
Assistant City Solicitor Mark Rossi [0:34:06] With confirmation that you’ve worked with the CPD about the cameras, I always.
Representative, Chelsea SPI, LLC [0:34:09] Of course.
Assistant City Solicitor Mark Rossi [0:34:10] Great.
Representative, Chelsea SPI, LLC [0:34:10] Always will.
Assistant City Solicitor Mark Rossi [0:34:11] Thank you.
Licensing Administrator Beatrice Hernandez [0:34:11] Thank you.
Chair Marnie MacAlpine [0:34:11] Thank you.
Livery license: JNS Limo Services Corp., 42 Revere Beach Parkway
Chair Marnie MacAlpine [0:34:11] Next on the agenda is a public hearing to consider a livery license application for Ioannis Ventouris, company name JNS Limo Services Corporation at 42 Revere Beach Parkway, Chelsea, Mass. Good evening.
Applicant, JNS Limo Services Corp. [0:34:36] Evening.
Chair Marnie MacAlpine [0:34:37] If you could share your name and your reason for coming before mine is Ioannis.
Applicant, JNS Limo Services Corp. [0:34:42] In Greek languages, Ioannis Ventouris, but in English, John Ventouris, everybody Call me John.
Chair Marnie MacAlpine [0:34:52] Thank you for coming before us. Can you tell us a bit about why you’ve had. Why you have submitted this application and what you’re looking to do?
Applicant, JNS Limo Services Corp. [0:34:59] Yeah, make an application to try. Connected my company with the other company and they asked me to get the license from Chelsea. Said okay, that’s why you know, the application here.
Chair Marnie MacAlpine [0:35:17] So tell us about the company that you connected with another company. Tell us what you’ve been doing and how that now comes into Chelsea.
Applicant, JNS Limo Services Corp. [0:35:27] Actually, I don’t know because I have a license too many years ago, but I don’t know. I can understand why they need for not the license from Chelsea, you know.
Chair Marnie MacAlpine [0:35:37] And where is your current license from?
Applicant, JNS Limo Services Corp. [0:35:41] From Greece.
Chair Marnie MacAlpine [0:35:44] Well, there you go then.
Applicant, JNS Limo Services Corp. [0:35:45] That would be why too many years.
Chair Marnie MacAlpine [0:35:47] That would be why.
Applicant, JNS Limo Services Corp. [0:35:48] 19 years old, I get the license, you know. Now it’s 72.
Chair Marnie MacAlpine [0:35:53] That would be why you have to have one here, too.
Applicant, JNS Limo Services Corp. [0:35:56] Thank you.
Chair Marnie MacAlpine [0:35:58] And was your other company in Greece or.
Applicant, JNS Limo Services Corp. [0:36:02] No, in Germany. The name is Blacklane. I Don’t know why they asked me. I don’t know.
Chair Marnie MacAlpine [0:36:11] So you’ve been running a livery service in Germany?
Applicant, JNS Limo Services Corp. [0:36:15] No. Where here in Boston? In Massachusetts.
Chair Marnie MacAlpine [0:36:19] Well, that’s what I’m asking. But you’re. You’re. You’re telling me Greece. You’re telling me Germany.
Applicant, JNS Limo Services Corp. [0:36:25] No.
Chair Marnie MacAlpine [0:36:25] So I’m asking what have you been doing? For now, yes.
Applicant, JNS Limo Services Corp. [0:36:32] Only Massachusetts.
Chair Marnie MacAlpine [0:36:34] Okay, so you currently have livery license in Boston?
Applicant, JNS Limo Services Corp. [0:36:38] Yeah.
Chair Marnie MacAlpine [0:36:39] Okay, and so now you’re looking to do one.
Applicant, JNS Limo Services Corp. [0:36:43] Say it again.
Chair Marnie MacAlpine [0:36:44] So now you’re looking to have it in Chelsea as well?
Applicant, JNS Limo Services Corp. [0:36:47] Yeah.
Chair Marnie MacAlpine [0:36:50] Initial questions from my fellow colleagues.
Commissioner Mike McAteer, director of inspectional services [0:36:57] I’m a little confused. You work in. You work in Boston. You have a. You have a license in Boston, you have one vehicle?
Applicant, JNS Limo Services Corp. [0:37:05] Yeah. For one vehicle.
Commissioner Mike McAteer, director of inspectional services [0:37:07] And it doesn’t say anything what kind of vehicle it is? Usually we get the registration on type of car. What is it?
Applicant, JNS Limo Services Corp. [0:37:12] [Unclear]?
Commissioner [0:37:15] Me? Yeah. What’s a car? Mercedes.
Applicant, JNS Limo Services Corp. [0:37:17] Mercedes 500.
Commissioner [0:37:20] Okay.
Commissioner Mike McAteer, director of inspectional services [0:37:21] And where do you park it? You park?
Applicant, JNS Limo Services Corp. [0:37:26] When?
Commissioner Mike McAteer, director of inspectional services [0:37:26] Where?
Chair Marnie MacAlpine [0:37:27] Overnight. Where is the car parked?
Applicant, JNS Limo Services Corp. [0:37:29] In my house. I have two garages, and I always put it inside. Not even a second outside. There is no reason. But it’s empty. That’s why I put it inside.
Commissioner Mike McAteer, director of inspectional services [0:37:43] But you already have a license in Boston for this car. You don’t have. You don’t have a.
Chair Marnie MacAlpine [0:37:50] Do you have a livery license in Boston?
Applicant, JNS Limo Services Corp. [0:37:53] Yes.
Commissioner Mike McAteer, director of inspectional services [0:37:54] I don’t know why. He wants one here, too.
Commissioner [0:37:55] Why do you want one in Chelsea? He was told. You were told. Who told you?
Chair Marnie MacAlpine [0:37:59] Who told you?
Applicant, JNS Limo Services Corp. [0:38:01] Blacklane sent me, Cheryl, to get a license from Chelsea. But again, I don’t know why.
Commissioner [0:38:08] Naomi signed off on this, it looks like. How long ago was this?
Chair Marnie MacAlpine [0:38:14] Where did you meet this person that they told you that you needed to do this?
Applicant, JNS Limo Services Corp. [0:38:21] Blacklane, you mean?
Chair Marnie MacAlpine [0:38:22] Yes.
Applicant, JNS Limo Services Corp. [0:38:25] They sent me a message in the phone when I asked him what kind of application they needed, and when I sent them that one, they said, okay, you have to get the license from. I said, from where? They said, from Chelsea, wherever you live. I don’t.
Police officer [0:38:48] I just background. So I checked. He’s okay. Good. But I’m confused as well. You have a livery license, a hacking license out of Boston, Correct.
Applicant, JNS Limo Services Corp. [0:38:56] No hacking, just delivery. Okay.
Police officer [0:38:59] You applied with us to do what? The lady told you to do something. But he applied to me.
Commissioner [0:39:06] Do you need one in Chelsea if you have one in Boston? Like, is that. I don’t understand how.
Police officer [0:39:11] If you’re working in Boston. Yeah.
Commissioner [0:39:13] Yeah.
Applicant, JNS Limo Services Corp. [0:39:13] Right.
Police officer [0:39:14] So are you planning to work in Chelsea?
Applicant, JNS Limo Services Corp. [0:39:16] Yeah.
Police officer [0:39:16] So you Need a license.
Chair Marnie MacAlpine [0:39:19] Okay, then that’s why.
Police officer [0:39:21] That’s why. So I will have to do.
Chair Marnie MacAlpine [0:39:23] He lives in Chelsea, so I have
Police officer [0:39:25] to do inspection on the vehicle. Like every other taxis that we have livery. He’s gonna come to the station. I have to do a full inspection.
Commissioner [0:39:34] Okay.
Police officer [0:39:35] I’ll get with him to do the inspection after you guys do anything.
Commissioner [0:39:38] Okay, so we should then. Oh, can we grant? My suggestion is I will vote yes, depending on the inspection from the cpd. Yeah, it’s like one car and it’s in his garage. It’s not that.
Chair Marnie MacAlpine [0:39:55] Yes. If we’ve already done a background check and there’s no concerns on the background check. And if you.
Applicant, JNS Limo Services Corp. [0:40:00] If. I’m sorry. If you want, I can drink whatever you want. I have everything in the car.
Police officer [0:40:04] We’ll talk after. Let her.
Chair Marnie MacAlpine [0:40:07] That’s okay. So background Jack was good. If there’s already an active livery license in the city of Boston and there’s no issues with that one, then I would see no issues with us granting one in the city of Chelsea. He has a place to park the car that’s off the street, so there’s no concerns on that aspect of it, which is typically the only thing that really comes in to play anytime somebody’s coming before us for one of these.
Police officer [0:40:36] I would still have to complete a vehicle inspection.
Chair Marnie MacAlpine [0:40:39] Yes.
Commissioner [0:40:39] Yes. So pending that. Yeah. Yes. It’s conditional.
Police officer [0:40:42] And does any know about the license over in Boston? That would have to call BPD and see he’s a good standings with them.
Chair Marnie MacAlpine [0:40:50] So if we’re going to grant this today, it would be pending the inspection of the car by the Chelsea police department and pending the Chelsea police department confirming that their livery license in Boston is clean with no issues. Yeah, that makes sense.
Commissioner [0:41:15] Those two things. Yeah.
Unidentified speaker [0:41:16] I have a question. So with the license that he has from Boston delivery license, he cannot work in Chelsea.
Commissioner Mike McAteer, director of inspectional services [0:41:26] I think you can get called. I don’t know how the operation works. Someone calls you.
Applicant, JNS Limo Services Corp. [0:41:31] I work in. From Massachusetts to New York. Whatever called me, I call.
Commissioner Mike McAteer, director of inspectional services [0:41:38] How do we. How do I con. How do I contract you if I need you? If I want to use you?
Applicant, JNS Limo Services Corp. [0:41:42] I’m sorry.
Commissioner Mike McAteer, director of inspectional services [0:41:43] How do I contract you? How do you get you. How do you get your business from
Commissioner [0:41:46] who does someone do. How does someone reserve your services?
Applicant, JNS Limo Services Corp. [0:41:51] How do they call with a Uber and lift Uber right now, that’s not your own business. But I get some. I get some private dogs.
Commissioner [0:42:00] Does he even need a license if
Commissioner Mike McAteer, director of inspectional services [0:42:02] he’s working for Uber? No, but it’s not.
Commissioner [0:42:03] So is it. He has his own. I’m looking at the application. It says Limo Services Corp. It has a couple of people on there. He also has a document from the Commonwealth of Massachusetts to do business as JNS Limo Service.
Applicant, JNS Limo Services Corp. [0:42:19] Yeah.
Chair Marnie MacAlpine [0:42:21] And so he did say he also does private rides and things of that nature.
Commissioner [0:42:24] He’s using both, so that’s fine. So I guess my question is if he’s. He has a Boston Livery Services and he’s doing business here in Chelsea because his home looks like his place of business as well.
Chair Marnie MacAlpine [0:42:38] So my understanding, based upon what everybody is saying, what would be that if he is picking up people in the city of Chelsea, you have to have the Chelsea.
Commissioner [0:42:52] Okay.
Commissioner Mike McAteer, director of inspectional services [0:42:53] I don’t know. You pick up people everywhere. You pick up people everywhere under Uber.
Chair Marnie MacAlpine [0:42:58] No issue. Under your personal livery. I think it matters because he parks his car here.
Commissioner [0:43:04] Is that why? I think so. His business is here in Chelsea. Looking at the staff of the. It’s not that hard. He’s literally about to get one. So it’s just like. Doesn’t.
Chair Marnie MacAlpine [0:43:13] It’s.
Commissioner [0:43:14] Yeah, fine.
Licensing Administrator Beatrice Hernandez [0:43:15] I’m.
Commissioner [0:43:15] I’m good to move forward. So. Yeah. Pending the inspection. And the Boston or the police or the Boston. No issues with this service there.
Chair Marnie MacAlpine [0:43:24] Because obviously if there’s an issue in the city of Boston with the one that’s out there, then we wouldn’t want to grant one.
Commissioner [0:43:30] Yeah.
Chair Marnie MacAlpine [0:43:31] Okay. Anything else from the police department before I go to the public?
Police captain [0:43:37] No, we’re good.
Commissioner [0:43:38] Okay.
Chair Marnie MacAlpine [0:43:40] I’m going to guess no, but is there anyone from the public that would like to speak on this matter? I see no one. So with that, would one of my fellow commissioners like to make a motion.
Commissioner [0:43:56] I’ll make a motion to grant him the livery license for JNS Limo Services Corp. at 42 Revere Beach Parkway, Chelsea. Pending. Pending the police confirmation of his inspection and his record from the Boston livery service.
Chair Marnie MacAlpine [0:44:18] You got that? And a second.
Commissioner [0:44:20] Second.
Chair Marnie MacAlpine [0:44:21] All in favor? Okay, so what that means it’s. You’re going to connect with the police department after the meeting. They have to look at your car and make sure that your car meets all the requirements for the city to consider it safe for you to drive.
Applicant, JNS Limo Services Corp. [0:44:42] I have a drive now if they want any. Anytime.
Chair Marnie MacAlpine [0:44:47] So they’ll connect with you as to when they will do that. And they’re going to just check with the city of Boston to make sure the city of Boston has no concerns with your current livery license that you already have. And assuming there’s no issues with that, then you are approved by us. If there’s some problems that come up, then it wouldn’t move forward.
Applicant, JNS Limo Services Corp. [0:45:16] How long you think they do that?
Chair Marnie MacAlpine [0:45:20] Do we have an eta?
Police officer [0:45:23] I will talk to you after this. I’ll talk to you after this.
Chair Marnie MacAlpine [0:45:27] Okay.
Applicant, JNS Limo Services Corp. [0:45:27] Thank you so much. I appreciate it. I have the car outside. I have the paper outside, all of the things here, whatever inspection, insurance and everything. And you can take care of the car.
Chair Marnie MacAlpine [0:45:41] I don’t think he’s gonna inspect it tonight, but he’ll arrange a time with you in the near future.
Applicant, JNS Limo Services Corp. [0:45:47] I’m ready for everything. That’s it.
Chair Marnie MacAlpine [0:45:49] Appreciate that.
Commissioner [0:45:51] Just to be clear, after he did, he receives confirmation, whether it’s positive or negative. What is his next steps? Does he come back to the license department to obtain the license?
Licensing Administrator Beatrice Hernandez [0:46:02] I will get the information from the police stating that he’s all set, and we will process everything for him.
Commissioner [0:46:08] Okay, great. Thank you so much.
Chair Marnie MacAlpine [0:46:10] You are all set. We wish you the best of luck.
Applicant, JNS Limo Services Corp. [0:46:13] Thank you so much, all of you guys.
Chair Marnie MacAlpine [0:46:15] Thank you.
Commissioner [0:46:17] Good luck.
Other business: state appeals and an October 29 special meeting
Chair Marnie MacAlpine [0:46:19] Does anyone have any other business that they would like to bring before us this evening?
Commissioner [0:46:25] No business, but the notice of appeal appearing. Is anyone going to represent us there or just. We just hear the findings afterwards.
Licensing Administrator Beatrice Hernandez [0:46:34] We would just hear the findings afterwards. So it’s for the establishments. They’re the ones appealing it. So they go in front of the ABCC.
Commissioner [0:46:43] We lost one one time.
Commissioner Mike McAteer, director of inspectional services [0:46:47] We were never there.
Chair Marnie MacAlpine [0:46:47] Anybody from.
Commissioner Mike McAteer, director of inspectional services [0:46:51] They don’t know what happened on that case.
Licensing Administrator Beatrice Hernandez [0:46:52] So this is. I asked and I. We’ve lost before, so.
Commissioner [0:46:59] Okay. I just want to know how it works. If we were going to give them any of our minutes, our decisions or anything like that.
Licensing Administrator Beatrice Hernandez [0:47:07] I believe so. In the notification, it says everything. I believe they. If they don’t already have it, they will receive it.
Commissioner [0:47:19] Okay.
Licensing Administrator Beatrice Hernandez [0:47:21] Again, this is my first go around for this whole,
Commissioner [0:47:25] you know, how do they receive it? Does the city send it to them or they ask for the city? You don’t know.
Licensing Administrator Beatrice Hernandez [0:47:31] I have to look into it.
Commissioner [0:47:32] Okay.
Commissioner Mike McAteer, director of inspectional services [0:47:33] All right.
Licensing Administrator Beatrice Hernandez [0:47:33] So, yeah, like I said, this is
Commissioner [0:47:34] like my first one, too. I want to know what we could do to assist with the hearing.
Licensing Administrator Beatrice Hernandez [0:47:40] It was a question that I had with folks.
Chair Marnie MacAlpine [0:47:44] There’s too many conversations going on and the meeting is still going.
Licensing Administrator Beatrice Hernandez [0:47:48] So this was a conversation that I had with Cheryl and Naomi.
Commissioner [0:47:51] Okay.
Licensing Administrator Beatrice Hernandez [0:47:53] So I will continue the conversation with them just to see how they’re going to have all of the information. I mean, because there was video and everything.
Commissioner [0:48:02] Sure.
Chair Marnie MacAlpine [0:48:03] All right.
Commissioner [0:48:03] Well, thank you for that.
Licensing Administrator Beatrice Hernandez [0:48:04] I appreciate it.
Chair Marnie MacAlpine [0:48:05] Thank you.
Licensing Administrator Beatrice Hernandez [0:48:06] Thank you.
Chair Marnie MacAlpine [0:48:07] Thank you, sir. Any other items that my fellow commissioners would like to bring up before we wrap the meeting? I see nothing. No, you guys are very quiet. I’m like reading your minds right now. My fellow police just confirmed a special
Police officer [0:48:27] meeting that we have.
Chair Marnie MacAlpine [0:48:29] Yes, thank you for confirming that.
Commissioner [0:48:34] That’s on the agenda.
Chair Marnie MacAlpine [0:48:35] It is not on the agenda, but there was an email sent out from the licensing department earlier this week that we will be having a special meeting on Thursday, October 29 at 6pm
Commissioner [0:48:56] Speaking
Licensing Administrator Beatrice Hernandez [0:48:56] with Chelsea Community Cable. I might ask for an earlier time, not how early.
Chair Marnie MacAlpine [0:49:04] I can’t be here earlier than six.
Licensing Administrator Beatrice Hernandez [0:49:06] No. Okay, so. And the concern is time management for Chelsea Cable. So if we have. When we have this meeting, you know, time management is of importance, but. Yeah, except for the 29th. You can’t be here before that. So it will be at 6 o’ clock and it’s only going to be for the one establishment, so it shouldn’t take this one.
Chair Marnie MacAlpine [0:49:37] It’s just a disciplinary. So hopefully it won’t be too long.
Commissioner [0:49:42] Yeah. What’s the. Is there like an issue, like more than an hour? I mean, it won’t take longer than that.
Licensing Administrator Beatrice Hernandez [0:49:48] Hopefully not.
Commissioner [0:49:49] Yeah.
Licensing Administrator Beatrice Hernandez [0:49:50] It really all depends on the board
Commissioner [0:49:53] and do we know what this is about? I don’t remember. The email didn’t say.
Licensing Administrator Beatrice Hernandez [0:49:57] No, because the agenda wasn’t set. I don’t have. It was supposed to be on this agenda, but everything wasn’t brought in time for me to put it on the agenda.
Commissioner [0:50:09] That’s fine. I was curious.
Licensing Administrator Beatrice Hernandez [0:50:11] Yeah.
Commissioner [0:50:11] So you’ll send us the packet and all the information, every email.
Licensing Administrator Beatrice Hernandez [0:50:15] As soon as everything is set and complete, you guys will get that.
Commissioner [0:50:18] All right.
Licensing Administrator Beatrice Hernandez [0:50:19] I’m hoping to have it done before.
Commissioner [0:50:21] Yeah, put it in my next week. Thank you for mentioning it. Yeah.
Unidentified speaker [0:50:26] Okay.
Chair Marnie MacAlpine [0:50:27] I believe that email did state that the location of that meeting was still TBD. It’s.
Licensing Administrator Beatrice Hernandez [0:50:36] Well, so it was address to the same people that you mean.
Unidentified speaker [0:50:47] Is it here? The meeting here? Okay.
Adjournment
Chair Marnie MacAlpine [0:50:52] Okay. So special meeting Thursday, October 29th at 6:00pm and then our next regularly scheduled meeting will be on Thursday, November 12, 2026. Meeting adjourn.