Select Board Confirms Smith as Treasurer/Collector, Approves Liquor License
Natick Select Board confirmed Smith as Treasurer/Collector and approved a controversial new liquor license.
DocumentCenter · Meeting of August 18, 2026
Natick Select Board confirmed Smith as Treasurer/Collector and approved a controversial new liquor license. The Board voted unanimously to confirm Janine Smith, with over 20 years of public finance experience, as Treasurer/Collector, filling a position vacant for several months with a start date of August 31st. In a separate 5-0 vote, the Board approved an all-alcohol off-premise license for Giorgio's Liquors despite resident concerns about proximity to two schools.
The Deputy Fire Chief confirmed no safety objections. The Board imposed its first formal sanctions on California Pizza Kitchen's license, a five-day suspension with four days held in abeyance, citing months without an approved manager and chronic administrative failures, voting 4-1 with Linda Wollschlager opposed.
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Source: the DocumentCenter meeting of August 18, 2026, compiled from the official minutes.
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