State Representative Jenny Armini was in attendance at the select board meeting on Wednesday, greeting her Swampscott community.
Armini was a Marblehead resident for more than 16 years, and her campaign for state representative was about bringing people together to harness those strengths to recover and rebuild. She is running to represent Marblehead, Swampscott, and Lynn in the Massachusetts House of Representatives.
“I feel incredibly fortunate to be able to represent Swampscott in the house, I don’t think that there’s any question that I won the lottery, not the 2-billion-lottery, but something more precious,” said Armini.
Armini said people in Lynn, Swampscott and Marblehead all want to raise their families on a sustainable, healthy planet in communities with safe, affordable neighborhoods, excellent schools, and access to healthcare.
“My job is to apply the best of each community in legislating and decision making and to represent the interests of each community with equal energy, enthusiasm and commitment. Swampscott’s interests are my interests, and I can’t wait to get to work,” said Armini.
Mary Ellen Fletcher at the select board hoped to see Armini in the town more often to bring Swampscott to a bigger public community.
At the meeting, the select board also approved the BYOB policy. The BYOB policy is an abbreviation for “bring your own bottle,” and this allows guests to bring their own alcohol to a restaurant if the restaurant has a BYOB policy.
At the previous meeting, Swampscott Police Department executive assistant Angelica Noble said: “We had a business that came forward to ask if we could offer BYOB, and we found out that we did not have a policy. so, I looked at Marblehead’s, Winthrop’s, and Boston’s, and we decided what would be most beneficial for Swampscott.”
The select board decided to waive the fee for the first year for BYOB policy, and it would be $400 for the second year and every year after that. The Chair of Select Board Neal Duffy worried that the BYOB policy might be a potential competitor for a liquor license, yet the revenue from BYOB policy was not essential for the town. Considering that waiving the first year’s fee would support local entrepreneurs and encourage more new businesses, the board voted yes to the amended policy.
