2026-08-10 - Public Services Committee

0:03Good evening. I call the Public Services

0:06Committee meeting to order. The date is

0:09August 10th, 2026. The time is 6:32 p.m.

0:13We have two items on this evening's

0:15agenda.

0:17We have order number 26-109757,

0:21an application for a taxi livery license

0:24from Neryande Gerard DBA Neryande's

0:27Private Transportation [clears throat]

0:29LLC, 88 Essex Street. We also have order

0:33number 26-109780,

0:37an application for a junk dealer

0:38second-hand license by Paulo Dumont DBA

0:42Amegold Financial LLC at 257 Simarano

0:46Drive, Suite 150.

0:49Going to take these items out of order

0:51tonight because we have Mr. Dumont with

0:53us.

0:54And with that, I will start by taking up

0:55order number 26-109780.

0:59Let's go ahead and read into the record

1:01we received a correspondence from our

1:02Police Chief David Georgie dated August

1:056th, 2026.

1:08It goes as

1:09follows, "Good morning, Sarah. I have

1:11received the query checks for both

1:13Neryande Gerard, the taxi livery

1:15license, and Paulo Dumont, junk dealer

1:17second-hand dealer license. I do not

1:20have any objections to either

1:21individual's application for their

1:23respective licenses. Please do not

1:25hesitate to contact me with questions or

1:27concerns. Thank you, Police Chief David

1:29Georgie." With that, thank you, Paulo,

1:32for being here. Appreciate you taking

1:33some time.

1:35Happy to give you some time just to talk

1:36about your business, right the

1:38application,

1:39and then I'll open it up to questions

1:41from members of the committee, if that's

1:42all right.

1:42>> Okay.

1:43>> Great. Yeah, floor is yours.

1:44>> Okay. My name is Paulo Dumont. I've been

1:46in the dealer business for 40 years now.

1:50I run a wholesale

1:53jewelry office in Marlboro.

1:55And

1:56as a manufacturing in the same address,

2:00257 Simarano Drive Suite 107,

2:03and Am Gold is an extension of my

2:06business. We usually We manufacture

2:08jewelry, and we see a demand of people

2:11that need the money. They want to

2:14cash their jewelry for money.

2:17So, I decided to open Am Gold as an

2:19extension of my business on the same

2:22building, but on the unit 150.

2:25>> Wonderful. I appreciate that. With that,

2:28happy to open it up to members of the

2:29committee with questions. Start with

2:31Counselor Irish.

2:31>> Thank you, Mr. Chair. Good evening,

2:32Paulo Paulo. Um

2:34so, if I heard you correctly, are you

2:36selling the gold jewelry as well from

2:39that site?

2:40>> I sell No, not the same site. We have

2:44a wholesale wholesale office at unit 107

2:47at the same address, 257 Simarano Drive,

2:51where we we sell to retailers. We sell

2:54wholesale to retailers. We don't have

2:56like a a store or anything.

2:58>> Okay. So, I was just curious. So, um

3:02does your does your company solicit like

3:05at some particular demographics? Are you

3:08Does people automatically come to your

3:10office for the wholesale, or are you

3:12doing an advertisement or something like

3:14that?

3:14>> do any sort of advertisement. It's

3:17It's business to business. So, I deal

3:20with my clients, most of them, for more

3:22than 20 years now.

3:23>> Good.

3:24>> Yeah, I've I've been here in in

3:26Massachusetts since 2001 running the

3:28wholesale office.

3:31Moved to Marlborough this year with the

3:33idea of opening a a manufacturing plant

3:36at 257

3:37connected with my wholesale office.

3:40We're in the process to get that all the

3:42license ready to go,

3:44>> Yeah.

3:44>> but the office the wholesale office is

3:46already opened.

3:48>> Good. Now, do you have any safeguards in

3:50place if, you know, people trying to

3:52scam or anything with jewelry or or or,

3:55you know, if it's not a legitimate piece

3:57of jewelry, do you do you have any

3:58safeguards in place for that?

4:00>> Yes, we do have x-ray machine that test

4:03the the the quality of the gold.

4:05Uh

4:06the place is I'm a golds going to be

4:08opening a different suite of the

4:10building with unit 150.

4:12So, it's it's in a different office and

4:15we have everything in place. We have uh

4:19We have a

4:21a statement that the

4:23whoever is selling to us the the jewelry

4:25belongs to them.

4:27I understand a lot of about the

4:29business. I have the license in Florida,

4:31in Miami. So, I know we have to hold for

4:34a certain period of time according to

4:36the city. Uh

4:38>> No, and it sounds like you

4:40obviously have a lot of experience in

4:41that. So, thank you so much.

4:43But, thank you, Mr. Chair.

4:45>> Wonderful. Thank you, Counselor Irish.

4:48Counselor Doucet.

4:50>> Thank you very very much, Mr. Chair.

4:52Um so,

4:53obviously because you have expertise in

4:56jewelry and stuff, people look out for

4:58you for quotes. It makes sense that if

5:01they know you, they'd reach out to you

5:02and say, "Well, how much is this worth?"

5:03because

5:05they know you, you know. So, that would

5:06create that would create that type of

5:08demand, especially if you've been doing

5:09this business for so long.

5:11Um but, for people who bring jewelry to

5:13you, is this something that you're going

5:15to resell or you just going to melt

5:17down?

5:18>> I'm going to melt down.

5:19>> Okay. So, basically, you would be

5:22paying just for the weight value of the

5:25gold itself.

5:25>> That's correct, yeah.

5:26>> Okay. Okay.

5:28So, no further questions. Thank you,

5:30sir.

5:32>> Thank you, Counselor Doucet. Counselor

5:33Vitel.

5:33>> Thank you, Mr. Chair.

5:35Um are you going to be open Monday off

5:37every day? And what are the hours of

5:39operation?

5:40>> It's uh

5:41by appointment.

5:43>> Only by appointment.

5:44And what's the I would assume that some

5:46if someone comes in here with a lot of

5:48jewelry,

5:49there's an awful lot of

5:51money that can be

5:53exchanged back and forth. What do you do

5:55for security?

5:57>> Uh we have an alarm system. The building

5:59has cameras.

6:00And I have a my my other businesses they

6:04they have like security cameras and

6:06everything and we going to hold

6:08we going to have already have a lot of

6:10experience. We're going to have a vault

6:12to hold the money. The the business is

6:15>> is secure. We have alarm system from

6:16DGA.

6:18It's pretty much standard in the jewelry

6:19business.

6:21>> How long have you been in this location?

6:23>> Thank you, sir. Thank you, Mr. Chair.

6:25>> Thank you, Councillor Viterbi. With

6:27that,

6:28I have no questions myself.

6:30Councillor Dussett?

6:31>> Uh just motion to approve.

6:33>> I

6:34I could be wrong, but I believe the

6:36committee members are Councillor Viterbi

6:38and Councillor Irish that I have listed

6:40here.

6:41Apologies.

6:42>> No, all good.

6:42>> Thank you. Thank you, Mr.

6:43>> Yeah, Councillor Irish.

6:44>> Uh motion to approve order number

6:4626-109780

6:51please.

6:51>> Motion is made and seconded. With that,

6:54any further discussion?

6:56Seeing none, all those in favor?

6:58Opposed? The motion carries three to

7:00zero. So, this will be reported out from

7:02the committee and goes to the greater

7:04council, but

7:06approval from this body to move forward.

7:09Thank you, Mr. Dumont. Appreciate it.

7:11>> Thank you.

7:11>> Thank you for coming in time.

7:12>> Thank you.

7:13>> Uh motion to adjourn, Mr. Chair.

7:16>> Motion is made and seconded to adjourn.

7:19All those in favor?

7:21All those opposed? None. With that being

7:23said, we are adjourned at 6:39 p.m.