South Hadley Public Health Director Sharon Hart said the mobile food truck can supply the popular eatery with potable water until a permit is issued for the unit.requirements.
SOUTH HADLEY — Dockside Restaurant at Brunelle’s Marina that was destroyed by an accidental fire on Friday may be selling food under their large tent as early as next week, according to the South Hadley Board of Health, which is prepared to issue the business a permit to operate a mobile food truck.
Because the structure was condemned and water was shut off, the restaurant has been unable to operate, even on a makeshift basis.
But at a meeting Wednesday, the town’s public health director, Sharon D. Hart, said the mobile food truck can supply the popular eatery with potable water, and a permit would be issued once the owners have obtained the unit. She said that a restaurant must have access to potable water to operate because of sanitary requirements.
The dining area would be under the large tent; portable toilet units would be used.
“The fire began in the kitchen and was due to a failure in the electrical system,” State Fire Marshal Stephen D. Coan wrote on July 29. “The cause of the 6:25 a.m. July 26, 2013, fire at the Dockside Restaurant at Brunelle’s Marina was accidental.”
In other business Wednesday, officials agreed to a plan to keep the public from a meeting on the future of the landfill. The Board of Health took favorable action on a request from South Hadley Selectmen Chairman John Hine for a closed-door meeting with him, Town Administrator Michael Sullivan and a health board member.
The Board of Health unanimously chose member Suzanne Cordes to represent them at the meeting, which will discuss the future of the South Hadley landfill. The facility, operated by Advanced Disposal, is scheduled to close in March.
Because no quorum of the Select Board or the Board of Health would be present, the meeting would not be subject to the state's Open Meeting Law.
