Village Board approves liquor license, with stipulations
By Tracy Ouellette
Editor
The East Troy Village Board approved the liquor and operator licenses for Troy Liquor at the Monday night meeting, but there were conditions attached.
The board met in closed session with the owner of Troy Liquor, Punja Soni, and her attorney before the regular meeting Monday night and both parties reached an agreement to keep the liquor store open.
The stipulation agreement states that it is in the interest of both the village and the business to keep it operating on the village square. It goes on to stipulate if there are allegations of non-compliance or a violation of the agreement all the licenses could be revoked.
One of the concerns about the business, brought to the board by Village Police Chief Alan Boyes when Troy Liquor first applied for its licenses renewals was the question of who exactly owned the business. Boyes told the board at the time there was some indication that Soni wasn’t the actual owner, but that Ashish Patel owned the business and she was more of a figurehead.
The stipulation agreement says that Soni must operate the business herself and that she is in fact the sole shareholder of A.M. Sons Inc., which does business as Troy Liquor. It goes on to state that Soni “shall restrict Ashish Patel from actively managing Troy Liquor (i.e. keeping books and records and purchasing for the business) and that Punja Soni shal be solely responsible for compliance with the stipulation.”
The agreement allows for Soni to employ Patel as a licensed operator at Troy Liquor and that he may work on the premises under the sole direction and supervision of Soni.
Historical Society 5K
The Village Board approved a request from the East Troy Historical Society and Silver Circle Sports Events to hold a 5K run/walk in the village on Saturday, Aug. 29.
The run/walk will “roll” through the village with police escort with traffic able to pass on one side of the road.
“We’re not closing the streets down like the bike race,” Boyes told the board.
The race itself will run about an hour to an hour and a half, Boyes said, and while it might cause some inconvenience for residents on the race circuit, he said didn’t think it would be a big problem.
“I’ve done races like this before and it should be relatively smooth,” he said.
