Committee tables New Bedford Transportation LLC private delivery license application after applicant fails to appear

The New Bedford City Committee on Appointments and Briefings received and then tabled an application Oct. 23 from Doria Arcianos, doing business as New Bedford Transportation LLC, for a new private delivery license to carry passengers for hire over New Bedford streets.

The city clerk filed the communication on behalf of Arcianos, providing an address of 11 Franklin Street, New Bedford, MA 02740, and stating the license would expire June 30, 2026. The committee first moved to receive and place the application on file. Committee members then noted that no applicant or representative was present. "There's nobody here," a committee member said; a motion to table the application followed and passed by voice vote.

Councilors did not discuss the substance of the application because no one from New Bedford Transportation LLC was present to answer questions. The committee recorded the procedural actions: the application was received and then tabled for lack of appearance by the applicant.

The committee did not provide a timeline in the meeting for when the applicant should return or for when the item will next appear on an agenda. The record does show the license, if issued, would expire on June 30, 2026; other application details were not discussed on the record.

The committee adjourned at 6:37 p.m.