Start with application cards, inspection dates and license issue slips. It is the source used to decide whether a small shop can know how long an application is likely to take; it is not the decision itself. The rule only works if the source describes conditions at the licensing window at Cinder Hall.
Known: the current file counts 82 applications issued or returned with a dated reason, compared with 85 in the prior window. The office posts the change and records its first operating measure. The entries have dates and a named clerk.
Disputed: The hall posts a total wait. Shopkeepers ask for inspection waits separate from paperwork waits. One side emphasizes the posted total; the other points to a single inspector covers three wards during a rain shift.
Why it matters: the decision determines which residents can rely on the service and which staff must carry out the change. The file does not settle that by itself.
Next: The responsible office has begun the follow-up set by the board, which adopted a revised schedule with a worker review period.
