{"id":21135,"date":"2020-01-26T17:11:13","date_gmt":"2020-01-27T00:11:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.skyhinews.com\/?p=62728"},"modified":"2020-01-26T17:11:13","modified_gmt":"2020-01-27T00:11:13","slug":"kremmling-to-ask-residents-to-vote-on-lifting-cannabis-moratorium","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/krky\/local-news\/kremmling-to-ask-residents-to-vote-on-lifting-cannabis-moratorium\/","title":{"rendered":"Kremmling to ask residents to vote on lifting cannabis moratorium"},"content":{"rendered":"
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A sandwich board outside a marijuana dispensary in Tabernash alerts drivers there isn’t another dispensary for 100 miles. If Kremmling lifts its moratorium this April, that could change.<\/strong>
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Aside from picking three town council members this April, Kremmling residents will also be asked to vote whether to lift the town\u2019s moratorium against cannabis businesses and allow the town to move forward with an ordinance.<\/p>\n

At the Jan. 22 town council meeting, council members agreed that they wanted to get public opinion about allowing cannabis businesses to operate in town before figuring out any details of what that might look like.<\/p>\n

\u201c(The public) should instruct us do you or do you not want the town of Kremmling to move forward with the creation and adoption of an ordinance to allow the retail sale of a cannabis product,\u201d Council Member Erik Woog said. <\/p>\n

Following the outcome of the April ballot question, council members would craft an ordinance outlining what would be legal and illegal for cannabis businesses in Kremmling with public input.<\/p>\n

Kremmling Town Manager Dan Stoltman explained the ordinance would detail what kinds of businesses would be legal, such as dispensaries or groweries, where and when the businesses could operate in town and what kinds of products they could offer, among other regulations.<\/p>\n

Council members were adamant that those decisions should be made with public input and not before a ballot question.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe really wanted to engage (the public), so the first thing is do you want this or not,\u201d Woog said. \u201cThen, once they say yes, then we get together and figure out exactly what that looks like.\u201d<\/p>\n

Council members are expected to approve the language of a ballot question at their February meeting.<\/p>\n

In other business\u2026<\/p>\n