BEAVERCREEK — Leaders in Beavercreek made a clear decision on the future of adult-use marijuana sales in the city on Monday.
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As reported on News Center 7 at 11:00, Beavercreek City Council members voted against banning adult-use marijuana sales. Four members voted no, and three members voted yes.
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The ordinance pertains to the sale of recreational marijuana at the Trulieve facility, the only marijuana dispensary in the City of Beavercreek.
The council expected some back-and-forth debate with residents, but that did not happen.
The last time medical marijuana was on the agenda, residents told leaders they were concerned. On Monday, that wasn’t the case.
Council members still wanted to talk about the topic of companies selling adult-use marijuana in the city, but no one in the audience spoke out against it.
“I’m on the fence here. On one hand, we already voted, but on the other hand, I want to put it back in our citizen’s hands,” City Council member Tiffany Schwartz said.
News Center 7′s Malik Patterson spoke with Beavercreek resident Jacob Starcher about the vote.
“Why can’t you just leave it as it be? You know, you know. Why are we doing this now, after we voted for it,” he said.
Trulieve Cannabis currently sells medical and adult-use marijuana in Beavercreek.
News Center 7 spoke with the company’s attorney after Monday’s vote.
“Well, I’m a little surprised. I thought that, that I thought, I thought it would go to a second reading at least,” Greg May said.
May said he had a feeling it would swing their way when council members said they did not want to stop their healthy partnership.
“I hope that does send a message to some of the other communities too, that if it could work here, it can work in their community as well,” May said.
Currently, the city does not allow any new businesses to sell medicinal or recreational marijuana, Monday night’s vote only concerns the sale of recreational marijuana at Trulieve, not citywide recreational sales.
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