Cartersville City Council To Eye Ban on Unregulated Synthetic Pot Sales, Use, Posession

The Cartersville City Council meets tonight at 6 for a work session and 7 for regular business in Council Chambers on the third floor of City Hall at 10 Public Square.

Among the items on its agenda is the first reading of an ordinance that would ban the "sale, manufacture, use, delivery, purchase, possession or distribution of unregulated marijuana substitutes," according to the proposed amendment to the city ordinance, above.

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Unregulated marijuana substitutes are commonly packaged and marketed as "potpourri, bath salts, herbal smoking blends, incense or herbal incense" and can cause hallucinations, disorientation and loss of consciousness, among other effects, the amendment says. 

"As this type of social blight continues to spread and affect many of our young people, and since Bartow County has recently enacted a similar ordinance, it seems prudent that the city of Cartersville enact this ordinance in order that we do not become a synthetic marijuana island, where persons desiring to purchase such products come to support their dangerous habit," officials wrote in a police department recommendation.

Here's the council's full agenda:

I.Opening of Meeting

• Invocation
• Pledge of Allegiance
• Roll Call

II.Regular Agenda

A. Council Meeting Minutes

1. October 17, 2013 (Pages 4-26) Attachments

B. Public Hearing - 2nd Reading of Zoning/Annexation Requests

1. File Z13-05: Rezoning application by John Adams for property located at 217 Cassville Road (approximately 0.43 acres) from MF-14 to O-C. (Pages 27-37) Attachments

2. File AZ13-03: Annexation and zoning application by Shaw Industries Group (John Wilkinson, rep.) for property located at the southeast corner of Douthit Ferry Road and Old Mill Road (approximately 5.92 acres) from Bartow County jurisdiction to City O-C. (Pages 38-50) Attachments

3. File SU13-05: Special Use application by Jay Frazier for property located at 310 N. Tennessee Street (approximately 0.46 acres) to allow a pawn and/or title pawn shop in the M-U district (Pages 51-64) Attachments

C. Resolutions

1. Approval of Capital Improvements Element Annual Update and Corresponding Transmittal Resolution (Pages 65-85) Attachments

2. Correction to 2008 Quitclaim Deed to Sandlot Development, LLC (Pages 86-90) Attachments

D. First Reading of Ordinances1.Text Amendment to City Ordinance 11-146 thru 11-160, Miscellaneous provisions of Code of Ordinances relating to the sale, manufacture, distribution, etc. of “so-called” synthetic marijuana (Pages 91-95) Attachments

2. Amendment to Utility Fees Ordinance (96-97) Attachments

E. Contracts/Agreements

1. 2014 Health Insurance Renewal with Cigna (Pages 98-99) Attachments

2. Annual Assessment for Membership in the Northwest Georgia Regional Commission (Pages 100-101)Attachments

F. Easements

1. Leake Mounds Trail ROW Easement - Hamilton State Bank (Pages 102-105) Attachments

G. Change Order

1. Final Adjustment Change Order Sanitary Sewer Manhole Installation Project (Page 106) Attachments

2. Final Adjustment Change Order Water Treatment Plant Valve Vault Installation Project (Page 107) Attachments

H. Other

1. Asset Management Software Renewal and Training (Page 108) Attachments

I. Bid Award/Purchases

1. Center Road 24-Inch Gravity Sewer Replacement Project – Construction Contract (Page 109) Attachments

2. Fiber Installation for Water Tank on Center Road (Pages 110-112) Attachments

3. Firefighter's Annual Clearance Physicals (Pages 113-119) Attachments

4. Line Truck Rebuild (Pages 120-128) Attachments

5.Compactor Cylinders for Commercial Garbage Truck (Page 129) Attachments

J. Presentations1.Citizen's Survey Results (Page 130) Attachments


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