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Resident voices concern about marijuana cultivation and sales during Wyoming council meeting
Summary
During the March 3 Wyoming City Council meeting, resident Pat Kolb said she was "shocked" to learn a few weeks earlier that marijuana cultivation and sales were occurring in the city, raising the issue during open forum; the council recorded a remote participation notice for a member and did not take formal action in the excerpt.
Pat Kolb, a Wyoming resident, told the Wyoming City Council on March 3 that she was "shocked" to learn that marijuana cultivation and sales were taking place in the city.
"I'm Pat Kolb ... I moved to Wyoming about, 1 and a half years ago, and I want to speak on the cultivating and the selling of, marijuana and different marijuana products here in Wyoming," Kolb said during the meeting's open forum, adding she first learned about it "a few weeks ago" and was surprised by the reports.
The comment came during the council's open forum portion, after the clerk read the meeting rules, including the three-minute speaking limit and guidance that items requiring council action may be deferred to staff or boards and commissions for research and future agendas. No formal council action on the matter appears in the provided transcript excerpt.
At the start of the meeting, the clerk announced a quorum and listed members Lugar and Onstead and Mayor Iverson as present; the clerk also noted that Council Member Linda Nako Yeager would participate remotely from a public location and cited a state statute for remote participation. The clerk stated that all votes that evening would be taken by roll call and that member Schilling was absent.
The council did not record a vote or motion on Kolb's comment in the segments provided. Under the city's open forum procedures read into the record, concerns raised may be referred to staff or boards for follow-up and possible placement on a future agenda.
