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Motion to schedule hearing on opting back into cannabis retail fails for lack of a second
Summary
A June 10 motion to call a June 24 public hearing on a local law to opt Cicero back into legalized retail cannabis sales did not receive a second and therefore was not scheduled, the board said. The motion would have allowed retail sales but not on‑premises consumption.
A motion to call a public hearing on June 24 to consider Local Law No. 2 of 2026 — which would opt the Town of Cicero back into allowing legalized retail sales of cannabis under the New York Cannabis Taxation Act (but not on‑site consumption) — failed at the June 10 board meeting because no member seconded it.
The motion included references to the town’s earlier Local Law No. 1 of 2022 (the earlier opt‑out) and cited section 131 of the cannabis law and the Cannabis Taxation Act as the state framework that would allow municipalities to opt in or out. Because the motion received no second, the board chair stated, “Since we have no second, we cannot proceed,” and the hearing was not scheduled.
No further votes were taken on the subject at the meeting. The transcript does not record which board members supported or opposed the proposed hearing and provides no formal vote tally because the motion failed procedurally. If the board chooses to reconsider, a motion with a second would be required to set a hearing date and time.
