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Cedarville adopts ordinance restricting tobacco, vaping possession by minors; council declares emergency
Summary
Cedarville City Council unanimously approved Ordinance #2024-10-15-01, which regulates possession of tobacco and vaping products by minors; the council also voted to declare the measure an emergency. Cedarville Public Schools supported the ordinance.
Mayor Deborah Pinkerton and the Cedarville City Council unanimously approved Ordinance #2024-10-15-01 on Nov. 19, 2024, adopting new regulations on tobacco and vaping-product possession by minors and immediately declaring the ordinance an emergency.
The council suspended the rule requiring full reading and read the ordinance by number and title only after a motion by Alderman Odom that was seconded by Alderman Breshears; the suspension carried on a 4-0 roll call vote. Alderman Breshears moved to approve the ordinance, Alderman Johnson seconded, and the adoption vote was 4-0. Alderman Odom then moved and Alderman Saddler seconded a separate motion to declare the ordinance an emergency; that motion also passed 4-0 by roll call.
The ordinance was presented to the council with the reported support of Cedarville Public Schools. The transcript records no substantive debate or amendments during the council discussion; citations, penalties, enforcement mechanisms and any effective date beyond the emergency declaration were not specified in the meeting record and are therefore not reported here.
The council’s formal actions on the ordinance are part of the meeting record; further procedural or enforcement details may appear in the final ordinance text or a subsequent administrative notice.
