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Mosier council adopts 3% marijuana sales tax referral, approves grant application and MOU; routine motions pass unanimously
Summary
At its July 20 meeting the Mosier City Council passed Ordinance #170 to refer a 3% marijuana sales tax to the November ballot, approved Resolution #2016-10 (Special City Allotment grant application) and approved a Wasco County MOU for hub funds; routine approvals of minutes and the fiscal year-end financial packet also passed unanimously.
The Mosier City Council unanimously approved a set of routine and substantive motions at its July 20 meeting.
Councilor Emily Reed moved and Councilor Lacy Gries seconded approval of the July 6 meeting minutes; the motion passed unanimously. Finance Director Angie Wilson presented the fiscal year-end financial packet; Councilor Reed moved to approve the packet, Councilor Gries seconded and the packet was approved unanimously.
The council held a public hearing on Ordinance #170, an ordinance to adopt a 3 percent tax on the sale of certain marijuana items and refer the tax question to Mosier voters at the November 2016 general election. Mayor Arlene Burns opened the hearing, heard no public comments, and the council passed the ordinance after a motion by Councilor Peny Wallace and a second from Councilor Lacy Gries; the ordinance was read twice by title and passed unanimously.
Councilor Akin moved to approve Resolution #2016-10 (Special City Allotment Grant Application); Councilor Gries seconded and the motion passed unanimously. (Councilor Akin appears as the mover in the transcript for this item though Akin was not included in the meeting attendance listed earlier in the minutes.)
The council also approved signing the Wasco County MOU for Mosier Hub funds, with Councilor Peny Wallace moving and Councilor Emily Reed seconding; council approval was contingent on securing a longer extension to use the funds if necessary.
Why this matters: the marijuana sales tax referral will appear on the November ballot if certified; the grant resolution and MOU position Mosier to receive external funds for local projects. The motions were recorded as unanimous at the meeting; the transcript does not provide an individual roll-call vote list, and the minutes show four council votes in favor with one member excused.
Next steps: The ordinance will be referred to voters at the November 2016 general election; the city manager and finance director will proceed with administrative steps for the grant application and the MOU.
