Tuesday, April 19, 2016
Presiding: Mayor Tom Butt · Called to order: 6:35 p.m. · 1 items · 18 votes · 9 public comments
What happened
- Approved police review board must investigate all deaths and serious injuries from police actions, 5-1 (Butt dissenting).
- Approved allowing medical marijuana businesses with new operating standards.
- Approved 15 routine items including $653,000 for wastewater treatment plant engineering studies and $108,000 contract with Boudreau Associates.
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Governance(2 items)
Allow medical marijuana businesses and set operating standards
In Plain English
Richmond currently prohibits medical marijuana businesses within city limits. The proposed law creates minimum standards for cultivation facilities and dispensaries to operate legally. If approved, qualified businesses can apply for permits and begin serving patients in the city.
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Votes
Said ordinance received first reading and was laid over for two weeks with direction to staff to investigate the following items for potential revisions to the ordinance: expansion of the list of manufacturing products; regulation of delivery services by existing dispensaries in the city; cultivation outside of dispensaries; and permits to operate, taxation, and fees
6 to 0
Require police review board to investigate all deaths and serious injuries from police actions
In Plain English
The city's police review commission currently decides whether to investigate incidents involving police. This change requires automatic investigations whenever police actions result in death or serious bodily injury. The commission would lose discretion over these cases and must assign an investigative officer to every incident.
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Votes
Said ordinance received first reading and was laid over for two weeks for second reading with direction to staff to define 'serious bodily injury' in the ordinance as 'requiring immediate hospitalization for a minimum period of 72 consecutive hours'
5 to 1
Approved as a group without individual discussion.