Along with the possible ballot language, council directed city administrator Chris Kukulski to form a committee of five council members and city staff to work out how the seven types of businesses would operate within city limits.
Council members talked about restricting the number of business licences that could be issued to storefronts that would sell recreational marijuana and create specific zoning regulations dictating where in the city the various dispensaries, cultivators and manufacturers could operate.
If voters nix all seven categories, recreational marijuana would not be produced or sold within Billings city limits.
At Monday’s meeting, council members also learned how much money Billings would receive from the American Rescue Plan Act and how it could be spent.
The city will receive $15.9 million directly from the federal government, which limits the spending to replacement of lost revenue due to the COVID-19 pandemic; infrastructure related to water and wastewater treatment and broadband expansion and instillation; economic impact programs; and premium pay for essential workers.
The federal government calculated that the city’s lost revenue due to the pandemic was $7.4 million; those funds can be spent with more latitude than some of the other funds, said Sarah Lane, an accountant for the city.
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Along with the possible ballot language, council directed city administrator Chris Kukulski to form a committee of five council members and city staff to work out how the seven types of businesses would operate within city limits.
Council members talked about restricting the number of business licences that could be issued to storefronts that would sell recreational marijuana and create specific zoning regulations dictating where in the city the various dispensaries, cultivators and manufacturers could operate.
If voters nix all seven categories, recreational marijuana would not be produced or sold within Billings city limits.
At Monday’s meeting, council members also learned how much money Billings would receive from the American Rescue Plan Act and how it could be spent.
The city will receive $15.9 million directly from the federal government, which limits the spending to replacement of lost revenue due to the COVID-19 pandemic; infrastructure related to water and wastewater treatment and broadband expansion and instillation; economic impact programs; and premium pay for essential workers.
The federal government calculated that the city’s lost revenue due to the pandemic was $7.4 million; those funds can be spent with more latitude than some of the other funds, said Sarah Lane, an accountant for the city.
