FORT BRAGG — The Fort Bragg City Council meeting Tuesday evening focused mainly on the appeal of a Planning Commission decision for a commercial cannabis store on N. Franklin Street, and further information about the Winter Shelter location.
The beginning of the meeting was dedicated to welcoming new staff to the city, including Heather Gurewitz as an Associate Planner, George Leinen as the new Police Services Transporter, Max Sallas as a Maintenance Worker II, and John Smelser as a Part-Time Laborer. The mayor also read a proclamation on behalf of the city, declaring February as Black History Month in the City of Fort Bragg.
Mayor Bernie Norvell made a short report on the meeting the city held with local business owners and community members in the downtown area, which would have been affected by moving the Winter Shelter to the Town Hall gymnasium.
The shelter will continue to be held at the Trinity Lutheran Church until March 15, and the Caspar Shul has tentatively agreed to take on the shelter during the last two weeks of March.
We may not have to host the shelter downtown, which I think we were all prepared to do,” Mayor Norvell said, “but we may not have to.”
The councilors also heard a short presentation by Diann Simmons of the Economic Development & Financing Corporation, regarding the organization’s finances for the fiscal year 2019-2020.
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FORT BRAGG — The Fort Bragg City Council meeting Tuesday evening focused mainly on the appeal of a Planning Commission decision for a commercial cannabis store on N. Franklin Street, and further information about the Winter Shelter location.
The beginning of the meeting was dedicated to welcoming new staff to the city, including Heather Gurewitz as an Associate Planner, George Leinen as the new Police Services Transporter, Max Sallas as a Maintenance Worker II, and John Smelser as a Part-Time Laborer. The mayor also read a proclamation on behalf of the city, declaring February as Black History Month in the City of Fort Bragg.
Mayor Bernie Norvell made a short report on the meeting the city held with local business owners and community members in the downtown area, which would have been affected by moving the Winter Shelter to the Town Hall gymnasium.
The shelter will continue to be held at the Trinity Lutheran Church until March 15, and the Caspar Shul has tentatively agreed to take on the shelter during the last two weeks of March.
We may not have to host the shelter downtown, which I think we were all prepared to do,” Mayor Norvell said, “but we may not have to.”
The councilors also heard a short presentation by Diann Simmons of the Economic Development & Financing Corporation, regarding the organization’s finances for the fiscal year 2019-2020.
