During the latest Mantua Township Committee meeting, members approved a resolution requesting to have the town’s Joint Land Use Board review and provide recommendations to a new medical cannabis act.
The act refers to the Jake Honig Compassionate Use Medical Cannabis Act. The bill was signed on July 2 by Gov. Murphy and is meant to expand patient access to medical marijuana.
The township committee asked the town’s Joint Land Use Board and Planner to decide on the most appropriate locations for cannabis-related uses.
The resolution directs the board to make recommendations to the mayor and committee as to potential locations that would be appropriate for cannabis-related businesses and operations, including cultivation, manufacturing, processing, packaging and retail dispensing of cannabis for medical purposes.
The board is also directed to review the act, the township’s land use and zoning ordinances, the master plan, the township’s physical layout and land use mixes and proximities, as well as existing and proposed future buildout.
The next Joint Land Use board meeting is scheduled for Oct. 15 at 7 p.m. at the Municipal Building.
In other news, the Committee approved the following:
- A resolution to approve the contract for the fireworks display that will occur at the Christmas Tree Lighting Ceremony. The contract amount is not to exceed $3,500.
- A resolution that establishes the curfew for Halloween and establishes the hours for trick-or-treating. The curfew will be 8 p.m. on Oct. 30 and Oct. 31 and the hours for trick-or-treating are 3 to 8 p.m. on Oct. 31.
- A resolution to authorize the township to purchase two arch swing sets in the amount of $8,894.78 under a cooperative purchasing agreement manufactured by Little Tikes Commercial for McCarson Park.
- A resolution that will authorize the purchase of a zero-turn mower for the Mantua Township Park Department. This expenditure was authorized under the 2019 capital program in the amount of $17,703.78.
- A resolution to authorize the township to insert the 2019 Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over Grant to offset overtime monies incurred for police officer salaries administering the grant in the amount of $5,500.
- A resolution to authorize the township to insert the 2019 Bullet Proof Vest Grant in the amount of $2,931.62 to offset the cost for purchasing bulletproof vests for an officer in the police department.
The next committee meeting is scheduled for Oct. 21 at 6 p.m. at the Municipal Building.
