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CANTON â The village at the heart of the St. Lawrence County seat wants to hear from its constituents about recreational marijuana dispensaries under the stateâs Marijuana Regulation and Taxation Act.
The village Board of Trustees during its Wednesday meeting scheduled a public forum to gauge Cantonâs interest in permitting local marijuana retailers.
âI donât really want to talk about opting out â or anything â until weâve heard from the community,â Trustee Carol S. Pynchon said.
The public hearing is set for 6 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 22, at the municipal building, 60 Main St. A virtual participation option is also planned. Trustees cited probable August vacation plans among community members in their decision to push the hearing to September.
CANTON â Following a virtual public hearing that yielded no comments from Canton taxpayers, the village Board of Trustees unanimously passed its $6.6 million preliminary budget for the 2021-22 fiscal year beginning June 1.
Village residents will see a tax rate decrease of one cent per $1,000 of assessed property value â to $10.45 per $1,000 â which represents a roughly 0.14% change from last year. The tax levy, which reflects the revenue the village will collect on its tax rate, will increase by 1.2%. The preliminary budget figures keep the village under the stateâs 2021 tax levy cap of 1.31% for bodies with June 1 to May 31 fiscal years.
Village Clerk and Treasurer Sally L. Noble, working with Mayor Michael E. Dalton, village officials, department heads and the villageâs contract agencies, presented the $6,605,835 draft budget to the board during a virtual workshop at the end of March. Additional public sessions culminated in the preliminary document prese