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Lori Weir, director of Administrative Services and Projects at Michigan Tech, recently stepped down from her position on the Calumet Village Council due to issues with the budget for FY 2022.
CALUMET Lori Weir, who resigned from the Village Council last week, for what she says are violations of the Village Budget Ordinance (No.119), as well as violations of the Michigan General Law Village Act, and the Michigan Compiled Laws (MCL), continues to battle the council for what she said, is the council’s ignoring the will of the people who spoke at a public budget hearing last Tuesday.
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CALUMET Trustee Roxanne King slammed two Planning Commission nominees during the regular January Village Council meeting. The nominees had been put forward at the previous regular meeting in December. They were the same two that King had opposed at that meeting, in spite of the fact that the Planning Commission had not bothered to meet in December due to the shortage of members.
The Village Council cannot move ahead on finalizing ordinances until the ordinance drafts are completed by the Planning Commission and submitted to the council for approval, but the commission cannot function with less than enough members for a quorum.
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CALUMET The Village Planning Commission and the Village Council continue to move forward with zoning and marijuana ordinances, but are doing so cautiously to avoid further or future problems.
In the order of procedures listed in the Michigan General Law Village Act, in order to implement Ordinance Number 153, Adult Use Marihuana, the Village Zoning Ordinance first must be updated to include the establishment of marijuana-related businesses with village limits.
Village Manager Caleb Katz said in an interview Thursday that the existing zoning ordinance dates back to 1990, and was revised in 1997, long before any thought of legalizing marijuana, on any level, was considered. For that reason, there is no section of the zoning ordinance that permits the establishment of existence of marijuana facilities within the village.