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After voting unanimously to table the payment of all general fund bills at its Dec. 8 meeting, Warren City Council reversed its decision Tuesday night and voted to remove the bills from the table and pay all of them in full. The decision was unanimous.
The decision to delay bill payment was in response to the administrationâs refusal to pay invoices from Plunkett Cooney law firm, the city councilâs special legal counsel. The city council approved payment of those bills last month, but as of Dec. 8 they had not been paid.
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âLast week, we tabled the bills in effort to act as an impetus for the administration to pay legal bills and other outstanding bills,â Council Secretary Mindy Moore said. âWe want to make sure all legal bills are paid and that we know what we are dealing with. All Plunkett Cooney bills will be paid, I am told, and Iâm satisfied.â
Warren City Council members voted 7-0 to at least temporarily opt out of recreational marijuana on Dec. 8. Attorneys representing Warren and the Council said the city can opt back in if they so choose, as soon as their desired ordinance is put in place.
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Warren opts out of rec marijuana for now, legal questions persist
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WARREN Companies seeking to get into the recreational marijuana business in Warren may have to wait a little while longer.
With time running out for a last-minute deal to end a list of lawsuits related to the city’s controversial handling of its medical marijuana dispensary licensing process, the Warren City Council sent a message on Dec. 8 about its plans for permitting adult-use marijuana operations in the immediate future.