City Council Meeting Date: November 19, 2019
To: Mayor and City Council
From: Ben Martig, City Administrator
Title
Review Proposed Ordinance Amending Northfield City Code, Chapter 30 - Health Care and Sanitation, Article II. - Tobacco (Tobacco 21 Ordinance) and Consider Motion Approving Meeting Date for First Reading of the Proposed Ordinance.
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Action Requested:
The Northfield City Council considers approving a motion to have the First Reading of an Ordinance Amending Northfield City Code, Chapter 30 - Health Care and Sanitation, Article II. - Tobacco (Tobacco 21 Ordinance) on January 7, 2020.
Summary Report:
The Northfield Alliance for Substance Abuse Prevention (NASAP) has been reviewing proposed changes to the Northfield Tobacco Ordinance to implement key components of Tobacco 21(T21). Representatives of NASAP met with City staff over the course of several months to discuss T21 and possible ordinance changes. City Attorney Hood worked with City staff on the proposed ordinance changes, incorporating additional items identified by staff that needed updates.
Representatives of NASAP Katie Reed, Michelle Dumonceaux, Shelly Dickinson, Belinda Zubia, and Nancy Vega and Tracy Ackman Shaw and Camryn Stokes and Brekken Modory from Rice County Public Health, will be presenting information (Attachments 1 & 2) on the proposed changes to the Tobacco Ordinance. A redlined version containing the proposed changes is shown in Attachment 3. The City's existing ordinance is shown in Attachment 4. Council is being asked to discuss the proposed changes and set a date for the first reading of the proposed ordinance so staff can inform the license holders of the proposed changes. State Statute ? 461.19 Effect on Local Ordinance; notice requires 30 days notice of substantial amendment of any local ordinance be mailed to licensees. A complete copy of Chapter 461 is attached (Attachment 5).
Key components and reasons for T21 are as follows:
* Raises the le...
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