CLEARLAKE, Calif. – The Clearlake City Council will hold a special meeting this week to discuss an urgency cannabis ordinance and the process to hire a new police chief.
The council will meet in closed session beginning at 5:30 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 1, to discuss two cases of potential litigation, with the open portion of the meeting to begin at 6 p.m. in the council chambers at Clearlake City Hall, 14050 Olympic Drive.
On the agenda is a public hearing to consider an urgency ordinance extending a moratorium on commercial cannabis cultivation businesses west of Highway 53.
The council first implemented the moratorium in December due to unclear language in an ordinance governing commercial cannabis activities approved in the fall.
Then-Mayor Russ Perdock said the ordinance’s intent had been to encourage retail, resorts and tourism on the west side of the highway with the east side available for cultivation purposes. The unclear language of the ordinance can be interpreted as allowing cannabis on both sides of the highway.
While the urgency ordinance is in effect, the city will work to update the main ordinance.
Under business, the council will consider a firm to select the new police chief.
Staff is recommending Ralph Anderson and Associates be selected at a cost of $24,000, with up to $1,500 in change orders.
City Clerk Melissa Swanson’s report to the council on the item explained that, once the contract with the company is finalized, the timeline calls for a potential hire in about 12 weeks.
Interim Chief Tim Celli told Lake County News last month that he doesn’t intend to seek the chief’s job on a permanent basis.
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Clearlake City Council plans special Feb. 1 meeting
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