Council and the public heard a presentation by Bob Pease and Jonathon Goldrath, who represent Altus New Jersey, LLC, and who plan to seek a state license to dispense the drug.
Mayor Betsy Driver said Altus is not the only provider that has approached officials about opening a dispensary here. She called the resolution “generic. It does not endorse any one provider.”
Altus comprises Standard Farms and Franklin BioScience, who are already licensed to grow, process, and retail marijuana in Pennsylvania, Ohio, Colorado and Nevada.
There are currently five dispensaries in New Jersey, according to the resolution, and “the need for medical marijuana in New Jersey currently exceeds the supply that the existing licensed ATCs in operation can provide … Flemington supports expanded access to marijuana for medical purposes.”
The Mayor said Police Chief Jerry Rotella supports the resolution. The matter is timely because that state is opening a marijuana dispensary licensing application period on July 1.