Approval of cannabis businesses in Somers Point is going to have to wait at least another six weeks.
City Council held a special meeting July 7 to introduce an ordinance that would allow for a cannabis retailer and distributor to open in the city, but only three of the seven members attended. Without a quorum, no action could be taken.
City Council President Janice Johnston said she was unhappy that four members did not show up to the meeting.
“They could have communicated if they didn’t agree that we should have it and I could have canceled it,” she said. “I was just trying to move things forward. We wasted taxpayers’ dollars planning a meeting that we couldn’t get anything accomplished at.”
Councilman Rick DePamhillis and Councilwoman Karen Bruno, members of the Cannabis Committee, were also present.