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Ordinance re: Controlled Substances — Grant County Code Ch. 6.46 and CH. 1.32
April 5, 2021
1:00 P.M.
In Attendance:
Cindy Carter, Chair
Danny E. Stone, Vice -Chair
Rob Jones, Member
Barbara J. Vasquez, Clerk of the Board
Kevin McCrae, Civil Deputy Prosecuting Attorney (call-in)
Kate Mathews, Prosecutor's Office
Public: See attached
The Commissioners held an Open Record Public Hearing to consider an Ordinance rescinding Ordinance
No. 21 -020 -CC and recreating Ch. 6.46 of the Grant County Code titled "Controlled Substances" banning
knowing possession of unlawful controlled substances and readopting an amendment to Ch. 1.32 of the
Grant County Code titled "Code Enforcement and Penalties." Unknown to the Clerk, the FTR System
was NOT recording anyone in the hearing room. Only the call-in users were recorded.
Kevin McCrae gave a brief overview of this proposed ordinance. He stated if this Ordinance is passed
now, they have 30 days to charge as a misdemeanor.
The call-in users asked about how the hearing was noticed to the public.
A motion was made by Commissioner Stone, seconded by Commissioner Jones to close the public
comment portion of the hearing. The motion passed unanimously. Commissioner Stone moved to
approve the new Ordinance as presented. Commissioner Junes seconded and the motion passed
unanimously. The hearing adjourned. (Clerk's note: the public brought to the Commissioners
attention that the Ordinance signed by the commissioners did NOT have the language "a copy of the
full text of the ordinance can be found by contacting our office". It was decided to readvertise with
that verbiage and hold another public hearing on April 26, 2021 at 2:30 p.m.