HomeMy WebLinkAbout02.18.25 Work SessionFebruary 18, 2025
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Pursuant to due call and notice thereof, the City Council for the City of St. Joseph met in a workshop
setting on Tuesday, February 18, 2025, at 5:OOPM in the St. Joseph Government Center.
Members Present: Mayor Adam Scepaniak, Councilmembers Adam Schnettler, Kevin Kluesner, Andrew
Mooney, Kelly Beniek
City Representatives Present: Administrator David Murphy; Finance Director Lori Bartlett, Public Works
Director Ryan Wensmann, Community Development Director Nate Keller, Police Chief Dwight
Pfannenstein, Recreation Director Rhonda Juell, City Clerk Kayla Klein
Others Present: Tamara Hennis-Vix
Retail Cannabis Ordinance Update: Community Development Director Nate Keller provided an overview
of the retail cannabis ordinance. City Clerk Kayla Klein provided an overview of the Temporary Cannabis
Events that are also spelled out in the ordinance.
Joe Sathe, Attorney with Kennedy & Graven provided an update on where the Office of Cannabis
Management is with the issuance of licenses. The application window opened today and will be open until
March 14tn
Human Rights Forum Discussion: Tamara Hennis-Vix provided an update on the Human Rights
Commission. She represents the City of St. Joseph on the commission. The group held a community
forum back in May 2024 and Hennes-Vix wanted to highlight the results of that forum. Currently the group
is hoping to have more dialed -in listening sessions that target specific groups throughout the area cities.
More information will be available once the commission meets again.
Hennis-Vix asked the council if they would open to allocating funds to the Human Rights Commission.
The council is open to it and would like to see a 3-year plan of how the funds would be used.
The work session was adjourned at 5:47PM.
Kayla Klein
City Clerk