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City of Belvidere Committee of the Whole met Dec. 9.

Here is the minutes provided by the committee:

Call to Order: Mayor Chamberlain:

Roll Call:

Public Comment:

Public Forum: ( A) Jax Tlusty — Monarch Butterfly.

B) Introduction of interested persons for 2nd Ward Alderman.

C) Forward to full City Council a motion to waive Section 2- 88 of the City of Belvidere Municipal Code as it relates to an appointment to fill the vacancy for Ward 2 Alderman.

Reports of of Officers Boards Boards and and Special Committees:

1. Building, Planning & Zoning, Unfinished Business: None

2. Building, Planning& Zoning, New Business:

A) Intergovernmental Agreement between the Northern Illinois Land Bank Authority and City of Belvidere.

3. Public Works, Unfinished Business: None.

4. Public Works, New Business: None.

5. Other:

A) Appointment of Laurie Mann to the Ida Public Library Board of Trustees.

B) New telephone system.

C) Review of Tax Levy.

D) Review of motion to direct City Attorney to draft an ordinance imposing a 3% tax on the sale of cannabis products and direct the City Attorney and City Planner to process a text amendment restricting cannabis dispensaries/ sales to the general business and planned business districts as a special use and license growers of cannabis to an appropriate industrial zoning district. These ordinances will come to the full City Council in early 2020.

6. Adjournment: