Five people attended and no one raised objections at a Jackson City Council meeting on Monday that doomed lingering ordinances in the city code that allowed for marijuana dispensaries and promised higher water rates for about 2,000 customers.

Jackson City Manager Mike Daly recommended that the council repeal Ordinance 640 in the Jackson Municipal Code, that allowed for a medical cannabis clinic in Jackson, on the grounds that it is contrary to the federal Controlled Substances Act. Council members unanimously agreed. The new ordinance will be introduced in September, Daly said.

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