Elected officials are waiting to take a vote on a proposed ordinance to ban smoking in city-maintained recreation areas until they know for certain whether it would include Hunter Golf Club.
The ordinance, proposed by the city’s health and human services department, would prohibit the use of tobacco products — including cigarettes, pipes, cigars, chew, snuff, as well as e-cigarettes and other nicotine delivery systems — in all city-maintained parks and recreation facilities.
It was passed unanimously by members of the council’s health and human services committee, and passed with one dissenting vote in the public works and parks and recreation committee last week.
All but Deputy Council Minority Leader Walter A. Shamock voted to table the matter Monday. Shamock voted against tabling it because he opposed the ordinance at its root.
During discussion on the issue, Mayor Kevin Scarpati asked whether the ordinance would cover Hunter Golf Club, which the city owns.
“I think given the purpose behind this, I think the majority of people are in agreement with this, as am I,” he said of the proposed ordinance. “However, I had to ask the question because there is some serious concern about the golf course.” Read More>
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