TO: Mayor and City Council
FROM: Councilor Tom Andersen, Ward 2
SUBJECT:
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Motion from Councilor Tom Andersen regarding banning single-use plastic bags.
Ward(s): All Wards
Councilor(s): All Councilors
Neighborhood(s): All Neighborhoods
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MOTION:
I move that Council direct staff to research and prepare an ordinance to ban single-use plastic bags in the City of Salem, including consideration of a “pass-through fee” and an exemption for safeguarding public health and farmers’ markets, to be scheduled for a public hearing before Council.
DISCUSSION:
Please see the attached memorandum for a discussion of the issue.
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Attachments:
1. Memorandum “Salem Plastic Bag Ordinance Proposal”