JENKINS — Following the adoption of a cannabis ordinance amendment in August, one applicant submitted litigation threats, and Jenkins city attorney Brad Person resigned.

Person did not specifically say the two issues were connected.

Cannabis license applicant Drake Beyer spoke out against the council's decision to choose its one licensed cannabis business by a lottery system instead of by chronological application process (first come, first served), saying the council didn't clearly define how a lottery would work.

At its second monthly meeting July 22, the council planned to select the license on the first-come, first-served basis after review by Person. Upon review, Person recommended a lottery when asked how to define which applicant was first.

At its Aug. 11 meeting, the council ag

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