Toms River Council Set To Discuss Retail Marijuana Ban

TOMS RIVER, NJ — The Toms River Township Council has a full agenda for its meeting Wednesday evening, including final reading on an ordinance to ban retail marijuana businesses in the township.

The meeting begins at 6 p.m. and is held in L. Manuel Hirshblond Meeting room at Town Hall on Washington Street. Video of the meeting can be viewed online here.

The proposed ordinance to bar any retail sales, distribution, or delivery services from setting up shop in the township was introduced in May but tabled for further discussion. The proposed ordinance does not ban delivery services from other towns from delivering cannabis to Toms River residents; it bars delivery services from basing their operations in Toms River. You can read the proposed ordinance here.

The council also will be reviewing the Toms River Fire District 2 budget for 2021, as it was rejected by voters in April.

The council agenda also includes a resolution to award a design contract to T&M Associates for engineering services for demolition and the design of changes to the Surf Club property. That contract is for $284,803.

Also on the agenda is a change order for the contract with Earle Asphalt for the dune repair work in Ortley Beach, removing fencing and adding more sand to repair dune damage from the May 28 storm. The contract is for $412,360, a reduction from the original contract amount of $438,525.

The full agenda is here.

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