SALISBURY, Md – The Salisbury City Council is shifting ahead with a deliberate exemption the the City’s plastic bag ban that noticed carry-out meals distributors, eating places, and others having to pay a charge for paper baggage as soon as accessible free of charge for purchasers.
Council President April Jackson tells 47ABC the council has moved ahead with a measure to revise the language to distinguish between a restaurant or meals vendor versus the meant focus of the measure of grocery and comfort shops.
Jackson believes the present language is barely including prices to purchases customers make each day.
“What we wanted to do is to take that fee away for certain people with food carriers such as like restaurants, pharmacies, anything to basically transport it, cooked food and things. We wanted to take that fee away from that, basically, I would love to see the fee go, period,” she stated.
Jackson says the state of Maryland can also be trying to begin a ban at which level they must comply however hopes this measure can provide some monetary reduction within the meantime.
It stays unclear what the ultimate language of that exemption would appear like.
Also on the Agenda was a must streamline and scale back points with the Bird Scooters adopted by the town in 2021.
During the session, council members pushed to have the producer of the chicken scooters present storage choices and to collect extra details about how different municipalities have handled the scooters.
Jackson says she understands that after the fare is up the scooters cease and are too heavy to maneuver however says there should be a greater manner.
“We are looking at one location in every area, because I know people have them all over the city of Salisbury and in the county, so we just want to localize places in each area where they can be put,” Jackson stated.
She says no language has been drafted, however they hope to work with the producer in methods to contemplate the pursuits of different motorists, pedestrians and scooter customers.
