Committee decides against smoking ban in Chippewa Falls
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Jennifer Lenbom, coordinator for the Chippewa Valley Tobacco-Free Coalition, speaks during Thursday's meeting of the Chippewa Falls Transportation Committee. Listening to her is city council member Brian Flynn.
Photo by Rod Stetzer
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By ROD STETZER
rod.stetzer@lee.net
Thursday, June 19, 2008 9:06 PM CDT
The city’s Transportation Committee decided Thursday night not to recommend the city council consider a smoking ban in public places in Chippewa Falls.
Instead, after listening to 13 speakers on both sides of the smoking issue, the committee voted 2-1 to wait until the state takes action on a smoking ban.
“I don’t want to wait that long. I don’t think we should wait that long,” said council member Robert Hoekstra.
But council members Brian Flynn and Jack Covill voted in favor of the proposal.
“If it’s a public health issue the state should be making the decision,” said Flynn, who introduced the proposal.
The proposal now goes before the seven-member council at its meeting at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday at City Hall, 30 W. Central St.
Flynn said he expects a close vote on the proposal, with perhaps a vote deciding it.
For more on the committee meeting, see Saturday’s printed edition of The Chippewa Herald.
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