The Soldotna City Council decided not to introduce a proposed smoking ban for the community at last night’s meeting. Soldotna City Councilmember Betty Obendorf explained the need for the delay. She said the City Attorney rewrote portions of the proposal. It was not submitted to the council members until yesterday afternoon. Obendorf said the introduction needed to be delayed by one meeting to allow the members to study the changes. Obendorf expects the ordinance will be introduced at the next meeting. This means a public hearing will not occur until the second meeting in March.
