Palmer Lake discusses recreational pot, fire mitigation

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Palmer Lake discusses recreational pot, fire mitigation
Jesse Byrnes The Gazette - • Updated: January 18, 2014 at 6:59 pm • Published: January 18, 2014 | 6:35 pm

More than two dozen Palmer Lake residents gathered Saturday at a town hall meeting to discuss recreational marijuana and fire mitigation.

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Recreational pot became legal Jan. 1 in Colorado, but Palmer Lake plans to "take it slow and easy" deciding whether to allow recreational sales, according to one Town Council member.

&quot Allowing retail) will legitimize a business that has been conducted in this area for decades," said Dino Salvatori, owner of Palmer Lake Wellness Center, one of two medical marijuana dispensaries in Palmer Lake that have brought in about $30,000 in tax revenue in three years, according to town clerk Tara Berreth.

Buyers in Colorado pay 10 percent sales and 15 percent state excise tax on retail marijuana. If Palmer Lake voters choose in April to allow marijuana retail, the town will have access to 12.5 percent of tax revenue designated for municipalities, according to Salvatori, who lives in Golden.