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Smoking ban in parks OK'd by City Council  

Jump to full article: Savage (MN) Pacer, 2009-10-23
Author: Nancy Huddleston, Editor

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The Savage City Council unanimously approved a policy Monday night (Oct. 19) that will ban smoking and tobacco use in all city parks.

The policy change has been under consideration by the City Council for the past month and discussed by the Parks, Recreation and Natural Resources Commission since April.

Public Works Director John Powell said that since this is a policy change, and not an ordinance, once signs have been installed then people will be asked to smoke in the designated areas.

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