Also appoints fire lieutenant

Following public hearings earlier this month, the Beacon City Council on Monday (June 16) adopted changes to the city’s drought emergency plan that allow the mayor to declare a drought emergency without a City Council vote. 

The council also approved updating Beacon’s anti-loitering law to permit marijuana use everywhere but in city-owned buildings and public parks, where smoking tobacco is already prohibited. The law had been out of alignment with state regulations after marijuana use was legalized for adults over 21 in 2021. 

In addition, the council approved the appointment of Dar Sims as a lieutenant in the Fire Department. Sims has been a firefighter for 15 years and with the Beacon department since 2020. He was serving as an interim lieutenant following a retirement.

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The Beacon City Council appointed Dar Sims (left) as a Fire Department lieutenant on June 16. (Photo provided)

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