NORWAY — The Norway City Council has appointed three people to a committee that will sort, review and score applications to operate marijuana businesses within the city.

City Manager Ray Anderson, Allison Kalcec and Bruce Hawkinson were named to the committee required by the city’s marijuana ordinance to establish a competitive process for applicants.

The committee will meet in coming weeks to set rules for going through applicants and review the scoring rubric, though no date has been set.

The council July 5 approved a process for evaluating marijuana businesses in Norway.

Among other things, the 10-page policy requires applicants include a $1,500 non-refundable fee to be considered for an adult use marijuana license, then pay a $5,000 annual license fee if approved.

The rubric has multiple categories, including qualifications, operational abilities, security plans and economic impact, with 73 being the highest possible score.

Any tie among applicants will be resolved by a blind lottery draw.

Disqualified applicants will be informed in writing, with the reason for elimination. Applicants can reapply when the city accepts new applications.

The city will accept applications through Sept. 24 and will allow up to two processors and retailers.

In other business Aug. 16, the council:

— Had a public hearing on an ordinance regulating mobile food operations. The board later tabled the ordinance to allow council members more time. In particular, Anderson told The Daily News, members were undecided whether food trucks should be allowed on privately owned vacant lots.

Residential zoning requires an owner’s first structure on vacant property must be a permanent dwelling, Anderson explained. The council questioned why business districts should be treated in a different manner, he said.

“It’s not that they’re against food trucks,” Anderson said.

— Contracted Terazzo Creations & Renewal to do concrete restoration on the downstream face of generating unit No. 1 at the Sturgeon Falls Hydroelectric Facility, at a cost not to exceed $64,415.

— Hired Hydro Consulting and Maintenance Services Inc. to perform annual equipment inspection at the hydroelectric facility at a cost not to exceed $13,900.

— Authorized Norway Department of Power and Light to spend up to $8,000 for emergency repairs on the hydroelectric facility after lightning struck the DC battery charging unit and caused a small fire Aug. 11. The city will seek insurance reimbursement for the loss.

— Approved buying 500 AMI smart meters from water, sewer, storm drain and fire protection provider Core & Main at a cost not to exceed $125,000, $68,500 over budget. The overage will come out of the Repair, Replacement and Improvement fund set up with the Rural Development Project. The council also recommended Anderson review whether the city should buy enough meters to replace each in the system, as the cost per meter is expected to increase by at least $50. The water department has replaced about 352 of the city’s 1,650 water meters.

— Also approved that public works software company Cartegraph Systems LLC provide asset management services for the city as it had outgrown the design and features offered by former provider mPower Innovations. Cartegraph’s services are not to exceed $18,030.24, with annual maintenance costs at $6,500. FDS Engineering and Electrical Services will integrate supervisory control and data acquisition with Cartegraph at a cost not to exceed $1,500.

— Agreed to participate with Dickinson County in a county-wide geographic information system parcel map created and maintained by Colligo GIS. The program will consolidate all governmental units in the county into a single, standardized system. The county will pay to host and maintain, though the city still is responsible for handling its own parcel upgrades.

— Contracted Peterson’s Welding to build a kayak launch at the Strawberry Lake Park for a price not to exceed $3,600. The cost will be covered by grant money.

Because of technical problems, the council meeting was not broadcast on local Channel 7 or by Zoom and will not be uploaded to the city’s youTube channel, as there is no recording. For the time being, council meetings will be off-air until the audiovisual equipment, now 20 years old, can be replaced.

“It could be a month to a month and a half to get it approved. Some of those appliances might be on back order, too,” Anderson said. “We’ll do it as quickly as we can.”