Plastic bags ban heads to city council Monday

Updated 9 p.m. Sept. 10: After nearly two hours of public testimony, the Salem City Council decided not to ban on single-use plastic bags — at least not yet.

Council voted 5 to 4 to send the proposed ban back to staff for them to do more outreach on the ban’s impacts and to review further with council.

Councilors largely supported the ban’s environmental aspirations but split on its scope, such as the number…