In the two years Skym worked to open his business, he said he only spoke directly with the city of St. Paul twice to help with a zoning issue.

Eric Taubel, executive director of the Minnesota Office of Cannabis Management, said cities are still figuring out how they can best oversee the cannabis industry.

“There’s no gold standard blueprint for how you create a legal cannabis market in every state,” he said.

St. Paul is hoping to fill the position internally, said Casey Rodriguez, spokesperson for the city’s Department of Safety and Inspections. The job will pay between $73,000 and $102,000 annually and the money will come from cannabis businesses’ registration fees.

Ben Koppel, the Minneapolis cannabis business services specialist, said he fields questions from about 30 people every week.