Colorado Springs residents in November will decide between two competing marijuana questions that will either permit or ban recreational cannabis sales in city limits.

The City Council on Tuesday voted 7-2 to send a citizen-backed question to the fall ballot that proposes legalizing recreational marijuana sales locally. Councilmen Mike O’Malley and Brian Risley were opposed.

A local citizens group, Responsible Rec for Colorado Springs, last week submitted enough signatures to the City Clerk’s Office to place a question on the ballot seeking voter approval.

The proposal would allow only existing medical marijuana shops to transition to selling recreational marijuana and dedicate an estimated $10 million to $15 million in added annual revenue to funding public safety programs, mental health services and post-traumatic stress disorder treatment programs.

The group submitted 28,000 signatures to make the ballot.

The question will provide “comprehensive, common-sense regulation of existing stores,” said Meghan Graf, a Responsible Rec for Colorado Springs spokeswoman, in a news release last week.

The council had the option Tuesday to either adopt the citizen-initiated question as an ordinance or send it onto voters, City Attorney Ben Bolinger said.

The council recently voted to send its own question to the ballot that will ask voters to change the city charter and ban recreational marijuana sales.

If both questions passed, which is unlikely, Bolinger repeated Tuesday the charter amendment would take precedence.

The dueling questions sparked intense debate at the Aug. 13 council meeting. Advocates said recreational marijuana is widely available and Colorado Springs doesn’t benefit from it. Opponents highlighted the potential health risks of marijuana.