TAUNTON — The number of recreational marijuana businesses that have been granted a special permit by the Taunton City Council to operate in the city has increased to two.

The council cast a unanimous 8-to-0 vote Tuesday night approving a permit for Freshly Baked Company — which plans to manufacture THC-infused gummies inside the former Reed and Barton complex at 144 West Britannia St.

Councilor Deborah Carr, who previously has opposed every motion to allow any marijuana-related business in the city, did not attend Tuesday night’s meeting.

THC, or tetrahydrocannabinol, is the ingredient in pot plants that provides the sensation of marijuana intoxication.

The company is the brainchild of Jenny Roseman and Philip Smith of Taunton.

Roseman and Smith, both 38, describe themselves as military veterans who have suffered from post-traumatic stress disorder.

Smith, who said he served as a Marine in Iraq in 2003, says he has been making the trip to a Fall River retail shop to buy legal marijuana products.

“Hopefully Commonwealth Alterative Care will be selling it (recreational marijuana),” he said, referring to the Mozzone Boulevard business that grows and sells medical marijuana and was granted a special permit to sell recreational pot.

Smith said that the popularity of gummies and other marijuana products is “huge in the veteran community” as a means of treating PTSD.

Smith, according to the office of the Massachusetts Secretary of State, is listed as a director of Freshly Baked Company.

Roseman, who says she served as an Air Force medic from 1999 to 2003, is also listed as a director, as well as president, treasurer and secretary.

She and Smith said that the business, which will infuse chewable gummies with THC oil, will likely not be operational until next summer.

They stressed that their product will only be sold to distributors and will not be available and sold to walk-in, retail customers.

Philips said Wednesday he and Roseman anticipate that the state’s Cannabis Control Commission will soon grant them a provisional license.

He said structural work will then commence at the 800-square-foot space.

Following that, Philips said, they will present the state commission with an update of their “build out” indicating their preparedness to begin operations.

If all goes according to plan, he said, the commission will issue a “final license,” followed by a final inspection and issuance of a “commence operations license.”

At that point the City Council, which previously approved a host community agreement with Freshly Baked, will decide whether to issue a municipal license to operate, he said.

Philips, in response to a question from Councilor David Pottier, said his company is one of the few in the state to have established a business account with a banking institution, which in this case is GFA Federal Credit Union in Gardner.

Mayor Thomas Hoye Jr. and city councilors praised the couple and wished them success on their gummy enterprise.

Roseman described Freshly Baked as a “female majority and veteran owned company.”

She and Philips also said that they are participating in the cannabis commission’s “social equity program.”

That program, according to the commission’s website, was created “in response to evidence which demonstrates that certain geographic areas and demographic populations — particularly blacks and Latinos — have been disproportionately impacted by high rates of arrest and incarceration for cannabis and other drug crimes.”

Councilor Barry Sanders said he is “excited” at the prospect of granting the special permit and was especially pleased that Freshly Baked is part of the social equity program.

“A lot of rich, white guys are going to make a lot of money (in this industry) while a lot of black kids are in jail,” Sanders said.

Philips and Roseman said that the social equity program provides them with business classes in anticipation of opening their business.

They each said they do not currently work at another job and are putting all their energies, not to mention their personal savings, into their future gummy business.

Philips also said that he and Roseman plan “to come back as a vendor to train others in the social equity program.”

He also said that Freshly Baked is one of only 12 fledgling micro businesses to have so far been recognized by the state.