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City Council Meeting

Highlights

  • 🧾 Adopted Resolution 2309 approving the FY 2025‑27 biennial budget (along with the companion property-tax levy and state revenue-sharing resolutions) after four budget-committee sessions; the final budget reflects council’s new strategic pillars.
  • đźš“ Residents urged council to prioritize overnight policing and stronger public safety investments over new amenities, citing recent incidents near the Chevron station.
  • 🏗️ Speakers pressed council to act decisively on housing/UGB planning rather than waiting for state mandates, while others questioned city finances and called for transparency about the TGM grant and HNA.
  • 🛠️ Public Works previewed the new ArcGIS/asset-management rollout (IMGIS) that will shift the city from reactive maintenance to data-driven work orders—eventually letting residents drop pins on a map for service requests.

Notes

  • Public Comment Snapshot

    • Residents described trespassing/houseless activity downtown and asked for 24/7 law-enforcement coverage before investing in parks.
    • Others (Mike Stum, Strong Towns representatives) urged council to “own” the growth discussion—either by crafting a smaller, community-endorsed UGB plan or risking a state-imposed solution via the Oregon Housing Needs Analysis. They also questioned whether staff has been transparent about grants, audits, and budget conditions.

  • Budget Adoption

    • Finance Director Joe Gall presented the legally required resolutions:
      • Resolution 2309 – adopts the biennial budget.
      • Resolution 2310 – sets the property-tax rate at the permanent rate.
      • Resolution 2311/2312 – accept state-shared revenues (general fund, street fund).
    • Council discussed the budget committee’s three recommendations (end water-fund backfill by FY 27, seek long-term revenue, align spending with pillars). They agreed to acknowledge the recommendations in a future work session.

  • Department Reports

    • Sheriff’s Office update: WCSO is training a second mountain-bike deputy to expand visibility at events and along Glencoe; the city also secured a traffic enforcement grant for the corridor.
    • Public Works Director Dustin Nilsen outlined the IMGIS launch, which will:
      • Replace the outdated DynoMap interface with Esri-based asset tracking.
      • Automate work orders, route complaints directly to the correct crew, and give residents a map-based reporting portal.
      • Build the data foundation for long-term water, street, and facility planning (preventative maintenance vs. reactive fixes).
    • Council asked for metrics once the system is populated (likely 6–12 months out) and praised the shift toward data-driven operations.

Follow-Ups

  • Finance staff to circulate the final adopted budget book (with the budget committee’s recommendations) and schedule a future work session on sustainable revenues/public safety funding.
  • Police liaison to report back on the traffic-enforcement grant timeline and bike-patrol deployment.
  • Public Works to provide periodic IMGIS progress reports (data entry, resident portal launch, workload metrics) as the system comes online.

Video Recording