[0:40] on campus like smaller.

[0:51] » I wish I kind of did like when you go to call on them next

[0:56] year. Yeah, they will get one, too.

[1:00] » All right, we're going to call to order our uh Wood Village City Council and

[1:05] Urban Renewal Agency meeting. Um, if I could get uh any willing volunteer to

[1:11] read the land acknowledgement.

[1:19] » Thank you.

[1:24] » Just got to need to take my glasses off or not.

[1:28] The Chinukan people known as the Clakamus and Cascades are the indigenous

[1:32] people of the land now inhabited by the city of Wood Village and other areas of

[1:37] the Columbia River. The village of Naki was located near today's Blue Lake Park.

[1:43] Ancestral life of these people included a seasonal round of resource gathering

[1:48] and stewardship from the Wapedo fields and fishing areas of the Columbia River

[1:52] to the cedar and huckleberry gathering areas of the High Cascades. introduced

[1:57] disease from early settlers dramatically reduced the number of these people. They

[2:02] signed the Wamtt Valley Treaty of 1855 with the United States government and

[2:06] were forcibly removed to the Grand Ron Indian Reservation. We thank the

[2:11] descendants of these tribes for being the original stewards and protectors of

[2:15] these lands since time and memorial. We also acknowledge the systemic policies

[2:19] of genocide, relocation, and assimilation that still impact many

[2:24] indigenous and Native American families today. We're honored by the collective

[2:28] work of these Native nations, their leaders and families uh who are

[2:32] demonstrating resilience, resistance, revitalization, healing, and creativity.

[2:37] And we are honored to be guests upon these lands.

[2:40] » Thank you. Now, we stand for the pledge of allegiance.

[2:46] To the flag of the United States of America and to the republic for which it

[2:51] stands, one nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice

[2:56] for all.

[3:00] » Thank you. We'll go ahead and uh move to urban renewal budget adoption

[3:05] presentation. >> Thank you very much, Mayor, members of

[3:08] the urban renewal board. Thanks for making time here this evening for our

[3:12] 2026 2027 budget. Uh just again quick reminders for watching at home. So the

[3:19] district formed in 202010 but we say it was viable around 2015 16 because that's

[3:24] when we actually started receiving increment from the district that allowed

[3:28] projects to move forward. Our total authorized debt limit is just over 11.5

[3:32] 12 million. And we did our first and so far only plan amendment in 2019 that

[3:37] added that this little section here where we're currently sitting and the

[3:42] the board reprioritized the various projects uh in the plan because totaled

[3:48] over 11.5 million. So uh went through all the projects, rep prioritized them

[3:52] and made all the projects fit within that framework.

[3:56] Typically uh in budgets you you get revisions from proposed to approved or

[4:02] then approved to adopted. That is not the case this year. Uh there were no

[4:06] revisions at the budget hearing back in April and no staff revisions between

[4:10] that hearing and tonight. So the budget is is exactly how you all saw it uh back

[4:15] in April. When looking at expenses, this is

[4:19] looking at it in a in a pie chart. You see the capital outlay and debt service

[4:24] are the lion share of the budget which is appropriate given that urban rule is

[4:28] supposed to build things, incentivize things, do things, not just pay staff.

[4:33] Um, so again, and most of that capital, all the capital outlay, the 500,000 is a

[4:38] placeholder to take advantage of potential opportunities in the upcoming

[4:41] fiscal year. I'm going to touch on what that could look like here in the next

[4:44] slide or two. So again when we look at our major

[4:47] expenses operations about 150,000 uh that staff time plus we increase the

[4:53] amount of the city attorney allocation and our planners allocation figuring the

[4:58] confederated tribes of the grand drawn have signal that they want to begin a

[5:02] sight specific master plan first part of 2027. So first part of the calendar year

[5:06] but latter half of our fiscal year. So, we've planned for additional uh

[5:11] consultant time as deals may be worked, whether it's incentive agreements or

[5:16] just the planning effort through that master plan process. We have our debt

[5:20] service payments, which the majority is our bond and then a loan to the city.

[5:25] And then that again that capital under five 500,000 which could be used towards

[5:30] um matching funds towards a grant to help pay for the master plan update as

[5:35] part of a larger incentive agreement or very early development of the Grand Ron

[5:41] site. Most likely we'll be using this fiscal year for the planning process and

[5:46] the next fiscal we is when we'd probably anticipate more capital type work.

[5:52] Um so again as you've all heard uh the last uh the last couple of debt service

[5:57] payments take the bulk of all the resource from urban renewal but that

[6:01] doesn't mean one we can't take on some smaller projects or help in the planning

[6:05] of the master plan site for the Greyhound park. Also if the Grand Ron

[6:09] moves incredibly quickly and wants to get shovels in the dirt this fiscal uh

[6:14] we can always bring a package back to you all for a supplemental budget which

[6:18] would be more of a bond refinance based on whatever that project looks like. But

[6:22] we're not anticipating that. That would be very quick process given they don't

[6:27] plan to start the master plan till early 2027. That has to go through it and then

[6:32] you have to work up all your engineered plans, details, etc. So pretty much

[6:37] we're planning for a lot of planning in this coming fiscal year. So with that,

[6:41] it's a pretty status quo budget that anticipates planning work for the period

[6:45] ahead, but no other capital construction and we're able to afford our debt

[6:48] service payments. What questions may I entertain before the recommended uh

[6:54] motions are before you? >> Questions common by the agency.

[7:00] » I'm sorry such a long presentation. I can

[7:07] » hearing none. I'd entertain a motion. I move to adopt resolution URA1-2026

[7:16] adopting the Wood Village Urban Renewal District budget as amended for the

[7:19] fiscal year of 2026 2027 and making appropriations.

[7:25] » I'll second. >> First and second. Any further

[7:28] discussion? All those in favor?

[7:31] » I. >> Any oppose?

[7:36] Carries. And then I move to adopt resolution URA2-2026

[7:42] certifying to the county assessor a request for the maximum amount of

[7:46] revenue that can be raised by dividing the taxes as provided by the Oregon

[7:51] Constitution Oregon statutes 457. >> A second.

[7:56] » First and second. Any further discussions?

[7:59] All those in favor? >> I.

[8:02] » Any opposed? Motion carries. And just one last thing before uh you're allowed

[8:07] to either have additional conversation or adjourn, just remind want to remind

[8:10] the urban renewal members of our appreciation event uh next Thursday. So

[8:15] hopefully you can all make it and have a joyous time. I think the weather is

[8:19] looking reasonable. >> Yes, we're really excited.

[8:25] » So yeah, hope you can all make it. Just a little reminder, we'll send out

[8:28] another one, but since you're all here with that, I have nothing further.

[8:32] » With that, the members are a uh, you know, at your discretion can stay or you

[8:37] guys are free to go. >> Thank you.

[8:42] » Thanks. Good night. >> Do we have to wait until 6?

[8:44] » Yes, we do. >> My signature on this document with my

[8:48] name on it. We'll

[8:51] » take a seven minute break.

[8:56] Yeah, you see.

[9:48] Heat.

[10:06] Heat.

[10:31] Hey,

[11:07] Heat.

[11:26] Heat.

[12:46] Hey,

[14:17] Heat. Hey, heat. Hey, heat.

[15:29] I don't think you say anything anymore. >> We're going to go ahead and start our

[15:34] Wood Village City Council meeting. Um, we'll go ahead and move on to citizen

[15:40] comments on on agenda items. And yes, we we have one. They didn't necessarily

[15:44] request it be brought to the council, but I wanted to relay it anyway. Uh, it

[15:49] was a homeowner on ash had concerns about a home on maple, overgrown

[15:54] vegetation, um, general items stored around the property. It's been a

[16:00] long-term one, you know, a couple decade kind of thing. And again, uh, several

[16:06] years ago, we brought to the council, uh, Jeff Con had worked up a legal

[16:10] analysis of basically code enforcement in Oregon and certainly things out of

[16:15] the view of the public right away. While not impossible, very high level bar to

[16:21] to pass in order to enforce some of that. So, we've been trying to

[16:25] communicate that to the people on Ash that back up to this particular property

[16:29] and trying to find some other options and alternatives because again, it's if

[16:33] we can't see it, it's very very difficult to enforce and can open up

[16:38] some legal um liability that I don't think we want to get into. Um, but just

[16:44] wanted to bring it forward in case you know they may want to write a letter or

[16:48] come to a future council meeting just so you're aware of it. But it's it's a

[16:52] long-standing um home that just kind of gets behind.

[16:57] So that's all. >> Well, thank you, Greg, for bringing

[16:59] that. >> I had uh one neighbor come to me,

[17:06] uh we need a pickle ball court. >> Okay.

[17:15] Very popular. No. would really enjoy one. And I said,

[17:22] I don't know where we put one, but I'll let everybody know

[17:26] » it. You know, they they are really popular. They actually are quite noise,

[17:30] surprisingly noisy. I mean, um, we did, I want to say it's two years ago now. We

[17:36] worked with Mabate to look at converting the upper parking lot into kind of a

[17:40] multi-port court covered facility kind of complex and

[17:46] didn't didn't fit well. and it almost disrupted more of the park flow and

[17:51] that's been I think the challenge of our our park and park system. Certainly we

[17:55] have the new wetland park coming online hopefully a year from now that's a

[17:59] wetland park it's a nature park. Uh we have this park where it's you know half

[18:04] recreation half nature trail but in terms of like the more active recreation

[18:08] unless we take away space from the field it's really hard to program that in. I

[18:13] think what would be an optimal idea as maybe part of the Grand Ron

[18:17] redevelopment as we talk about that community hub um concept maybe adding in

[18:23] whether they're interior exterior sport courts uh that could aid in both um

[18:28] recreation programming as well as like open play opportunities. So, I think we

[18:32] we've certainly heard that from the community, whether it's, you know, more

[18:35] a full-size basketball court, you know, more football, uh, pickle ball.

[18:40] Certainly, uh, I think we want to be mindful of that as we explore that

[18:44] potential opportunity because it seems like that's the the

[18:48] best area to try to program some new, more active recreation given the

[18:53] existing constraints here. And then at the wetland park.

[19:00] It's more food for thought, but yes, pickle ball is very popular and I don't

[19:03] I don't see that waning anytime soon. >> There's no room down by the gazebo

[19:10] um accommodate >> a

[19:13] without moving any trees and >> Oh, no. You'd have to cut down a couple

[19:17] of trees. >> There there'd be tradeoffs for for sure.

[19:20] » But anyway, >> but I mean it's it's anything's

[19:23] possible. That's what's the tradeoffs. Uh but we are looking to schedule a

[19:26] parks commission meeting call it mid July time and one of the topics is that

[19:31] grove area what is its future because certainly part of it works really well

[19:35] is active picnicking and the rest seems a bit underutilized.

[19:40] » Okay. >> All right. We'll go ahead and move

[19:44] forward with our public safety report with our chief

[20:00] Good evening. So, uh, public safety report for last

[20:05] month for May. Uh, so deputies responded to 333 calls

[20:12] during the month. Uh, 195 of those were selfinitiated.

[20:16] Um, including 106 traffic stops. Um, let's see. There were 12 accidents,

[20:22] traffic crashes in May. All pretty minor, the same as last month, April.

[20:26] So, kind of seeing that still consistent, just inattentive driving

[20:31] throughout throughout the city. Um, and then obviously May 15th there was a

[20:37] shooting. You guys are all aware. So, uh, involved two juveniles, so can't

[20:43] give out too many details, but, um, the victim and the suspect were known to

[20:47] each other. victim's expected to make a full recovery suspects in Juvie or Don

[20:54] Leong. So, um turned himself in with that too. So, that at least ended uh

[21:00] peacefully. And then, uh we talked about it before, but on May 22nd, two deputies

[21:07] worked an enhanced patrol mission in the city, and they were focusing on traffic

[21:12] enforcement and high visibility patrol. um made over 30 traffic stops and

[21:18] conducted multiple extra patrols on that day. Um I don't know if you guys saw

[21:22] them out there, but they were busy, wrote quite a few tickets. So,

[21:28] » I have to make a comment. Um the day after that incident, um one of the

[21:32] officers was at uh the middle school in the morning greeting the students cuz I

[21:37] dropped my kids off and um just because of the all the uncertainty and it was

[21:42] just nice, you know, just waving at them, giving them little high fives and

[21:46] whatnot. Um that was like a sense of community and like there was safety

[21:52] » when um there was presence there. >> So I have to um thank you for that.

[21:56] » Oh yeah, thank you. I'll let them know. Yeah, we have the two probably our

[21:59] school resource deputies are at >> Reynolds normally, but they also go to

[22:03] the middle schools and >> Yeah.

[22:05] » elementary schools, too. >> Yeah. I again, like we commented the

[22:10] last uh council meeting, you know, just the response that the MCSO has uh

[22:16] demonstrated, especially in incidents uh of that magnitude, I think for us is is

[22:20] important. It does show our community that, you know, you guys are a partner

[22:25] with us and really want that safety. Uh, so I mean, we highly appreciate just

[22:30] that level of service that you guys provide.

[22:32] » Great. Thank you. >> Appreciate it.

[22:34] » Any comments, questions? >> Yeah, I I let um

[22:41] Adler

[22:46] maybe. >> No. Well, anyways, I let them know about

[22:51] the white suburban license plate number and they have been there a couple of

[22:55] times. >> Oh, okay.

[22:57] » And then gone walking into the park and I you know, basically I'm I think

[23:02] they're selling drugs. >> Yeah, I I let some deputies on

[23:08] » respond to me, but >> Oh, okay. Well, I let some deputies know

[23:11] on Graveyard about the the vehicle and the area. So, I know they were out there

[23:16] for a little while, but didn't see anything. So, if you have the plate, you

[23:19] can send it to my email. >> Be great.

[23:23] » Pass it on. >> My neighbors are just about across the

[23:27] street from me on vacation and they put in a vacation watch because they have a

[23:34] lot of stuff and the house where this suburban goes

[23:40] to is right next to them. So, they're a little concerned.

[23:44] » Okay. They put it in through the website, though. It's on there. Okay.

[23:48] » Yes. >> Yeah. I noticed there were some vacation

[23:50] house checks on the >> in May. So, we're getting to that time

[23:54] of year where people are leaving town, so they're in there.

[23:58] » Thank you. >> Sure.

[23:59] » Well, another question. What What is the best approach uh for street razors?

[24:07] uh you know and I I I want I hear them and uh I you just figure that by the

[24:15] time that anybody can respond they're gone. So you got any suggestions or is

[24:21] it just one of those things that uh you live with?

[24:26] » Well, I mean a license number. >> Yeah, that could help. It just depends

[24:31] like is it somebody speeding by once or >> cookies at the intersection the Wood

[24:37] Village Boulevard, Nevada. >> Yeah, if you I mean just calling you can

[24:41] call 911 in that office driver. Let them know um you know where what kind of

[24:47] vehicle you know if there's somebody in the area hopefully they can catch him

[24:50] leaving. >> Would would you uh would a license

[24:54] number then allow you to uh make a stop? So, and residents or something.

[25:01] » Yeah. If we have a named complainant, basically someone you if you called and

[25:07] said, you know, I witnessed this, they can call me back and ask ask me

[25:10] questions about it. >> Okay.

[25:12] » If needed, um they could just stop them based on your observation.

[25:16] » Sure. Okay. >> Not not to say they can write them a

[25:19] ticket >> off of that, but they could stop them.

[25:24] » So, yeah, if you get a plate, that always helps.

[25:26] » Okay. Thank you. >> Looks like we have a comment. Just

[25:40] » it was meant to catch our our illegal dumper. Um

[25:50] » on that footage, so it's been put up today.

[25:53] » Well, that that could be definitely

[26:02] It may catch it. >> Well,

[26:06] » well, maybe just by a trail cam accidentally catch one of those.

[26:11] » Yeah. >> Yeah. Well, anyway, that's uh you know,

[26:14] it's it's an ongoing problem and it's not Multma County Sheriff's only

[26:19] problem. So, thank you. >> No. Yeah. I mean, yeah, I that happens

[26:24] from time to occasionally we catch them, especially at night because you hear it

[26:26] from a long ways away, but >> about three years ago, you caught them

[26:30] on Wood Village Boulevard, and I was just happy to see

[26:33] » Yeah. >> the truck come and take one of those

[26:36] cars and put it up on the back of the tow truck. And

[26:40] » yeah, that one that one got impounded. It was great.

[26:42] » Yeah. No, that was a great one. So, yay for you guys.

[26:47] » Uh my my last comment is just a thank you to the chief. um last month he came

[26:52] out to a community meeting uh to do some education around just uh good

[26:57] neighboring and and kind of how to deal with uh situations around your

[27:01] neighborhood. And so uh I appreciate you, Chief, uh and those other deputies

[27:05] that came out really I think uh it was very impactful. Uh we got great response

[27:10] by those community members that they really appreciate you guys coming and

[27:13] again uh building that community, building that partnership and just uh

[27:17] sharing resources on how how to be how they can be better neighbors and how

[27:21] they can move forward with some progress on changing some things. So I appreciate

[27:25] that. >> Yeah. No, thank you. It was great

[27:27] opportunity. A lot of nice people. So it's fun to fun to be there.

[27:31] Then if I could just add one last thing, not to put you on the spot, chief, but

[27:35] just as a good I think reminder is the Fourth of July and firework season is

[27:39] coming upon us both, you know, what are reasonable community expectations and

[27:43] also you know the sheriff's office general response given you know it's

[27:47] very busy weekend um and you know the ability to respond to every call

[27:51] especially you know non-lifethreatening ones is very much diminished

[27:56] » right so typically our response to like fire firework calls is they are aired as

[28:02] information. Um, if there is some type of like life safety issue like it's

[28:07] going into a tree, it's going to catch on fire, it's going into my house. Um,

[28:12] things like that, then deputies will will respond as they can because we get

[28:16] a ton of calls those nights. Um, and a lot of them come in as people are

[28:21] reporting gunshots or different things that they have to check. So,

[28:26] um, I mean, don't be upset that they're not coming. it just kind of the

[28:31] overwhelm. It completely overwhelms the system usually everywhere, you know,

[28:35] non-stop fireworks. So, um if there are life safety issues creating fires,

[28:42] obviously we're very sensitive to that and will respond to those kind of

[28:45] instances.

[28:48] » Thank you. Any other questions, comments?

[28:52] Oh, thank you, Chief. Great. Thank you, guys. Appreciate

[28:54] » Thank you. >> One thing is not with the chief. Sure.

[28:58] Um the light uh the red light on 230. Oh, okay. No, no, no. Not not for you.

[29:07] Um very Okay. I just noticed it today. >> Already got that. So, um turned it in

[29:12] last week. So, uh they might have just missed it in their inbox. So, we'll take

[29:16] care of it first thing tomorrow because they're usually really really solid

[29:19] about fixing those. So, it probably just got skipped through either vacations or

[29:24] just what have you. What is it? >> Um, you always run it in the basement.

[29:32] » Red light. The red light on 238. >> Oh, okay.

[29:37] » The light of the hell like the red light.

[29:39] » The red light. >> Oh, yeah.

[29:42] » Yeah, because you don't you dismiss the red part.

[29:45] » Still shining. But >> yeah, we're gonna have to put another

[29:49] trail pan up there for John. John

[29:54] » color. I didn't know this cuz you're always

[29:57] » Okay, we're going to go on and move to review of bills paid. Any question of

[30:01] the bills on the uh agenda or in the staff report?

[30:09] » On the Multma County Sheriff's the 141, is that a one-time payment or is that a

[30:16] » That's a quarterly. >> That's a quarterly payment.

[30:18] » Yeah. >> Okay. And what about the 46,000 for City

[30:23] of Gresham? So we uh the 46,000 is monthly and that's the wastewater fees

[30:29] that we pay for their treatment plan on Sandy.

[30:33] » Okay.

[30:36] » So they're both about $600,000 a year. Uh

[30:40] » so if if you could just it says regular, but you could put like quarter behind it

[30:46] so you know that it's a quarterly payment so people looking at it would

[30:49] » not monthly. >> Not ask.

[30:52] » Yeah. No. Uh, I think we can change that description when we do the AP process.

[30:56] I'll have to see. I'll have to see if that works and shows up on that report.

[30:59] » Okay. >> Yeah, because we just print the check

[31:02] register typically, but yeah, I'm sure there's a way to when we actually

[31:05] process the check, it says quarterly. >> Yeah. And I the the only thing I don't

[31:10] know is some of that gets processed with real checks and some of it's an a setup

[31:15] that doesn't always pull in from the bank.

[31:18] » Okay. >> Or export real well. We have the same

[31:20] problem with our credit card purchases. >> The bank has them as just credit card,

[31:25] but we have to go in and manually plug the data in to know what happened.

[31:31] » Thank you. >> Any other questions? No. Perfect. All

[31:35] right, we'll go ahead and move on to consent calendar.

[31:40] I just wanted to note in case it wasn't clear in the application, but the 89 Bar

[31:44] and Billyard Corp is they purchased Yazis uh there at kind of 238th in

[31:48] Sandy. They have an existing location, I want to say it was Hillsboro, but you

[31:53] know somewhere existing location somewhere else. So um they will be

[31:57] taking over Yasis.

[32:01] » No questions. No hearing. No questions on the consent calendar. I'd entertain a

[32:05] motion. I move to approve the consent calendar.

[32:09] » Second. >> First and second. Any further

[32:11] discussion? All those in favor? I. Any opposed?

[32:16] Consent calendar passes. Now we'll go ahead and uh public hearing for fiscal

[32:22] year 2025 2026. Should it be 2627? It should

[32:29] » publication for fiscalation numbers are correct in the uh

[32:34] » uh 2627 city budget presentation.

[32:49] » Becky

[32:52] doesn't want to share. There's Yeah, there's a tab. This is my screen.

[32:58] » Thank you.

[33:13] Tell if that's being shared or not. Christine, can you can you see the my

[33:18] presentation or not? >> I can see it.

[33:24] I think we need to turn up our volume.

[33:29] Can you turn up the volume? >> Chris, I don't think I couldn't hear

[33:34] you. What? What was that? >> I can see it.

[33:37] » Okay, perfect. >> You're good.

[33:39] » Thank you. All right. Now, for our city budget for the upcoming fiscal year. So,

[33:45] again, a recap. Uh mostly from the budget hearing back in April, we have no

[33:49] changes in the total number of personnel. All operating budgets have

[33:53] operating revenues in excess of cost. Maybe some just paper thin margin but

[33:58] still a margin and that is on operating. So that doesn't include the one time or

[34:02] the capital and fire service costs continue to be you know a focal point

[34:06] and we've also continue to include you know we've been calling it temporary

[34:10] fire station. We're kind of resaying it as it's a new permanent location. have a

[34:14] temporary facility until you know a new fire district you know spins up and can

[34:20] figure out what exact facilities needed for the long term. So temporary facility

[34:24] permanent location and then the community engagement that goes around

[34:27] both the current work and potential for an uh a levy.

[34:32] So when you look at the total budget for all funds, so again this is not just

[34:36] operating but the total as funds move back and forth. Um overall total is

[34:41] relatively flat. Uh but you have growth in the sinking fund which makes sense as

[34:46] we're accumulating funds for new purchases. Sewer because uh we've

[34:50] pivoted from doing the trunkline project that was in previous budgets to focus on

[34:54] manhole ceiling to see what that does to reduce our inflow and infiltration and

[34:58] needing less capacity in the future. So those are the biggest moving pieces

[35:04] around the total budget. When we look at the modifications from proposed uh to

[35:10] recommended by the budget committee, that's where we added the $10,000 to add

[35:14] parking lot lighting or adjust parking lot lighting in the park. That was the

[35:17] one uh amendment that the budget committee made. So that is incorporated

[35:21] into this budget here.

[35:25] Um so again, operating revenues weren't up a lot. Um again as we budget and

[35:32] project we try to be more conservative on the revenue sides and a little more

[35:36] pessimistic on the operating costs. Typically we come in in excessive

[35:40] revenues and below cost but we have revenues about8% operating cost almost

[35:46] 4%. But again um some of it may be a razor thin operating margin but there's

[35:51] still margin. Um and when you look here which is how it's broken up. So

[35:56] personnel is 37 per percent of our budget materials and supplies 51. A lot

[36:01] of that is based on again we contract out for police and fire and 911. So

[36:06] we're not carrying those direct staff. Uh so that's where those are reflected.

[36:10] In a lot of other cities you may see that reversed, but that's because we're

[36:14] contracting out and it lives in that materials and supplies.

[36:19] Um before we get to these motions, obviously time for for questions. I just

[36:23] want to point out something as I'm sure we've all been hearing the different

[36:28] financial concerns and considerations. Uh the county had a 12-hour long budget

[36:34] session last week and that was along with all their other processes. And I

[36:39] don't want people to think whether it's you all or community to think, oh gee,

[36:42] six lives of your budget, you don't care. In fact, the six lives of the

[36:46] budget is I think proof of the financial stewardship of not just you know you all

[36:51] this year staff but of you know past several years decade plus of prudent

[36:57] financial management that allows us to be in this spot of yes we can maintain

[37:02] current service levels. We don't need to introduce new fees or have large

[37:07] increases to public safety fees etc or make very difficult budget decisions

[37:12] about what services are going to be cut. Um so it's a it's a lean budget you know

[37:18] focused on fire and you know prudent capital projects. We have our street

[37:22] rebuild and slurry seal. We have our INI work our um booster station work and

[37:28] then you know the the new park which is mostly grant funded. So still doing good

[37:34] works saving for the future. Um but again it's a

[37:40] it's a lean team and has been a lean team focused on critical essential

[37:44] services that meet the community's needs. So again just want to compliment

[37:48] you all for that work and not always you know it's easy to chase something shiny

[37:52] or to chase we want to do something today versus thinking of the future and

[37:56] what it means for the community. So with that, happy to answer any questions you

[38:00] may have. >> Any questions, comment um by council or

[38:04] others on here at the dis. Greg, I think you've done a fine job

[38:10] leading us and I think anybody that watched

[38:15] these meetings and saw our financial situation in this small town would

[38:23] realize that other people should look at it and think, what are we doing wrong?

[38:31] Okay, that that's all I got. I mean, we we've always done well and we're doing

[38:39] better now and I thank you. >> Well, and that's, you know, again, when

[38:43] when hit with unpredictable, out of our control, increasing public safety cost,

[38:48] it's we had a way to work through that and involve our community without panic,

[38:54] without large fees. Um it's a it's an issue that needs resolved certainly and

[39:00] you know longterm it needs a different financial solution but we're able to

[39:04] give that a landing path to find that solution involve the community and still

[39:09] provide essential services. >> Yeah. I got to, you know, echo what

[39:14] councelor Smith said of of just, you know, um your leadership, Greg, in in in

[39:19] in providing our uh city core essential services, uh I think has uh been a

[39:27] conversation that council has had over the last couple years of, you know,

[39:32] maybe reducing in some areas some things, understanding that decisions

[39:37] were going to be had to be made in the future. And I think that's allowed us to

[39:43] not drastically make you know decisions uh as others have uh because of earlier

[39:52] uh conversations of you know again forward thinking um that again that you

[39:58] and your staff have presented uh to council um to make those decisions. So

[40:03] um appreciate your leadership in that. >> Thank you. But I like to think I'm I

[40:07] stand on the shoulders of giants uh to my left and right and then certainly to

[40:12] our team members. We have one here, Nick, our utility worker. So, I mean

[40:15] it's um Thank you. And yeah, it's it's a collective effort. And again, the piece

[40:22] that I uh overall in the budget and what I've watched for a number of years is

[40:28] our obviously our ending fund balance. and our ending fund balance uh is has in

[40:36] every year that I've been here uh very um

[40:42] we are wise in keeping an ending fund balance that is healthy and I call it

[40:48] out tonight because on that sinking fund if you notice the percentage

[40:53] » in there I think it was 23% increase >> it's the right thing to do uh we're

[40:59] we're going to need uh that sinking fund and putting money and I call it rat

[41:05] holeing that money away uh is going to be necessary. So

[41:10] » it's it's you know I think just proper stewardship of the public resource and

[41:15] future people behind us as >> facilities whether it's part of this

[41:19] building or critical infrastructure need replacement that future future us is set

[41:24] up for success. I mean that's just that's the job. It's an investment

[41:30] in our investment. So

[41:35] » yeah, it's an investment in our investment. So that's uh it's uh well

[41:39] designed. Um any further questions, comments?

[41:43] » Nope. >> If none, I'd entertain a motion. I move

[41:47] to approve resolution 8-2026 certifying municipal services provided

[41:53] for the purpose of establishing eligibility for the receipt of state and

[41:58] shared revenue for fiscal year 2627. >> I'll second that.

[42:05] » I um sorry I have a clarifying question. Was I supposed to open a public hearing

[42:11] and then closing it? It wouldn't hurt to >> before we take a vote.

[42:16] » Yeah. Okay. I will open the public hearing uh for our our fiscal year 2026

[42:23] 27 budget. >> I'm technically out of district. So,

[42:30] » okay. Uh with no comments, I'll go ahead and close the hearing. Um there is a

[42:37] motion on the table and I believe there was a second. Uh, all those in favor?

[42:43] » I >> I.

[42:45] » Any opposed? Motion carries.

[42:52] » I move to approve resolution 9-2026 adopting the city of Wood Village budget

[42:56] for fiscal year 20 2026 27 as amended and making appropriations.

[43:02] » And mayor, it might be best to declare that conflict of interest at this time.

[43:05] Uh I as a mayor I do have a conf conflict of interest uh as the joint

[43:10] recreation program. Um so I just want to put that on record.

[43:15] » I'll second that. >> First and second. Uh all those in favor

[43:20] I >> I.

[43:21] » Any oppose? Motion carries. Last one. I move to approve resolution 10-2026

[43:30] living and categorizing ad valerum taxes for fiscal year 2627

[43:40] » a second >> first and second any questions comments

[43:45] all those in favor I >> any oppose motion carries and with that

[43:52] our 2026 277 budget is approved

[43:58] Thank you. >> Like I said, it was a short

[44:00] presentation, but it reflects a lot of long-term work um and responsibility.

[44:09] » There's no nothing hidden. Uh no, pretty transparent. So,

[44:13] » nothing hidden. >> That That's why it's easy and fast.

[44:16] » Well, congratulations, staff. Yeah, you got it. One and done.

[44:21] All right, we'll go ahead and move to ordinance 2-2026

[44:25] building fee.

[44:33] » Now it's my turn to see if I can figure out the sharing controls.

[44:42] » That's kind of places I like to work, >> but the bar is low.

[44:48] » Yeah. >> Okay. Okay.

[44:54] » So, we um >> All right. Thank you, Mayor and Council.

[45:00] Uh we do need to open a public hearing on this. This is the last official part

[45:04] of the process for raising our uh building fees. So, do you need to open a

[45:10] public hearing for any comments on this proposed proposed um building fee

[45:17] increase that you guys saw back in May and pass the resolution on? We'll go

[45:21] ahead and open public hearing, inviting those that would like to comment.

[45:28] Being none, we'll go ahead and close the public hearing.

[45:32] » Yes. So, uh, the building fee inc., this is something that comes up, uh, every

[45:37] year. Gresham has been in the habit of increasing their building fees on July

[45:41] 1st of every year. And really what they're doing, uh, this year, not a lot

[45:46] of structural changes. They are increasing their hourly fees for the

[45:51] work that they bill out hourly. So, their employees get a cost of living

[45:55] increase. Their benefit calculation changes. They increase that. So, it's a

[46:00] cost recovery rate for when they have to do hourly work. This incorporates that.

[46:04] This was presented at your April 14th April 14th

[46:09] council meeting and you guys passed the resolution

[46:14] that um so here we here you can see we did the resolution. There was a building

[46:19] official review which we sent to Gresham. We submitted that to building

[46:23] codes division. There's a 45day period for building codes division for people

[46:27] to submit once we have gotten it to them. And the last part is our ordinance

[46:32] approval uh to enact these fees. So in order to take advant

[46:40] um requirements, the effective date on this is going to be July 10th because

[46:45] that depends on the date which we actually our building official sent it

[46:49] to BCD. So that's why we're coming back. We have

[46:54] to do the resolution and then the ordinance in that order with the

[46:57] specific time frame.

[47:01] Again, we had uh main change here is the

[47:06] updating of the hourly rate that Gresham charges. It's got going from $175 an

[47:11] hour, $184 an hour. We like to align our fees with what Gresham charges us. And

[47:18] the reality is is that there aren't a lot of our permits. They could build the

[47:23] hourly rate for special consideration. It's usually this kicks in after one or

[47:29] two reviews and they have to start working with the contractor for things

[47:33] that have habitually been missed. they start to get a little they give you a

[47:38] freebie and then if you continue to not follow the process they start to charge

[47:43] you an hourly so that they don't waste a lot of staff time for people who aren't

[47:47] putting in the effort. So um it's roughly a 5% increase for those fees but

[47:53] again a lot of those um aren't changing.

[48:01] So again this is matches up with the resolution. Nothing's changed since you

[48:04] saw it in April. This is just the last official step in this process.

[48:10] Available to answer any questions or concerns. Questions, comments by the

[48:16] council.

[48:21] I'd entertain a motion. I move to approve ordinance 2-2026,

[48:28] an ordinance updating the building fees and setting an effective date of July

[48:32] 10th, 2026.

[48:36] » First and second. Any further discussion?

[48:40] All those in favor? I. >> Any opposed? Motion carries.

[48:47] Now we'll move to resolution 11-2026 investment policy annual review.

[48:55] All right. Different presentation. Oops. Oh, I am screen sharing. Great.

[49:05] » You're so good. Don't know it. >> Look at that. Hardly hardly a speed

[49:11] bump. Um, council, uh, mayor, thank you again this evening. So, uh, what we're

[49:17] considering is our investment policy. This investment policy is something that

[49:20] we worked with you with with you all to develop in 2024. It's something that in

[49:25] order to keep our eligibility for the short-term investment fund that the

[49:29] state uses, they require an annual reauthorization. So, this passed in

[49:34] spring of 2024. We brought it back in June of 2025.

[49:40] It will be June of 2026. And this will keep us good for another year. So, I'll

[49:43] just review a little bit of why we're doing this. Uh it's recommended as a

[49:49] best practice by the government finance officers association and the Oregon

[49:53] State Treasury. Um it's general direction for staff on how to do the how

[49:59] to invest the city's money and what vehicles to do risk kind of a process

[50:04] that we need to follow if we go out for uh financial advising or consulting

[50:09] services. Communicates to staff what your goals

[50:12] and intentions are with that. And um again, this was last updated in 2025.

[50:21] Four big things that we're looking at doing and kind of what the discussion in

[50:24] 2024 was. We want to preserve uh our capital. We don't want to be

[50:28] speculative. We want to protect the resources that we have to spend on

[50:32] projects. We need liquidity to meet our operational needs. Uh we want we're not

[50:37] looking for we're not looking to make buku bucks on this because we would get

[50:41] into arbitrage and we'd have to give that back even if we were successful at

[50:44] it. And we want to make sure that everyone stays out of jail. Greg

[50:48] especially >> he would not do

[50:52] » wouldn't survive. >> No

[50:56] » good. Um >> so we ran it through a fairly robust

[51:03] process with the um Treasury Advisory Board. We dro adopted most of the

[51:08] recommendations for the annual renew. As long as we're not changing anything

[51:11] substantiative, we really don't have to run it through them again. Uh we just

[51:16] submit it after the council approves it. Um, I will say that uh, you know, when

[51:22] we first brought this up in 2024, we were looking at we were looking at

[51:28] potentially investing in some longer one year, 2year, 5year options to

[51:34] maintain our investment returns. Um, the graph you have here is what the um,

[51:39] 10-year Treasury rate has been since we first looked at this in 2024, and it has

[51:45] essentially been flat. So, as the market has been flat, we've chosen to keep the

[51:49] money in the local government investment pool, which is currently paying about

[51:54] 4%. Um, mostly to preserve liquidity, and the big reason for that is we

[52:00] weren't sure what bill was going to be coming due for fire and we're still not

[52:04] sure what the solution to fire looks like uh in terms of what it's going to

[52:07] require for capital. And I will say that part of the idea of financial

[52:12] stewardship is um and where that practically comes into play is you know

[52:17] if we are looking at doing a fire station

[52:21] somewhere in the Wood Village Fair View area as part of this fire task force.

[52:28] It's nice to be the city that has money and resource and bond rating to have it

[52:32] located to have a say in where we that station's located. Um so preserving that

[52:39] liquidity and having keeping our options open just again this is how it the

[52:44] decisions that were made in the past of financial stewardship and uh the

[52:48] conservative fiscal outlook that you have pay off in dividends and the

[52:52] ability to participate in conversations and make decisions that will impact our

[52:58] community for a long time. Um that's all I have for uh on the

[53:05] presentation. the staff reports in the packet. I am available for any questions

[53:09] that you might have. >> Any questions, comments?

[53:16] » One question. >> I know. I saw the exclamation point.

[53:20] » No passive aggressive. >> I like feedback.

[53:30] » Hearing none, I would entertain a motion. Then we can yell at a hint. It

[53:35] is all in caps >> and bold.

[53:38] » It is. So, I should talk loud. >> I I have uh I have myself, especially

[53:43] this time of night, if I've been staring at a screen all day, I have to get my

[53:46] readers out to even look at my phone. So, I've been blowing up the font on all

[53:52] my presentations.

[53:55] » I move to approve resolution 11-2026 adopting the city of Wood Villages

[54:02] investment policy. A second.

[54:05] » First and second. Any further discussion?

[54:09] All those in favor? I. >> Any oppose? Resolution passes.

[54:15] » Mayor, council. Thank you. >> Um, now we're at our city attorney's

[54:21] report.

[54:25] » Uh, good evening, mayor and council. I don't have anything to report, but no

[54:30] news is good news from legal. So, >> we're not in trouble in going to jail.

[54:40] » No one's going to jail that I know. >> That's good. That's good news.

[54:46] » Well, thank you. Uh we'll go ahead and move the mayor and council comments.

[54:52] Uh just a reminder one more time. Tuesday, June 18th at 5:30, we have our

[54:59] appreciation dinner here at city hall. >> Did you say Tuesday?

[55:04] » Thursday. >> Thursday.

[55:05] » He did say Tuesday though. >> I might have uh because Tuesday, June

[55:10] 26, June 23rd is our next council meeting.

[55:14] » Yes. Um, really quick though, it um just

[55:18] touched base on the scholarship review committee having a I think trouble

[55:23] finding the right date for everyone and since some people weren't here when we

[55:27] appointed them just wanted to I think reaffirm with

[55:31] » everyone is on that is can I don't know how to say this but just trying to find

[55:37] a process and if that means it's only one council is council okay with that or

[55:41] do you want to have a further discussion on it? I'm sorry if there was this one

[55:45] counselor. >> Yeah, because I think we're having

[55:47] trouble lining up some dates and options.

[55:49] » Caroline, you and then John. >> No, it's Caroline and John.

[55:54] » It says Caroline and uh counselor Gothard were able to align.

[55:58] » I think we're having some scheduling conflicts.

[56:02] » Sorry, I say it. I >> I forgot you I forgot you and I have

[56:06] been doing it. >> We quit.

[56:08] » Oh, we quit. >> Yeah. Anyway,

[56:11] » Twitter signed that the same >> anyone or been on on their time

[56:18] opportunity. >> It was a big span of ours.

[56:21] » It is because we got >> and Thursday was a shorter span of hours

[56:26] and you know I'm a busy woman. I just >> we just want to respect that for for any

[56:32] counselor. We also just wanted to confirm with the C. Are you okay with

[56:36] just one counselor on the review committee if it eases the burdens of

[56:40] others? >> I'm okay with that.

[56:43] » If if we need another one, I can uh volunteer since we have two other

[56:47] quitters here. So, >> uh

[56:51] words is very poor. >> We uh we have been doing our duty. We

[56:56] wanted to give everyone an opportunity >> and we're trying to spread out one of

[57:02] the opportunities to be these young adults adolescents moving off into the

[57:08] world and uh you know >> you John

[57:11] » I'm not talking about you as an >> we're talking about the students

[57:17] » but you know

[57:20] » I think for the mayor >> it sounds like one council on the review

[57:25] committee is acceptable as well. Again, we just don't want to have this to be an

[57:28] undue burden for anybody. We understand there's other time constraints and

[57:32] conflicts and interests outside of this gloriously paid uh work that

[57:37] » you know that yeah that does pay double time when you

[57:40] » we are getting a raise. >> Oh yeah. Yeah. Doubling it.

[57:43] » Yeah. Double using the same assessment. Correct. We don't need to reevaluate. We

[57:48] looked at that that last year already. >> Correct. And and uh how many applicants?

[57:52] Six. >> Six. We had some come over weekend was

[57:55] which was wonderful. Kind of some last minute ones.

[57:58] » Well, that that is good. I you know

[58:04] » times let me know when she can do it. >> Okay.

[58:07] » And I I will >> we'll have Caroline follow up and

[58:10] confirm and we'll >> we will figure it out.

[58:13] » My dog will might not be >> bring your dog, you know. Just

[58:20] » All right. That was all I had. >> Awesome. Uh with that then we are

[58:24] adjourned. Thank you. you. Thank you.

City Council & URA Budget Hearing FY26-27

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