[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.