October 27, 2014 minutes0:00
COUNCIL MEETING MINUTES
October 27, 2014
DATE COUNCIL CHAMBERS, CITY HALL, CITY OF WOODBURN, COUNTY
OF MARION, STATE OF OREGON, OCTOBER 27, 2014
CONVENED The meeting convened at 7:01 p.m. with Mayor Figley presiding.
ROLL CALL
Mayor Figley
Present
Councilor Cox
Present
Councilor Lonergan
Present
Councilor McCallum
Present
Councilor Morris
Present
Councilor Ellsworth
Present
Councilor Alonso Leon
Absent
Staff Present: City Administrator Derickson, City Attorney Shields, Human Resources
Director Hereford, Captain Alexander, Captain Garrett, Economic and Development
Services Director Hendryx, Public Works Director Scott, Communications Coordinator
Horton, City Recorder Pierson
0:00 ANNOUNCEMENTS AND APPOINTMENTS
A. City Hall and the Library will be closed on November 11 in observance of Veterans
Day. The Aquatic Center will be open normal hours.
B. Woodburn Recreation & Parks will be hosting a Downtown Trick or Treating event
on Friday October 31st at the Downtown Plaza from 3:30 -5 p.m. The event includes
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games, contests, crafts and more. Parents are encouraged to bring their children
dressed in costume and select businesses will be participating in trick or treating.
C. The City of Woodburn will continue its Fall Leaf Program this year to provide
residents assistance with disposal of collected leaves. The leaf drop -off site is on
Second Street between Lincoln and Grant Streets behind the Post Office. The site will
be open from November 1 through December 31, Monday through Friday, 8:00 a.m. -
4:00 p.m. and Saturday 9:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m., closed Sundays and Holidays.
Woodburn School District- Chuck Ransom, Woodburn School District Superintendent
provided a brief overview of where the state is going and the climate of change that
public schools are facing.
0:24 CONSENT AGENDA
A. Woodburn City Council minutes of October 13, 2014,
B. Crime Statistics through September.
McCallum/Lonergan ... adopt the Consent Agenda. The motion passed unanimously.
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0:25 PUBLIC HEARINGS
A Public Hearing to consider granting a non - exclusive gas utility franchise to Northwest
Natural Gas Company. Mayor Figley declared the hearing open at 7:25 p.m. for the
purpose of hearing public input on granting a non - exclusive gas utility franchise to
Northwest Natural Gas Company. City Administrator Derickson provided a staff report.
No members of the public wished to speak in either support or opposition of granting a
non - exclusive gas utility franchise to Northwest Natural Gas Company. Mayor Figley
declared the hearing closed at 7:32 p.m.
0:32 COUNCIL BILL NO. 2972 - AN ORDINANCE GRANTING A NON - EXCLUSIVE
FRANCHISE; PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE; REPEALING ORDINANCE
2376; AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY
McCallum introduced Council Bill No. 2972. Recorder Pierson read the two readings of
the bill by title only since there were no objections from the Council. On roll call vote
for final passage, the bill passed unanimously. Mayor Figley declared Council Bill No.
2972 duly passed.
0:33 CITY ADMINISTRATOR'S REPORT
City Administrator Derickson thanked public works and the police for their work over the
weekend. He also announced that the presentation of the annual fiscal audit will be taking
place at the November 10th meeting and that the second meeting in November is being
cancelled.
0:35 MAYOR AND COUNCIL REPORTS
Councilor Ellsworth announced that her and Mike will be this year's co- chairs for
Woodburn's Relay for Life.
0:36 EXECUTVE SESSION
Mayor Figley entertained a motion to adjourn into executive session under the authority
of ORS 192.660 (2)(i).
Lonergan/Morris ... to move into executive session. The motion passed unanimously.
The Council adjourned to executive session at 7:37 p.m. and reconvened at 8:11 p.m.
Mayor Figley stated that no action was taken by the Council while in executive session.
Cox/McCallum... Council extend the agreement with the City Administrator for a period
not to exceed three years. The motion passed unanimously.
ADJOURNMENT
McCallum/Cox ... meeting be adjourned. The motion pass unanimous y' 'Th meeting
adjourned at 8:12 p.m.
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ATTEST UUAR��
Heather Pierson, City Recorder
City of Woodburn, Oregon
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