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The committee’s modified subcommittee will include two council members and two budget-committee community members, with a fifth “floating” seat that can be either a councilor or a committee member. The committee voted to appoint Felipe Aguilar and Gregory Brown as the two community representatives and to include Councilor Jeanette Shaw, Councilor Heather Robbins and Council President Maureen Wolf on the panel. The motions passed by unanimous voice vote; individual vote counts were not specified in the meeting record.

Finance Director Eric Kang told the committee the meeting was a planning session under Oregon budget law and outlined the schedule and deliverables leading to the proposed FY 2026 budget. Kang said the proposed budget will be published on April 10 and the committee’s formal review meetings are scheduled April 26 (a full-day session), May 12 and May 19, with city council adoption targeted in mid-June.

Kang delivered the city’s second-quarter financial snapshot, saying general fund and debt service collections are ahead of the city’s internal forecast for the first half of the fiscal year. “Overall, revenue, we are, fairly consistent with where we’re at last year,” he said. Kang flagged timing effects in several revenue categories — for example, property taxes and business-license receipts are seasonally concentrated — and warned a planned vendor transition for automated traffic enforcement could depress fines and forfeiture revenue in the near term.

Kang also outlined FY 2026 budget priorities staff will present in the proposed document: advancing public works and police facility planning (including bond-measure preparation) and completing the city’s enterprise resource planning (ERP) implementation (the vendor-facing “Tyler/UNI” replacement project). He noted the city has received long-running Government Finance Officers Association awards and an S&P upgrade in recent years, achievements he attributed to sustained fiscal stewardship.

The briefing identified several uncertainties the committee will consider during budget deliberations: potential cuts to Washington County library funding (the county has asked some departments to prepare for reductions), ongoing volatility in financial markets and interest rates, an expiring labor contract with Service Employees International Union (SEIU) and broader economic risks such as tariff-driven inflation. Kang said the county’s guidance could reduce the city’s WCCLS (Washington County Cooperative Library Services) general-fund support by an estimated portion of the current allocation; the voter-approved portion of the library levy is not subject to that reduction.

Budget Manager Colina Plath reviewed logistics for the committee’s work, including training resources supplied by the state and the GFOA review process. Plath said the city intends to expand online, searchable access to budget materials through the new budgeting software being implemented so community members can more easily find program-level information without scanning a lengthy PDF budget book.

Chair Pemond and the committee closed the planning session by confirming the subcommittee membership and the schedule for the next steps in the FY 2026 budget process.

The committee did not take final appropriations at this meeting; those decisions will occur after the proposed budget is published and after public hearings in April and May.","mediaType","Video","parentTitle","City Council Meeting - January 21, 2025","oneSentenceSummary","The Tigard budget committee on Jan. (date not specified) elected Kelly Pemond as chair and Gregory Brown as secretary, voted to expand the social services and community event grants subcommittee from three to five members and selected committee and council representatives to serve on that panel.","taxTitle","Tigard, Washington County, Oregon","taxId",4302,"location","headline","","shortSummary",{"_33":76,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":77,"_41":78,"_43":79,"_45":80,"_47":81,"_49":82,"_51":83,"_53":84,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":85,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":86,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":68,"_72":73,"_74":73},6375956,"Tigard Police honor staff and report theft, vandalism remain elevated; self-initiated stops rise 20%",712,1274000,1986000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=2140704-d3aff25f63a5795eb57c7c5ba8f69a69&start=1274&end=1986","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/2140704-d3aff25f63a5795eb57c7c5ba8f69a69/thumbnail_1274000.jpg","/articles/6375956/Tigard/Washington-County/Oregon/Tigard-Police-honor-staff-and-report-theft-vandalism-remain-elevated-self-initiated-stops-rise-20","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6375956-9bb83c4e36552a702f7c2b1b2fa3a1ab/orig.mp4?Expires=1776424481&Signature=QusJ~DHDg11YW~k5zzHpG2V5P3eGwMdJmuYxXJIlSxZkEsYmDrB7lzTpy-~H9ZbmEShjfb-39IQU-u3jFeRINEYiLRjnA3gl6VeCl2i6AlLaykNUihdtXKhQZqcpMULSbRtH7zsqrZPALbfhNXf3ctPjENHNEasaZc3W8so0olxYU6o-9EOb7cG1v9T7XS5wrBPapIXlhxj00fyAoxCjY6RkQgjHAH7uv5AnT7T3utVzvEVaJIMpeFm9o1KndnZ9zksRpd1RKlYTe8BmBqSR1cVs9zzERITtDYgzUNhctPsAJcO5bqUWCWdFBzoBrr6yHHbHpl28-aHzb4UqI0MVOA__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","Tigard Police Chief McDonald used the council meeting to recognize department personnel for 2024 and to review department trends, saying theft and vandalism continued to be the most persistent crimes while self-initiated police work increased.

Chief McDonald presented the department’s annual awards, naming Shelley Wert and Michelle Hellstrom the 2024 professional support staff of the year, Sergeant Chris Haines the 2024 supervisor of the year, and Officer Eric Enzenberger the 2024 officer of the year. “Their work has been relied upon during these times of transition and short staffing,” McDonald said of Wert and Hellstrom. The mayor and council congratulated the honorees.

On monthly and year-to-date statistics, McDonald said theft and vandalism “are still very high” and that those incidents are geographically widespread rather than concentrated in a single neighborhood. He noted dispatch calls for service were up roughly 2 percent for the year, while officers’ self-initiated activity rose about 20 percent from the prior year. “That makes a rather large impact on what we’ve been able to do,” he said, adding much of the self-initiated work is traffic enforcement.

Council members asked whether the rise in self-initiated work could be attributed to particular issues; McDonald said traffic stops accounted for the largest share and that officers also devote self-initiated time to outreach and contacts with people experiencing homelessness. The police heat map shown to council identified retail corridors and the Washington Square area, the city hall block (where people report matters in person), and the high school area (where the school resource officer generates calls) as the locations with highest counts.

Councilor Jake Schlack noted the department’s reporting changes in 2024, including a revised definition for organized retail theft that contributed to some increases in reported counts. McDonald and councilors discussed the role of photo-enforcement and the timing of vendor transitions that can affect fine collections. McDonald reiterated the department’s intention to continue proactive patrol work as staffing allows.

The awards program and dashboard review were presented for council recognition and situational awareness; no formal policy changes or budget actions were taken during that portion of the meeting.","Tigard Police Chief McDonald presented department awards for 2024 and a December dashboard showing theft and vandalism remain high while officers’ self-initiated activity — largely traffic stops and outreach — rose about 20 percent for the year.",{"_33":88,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":89,"_41":90,"_43":91,"_45":92,"_47":93,"_49":94,"_51":95,"_53":96,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":97,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":98,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":68,"_72":73,"_74":73},6375961,"Washington County sheriff outlines jail upgrades, mental-health response teams and a proposed public-safety levy",552,2719000,3271000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=2140704-d3aff25f63a5795eb57c7c5ba8f69a69&start=2719&end=3271","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/2140704-d3aff25f63a5795eb57c7c5ba8f69a69/thumbnail_2719000.jpg","/articles/6375961/Tigard/Washington-County/Oregon/Washington-County-sheriff-outlines-jail-upgrades-mental-health-response-teams-and-a-proposed-public-safety-levy","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6375961-9be8b772aa95bb7e69791c0738fb6af3/orig.mp4?Expires=1776424481&Signature=YdQjkKfSwvSBTytdK2CKzk4d2rG3XWWBh9QtrNaPYTZoX7b437dXLcs6jjqyhLPDbcQCEMoqHl0a7Qris0jhP3u8r8go4bj5mgAKiQ2srTNIdMfvgBxcIZNAVDVpDP6ZIVfdVNTB01Osu~R2AlOItvsCxUti3e7R~NQ53dl2Fkpg9i7NSEJeRmhpSSahqGxWX3oYSxdkoXEQNQJ1J7kV6-4IsYuaKjAsaW67BlVG8ozNlDhasrKVXIAHPgpiMPrMSYNYwjU687SbBGskeHJWTuCVq57wTEKXKhgPu2zOWP3nUdRyXIw7dULIGEPcKuaVlZS4jYgh6M7kXHF71d-NVA__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","Washington County Sheriff Caprice Massey and Undersheriff John Cook told the Tigard City Council that the sheriff’s office is undertaking significant jail infrastructure work, expanding crisis-response partnerships and planning a public-safety local-option levy to be placed before voters in November.

“Conserving the peace through values-driven service” was the sheriff’s described mission. Massey said the office is managing countywide duties that include the county jail, court security, search and rescue and enforcement on waterways, and that the agency is planning strategically through 2030.

Massey said the county jail is operating with fewer available beds than its full capacity because of infrastructure work and staffing shortages. The facility currently has 388 available beds while fully staffed capacity is 572, she said; major HVAC, roof and water-system upgrades will continue through mid-2026 and will keep some housing units closed during construction. Massey said the county is commissioning a jail-capacity study to forecast needs through 2055 and to estimate future facility and program needs.

Undersheriff John Cook described several countywide teams that support municipal partners. The mental-health response team (MHRT), a partnership between deputies or officers and behavioral-health clinicians, operates seven days a week with eight teams covering peak call hours; the teams respond to more than 3,000 calls per year and are staffed through a partnership with LifeWorks Northwest and Washington County Behavioral Health. Cook said MHRT’s goal is diversion from the criminal-justice system whenever possible, and he described continuity of care between field clinicians, jail clinicians and county crisis services.

Cook and Massey also briefed the council on a multi-agency Westside Interagency Narcotics Team that partners with federal and state law-enforcement agencies to target trafficking. Cook cited large seizures as part of that unit’s work and said seizures of methamphetamine and fentanyl have been substantial; he also said many officers and deputies carry naloxone (Narcan) and track local Narcan deployments. “We know that one pill can kill,” Cook said in describing fentanyl risk.

Massey said the sheriff’s office is also investing in tactical, negotiation and remotely operated-vehicle teams that together deploy more than 100 times a year in the county and provide a coordinated capability for complex, high-risk incidents.

Looking ahead, both officials said the sheriff’s office is planning a public-safety local-option levy for the November ballot that would fund the sheriff’s office and allied public-safety services including community corrections, juvenile services and the district attorney’s office. Massey and Cook said they are coordinating with county commissioners and partner agencies to finalize the rate and the package of services to be supported by the levy. They did not provide a final rate or ballot language at the Tigard presentation.

Councilors asked for clarification about how the county’s “safest urban county” assessment is calculated; Massey responded that agencies report through the FBI’s NIBRS, and the county’s combined person- and property-crime rates drive the comparative ranking. Council members also asked about staffing and bed reductions; Massey and Cook said staffing shortages after the COVID period and the protracted training time for custodial staff were primary factors constraining bed availability.

The sheriff and undersheriff invited further questions and said they would return with additional details as planning for facility upgrades and the levy proceeds.","Sheriff Caprice Massey and Undersheriff John Cook gave an annual update to the Tigard City Council, describing ongoing jail infrastructure work, a countywide mental-health response team, narcotics enforcement results and planning for a November public-safety local option levy.","actionData","errors"]

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