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Resolution — Personnel Policy
The council approved Resolution R‑836, which supersedes R‑739 and adopts an updated version of the city personnel policy manual. Councilors discussed whether routine personnel manual updates should come to council or be handled by the city administrator; the council approved the resolution that maintains council oversight. Motion and second were taken and the roll call vote was recorded as affirmative (transcript indicates successive “I” votes; the meeting record shows the motion carried).

Special event permits — Beverly Cleary Days and McMinnville Amateur Radio Club
Council approved a special event permit for Beverly Cleary Days 2025 (community festival and author/illustrator events) and directed staff to permit future Beverly Cleary Days events administratively as long as there are no major changes; staff also required the organizer to provide the city’s standard liability insurance certificate before the event. The organizer described the May 10, 2025 program (walking tour, RC car track, author panels, wagon rides and a children’s program) and staff confirmed the park special‑event code requires $500,000 liability coverage.

Council also approved a permit for the McMinnville Amateur Radio Club Field Day at Beulah Park on June 7–9, 2025 and authorized staff to approve future club events, subject to the usual insurance and operational requirements.

Consent agenda and other items
The council approved the consent agenda (financial statement and March 12, 2025 minutes). The council also moved to continue O‑544 (exterior lighting ordinance) to June 11 following discussion; a planning commission public hearing is scheduled May 19.

Votes and implementation notes
- Resolution R‑836 (personnel policy): Motion approved; roll‑call yes votes indicated in audio (transcript records affirmative responses). Specific recorded tallies by name were not provided in the transcript extract.
- Special event permit: Beverly Cleary Days 2025 — Approved; staff to verify $500,000 liability certificate prior to event; staff authorized to approve future similar events administratively if no major changes.
- Special event permit: McMinnville Amateur Radio Club Field Day (June 7–9, 2025) — Approved; staff authorized to approve future club events administratively if no major changes.
- Consent agenda (financial statement and 03/12/25 minutes) — Approved (motion and second recorded; specific tallies not provided in transcript excerpt).
- Ordinance O‑544 (exterior lighting) — Continued to June 11, 2025 (motion carried).

The council did not adopt O‑544 at the April 9 meeting; multiple items that passed require staff follow‑up before implementation (insurance certificates for events, posting and notice for continued hearings, and administrative processing of personnel manual changes).

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Why it matters: Councilors and staff said additional playing fields could create more space for youth sports and bring informal economic activity to the community, but they urged any work to be coordinated with the parks master plan to ensure long‑term maintenance and alignment with other park projects.

During public comment, a member of the youth baseball program suggested the city might have the space and volunteer expertise to bring fields into basic working condition. Council members encouraged the speaker to participate in the upcoming parks citizen advisory committee (CAC) and noted that a basic drainage issue is the primary barrier; staff said two backstops already exist at the Jane Heinrich site and that volunteers have completed some work.

Staff reported that the parks master plan consultant AKS completed an inventory of city parks and that the parks CAC will hold its first meeting on April 14 at 6 p.m. Staff encouraged residents with interest in baseball field rehabilitation to participate in the CAC and in a proposed joint work session with the planning commission and economic development committee to coordinate parks and recreation outcomes.

No formal motion or funding decision was made at the April 9 meeting; councilors asked staff to fold the request into the parks master plan process and invited the youth organizers to participate in advisory meetings.

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Why it matters: The ordinance would establish standards for exterior commercial lighting in the Central Business District and other areas; council members said the rules could affect businesses’ costs and operations and asked for clearer public notice and alignment with an ongoing code‑update process.

During discussion, a council member who took part in the ordinance’s earlier hearings said she had voted “no” at the prior meeting because she wanted business owners to have time to review the rule and its potential cost impacts. She and other speakers worried that a two‑year compliance deadline could be burdensome to small businesses that have recently invested in exterior lighting.

Planning staff and a councilor who spoke during the meeting noted exceptions that would allow for security lighting and sidewalk illumination; staff said those lights are generally permitted if they do not extend beyond a property line and that security‑type lights would be required to be motion‑sensitive in some configurations. Planning staff also told the council the planning commission had already reviewed the ordinance multiple times and that the city’s grant‑funded code update may require further adjustments; the planning commission will hold a public hearing on May 19.

Council members suggested continuing the ordinance until after the May 19 planning commission hearing so any changes recommended during that process could be folded into the second reading. A motion to continue O‑544 to the June 11 council meeting carried; council members instructed staff to bring any planning commission recommendations back to the council for a second reading at that time.

The city did not adopt O‑544 at the April 9 meeting; the public hearing before the planning commission on May 19 and the council’s June 11 hearing were scheduled as the next formal steps.

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Why it matters: Councilors were told the new tank would substantially increase the city’s storage capacity and reduce the chance of water shortages during emergencies. Staff said the project would allow the city to continue operating on its existing tank until the new system was complete, and the grant would also fund removal of the old concrete tank.

City staff gave a timeline and operational details. The city administrator said the Business Oregon award process requires a minimum of 90 days for funding, so construction likely would not begin until the next fiscal year. Staff estimated the prefabricated tanks can be installed quickly once authorized; one councilor referenced Lafayette’s recently installed tank, which was completed in about four to five months. The administrator said a more conservative expectation is that the project would take more than six months from mobilization to completion. Staff also noted the grant includes funds to remove the existing failing concrete tank.

Councilors and staff stressed continuity of service: the administrator said the city would continue to operate the existing 1,000,000‑gallon system and would not take that offline until the replacement tank was completed. A public works representative said the new project would increase storage to roughly 2,800,000 gallons of working capacity when installed — figures city staff gave during the meeting.

The council did not take a formal vote on the grant award at the April 9 meeting. Staff said they completed two final application steps the day before the meeting and had a follow‑up call the same day; they characterized the award as likely but not final. The administrator emphasized the Business Oregon payment timing and that actual work would depend on receiving the final grant documents and scheduling with contractors.

Next steps: staff will continue finalizing the Business Oregon and FEMA paperwork and will report timing and contract details back to council as they are received.

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