Hermiston council adopts Ordinance 23 71 creating Local Improvement District 323, 6-1

The Hermiston City Council adopted Ordinance 23 71 on Sept. 22, creating Local Improvement District (LID) Number 323 and authorizing improvements to be paid by benefited properties. City Attorney Tubby read the ordinance by title during the meeting: "An ordinance creating Local Improvement District Number 323, describing improvement, setting boundary, providing for payment by benefited properties, securing such payment by lien against the benefited properties, and calling for construction." The council was reminded that the public hearing and comment period for the ordinance closed Sept. 8 and that no additional public testimony would be accepted at this meeting. Councilor Hayward moved to adopt the ordinance; Councilor Meyer seconded. The roll call vote was 6 in favor and 1 opposed. The motion passed 6 to 1 with Councilor Jackie Litton recorded in opposition. The ordinance was adopted to become effective 30 days after adoption, per the motion placed on the record. Why it matters: Local Improvement Districts allow municipalities to fund specific capital improvements by assessing the properties that benefit from those improvements; adoption starts the legal and administrative processes required for construction and lien recording. What happened next: With adoption, staff will proceed with the LID procedures outlined in the ordinance; no further public testimony was taken at the meeting because the hearing record closed Sept. 8.