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Council directs staff to prepare Nov. ballot measure and conditional resident credit tied to police station funding
Summary
The council asked staff to draft two resolutions: one to place a new police station bond on the Nov. 4 ballot and one to establish a residential public-safety account credit conditioned on passage, a plan staff says would unlock enterprise-zone payments from large data centers.
The Umatilla City Council voted to direct staff to prepare two resolutions for the Aug. 5 meeting: one to place a measure on the Nov. 4, 2025 ballot to fund construction of an all-new police station, and a second to establish a residential public-safety account credit that would be conditioned upon passage of that bond.
City Manager Dave told the council the residential credit concept rests on language in recent enterprise-zone agreements with major data centers that include a "future bonding" clause. He described the clause as an obligation for those companies to pay as if they were not receiving an abatement if voters approve a public-facility bond; staff said that…
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