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Council adopts financial-hardship guidelines and refundable filing-fee resolution for public-safety fee appeals
Summary
The Sutherland City Council approved hardship-qualification guidelines tied to Ordinance 1,100 and a resolution establishing a refundable filing fee for hardship waiver appeals; staff said guidelines mirror existing state and utility programs and the fee amount was not specified in the meeting record.
The Sutherland City Council on Aug. 11 approved guidelines to determine financial hardship under Ordinance 1,100 and adopted Resolution 2025.13 to establish an initially refundable filing fee for hardship waiver appeals related to the city's public-safety fee.
Finance Director Tammy Trowbridge said staff recommends adopting the same income standards and documentation used by comparable programs, specifically an annual income at or below 60% of the state median income and the same supporting documents used by Oregon Housing and Community Services, LIHEAP, UCAN,…
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