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City manager presents three-year review showing slower housing, rising payroll costs and steady water use
Summary
City Manager Will presented a three‑year statistics review to the Newberg City Council showing a slowdown in housing starts, steady water production, a 9% rise in payroll costs independent of COLA and record library circulation; councilors asked follow‑up questions.
City Manager Will presented a consolidated three‑year review of city metrics to the Newberg City Council, reporting a drop in planning decisions and housing starts, higher payroll costs and unexpectedly flat water production.
Will said planning decisions averaged 11.6 per month in 2022, 11.7 in 2023 and fell to 8.58 in 2024, while single‑home building permits dropped from an average of 15 per month in 2022 to six in the latest year. "That shows the general slowdown in housing construction nationally has also been happening here in our town," he said.
The presentation framed the slowdown as a mixed outcome: fewer new homes…
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