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St. Helens council gives final approval to ordinance 3,307 tied to HB 3395 housekeeping changes
Summary
The council gave final reading and approved Ordinance No. 3,307, amending sections of the St. Helens municipal code to conform with provisions of Oregon House Bill 3395 (2023), the council said at its Feb. 19 meeting.
The St. Helens Common Council on Feb. 19 gave final reading and approved Ordinance No. 3,307, which the council described as code amendments to implement housekeeping changes related to Oregon House Bill 3395 (2023).
City staff read the ordinance title during the meeting and a councilor moved to approve the ordinance "as read." The motion received a second and the council recorded affirmative votes on the final reading.
The ordinance text, as stated by the city during the meeting, amends multiple sections of the St. Helens Municipal Code (chapter numbers cited during the reading). At the meeting the council described the changes as housekeeping and technical amendments necessary to align municipal code language with state law enacted in HB 3395 (2023). No speaker at the meeting expanded on substantive policy changes beyond the city’s description that the edits are housekeeping in nature.
The council completed the final reading and approved the ordinance by recorded vote during the regular session.
Because the council characterized the ordinance as technical housekeeping to align the municipal code with state statutory changes, staff indicated no separate implementation budget or program changes were required at the time of approval. The city clerk will publish the ordinance and updated code sections in accordance with the city’s standard ordinance‑publication procedures.
