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Votes at a glance: Coos Bay council approves right‑of‑way vacation, supplemental budget, proclamations and urban renewal financing
Summary
Council approved a group of routine and fiscal items, including an ordinance vacating a right‑of‑way for NW Natural, adoption of a supplemental budget for FY 2024‑25 and authorization of urban renewal short‑term financing.
The Coos Bay City Council and the Coos Bay Urban Renewal Agency approved a set of routine and fiscal items during the meeting, adopting proclamations, enacting a right‑of‑way vacation ordinance for Northwest Natural Gas Co., and approving supplemental budgets and short‑term intergovernmental financing.
Key votes and outcomes at a glance:
- Consent calendar: Council approved the consent calendar, which included a $343,464 grant for Megs Park restrooms and a $4,000 Oregon Parks and Recreation Department heritage program grant.
- Proclamations: The council adopted a proclamation recognizing February 2025 as Black History Month and a second proclamation identifying February 2025 as National Burn Awareness Month. Both proclamations were read into the record and approved by voice vote.
- Ordinance vacating right‑of‑way (Ordinance 583): After a staff presentation and a brief public hearing with no speakers, the council enacted an ordinance vacating a portion of Kingwood Avenue west of North Seventh Street and a portion of the alley between specified tax lots to allow expansion by the NW Natural Gas Company. The ordinance was recorded as Ordinance 583 and was enacted following a roll‑call vote.
- Supplemental budget (Resolution 25‑01): The council opened and closed a public hearing on the city’s supplemental budget for fiscal year 2024‑25 (to “true up” appropriations and recognize additional revenues and transfers) and adopted Resolution 25‑01.
- Urban Renewal Agency: The Urban Renewal Agency adopted its supplemental budget for FY 2024‑25 and then approved an intergovernmental agreement (IGA) with the city to authorize up to $2,062,450 in short‑term financing between the city and the urban renewal agency to fund identified improvement‑plan projects. The city report allocated $579,100 for the Empire District and $1,483,350 for the Downtown District.
Notes on procedure and votes: Most measures passed by voice vote or unrecorded roll call in the meeting transcript; when roll call was used (Ordinance 583), the mayor and councilors recorded affirmative votes and the ordinance was announced as enacted. The supplemental budgets and the IGA were presented by finance staff and city attorneys and passed with no substantive amendments recorded in the transcript.
Items that will return for further action: The IGA financing will appear before the urban renewal board (the financing authorization was granted by the council and will be reflected in URA actions), property dedications and some consent items were noted as postponed or expected to return in a subsequent meeting.
