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Votes at a glance: Cottage Grove council actions, June 23, 2025
Summary
Summary of motions and roll‑call outcomes from the Cottage Grove City Council meeting on June 23, 2025, including CDBG application approval, supplemental budget, state revenue resolutions, 2025–26 budget adoption and comprehensive fee schedule changes.
The Cottage Grove City Council took a series of formal actions Monday, adopting resolutions and approving routine items. The list below summarizes each motion, mover/second (where recorded), vote outcome and key details.
1) Resolution 2166 — Approval to apply for a 2025 Community Development Block Grant (Business Oregon) for the regional housing rehabilitation loan program of Lane County. - Motion: Approve resolution to apply and authorize city manager or designee to sign the application. - Mover: Councilor Wilson; Second: (recorded) - Vote: Adopted unanimously. - Key details: City is a partner in a multi‑jurisdiction program managed by St. Vincent de Paul. City has contributed $645,492 in cash and assigned $216,834 in prior loans to the revolving fund. Loans carry 3% interest, with payments deferred until property sale; the maximum CDBG grant per applicant is $400,000, and staff estimated the proposed project would benefit at least 11 persons, 100% low/moderate income.
2) Resolution 2167 — Adopt supplemental budget for FY 2024–25. - Motion: Adopt supplemental budget recognizing a $3,000,000 Cleveland Street infrastructure grant and other housekeeping items. - Vote: Adopted unanimously.
3) Resolution 2168 — Declare the City of Cottage Grove's election to receive state shared revenues. - Motion: Adopt resolution 2168. - Vote: Adopted unanimously.
4) Resolution 2169 — Certify the City of Cottage Grove's eligibility to receive state shared revenues. - Motion: Adopt resolution 2169. - Vote: Adopted unanimously.
5) Resolution 2170 — Adopt the 2025–26 budget, make appropriations and impose/categorize ad valorem taxes. - Motion: Adopt resolution 2170. - Vote: Adopted (roll call recorded; Councilor Lammerman voted no). - Key details: Council directed staff to return at the first July meeting with proposals to reduce a projected multi‑year budget gap (estimated at 16%) by at least one‑third in the first year; audits for prior fiscal years are underway.
6) Resolution 2171 — Amend comprehensive fee schedule (utility rate changes and related amendments). - Motion: Adopt resolution 2171 amending the comprehensive fee schedule (water operations 14%, wastewater ops 5% with volumetric rate change, stormwater 7%; change summer sewer period; set new account default to 5,000 gallons). - Vote: Adopted (roll call recorded; Councilor Lammerman voted no). - Key details: Staff estimated an average household using 5,000 gallons/month will see about a $6.58 monthly increase.
Consent agenda: Liquor license annual renewals (consent item) — motion passed unanimously.
How motions were recorded in the meeting
Each of the above resolutions was moved, seconded and resolved during the June 23 meeting. The public hearing associated with the CDBG application was opened and closed with no public testimony; Andy Clay (manager for the regional housing rehabilitation loan program) and Public Works Director Faye Stewart provided program details during the hearing.
For items adopted unanimously, the recorder performed roll calls with councilors answering "Aye"; for resolutions 2170 and 2171, recorded roll calls show Councilor Lammerman voting "No."
