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Votes at a glance: Council actions from the June 11 Albany City Council meeting
Summary
A quick roundup of formal votes and outcomes from the June 11 meeting, including fee and ordinance actions the council adopted.
Albany — The Albany City Council took a series of formal actions during its June 11 meeting. Below are the items that resulted in a formal motion and vote and the outcome recorded in the meeting minutes.
State shared revenues (public hearing and resolution) - Action: Adopted resolutions declaring the city eligible for state shared revenues and electing to receive state shared revenues for the biennium. Staff said the state-shared revenues available were about $1,500,000 for the biennium. - Outcome: Motion passed by voice vote.
Planning division fee adjustments (CPI-based) - Action: Adjusted planning-division fees upward by 2.09% to reflect the April 2024–April 2025 CPI change. - Outcome: Motion passed.
Budget adoption (2025–27 biennial budget) - Action: Motion to adopt the recommended 2025–27 budget as presented. - Outcome: Motion failed for lack of votes (yes: 3; no: 2); council continued the public hearing and will reconvene June 18.
City services fee resolution (amended) - Action: Council adopted the staff recommendation on the city-services fee and amended the implementation date from Aug. 1 to Oct. 1, 2025; directed staff to return with options to adjust the low-income assistance program prior to implementation. - Outcome: Roll-call vote passed (yes: 4; no: 1).
Ordinance — Stormwater in-lieu of franchise fee - Action: Ordinance adding an in-lieu-of-franchise fee for stormwater equal to 7% of stormwater revenues, with revenue deposited into the street utility fund for street maintenance. - Outcome: Ordinance adopted (emergency declared); staff estimated revenue of about $340,000 per year.
Resolution — Storm drainage system development charge (SDC) phase-in - Action: Adopted a step (phase) in the storm drainage SDC schedule; additional steps to be considered in future years. - Outcome: Resolution adopted.
Resolution — Capital Improvement Program (CIP) 2026–2030 - Action: Adopted the 2026–2030 capital improvement program. - Outcome: Motion passed.
Intergovernmental agreement — Central Oregon Community College (EMT internship) - Action: Approved an IGA to allow paramedic students from Central Oregon Community College to intern with Albany Fire Department (no city cost reported). - Outcome: Resolution adopted.
Fire department peer-support services (special procurement) - Action: Approved a one-year contract with the Center for Developing Hope to provide clinical treatment and peer-support training for Albany Fire personnel under a special-procurement exemption. - Outcome: Resolution adopted.
Street-tree planting in-lieu fee - Action: Increased the in-lieu fee for developer-required street tree planting from the historical, lower fee to $1,500 per tree (to reflect contract planting costs, three-year establishment and staff time savings). - Outcome: Fee increase approved.
How to get details
Council staff indicated formal resolutions, ordinances and accompanying staff reports and exhibits are posted with the June 11 meeting packet. For the budget and city-services fee items, staff will return with more detailed proposals and data before the delayed implementation date and before the next budget adoption vote.
