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McMinnville proposes cuts to code compliance, reduces general‑fund share of special projects manager; staff flags delays to development review

3336854 · May 16, 2025
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Community Development staff proposed removing one code‑compliance FTE and reducing the general‑fund share of a special projects manager; staff said those changes would limit complaint response, volunteer programs and delay development review.

Heather Richards, Community Development Director, told the Budget Committee the department proposed several general‑fund reductions that would reduce enforcement and slow planning and engineering review.

Richards said the code compliance program — historically two FTE funded from the general fund — was proposed to be reduced by one FTE, producing a budget savings of about $131,000 and an additional roughly $19,000 in supportive services reductions. "The impact of that will be…

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