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Cottage Grove council adopts 2025–26 goals, adds homelessness language and forms town-hall subcommittee
Summary
The council adopted its goals for 2025–26 after debating wording about homelessness and public property; members agreed on new objective language, moved it in the priorities list, and formed a trial town-hall subcommittee to recommend a public-engagement format ahead of the budget adoption.
The Cottage Grove City Council finalized and adopted its council goals and objectives for the 2025–26 fiscal year after a lengthy discussion about how to address homelessness in the goals and how the council should engage the public. The council also created a trial town-hall subcommittee to organize a public meeting before the budget is adopted.
Council debate focused on a goal the city attorney had drafted concerning treatment of individuals experiencing homelessness. Councilors discussed whether the language should specify that the city will “continue to uphold federal, state and local laws when…
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