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Cottage Grove council refines five priority goals for 2025–26, adds emphasis on engagement and transparency
Summary
The Cottage Grove City Council and facilitator Ashley Sonoff reviewed and refined five council goals for fiscal 2025–26, emphasizing community engagement, public safety, financial sustainability, growth, and recreation; council agreed to several edits including website improvements, emergency communications and clearer budget transparency.
The Cottage Grove City Council on April 13 reviewed and refined five priority goals for the 2025–26 fiscal year, directing staff to finalize language and prepare the list for adoption at a later meeting.
Facilitator Ashley Sonoff, hired to lead the council retreat work, presented the council’s draft vision, five goal areas and 36 supporting objectives developed at a March retreat and refined by staff. The five goals are: community engagement and trust; a safe and thriving community; financial sustainability; community growth; and recreation. "Build community and community trust and engagement by enhancing communication and increasing transparency and expanding opportunities for public participation in city government," Sonoff read as the draft goal statement for engagement.
The council discussed and made several targeted refinements to the draft objectives. Councilors agreed to add a website improvement item and a shared community calendar to the engagement objective; expand public-safety…
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