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North Bend council authorizes filing five ballot titles to address roughly $1 million budget gap
Summary
At its Feb. 25 meeting, the North Bend City Council voted to direct staff to file ballot titles for up to five measures — including a charter amendment and potential fee increases for wastewater, police, parks and a dog park — after staff outlined an approximate $1 million general-fund shortfall and constraints in the city charter.
The North Bend City Council on Feb. 25 voted to direct staff to file ballot titles for five measures aimed at addressing a roughly $1 million shortfall in the city’s general fund.
City Administrator Ralph told the council that the city faces “a million dollar budget gap” as property tax limits, a restrictive city charter and recent rejections of proposed funding tools have constrained local revenue. The council approved a motion to have staff prepare ballot titles for: a charter amendment, a wastewater (sewer) fee increase, a police-directed fee (renaming/recasting the current public safety fee), a parks and recreation fee and a dog park fee. The motion passed by voice vote after a motion from Councilor Hamilton and a second from Councilor Schultz.
The charter amendment being proposed would change the current threshold for fee increases so that measures are decided by a majority of…
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