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North Bend council approves employee handbook, infrastructure contracts and several local projects
Summary
At its Jan. 14 meeting the North Bend City Council adopted the 2025 employee handbook, approved participation in Oregon Main Street, authorized a Business Oregon contract for Maple Leaf and Gloria Bay infrastructure, allowed ODOT night work for ADA ramp replacements with limits, and awarded several small public-works contracts.
The North Bend City Council on Jan. 14 adopted the city's 2025 employee handbook and approved a series of contracts and project awards, including a Business Oregon infrastructure contract for the Maple Leaf and Gloria Bay projects and authorization for the Oregon Department of Transportation to perform night work on ADA ramp replacements with a noise restriction.
Councilors voted to approve the consent calendar and then moved through agenda items that carried with routine votes. The council approved the city's 2025 employee handbook, authorized North Bend to enter a 2025 participation agreement with Oregon Main Street to continue support for the North Bend Main Street program, and authorized the mayor to sign a contract with Business Oregon for infrastructure construction tied to Senate Bill 1530 for the Maple Leaf and Gloria Bay developments, with the council placing conditions that related construction contracts not be awarded without a developer agreement and required assurances about construction timing.
The council also approved a request from ODOT to perform night work for a 2025 ADA ramp replacement project provided demolition activities that generate significant noise are limited before 11 p.m. Council members approved awards on two capital projects: the Piston (bridal/piston) installation project for $9,700 to a machine shop named in the record as "***** Machine Shop" (name redacted in the transcript), and the Monroe Street sidewalk replacement contract in the amount of $49,990 to Riverview (as recorded in the meeting). Each motion passed by voice vote, recorded in the meeting as "motion carries." The transcript did not include a roll-call tally for these votes.
Why it matters: the Business Oregon contract and the Maple Leaf and Gloria Bay work will enable developer-led infrastructure tied to state funding, and the ADA ramp work and sidewalk projects affect pedestrian accessibility across the city. The employee handbook adoption sets city personnel policies for 2025.
Votes at a glance (as recorded in the Jan. 14 meeting): - Consent calendar: Motion to accept the consent calendar as written; moved by Councilor Jones; seconded; outcome: approved (voice vote, tally not specified in transcript). - Adoption of 2025 City of North Bend employee handbook: Motion to present and adopt; mover/second recorded; outcome: approved (voice vote). - 2025 Oregon Main Street participation agreement: Motion to approve participation agreement with Oregon Main Street (North Bend Main Street program); moved by Councilor Schultz; seconded by Councilor Slater; outcome: approved (voice vote). - Senate Bill 1530 / Business Oregon infrastructure contract (Maple Leaf and Gloria Bay): Motion to authorize the mayor to sign a contract with Business Oregon; moved and seconded; council conditioned that associated construction contracts not be awarded without a developer agreement and assurances regarding construction timing; outcome: approved (voice vote). - ODOT night work (2025 ADA ramp replacement project): Motion to authorize night work with the stipulation that demolition activities that generate noise be restricted prior to 11 p.m.; moved by Councilor Hamilton; seconded by Councilor Bartokart Bodine; outcome: approved (voice vote). - Piston (bridal/piston) installation project award: Motion to award the project in the amount of $9,700 to \"***** Machine Shop\" (name redacted in the transcript); moved and seconded; outcome: approved (voice vote). - Monroe Street sidewalk replacement award: Motion to authorize staff to contract with Riverview for the Monroe Street sidewalk replacement project in the amount of $49,990; moved by Councilor Garbo; seconded by Councilor Jones; outcome: approved (voice vote).
Council members and staff discussed no formal roll-call tallies in the transcript; each item was approved by voice vote and recorded as "motion carries." The motions as entered in the meeting record included conditions for the Business Oregon contract that construction contracts not be awarded until required developer agreements and timing assurances are in place.
The council also scheduled upcoming planning and work-session dates for late February and April during the meeting.
