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Battle Ground council adopts budget amendment, business-license update and a Maddox development agreement; several hearings set
Summary
At its Sept. 15 meeting the council approved Ordinances 2025-11 (2025 budget amendment), 2025-12 (business-license threshold), and 2025-14 (Maddox development agreement); it set public hearings Oct. 20 for multifamily tax-exemption actions and for neighborhood speed-limit changes (Ordinance 2025-16).
The Battle Ground City Council took several formal actions Sept. 15 during its regular meeting.
Ordinances approved
- Ordinance 2025-11 (budget amendment): Council opened a public hearing on adjustments and carryovers for the 2025 budget and approved the ordinance following staff presentation. No public testimony was received.
- Ordinance 2025-12 (business-registration threshold): Staff recommended updating the municipal threshold from $2,000 to $4,000 annually to align with the state business-license model; council approved the amendment after a brief hearing with no public testimony.
- Ordinance 2025-14 (Maddox infrastructure development agreement): Council approved a development agreement with BG Village Property LLC (Maddox) where the city would be the applicant for environmental permitting and Morris/Maddox would pay associated costs. A public hearing was opened and closed with no speakers; the ordinance passed on a unanimous recorded voice vote (6–0).
Hearings set
- Ordinance 2025-13 and Ordinance 2025-15: Staff asked the council to set public hearings on Oct. 20, 2025, to designate Parcel 192350000 as a residential target area under the multifamily tax-exemption program and to amend municipal code language related to the program; the council set the hearings.
- Ordinance 2025-16 (speed limits): The council set a public hearing for Oct. 20, 2025, to consider amending municipal code to reduce neighborhood speed limits to 20 mph (staff presented two signage options and cost estimates).
Procedural notes and votes
Motions to adopt or set hearings were moved and seconded and carried by voice vote. Council recorded a unanimous 6–0 approval for the Maddox development agreement vote; other items passed on voice motion without recorded roll-call tallies reported in the transcript.
What happens next: Staff will publish hearing notices and return items for formal adoption where applicable; council will hold the Oct. 20 public hearings on the multifamily tax-exemption parcels and speed-limit changes.
