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Roseburg council selects League of Oregon Cities priorities: shelter, infrastructure and behavioral health among top items
Summary
Councilors discussed and ranked League of Oregon Cities legislative priorities and chose infrastructure funding, shelter and homeless response, restoration of recreational immunity, behavioral health enhancements, and full funding for housing production as the top five priorities to send to LOC.
Roseburg City Council discussed and finalized the city’s top legislative priorities to forward to the League of Oregon Cities (LOC).
Staff explained the LOC process and a voters’ guide that council members had used to rank priorities. After members shared preferences and staff tallied the responses, the council designated five priorities to forward: infrastructure funding; shelter and homeless response; restoration of recreational immunity; behavioral health enhancements; and full funding and alignment for housing production.
Staff provided some context about the fiscal impacts: recent state changes to marijuana revenue sharing and other tax distributions have reduced local receipts, and LOC is advocating for restoration of recreational immunity to limit lawsuits tied to park use. The presenter said shared marijuana revenue losses amount to roughly $80,000 per year for the city and that alcohol revenue decreases were smaller but still notable.
Councilors debated whether to emphasize housing production funding or community safety and ultimately voted to include full funding and alignment for housing production among the top five. Councilor David said housing production mandates without state funding would be an unfunded requirement for cities and supported prioritizing funding alignment.
The council chair confirmed the five priorities and directed staff to submit the city’s priorities to LOC according to the timeline in the voters’ guide.
