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Council holds first readings on ordinances to update tourism grant authority and repeal old $5,000 cap
Summary
City staff read two related ordinances to repeal a 2010 $5,000 commission expenditure authority and amend the Economic Development Commission code to raise the tourism-grant approval threshold to better reflect inflation; council members questioned budget impacts and timing for the spring grant cycle.
City staff presented two ordinances at first reading on April 8, asking the Roseburg City Council to repeal a 2010 code section that established a $5,000 commission expenditure authority and to amend the Economic Development Commission (EDC) chapter to allow a larger tourism-grant authorization.
Staff said the $5,000 cap adopted in 2010 “is not the same as it is now,” citing the Bureau of Labor Statistics CPI calculator and noting $5,000 in April 2010 has the buying power of roughly $7,117 today. “So as part of…
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