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McMinnville board adopts expedited property‑cleanup ordinances, creates derelict‑property commission process and approves special‑event permit
Summary
The McMinnville City Board approved ordinances intended to speed up cleanup and recoup city costs, endorsed a process to form a seven‑member commission to review derelict properties, and approved the McMinnville Special Games route for April 25; staff also briefed the board on adopting an administrative hearing officer in partnership with Morrison.
The McMinnville City Board of Mayor and Aldermen voted to adopt ordinances intended to expedite property cleanup, place remedial costs on the tax roll, and create a process to move derelict or unmaintained properties toward redevelopment.
Staff described an ordinance (referred to in the record as Title 654113) to shorten the compliance and enforcement timeline for cleaning properties and to allow the city to enter and clean properties, place liens and record those costs on the tax rolls to improve the city’s chance of recouping cleanup expenses. The board also discussed opting into a model labeled in the meeting as QCA Title 13 Chapter 1 or the "Sloan Cares Act," which would establish a seven‑member commission drawn from neighborhoods across the city to review candidate properties, provide owners notice and 90 days to remedy defects, and, where criteria are met, recommend that the board consider pursuing eminent domain and resale to spur redevelopment.
During deliberations, staff said the city has several properties it has been maintaining for years, and that the proposed process would help recover tax revenue and move neglected properties back into productive use. Board members questioned timelines and appeals; staff said property owners would retain a right to a hearing and could appeal to chancery court.
The board conducted roll-call votes on ordinances numbered in the transcript as 2025‑22 and 2025‑23; both measures passed. The record shows members voting in the affirmative during roll call and the presiding officer announcing the motion passes. The meeting also approved a request by McMinnville Special Games to hold its route on April 25 after staff confirmed law‑enforcement clearance for the route.
Separately, staff presented a proposal to adopt an administrative hearing officer and to partner with the town of Morrison to swap hearing services at no cost; the idea drew support for further discussion and staff indicated an ordinance to adopt the hearing‑officer arrangement would come to the full board for adoption after talks with Morrison and confirmation of details. Staff identified Morrison’s Stan Phillips as the named administrative hearing officer under consideration for that reciprocal arrangement.
Other updates at the meeting included library program expansions, an adoption event report from animal services, Christmas‑lighting preparations, ALPR camera successes reported by police, and an announcement that Main Street McMinnville and partners were awarded a Levitt Foundation concert series beginning in 2026.
Sources: City board meeting transcript; staff presentations and roll‑call votes recorded in the meeting.
