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Sherwood council declares emergency, calls January special election on home-rule charter changes
Summary
Sherwood City Council voted Oct. 28 to declare an emergency and refer three charter amendments to a special January election, saying recent state laws threaten local control over land-use public participation and annexation decisions.
Sherwood’s City Council on Oct. 28 voted to declare an emergency and call a special election in January to send charter amendments to voters aimed at protecting the city’s home-rule authority.
Council staff said the emergency finding is needed under ORS 221.230 to justify a special election outside regular election dates. Ryan (city staff presenter) told the council that recent and anticipated state legislation “threatens to abrogate and erode the city's home rule authority, particularly in…
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