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Sherwood council approves consent agenda; special election set for Jan. 13 on charter amendments
Summary
At its Nov. 4 meeting the Sherwood City Council approved a five-item consent agenda including appointments, an IGA for a sharps collection box, park planning documents and an amendment to the city manager’s contract. Council also announced a Jan. 13 special election to consider two charter amendments.
The Sherwood City Council on Nov. 4 approved a five-item consent agenda and confirmed plans for a January special election on two charter amendments.
The consent agenda — adopted by motion and voice vote — included approval of the Oct. 21 meeting minutes and four resolutions: Resolution 2025-076, appointing Akwasi Kavanagh as the youth advisory board representative to the Transportation System Plan update citizen advisory committee; Resolution 2025-077, authorizing the city manager to enter an intergovernmental agreement with Metro to install, service and maintain a sharps collection box at the Marjorie Stewart Senior Community Center; Resolution 2025-078, authorizing execution of a contract for Murdock Park master plan construction-ready design documents; and Resolution 2025-079, approving the first amendment to the employment agreement between the city and City Manager Craig Sheldon.
Council members moved and seconded the consent vote and the chair called for ayes; the motion was recorded as passed. Individual roll-call vote tallies were not read into the record during the consent motion. The transcript records one explicit affirmative acknowledgement from Councilor Renee during the vote, and the meeting materials list the five consent items approved.
Separately, council members said the body recently adopted three resolutions at a special meeting to declare an emergency election and to schedule a community election on Jan. 13, 2026. The ballot will include two charter measures: one intended to preserve local, open and transparent land-use decision processes; the other to clarify the city’s procedural authority regarding annexation. City staff noted election details and ballot material are available via the city council’s election tab on the city website.
What happens next: the consent agenda items will proceed under their existing administrative timelines (the IGA for the sharps box specifies an implementation window discussed elsewhere in the meeting), and the city will publish formal election materials and a timeline for the Jan. 13 charter votes.
