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Tualatin council to review League of Oregon Cities ballot; staff asks councilors to pick five items in August
Summary
Staff and Thorn Run explained the League of Oregon Cities (LOC) process and asked councilors to review LOC's packet ahead of an August meeting when the council will select five priorities to submit to LOC.
TUALATIN, Ore. — City staff asked the Tualatin City Council to review the League of Oregon Cities' (LOC) list of potential statewide priorities and be prepared in August to select five items for the city's ballot.
—Deputy City Manager Megan George summarized how LOC's policy committees produce a long list of potential priorities, and how each of Oregon's 241 cities then votes for five items that inform the LOC board's fall decisions.
—Leah of the Thorn Run team explained the strategic value of aligning some local priorities with LOC's work: "There is power in something coming from 241 cities," she said, noting that LOC engagement can be used defensively (protecting local control and pushing back on unfunded mandates) as well as offensively (amplifying priorities like transportation, housing and economic development).
—Councilors asked for examples and for the LOC packet to be circulated to ensure everyone was reviewing the same source material; staff agreed to provide the Prosperity Council report link and the LOC packet for homework.
—Next step: councilors will review LOC materials ahead of an August meeting when staff and Thorn Run will return with recommendations for which five LOC priorities to adopt on Tualatin's ballot.
