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Prineville mayor delivers 2025 State of the City; council asks attorney to draft ordinance to change annual special‑meeting rule
Summary
Mayor Jason Beebe read the 2025 State of the City on Jan. 5, 2026, and asked the City Council to consider a code amendment to remove the requirement for a special meeting the first Monday of every year; the council asked City Attorney Jered Reid to draft an ordinance.
Prineville Mayor Jason Beebe read the city's 2025 State of the City address during a special council meeting on Jan. 5, 2026, and proposed a change to the municipal code governing annual special meetings. City Attorney Jered Reid told the council that the change would be written as a code amendment to remove the requirement for a special council meeting on the first Monday of every year and instead schedule a special meeting in even‑numbered years when newly elected council members must be sworn in.
Council members agreed to direct Mr. Reid to draft an ordinance for consideration and further discussion at a future meeting. The action is a direction to prepare a formal ordinance; the council did not adopt any code language at the Jan. 5 meeting and no formal vote on the amendment was recorded that night.
The change under discussion would alter the city's meeting schedule and require a subsequent meeting and ordinance vote to take effect. The council asked staff to prepare the draft ordinance and bring it back for formal consideration rather than enact the change immediately.
