Council approves funding and loan resolutions, CDBG application and compensation changes

Aug 20, 2026

Council approved a set of resolutions including a transfer of appropriations for FY 2026-27, a CWSRF loan agreement for wastewater-capacity improvements, a CDBG application for the Saint Helens Reservoir design, and compensation-schedule adjustments; one council member abstained on a first-reading vote and the mayor abstained on a compensation item.

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During the Aug. 9 meeting the council advanced multiple routine but material items: a resolution authorizing a transfer of appropriations for fiscal year 2026-27, acceptance of a Clean Water State Revolving Fund (CWSRF) loan agreement with the Oregon Department of Environmental Quality for sanitary-sewer capacity improvements, and authorization to submit a Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) application to Business Oregon for design work on the Saint Helens Reservoir project.

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