June 9, 2025, Budget Hearings and Regular City Council Meeting

Cottage Grove City Council · June 10, 2025

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Cottage Grove Genealogical Society public comment

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Deborah Montsev, president of the Cottage Grove Genealogical Society, reported the society’s 50th anniversary and invited the council and public to a Wed. Shepherd Room open house (2:00–6:30). She described ongoing digitization and disaster‑preparedness work, a recent private grant to digitize a pallet of Sentinel negatives and slides (estimated 700,000 images), partnership to hold bound local newspapers on permanent loan, $22,000 in grants from the Woodard Family Foundation for prior digitization work, 10,000+ indexed obituaries in the society’s searchable database, and volunteer and outreach

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Cottage Grove City Council heard public comments including a 50th‑anniversary update from the Cottage Grove Genealogical Society, debated a draft chronic‑nuisance ordinance (settling on a 12‑month window by consensus), and approved routine items including an audit services contract and cancellation of the July 28 meeting.

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