City Council Meeting

Calendar Date:
Monday, February 24, 2025 - 7:00pm

AGENDA SESSION 
City Hall Council Chambers
400 East Main Street, Cottage Grove, OR 97424
Friday, February 21, 2025 @ 8:30 am  

This meeting will be held in person and electronically using Zoom Webinar.

Use this link to join the meeting electronically:
https://zoom.us/j/95655985570

You can also dial in by telephone:  253-205-0468
Webinar ID: 956 5598 5570

 

COTTAGE GROVE CITY COUNCIL MEETING 
City Hall - 400 East Main Street, Cottage Grove, OR 97424
Monday, February 24, 2025 @ 7:00 pm 
 

This meeting will be held in person and electronically using Zoom Webinar.

Use this link to join the meeting electronically:
https://zoom.us/j/91929555621

You can also dial in by telephone:  253-205-0468
Webinar ID: 919 2955 5621
 

Providing Comments to Council:

Anyone wishing to comment in person or virtually during Appearance of Interested Citizens for “Items Not on the Agenda” or “Action Items on the Agenda” should sign up using the comment request form available at: https://www.cottagegroveor.gov/citycouncil/webform/february-24-2025-city-council-meeting-comment-request-form  by 5:00 pm on the date of the meeting.  Anyone wishing to comment in person may also sign up on the appropriate form in Council Chambers, before the Presiding Officer calls the meeting to order.  Written comments or testimony may be submitted to cityrecorder@cottagegrove.org or delivered to the City Recorder by 5:00 pm the date of the meeting at 400 E Main Street, Cottage Grove, Oregon.

 

CITY COUNCIL MEETING

(1)  CALL TO ORDER

(2)  ROLL CALL/PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE

(3)  PRESENTATIONS

       (a)  Finance Director Retirement (Mayor, Candace Solesbee)

       (b)  Community Sharing Request for Approval to Construct Emergency Shelter (Community Sharing Executive Director, Mike Fleck)

       (c)  Franchise Basics (City Attorney Carrie Connelly)

(4)  ITEMS TO BE ADDED TO THE AGENDA
            

Appearance of Interested Citizens

This is a time for citizen comment.  The Council will first take comments addressing items not listed on the agenda, for a maximum of 30 minutes. The Council will then take comments addressing action items on the agenda, for a maximum of 30 minutes.

Individual speakers must be recognized by the presiding officer, provide their name, identify whether they are a City resident, and if so, their ward.  Please limit comments to three (3) minutes (or less, with Council approval.)  Comments regarding any matter scheduled for a public hearing may be provided only during that hearing.  The Council will not make any decisions based on public comment; however, Staff and Council may choose to ask questions or comment following the conclusion of citizen comments.

      

(5)  APPEARANCE OF INTERESTED CITIZENS

       (a)  Items not on the Agenda

       (b)  Action Items on the Agenda

(6)   PUBLIC HEARINGS

       (a)  Public Hearing Regarding Sale of Surplus Real Property Parcel No. 2 of Land Partition 2024-P3226 (Public Works Director Faye Stewart)

       (b)  Public Hearing Regarding Sale of Surplus Real Property Parcel No. 3 of Land Partition 2024-P3226 (Public Works Director Faye Stewart)

(7)    CONSENT AGENDA

       (a)  Approval of January 24, 2025 Agenda Session Minutes 

       (b)  Red Cross Month Proclamation    
                                
(8)    RESOLUTIONS AND ORDINANCES

       None

(9)  BUSINESS FROM THE CITY COUNCIL 

        (a)  Cottage Grove Garbage Service Rate Increase Request (City Manager, Mike Sauerwein)

        (b)  Approval of Purchase and Sale Agreement with Hemlock Springs, LLC for Surplus Real Property Paracel No. 2 of Land Partition 2024-P3226 (Public Works Director Faye Stewart)

       (c)  Approval of Purchase and Sale Agreement with Hayden Homes LLC for Surplus Real Property Parcel No. 3 of Land Partition 2024-P3226 (Public Works Director Faye Stewart)

        (d)  Concerns from Council

(10)  BUSINESS FROM THE CITY MANAGER

         (a)  Annual Police Report (Chief of Police, Cory Chase)

         (b)  Report from the City Manager - 5 Minutes

           
(11)  BUSINESS FROM THE CITY ATTORNEY

         (a)  Report from City Attorney - 5 Minutes
 

(12)  ITEMS REMOVED FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA

 

(13)  ADJOURNMENT
 

THE NEXT REGULAR CITY COUNCIL MEETING IS SCHEDULED FOR: Monday, March 10, 2025  at 7:00 pm in the Council Chambers at City Hall.

City Council meetings are live streamed on YouTube Live and available the day following the meeting at https://www.youtube.com/user/citymanagerCG

 

 

Hearing T Loop is intalled in City Council Chambers

Cottage Grove complies with state and federal laws and regulations relating to discrimination, including the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (ADA). Individuals with disabilities requiring accommodations should contact Mindy Roberts at (541)942-5501 at least 48 hours prior to any meeting of the City Council.

Cottage Grove City Council Chambers is equipped with an induction hearing loop - hearing aids can be set to T-coil setting to hear the Council meeting.