The City of Keizer has announced it is developing a plan, with the help of the community, to guide the city in serving all Keizer residents over the next five years. Keizer strives to ensure the city is a safe, accessible, and welcoming place for all who live, work, play, and visit the community. The City of Keizer is engaging the community, staff, businesses, and local and regional community-based organizations in this strategic engagement effort to result in a plan that will serve as a five-year roadmap for the city in planning for the future.
Author: Lyndon Zaitz
City Council OKs tribal building plan
The Keizer City Council moved forward with a tribal building plan, recognized students and conducted other council business at Monday’s meeting.
April is National Child Abuse Prevention month
Child abuse remains in the spotlight during the month of April in the region. In 2021 there were more than 10,000 reported victims of child abuse and neglect in Oregon and more than 1,000 in Marion County.
Throughout the month blue ribbons will be tied to a tree at Salem’s Riverfront Park, near the Rotary Pavillion. Each ribbon represents a victim of child abuse.
Rotary’s M*A*S*H*-themed raffle raises more the $45K
The Rotary Club of Keizer held its annual Keizer Rotary Foundation Go for the Gold Raffle on Saturday, April 1, raising more than $45,000.
New police cadets ready to hit the streets
The Keizer Police Department welcomed four new cadets who passed the Cadet Police Academy, hosted by the Marion County Sheriff’s Office with Keizer, in March.
City Council moves forward with turf fields, plus another new sports facility coming to Keizer
On Monday, the City Council voted to apply funds to the turf field project at Keizer Rapids Park, and heard a presentation about the Lava Dome, a new $20M indoor sports complex to be built at the Keizer Little League fields.
How the City of Keizer works
In this special issue the Keizertimes explores where the city’s money comes from and what it pays for. Also, we explain what the city council does and how.
HOW YOUR CITY WORKS: How your streets, traffic lights and sewer systems are managed
The street division of Keizer’s Public Works Department oversees the city streets, lighting, traffic signals, sidewalks and bike paths. Through intergovernmental agreements (IGA), the city contracts striping services with Marion County, while traffic signal system operations are contracted through the city of Salem. Street sweeping is an essential part of[Read More…]
HOW YOUR CITY WORKS: Keizer means volunteerism
Keizer as we know it would not exist without the people who volunteer their time, knowledge and expertise. The motto of the city is Pride, Spirit and Volunteerism. The third word—volunteerism—is seen in every nook and cranny of the Keizer, especially in how the city operates. The mayor and all[Read More…]
State of the City – Growing, strong, creative, resilient
Keizer Mayor Cathy Clark gave her formal State of the City address before a lunch time audience on Tuesday, March 14. She spoke before a crowd of public officials and private sector leaders at the Keizer Civic Center.