By LYNDON ZAITZ Of the Keizertimes Angelica Sarmiento Avendano wants to help her community and is serving as the youth councilor for the city of Keizer. The McNary High School junior joins the city councilors twice a month as it meets to make policy in all areas of Keizer. Avendano[Read More…]
CITY COUNCIL
City Council Meeting Agenda
Keizer City Council meets on Monday, Nov. 21st at 7 p.m. in regular session.
City Council Meeting Agenda
AGENDA
KEIZER CITY COUNCIL
REGULAR SESSION
Monday, November 7, 2022
7:00 p.m.
City Council is next step for Soraida Cross
Soraida Cross now has the time to do what she loves: serve her community and others.
The northwest Keizer resident is running for Keizer City Council, Position 4 in the November general election. Though she is unopposed in her campaign, she said she is running as if she had opposition.
Husseman wants to join council
Husseman says he is running because he wants to serve his community.
“I don’t want to sit on the sidelines in an observational role,” said Husseman. “I’ve speculated what kind of positive changes can made in the world. This is a test for me. I can serve with people I grew up with.”
City Council Meeting Agenda
Keizer City Council Regular Session.
Public hearing on city expenditures set for Oct. 3
A public hearing on a proposed supplemental budget for the City of Keizer will be held on Monday, Oct. 3, at 7 p.m. in the council chambers. Supplemental budget items under discussion forappropriation include: Sewer Fund – $150,000 of additional revenue to account for the sewer rate increase effective Jan.[Read More…]
Committee vacancies filled
The Volunteer Coordinating Committee met on Sept. 8 to nominate several individuals to fill upcoming vacancies on the Budget Committee and the Planning Commission, all of whom City Council approved unanimously during theSept. 19 session. Position 1 on the Budget Committee will be filled by Marlene Parsons. This position was[Read More…]
Keizer joins lawsuit against state agency
Keizer will be joining a lawsuit that includes eight other Oregon cities in response to a set of pollution reduction rules issued by a state agency earlier this year. In a move that angered many local government leaders in July, Gov. Kate Brown authorized the state’s Department of Land Conservation[Read More…]
Land conservation committee delivers 400-page set of rules to Keizer for climate reduction, equity
Oregon’s Land Conservation Development Commission (LCDC) recently completed a rule-making plan for the Salem-Keizer metro area designed to meet the state’s climate pollution reduction and land ownership equity goals. Two members of the commission presented their plan to the city’s Planning Commission during an Aug. 10 meeting at City Hall.[Read More…]