
Keizer land process moves forward for new oil change, car wash
The city will soon hold a public hearing on changing land use rules to allow the businesses next to the Keizer Transit Center.

The city will soon hold a public hearing on changing land use rules to allow the businesses next to the Keizer Transit Center.

Some councilors have discussed taking city fee increases to a vote, but that idea ran into a legal roadblock. City Attorney Joe Lindsey mapped out the issues at a council session Monday, June 1.

Three Keizer City Council seats and the mayor's post will be on the November election ballots.

The higher fees to support police and pay for other services begin to go into effect in July, but the council is still mulling whether to seek an advisory vote on the matter – and what it would mean. "If they opposed the fee, we would have some tough decisions,” said Councilor Dan Kohler.

Sponsors can claim the naming of the entire sports complex, fields and the concession stand at the turf complex in Keizer Rapids Park.

POLICE SCANNER: Information is provided by the Keizer Police Department. The agency has removed specific addresses to protect privacy.

Police say at least 39 shots were fired in the Feb. 9 incident, hitting a Salem father driving his family home after stopping at a Keizer Station eatery.

POLICE SCANNER: Information is provided by the Keizer Police Department. The agency has removed specific addresses to protect privacy.

The city budget plan proposed by City Manager Adam Brown calls for increasing fees for police and other services – something he said was inevitable.