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Wilsonville City Council approves new contract with city attorney
Wilsonville City Attorney Amanda Guile-Hinman will continue her role for another two years. The Wilsonville City Council approved a new two-year contract with Guile-Hinman at a meeting on Monday, June 3, which the document shows has been effective since April 30. As part of the at-will employment agreement, Guile-Hinman will receive an annual base compensation of $189,925 in the first year and a 5.5% increase in the second year. Guile-Hinman...
Check out Lake Oswego’s new skate park
The Rassekh Park skate park is complete and will be open to the public later this week. Meanwhile, the city continues to strategize construction of the rest of the park. The city will open the 10,000-square-foot skate park during a celebration event at 4 p.m. Friday, June 14. It will be open from 6 a.m. to 10 p.m. every day thereafter. The skate park includes free skate areas, rails, grind boxes and two interconnected vertical bowls in the center. ...
Wilsonville to hold Juneteenth Celebration
Wilsonville will have its fourth annual Juneteeth Celebration next week. According to the city’s website, the theme this year is “freedom to create & contribute,” and the keynote speaker will be Kimberly Howard Wade, executive director of Caldera Arts. Wade’s organization works to support youth in underserved communities through education and mentorship in the arts and environment.
Vision coming together for Grand Ronde’s tumwata village in Oregon City
Three years after the Confederated Tribes of the Grand Ronde shared their initial vision for the 23-acre property above Willamette Falls that is now called tumwata village, tribal leaders say plans remain on track. “It’s still on target,” Tribal Council Chairwoman Cheryl Kennedy said from the tumwata site in Oregon City in early June. With a goal of restoring tribal and public access to Willamette Falls, a culturally significant spot...
Wilsonville City Council appoints board, commission members
The Wilsonville City Council appointed seven people to positions on various city boards and commissions last week. Two of the appointed people are entering their position for the first time. The appointees were recommended by Mayor Julie Fitzgerald and confirmed by a City Council vote. According to a press release, Orel Smith was appointed to the Library Board for the first time, while Scott Siegel was appointed to the Wilsonville-Metro Community Enhancement committee. Maripat Hensel was re-appointed to the Wilsonville-Metro Community Enhancement Committee. Joan Carlson, Jason Jones and Nadine Elbitar were re-appointed to the Arts, Culture & Heritage Commission, and Jennifer Gage was re-appointed to the Tourism Promotion Committee. All of the appointees have three-year terms except for Smith, who will have a four-year term on the Library Board.
Wilsonville candidates can file to run in the 2024 general election
Wilsonville residents can now join the race for three open seats on City Council. The terms of three council members will end this December, including Mayor Julie Fitzgerald, Council President Kristin Akervall and Councilor Joann Linville. Fitzgerald is ineligible to run for reelection due to term limits. After being pre-authorized by the city recorder’s office, candidates are required to gather at least 20 signatures from registered Wilsonville voters and may...
Lead detected in Wilsonville High School water, district plans retest
This story has been updated from its original version. Following routine testing of all drinking and food preparation water sources at Wilsonville High School, the West Linn-Wilsonville School District informed the community that elevated lead levels were detected in a message posted on ParentSquare Tuesday, June 11. Of the 272 water fixtures in Wilsonville High School, 14 tested above the Oregon Department of Education standard of 15 parts per billion....
Oregon City student earns second place in statewide 'If I Were Mayor...' contest
An Oregon City School District student took second place in a statewide "If I Were Mayor..." contest, according to a press release. In April 2024, the city of Oregon City recognized students at a City Commission meeting for placing in the local Oregon City “If I Were Mayor…” Student Contest. This contest is run at the state level through the Oregon Mayors Association and encourages fourth through 12th grade students to share their creative ideas on what they would do as mayor of their city. ...
Three Businesses Get Oregon CHIPS Act Funding
Governor Tina Kotek announced that Analog Devices, Inc. (ADI), Lam Research, and Siltronic have finalized their Oregon CHIPS Act contracts. The funding, which will begin flowing to the projects this month, supports the expansion and modernization of semiconductor manufacturing and research at these companies. “The Oregon CHIPS Act is key...
'Doing less with less': Salem-Keizer School Board approves tightened budget
The Salem-Keizer School Board has approved a tightened budget for the 2024-25 school year. The board voted Tuesday night to approve Superintendent Andrea Castañeda’s proposed spending plan with no changes. ...
Silver Falls School Board appoints new member to budget committee ahead of first meeting
The Silver Falls School Board appointed a new member to its budget committee Monday evening in advance of the committee's first meeting Wednesday to prepare a significantly reduced 2024-25 budget. The reductions no longer will include consolidation of bus routes or closures of two schools, acting Superintendent Joe Morelock said...
West Linn-Wilsonville School District adopts 2024-25 budget
With graduations in the rearview and the end of school around the corner, the West Linn-Wilsonville School Board passed the annual budget for the 2024-25 school year on Monday, June 10. The total budget amounts to $276,577,298 for next school year; this includes the $10 million in cuts that the district signaled it would have to make in May. The general fund totals $159,040,621, the special revenue fund totals $30,412,795,...
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