– Topics –
- City Council
– City Council –
Introductions, Recognitions, Proclamations
No known items upfront.
Public Comment
This is your time to speak to your City Council, Mayor, and City Staff. You have up to 3 minutes to speak.
Consent Agenda
This is a quick action, meant to pass routine procedural items. If any Councilor has a question, issue, or wants to discuss something, they can “pull” the item from the consent agenda.
What’s on the consent agenda?
- Approve the February 18, 2025 Work Session Minutes
- Approve the February 18, 2025 City Council Meeting Minutes
- Approve the February 22, 2025 Work Session Minutes
Mayor and council Reports
State of the City – 2025
Mayor Slack will give his 1st State of the City Address. In the speech, the Mayor will highlight multiple projects across the city that are meant to increase the quality of life for Dallas residents.
City Manager report
Firefighter Medical Physicals
Dallas Fire & EMS employees are currently only given a medical physical when they are hired. April Wallace, Chief of Fire & EMS will present to the council the importance of more routine medical physicals.
What will this cost? For the 34 employees (full & part time) it’s estimated to cost $33,694. Additional costs for suppression volunteers is not know yet. The program will provide medical physicals for all employees over the next 3 years.
What will happen? There is no planned action, as this is information for the council only.
Dallas Area Chamber of Commerce & Visitors Center Annual Report
The City Council will get the annual report from the Dallas Chamber of Commerce and Visitor Center. A representative of the Chamber will present a financial report to the city and explain their work and plans for the future.
Did you know? Through a contract, the city provides staff support and $60,000 each year to the Chamber and Visitor Center.
- What do they do?
- Dallas Chamber of Commerce
- “We are here to make your business be integral to our thriving community.”
- Visitor Center
- “The mission of the Dallas Area Visitors Center is to stimulate the economy, commerce, growth and tourism.”
- Dallas Chamber of Commerce
Where does the money come from? The $60,000 provided to the Dallas Chamber of Commerce and Visitor Center comes from Transient Lodging Tax (think hotels).
Ordinance reading
No. 1904 – Placement of solid waste and recycling receptacles
The Council will have the 2nd reading of an ordinance making changes to the placement of waste and recycling bins in the city code.
What would the change do?
- It would require waste receptacles to be placed on the street level of a right-of-way and within four feet of a curb.
- Where no curbing exists, the receptacles would need to be placed at the edge of the street surface but outside of any vehicle travel lanes.
Staff report, pg. 44 of the council agenda
What will happen? The council can discuss and allow the 2nd reading of the ordinance to pass. They will then vote on adopting the ordinance. If adopted, it becomes effective on April 2, 2025.
– More Information –
Learn more: View the entire council agenda for a lot more information!
Attend the meeting: Come attend the City Council meeting in person on Monday, March 3rd, 2025. City Council starts at 7:00 pm, at the City Hall in downtown Dallas, Oregon. You are free to come and leave whenever during the meeting.
Speak to your city council: Everyone is welcome to speak to your City Council, for 3 minutes towards the beginning of the meeting.
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