City Council Approves Employee Labor Agreements, Reviews Housing Analysis
July 17, 2024 — At the July 15, 2024, meeting of the Wilsonville City Council, the Council adopted the City’s new three-year collective bargaining agreements with the Wilsonville Municipal Employees Association (WilMEA), American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees (AFSCME), Local 7070, and the Service Employees International Union (SEIU).
During Mayor’s Business, Mayor Julie Fitzgerald recommended the appointment of Aaron Harris to a two-year term on the Arts, Culture, and Heritage Commission. The appointment was confirmed by a vote of the City Council.
Council members encouraged residents to seek out accurate, first-hand information about City projects and programs, noting a recent proliferation of commentary on community Facebook groups that contained misleading and/or inaccurate information.
At a work session held prior to the meeting, Planning staff presented a draft Housing Needs and Capacity Analysis (HNCA) to members of the Council and the Planning Commission. Feedback was sought to identify where additional data or analysis may be necessary to inform strategies that will be established to meet the City’s 20-year housing needs, as required by State law. The analysis is the first phase of Housing Our Future, a City project to assess current and future unmet housing needs and develop a Housing Production Strategy (HPS) to address those needs.
The next regular meeting of the City Council takes place on Monday, Aug. 4, at 7 pm; a pre-meeting work session is scheduled at 5 pm.
Community members can watch all City Council meetings on cable (Xfinity Ch. 30, Ziply Ch. 32) or on the City’s YouTube channel: ci.wilsonville.or.us/WilsonvilleTV.
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