City Hall Happenings
Rules for Mushroom Hunters in Historic Cemetery – from City of Jacksonville Cemetery Commission
Over the past couple of years we have noticed a sizeable increase in the number of people walking and driving the grounds of the Jacksonville Cemetery in search of mushrooms. Unfortunately this has lead to […]
Welcome Fire Department Interns – by Wayne Painter, Interim Jacksonville Fire Chief
The New Year is bringing some new faces to the Jacksonville Fire Department. This January marks the start of Jacksonville Fire Department’s student internship program, made possible by a Federal Grant awarded in 2019.
The internship […]
Rob Buerk Named Mayor’s Person of the Year
City Snapshot – February 2020
City Council Meeting, December 3, 2019—Mayor Becker announced his Person of The Year selection for 2019 was Rob Buerk. Noting that Rob’s “Footprint is all over the City,” the mayor listed […]
“A Path Through Time” Update – by Jo Stimson, Jacksonville Boosters
If you happened to be driving north on Fifth Street in Jacksonville in mid-December, you may have seen a lot of activity on the sidewalk in front of Jacksonville’s City Hall. The sidewalk from C […]
Code Revision Update Kickoff Event and Volunteer Opportunity – by Andrea Lerner Thompson, Chair, Committee for Citizen Involvement
The City of Jacksonville is currently recruiting volunteers to serve on a five-member Citizen Advisory Committee (CAC) to review and edit proposed revisions to the Jacksonville Land Development Code with possible amendments to the Comprehensive […]
McClain Named to City Council
The City Council has selected Mike McClain to fill a vacancy on the City Council following the resignation of David Jesser. McClain has been actively involved in Jacksonville civic matters for several years […]
Creating Firewise Neighborhoods
July 2019 – by Gayle Lewis, Jacksonville CERT, Gold Terrace Firewise Board Member
Nobody wants to have a wildfire occur in their town, so several Jacksonville neighborhoods have become certified Firewise […]
Prescribed Burn Public Information Meeting is May 18
The fact that our town is bordered on two sides by forest makes it somewhat vulnerable to wildfire. Much of the forested lands on the south side of town are intermingled with homes. Those homes are […]
City of Jacksonville Town Hall
City of Jacksonville Town Hall is Thursday, November 29, 2018, 4:00-6:00pm at Old City Hall
Community Involvement is an important value for the City of Jacksonville. Recently, the City established a Citizen Advisory Committee (CAC), a […]
November 2018 News From Jacksonville’s Committee for Citizen Involvement (CCI) – by Andrea Thompson, Chair and Tom Pratum, Vice Chair
On May 29, 1973, former Gov. Tom McCall signed into law SB 100. This landmark legislation moved Oregon into the vanguard of growth management efforts and put into motion the creation and adoption of statewide […]