City Snapshot

Jacksonville Review – March 2025 Issue

City Council Meeting and Study Session 2/18/25

Library Update—Library Director Kari May and Board Member Marta Tarantsey presented a brief overview of the Jacksonville County Library system, including its goals for […]

CITY SNAPSHOT: OFFICER JOHNSON AWARDED FOR LIFESAVING EFFORT

Jacksonville Review – February 2025

City Council Meeting, January 7, 2025

Public Comment—Sue Miler requested that the council reconsider plans to halve the number of pickleball courts at Pheasant Meadows Park from 4 to 2. She based […]

Police Now Fully Staffed—Chief Dave Towe reported that his department is now fully staffed and that the contract for night patrols with the Jackson County Sheriff’s Department was no longer in […]

CITY SNAPSHOT

Jacksonville Review – October 2024

ON SEPTEMBER 3, 2024, the City Council held a public hearing regarding a land partition application for the Touvelle House that would create two building lots at the lower SE section […]

CITY SNAPSHOT: WELCOME NEW FIREFIGHTER, KELLEN KERRIGAN

Jacksonville Review – April 2024 – Compiled by Whitman Parker

City Council, March 5—City Recorder Angela Watson opened the meeting by swearing in our newest Firefighter, Kellen Kerrigan. Kellen, 21, is a Rogue Valley native, who […]

FEBRUARY CITY COUNCIL SESSIONS – compiled by Whitman Parker

City Snapshot – March 2024

DURING PUBLIC COMMENT at the February 6 City Council meeting, Belita Palu-ay announced that she had been appointed as the Executive Director of the Chamber of Commerce and will be working […]

JANUARY CITY COUNCIL SESSIONS – compiled by Whitman Parker

City Snapshot – February 2024

THE RESULTS OF THE CITY’S annual budget audit were presented, (see city website jacksonvilleor.us for a full-length copy) revealing a healthy financial status. As summed up at the […]

City Snapshot: City Council Meeting 11/7/23

Jacksonville Review – Dec 2023/Jan 2024

Police Contract Halted—Staff reported that the hoped-for contract with the Jackson County Sheriff’s Department to provide deputy coverage for nights/weekends, has been “halted.” Sighting unforeseen financial implications due to JCSO’s […]

City Council Update

Tree Code Updated—The monthly City Council work session on 10/17/23 dealt with changes in the code for the removal of trees in the city. After code changes suggested by a Citizens Advisory Committee and refining […]

City Snapshot – September 2023

City Council, August 1, 2023—Tony Hess Awarded—Mayor Bowen presented Tony Hess with the 2022 Doug Newman Memorial Award on behalf of the Oregon Recreation Trails Advisory Council and Oregon Parks and Recreation Department. The award […]