City Snapshot
City Snapshot – July 2022
City Council 6/7/22—During Public Comment, accessibility advocate, Kim Evans voiced her opinion that the city did not seem motivated to make changes to its current policy regarding access to buildings for the disabled and that […]
City Snapshot – June 2022
City Council Meeting, May 3, 2022—During public comment, Stacey Powers read a statement wherein she suggested that the civil rights of the disabled are being violated by the city and by business owners who ignore […]
City Snapshot – May 2022
City Council April 5, 2022—City Administrator Jeff Alvis reported that a Memorandum of Understanding between the Jacksonville Woodlands Association and the Forest Park Volunteers to link the groups is moving forward…see article by Parks Committee […]
City Snapshot – April 2022
The focus of the March 15 City Council Study Session was revisiting a possible expansion of Jacksonville’s Urban Growth Boundary. After several years of no discussion, the UGB is back on the council’s radar due […]
City Snapshot – July 2021
At the June 1 City Council meeting, the 2021-2022 fiscal year city budget was adopted. The following summation was excerpted from the Budget Message provided by staff to council prior to budget deliberations.
We have had […]
Go Bags – by Councilor Mike McClain
Wildfire Preparedness Update – July 2021
The Jacksonville City Council has identified emergency preparedness for wildfire as a key focus this year. The Council is working on several steps including revision of the Emergency Operations Plan, […]
Fireworks BANNED in Jacksonville
Due to extreme wildfire risks, fireworks are now banned on private and public property in Jacksonville.
Please see the below resolution passed on 6/29 by the City Council.
RESOLUTION NO. 2021-007
A RESOLUTION DECLARING CRITICAL FIRE DANGER […]
City Snapshot – April 2021
City Council Meeting, March 2—Michael Cavallaro, the Executive Director of the Rogue Valley Council of Governments, presented his annual year-end review, a copy of which may be found on the city website.
Jacksonville Presbyterian Church submitted […]
City Snapshot – February 2021
Before the official start of the first meeting of the new year, Mayor Donna Bowen, Councilor Steve Casaleggio, Councilor Mike McClain and Councilor Andrea Thompson were sworn into office by City Recorder Angela Watson.
After taking […]
City Snapshot – November 2020
City Council, October 6—Council held a public hearing on an Approval of the Findings of Fact and the Exemption to Competitive Bidding Process for the seismic upgrade and updating of the fire house. The positive […]