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Legislative Priority Voting Ends Friday
The LOC’s Legislative Priorities Ballot went live on June 21, and to date we have received responses from nearly 120 cities, so we are closing in on matching the 140 cities that submitted ballots in 2022.
How to Vote – Read Carefully
By filling out an online ballot, each city will have a voice in shaping the LOC’s legislative agenda for the next two years (2025-2026). Each city will have five votes, ranking their top five legislative priorities.
Across the state, each city manager or top city administrator has received a separate email with access to the online ballot, which cities will use to rank their top five priorities. To assist cities with the voting process, the LOC has created a Voter’s Guide providing details on the 23 legislative recommendations. The LOC does advise that each city’s process include dialogue with city councilors and mayors. If you missed the email, please contact Meghyn Fahndrich at mfahndrich@orcities.org for the link.
Once the votes are tallied, the LOC Board of Directors will review the results and approve a final set of legislative priorities at its October meeting in Bend. More background on the LOC’s legislative advocacy is available here.
If you have any questions about the recommendations, please contact the lobbyist for the appropriate policy committee as indicated in the Voter's Guide.
Once priorities are finalized, they become the LOC’s legislative focus, along with the LOC’s Organizational Priorities and the Oregon Municipal Policy. Issues not receiving sufficient votes to make the final legislative priority list will not be dropped from our lobbying advocacy. Instead, they become part of the overall legislative advocacy for each lobbyist working on behalf of the LOC.
Voting Deadline
Cities – your ballots are due to the LOC by 5 p.m. on September 27. Don’t delay your local process and set a date to select your city’s top five priorities!
Thank you to the 115 cities that have returned the ballot:
- Albany
- Amity
- Ashland
- Aurora
- Baker City
- Bandon
- Banks
- Bay City
- Beaverton
- Boardman
- Bonanza
- Canby
- Canyonville
- Carlton
- Cascade Locks
- Central Point
- Clatskanie
- Coburg
- Coos Bay
- Coquille
- Corvallis
- Cottage Grove
- Cove
- Creswell
- Dallas
- Depoe Bay
- Donald
- Dune City
- Elgin
- Estacada
- Eugene
- Florence
- Forest Grove
- Garibaldi
- Gearhart
- Gladstone
- Gold Beach
- Gresham
- Halfway
- Happy Valley
- Harrisburg
- Heppner
- Hermiston
- Hood River
- Independence
- Irrigon
- Jefferson
- John Day
- Keizer
- King City
- Klamath Falls
- La Grande
- Lafayette
- Lake Oswego
- Lebanon
- Long Creek
- Lowell
- Lyons
- Manzanita
- Maywood Park
- McMinnville
- Medford
- Mill City
- Monmouth
- Monroe
- Monument
- Mosier
- Newport
- North Bend
- North Plains
- Oakland
- Oregon City
- Pendleton
- Philomath
- Pilot Rock
- Port Orford
- Portland
- Powers
- Rainier
- Redmond
- Reedsport
- Rockaway Beach
- Rogue River
- Roseburg
- Rufus
- Sandy
- Scappoose
- Scotts Mills
- Seaside
- Shaniko
- Sherwood
- Siletz
- Sisters
- Sodaville
- St. Helens
- Stanfield
- Stayton
- Sumpter
- Sutherlin
- Sweet Home
- Tangent
- The Dalles
- Tigard
- Toledo
- Tualatin
- Turner
- Umatilla
- Veneta
- Waldport
- Warrenton
- Wasco
- West Linn
- Westfir
- Wood Village
- Yoncalla
Contact: Jim McCauley, Legislative Director - jmccauley@orcities.org
Last Updated 9/20/24