Bend City Council meeting notes for January 2019

Here are the Bend City Council meeting notes for the month of January of this new year. It’s been an interesting month for the Council, with the swearing in of Mayor Sally Russell (Bend’s first directly elected mayor in almost a century) as well as two new councilors, and the … Continue reading

Bend City Council meeting notes for December 2018

Let’s kick off the new year by reviewing what the Bend City Council covered at last month’s meetings. Issues on duplex/triplex development, plastic bags, extending downtown parking district areas, septic-to-sewer conversion, Mirror Pond dredging, Crow’s Feet Commons noise, and winding down the year. And more. Bend City Council meeting notes, … Continue reading

Bend City Council meeting notes for November 2018

I was waiting to see if there were any notes for a second Bend City Council meeting this month, but apparently there was none; only the first Wednesday (November 7) saw a meeting. (The other would have been last week, the day before Thanksgiving.) So, here are the notes for … Continue reading

Bend City Council meeting notes for October 2018

Here are the meeting notes from October’s two Bend City Council meetings; the Council did finally censure Nathan Boddie at last week’s meeting, who (had to?) abstained from the voice vote on approval of the motion statement. Which of course was the main thing that happened that night. Bend City … Continue reading

Knowing this year’s ballot measures

Everyone who can vote should have their ballots and the Voter’s Pamphlet by now. If you’ve already voted, no problem, but if you haven’t, and are unsure about the details on each ballot measure, check out Ballotpedia as a starting point. It lists and details each measure, and includes a … Continue reading

Bend City Council meeting notes for September 2018

Here are the meeting notes from the Bend City Council meetings this month; some visitor discussion during the meeting at the first of the month mentioned a possible roundabout on Galveston, but I’m not familiar with whatever those plans might be. Otherwise looks like pretty business-as-usual items for city management. … Continue reading

Bend City Council meeting notes for August 2018

The August meetings for the Bend City Council must have been interesting/awkward with the controversy surrounding councilor Nathan Boddie (he was in fact only at the first meeting, but didn’t speak at all I don’t believe). Here are the notes from those meetings: Bend City Council meeting notes, 08/01/18 (MS Word … Continue reading

Bend City Council meeting notes for July 2018

This month there was only one Bend City Council meeting, because the first Wednesday fell on the Fourth of July. So only one set of meeting notes for that meeting that took place on July 18. And yes, councilor Nathan Boddie was absent. Bend City Council meeting notes, 7/18/18 (MS Word … Continue reading

Bend City Council meeting notes for June 2018

Here are the meeting notes that went out for the Bend City Council for June, for the two meetings that fall on the first and third Wednesdays. Bend City Council meeting notes, 6/6/18 (MS Word doc) Bend City Council meeting notes, 6/20/18 (MS Word doc)

Bend City Council meeting notes for May 2018

Here are the meeting notes that went out for the Bend City Council for the month of May, for the two meetings that fall on the first and third Wednesdays (which repeats every month). Bend City Council meeting notes, 5/2/2018 (MS Word doc) Bend City Council meeting notes, 5/16/2018 (MS Word doc)