Bend City Council meeting minutes for October 2017

Here are the meeting minutes for the Bend City Council for the month of October 2017 (first and third Wednesdays of each month are when they meet). Bend City Council meeting minutes, 10-04-17 (MS Word .doc file) Bend City Council meeting minutes, 10-18-17 (MS Word .doc file) Pretty routine items, with some … Continue reading

Bend City Council meeting minutes for August and September 2017

Behind on posting these Bend City Council meeting minutes again, but I’ve got them up and downloadable for August and September now. The Council meets on the first and third Wednesdays of each month and issues minutes accordingly. All of these are in Microsoft Word .doc format: Bend City Council … Continue reading

Bend City Council meeting minutes for June and July 2017

Yes, summer is crazy enough and the next few weeks with the impending eclipse-pocalypse it’s only going to get crazier, hence my behind on blogging these out… but here are the meeting minutes posted for the Bend City Council that I have for June and July. Bend City Council meeting … Continue reading

Bend City Council meeting minutes for May 2017

Here are the minutes from both Bend City Council meetings in May, from the first and third Wednesdays: Bend City Council meeting minutes, May 3, 2017 (MSWord format) Bend City Council meeting minutes, May 17, 2017 (MSWord format) The next Council meeting is tonight!

Bend City Council meeting minutes for April 2017

Here are the minutes from both Bend City Council meetings in April, the first and third Wednesdays: April 5 Bend City Council meeting minutes (MS Word format) April 19 Bend City Council meeting minutes (MS Word format) Late, yes, and tonight (May 17) is the latest City Council meeting. I will get … Continue reading

Bend City Council meeting minutes for Mar. 15, 2017

I’m late posting these minutes from a couple of weeks ago, but here are the March 15 Bend City Council meeting minutes (MS Word format). Highlights: A number of visitor comments this time around were on bikes and active transportation. Not sure if the weather brought it out or…? Councilors … Continue reading

Bend City Council meeting minutes for Mar. 2, 2017

The first Bend City Council meeting of the month was last night (March 1), and the City issued the minutes late last night. As I posted last time, you can download the Microsoft Word document of those minutes here, and here are some highlights: Visitor comments were all over the … Continue reading

Bend City Council meeting minutes for Feb. 15, 2017

The latest Bend City Council meeting took place last night, Wednesday, February 15, and the minutes of the meeting were sent out this morning. You can download those minutes here (MS Word document). Some highlights: A number of residents spoke about trees and the city becoming a “Tree City USA” … Continue reading

Keeping track of Bend City Council meetings

Did you know the Bend City Council meets every first and third Wednesday of the month, and that meetings are open to the public? I’ve never attended a Council meeting but I get a copy of the minutes from each meeting (I’m on the City’s press list), so I thought … Continue reading

Election 2016: Bend City Councilor candidates

This election season there are seven candidates running for seats on the Bend City Council. It’s not always an easy choice on who to support, so I thought it would be interesting to go through the official Voter’s Pamphlet, and for each candidate try to distill down their essential actionable positions as … Continue reading