Hyper Local News I Springfield, Cottage Grove, Creswell, & Pleasant Hill
Hyper Local News I Springfield, Cottage Grove, Creswell, & Pleasant Hill
SPRINGFIELD – After months of debate, robust public testimony, and difficult conversations, the Springfield City Council approved the city’s 2026-27 budget during a meeting earlier this week in an effort to address the City’s $4.5 million budget shortfall. As part of the budget cuts, the…
COTTAGE GROVE – Cottage Grove residents flooded City Hall on Monday night to show their support for the public library for one of the last times before the city council decides on a final budget for the fiscal year. To balance the city’s 2026-27 budget,…
COTTAGE GROVE – City officials in Cottage Grove invited community members to a town hall meeting last week to discuss options for balancing the budget for the 2026-27 fiscal year. The library is facing a proposed 56% budget cut, and there is a proposal to…
SPRINGFIELD – After six rounds of voting and nearly an hour of deliberating, the Springfield City Council decided to appoint Jill Cuadros as the interim Ward 4 councilor. Mary Bridget Smith, city attorney, facilitated deliberations on the interim position during a council meeting on Monday…
COTTAGE GROVE – Incomplete financial audits and accounting inaccuracies have led the City of Cottage Grove to address budget challenges for the next fiscal year. In January of this year, interim finance director Eric Kytola shared his findings of the City’s budgeting errors with the…
I publicly want to commend and thank the Creswell City Council for unanimously voting to give staff the direction to terminate the Inter-Governmental Agreement, System Benefit Fee, with Lane County. The council was given a lot of information from staff, a Lane County staff member…
CRESWELL – During the first Springfield City Council meeting after winter recess, officials representing Creswell and Lane County asked the council to consider expanding the regional wastewater system to connect to Creswell. Creswell has been under a development moratorium on the west side of Interstate…
SPRINGFIELD – Springfield City Councilor Beth Blackwell on Dec. 31 resigned from the Springfield City Council, stating she was unable to give the role the full attention it deserved. Springfield attorney Mary Bridget Smith initiated the Ward 4 resignation acceptance at the Jan. 5 council…
SPRINGFIELD – Lately, the public comment portion of Springfield City Council meetings has been dominated by folks protesting the implementation and use of Flock police cameras or preserving the Springfield Library budget. The topic shifted at the Dec. 1 meeting, though, as folks from all…