City Council Approves Budget for 2024-25 Fiscal Year
June 4, 2024 — At the June 3, 2024, meeting of the Wilsonville City Council, the Council adopted the City’s budget for the upcoming 2024-25 fiscal year, which begins on July 1.
The all-funds budget of $257.8 million, approved and forwarded for the Council’s consideration by the Budget Committee on May 15, was adopted unanimously by the Council. In conjunction, the Council adopted two resolutions that confirm Wilsonville’s eligibility and election to receive state-shared revenues totaling more than $3.1 million, with $870,000 for the General Fund and about $2.24 million of gas-tax revenues for the Road Operating Fund, which funds future City street maintenance.
The Council also approved a supplemental budget adjustment for the current fiscal year budget to accommodate the delivery of additional capital improvements and road improvement projects.
To fund the annual street maintenance program, the Council authorized a $1.8 million contract with Knife River Corporation Northwest to fund the rehabilitation of worn roadway segments at the following locations this summer:
- On Boberg Rd., from Boeckman Rd. to Barber St.
- At Old Town Center:
- On Boones Ferry Rd., from Wilsonville Rd. to Bailey St.
- On Bailey St., from Boones Ferry Rd. to Wilsonville Subaru
The Council approved South Metro Area Regional Transit’s (SMART) purchase of a battery electric shuttle bus from Northwest Bus Sales, Inc. A federal grant is covering $150,091 of the $359,052 cost, leaving SMART responsible for $208,091.
During Mayor’s Business, the Council approved a new two-year employment agreement, through April 2026, for Wilsonville City Attorney Amanda Guile-Hinman.
Additionally, Mayor Julie Fitzgerald recommended the following appointments to City boards and commissions, which were confirmed by a vote of the City Council:
- Re-appointment of Joan Carlson, Jason Jones and Nadine Elbitar to the Arts, Culture & Heritage Commission for three-year terms through June 30, 2027.
- Appointment of Orel Smith to the Library Board for a four-year term through June 30, 2028.
- Re-appointment of Jennifer Gage to the Tourism Promotion Committee for a three-year term through June 30, 2027.
- Re-appointment of Maripat Hensel to the Wilsonville-Metro Community Enhancement Committee for a three-year term through June 30, 2027.
- Appointment of Scott Siegel to the Wilsonville-Metro Community Enhancement Committee for a three-year term through June 30, 2027.
Mayor Fitzgerald also acknowledged Immigrant Heritage Month, and noted City proclamations in the meeting packet that declare June as Pride Month in Wilsonville and formally acknowlede the City’s Celebration of Juneteenth, which takes at Town Center Park on Wednesday, June 19, at 5 pm.
At the conclusion of the meeting, the City’s Urban Renewal Agency convened and approved a budget for the 2024-25 fiscal year.
The next regular meeting of the City Council takes place on Monday, June 17, at 7 pm; a pre-meeting work session is scheduled at 5 pm.
Community members can watch all City Council meetings on cable (Xfinity Ch. 30, Ziply Ch. 32) or on the City’s YouTube channel: ci.wilsonville.or.us/WilsonvilleTV.
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