Chapter 2.25
URBAN RENEWAL AGENCY
Sections:
2.25.010 Creation of urban renewal agency.
2.25.020 Membership of agency.
2.25.040 Election of officers.
2.25.050 Financial interests and participation limitations.
2.25.060 Schedule of meetings and quorum.
2.25.080 Recommendations to city council.
2.25.010 Creation of urban renewal agency.
Pursuant to ORS 457.035, the Myrtle Creek city council hereby finds and declares that blighted areas, as defined in ORS 457.010, exist within the city. Given the blighted conditions, the city council declares and recognizes that there is a need for an urban renewal agency to function within the city of Myrtle Creek and hereby creates an urban renewal agency. The corporate name of the agency created by this chapter shall be, and said agency shall be known as, the Myrtle Creek urban renewal agency. [Ord. 818 § 4, 2018].
2.25.020 Membership of agency.
The city council declares the agency membership shall be the same as that of the city council. Agency members shall receive no compensation, but shall be reimbursed for duly authorized expenses. [Ord. 818 § 4, 2018].
2.25.030 Term of office.
The term of office shall be the same as that of the city council. Appointments to fill vacancies shall be for the remainder of the unexpired term. [Ord. 818 § 4, 2018].
2.25.040 Election of officers.
At its first meeting of each calendar year, the agency shall elect a chairperson and vice chairperson to serve one-year terms. The city administrator or other staff member designated by the city administrator shall keep accurate records of all agency proceedings. [Ord. 818 § 4, 2018].
2.25.050 Financial interests and participation limitations.
A member of the agency shall not participate in any agency proceedings or action in which any of the following has a direct or substantial financial interest:
The member or the spouse, brother, sister, child, parent, father-in-law, mother-in-law of the member, any business in which the member is then serving or has served within the previous two years, or any business with which the member is negotiating for or has an arrangement or understanding concerning prospective partnership or employment.
Any actual or potential interest shall be disclosed at the meeting of the agency where the action is being taken. [Ord. 818 § 4, 2018].
2.25.060 Schedule of meetings and quorum.
Meetings shall occur on the regularly scheduled city council meeting dates unless a special meeting is required. All meetings of the agency shall be public and shall be scheduled and conducted in accordance with state statutes relating to public meetings. A majority of the members of the agency shall constitute a quorum. The agency shall meet at least once a month unless the chairperson and city administrator jointly agree that there is no business to be conducted. Special meetings will be duly noticed as required state statutes relating to public meetings. [Ord. 818 § 4, 2018].
2.25.070 Powers and duties.
The city council further declares, pursuant to ORS 457.045(3), that all of the rights, powers, duties, privileges, and immunities granted to and vested in an urban renewal agency by the laws of the state of Oregon shall be exercised by and vested in the agency of the city of Myrtle Creek; provided, however, that any act of the governing body acting as the urban renewal agency shall be and shall be considered the act of the agency only and not of the city council. [Ord. 818 § 4, 2018].
2.25.080 Recommendations to city council.
All recommendations and suggestions made to the city council by the agency shall be in writing. [Ord. 818 § 4, 2018].
2.25.090 Expenditures.
The agency shall have no authority to make expenditures on behalf of the city, or to obligate the city for the payment of any sums of money, except as the same may be authorized by the city council or pursuant to budget appropriations and pursuant to administrative methods by which said funds shall be drawn and expended. [Ord. 818 § 4, 2018].