Chapter 2.32
SUTHERLIN URBAN RENEWAL AGENCY
Sections:
2.32.025 Members, terms of office and vacancies.
2.32.030 Elections of Officers.
2.32.060 Quorum—Rules, regulations and procedures.
2.32.080 Expenditure of funds.
2.32.010 Created.
There is a created public body corporate and politic to be known as the Sutherlin Urban Renewal Agency. Such agency shall have and exercise all powers granted to it under ORS Chapter 457 and related state law.
Pursuant to ORS 457.035, the Sutherlin City Council 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 Sutherlin. The corporate name of the agency created by this chapter shall be known as the Sutherlin Urban Renewal Agency (“Agency”). (Ord. 1075 § 2 (part), 2020: Ord. 759 § 2, 1989: Ord. 757 § 2, 1989)
2.32.020 Governing body.
The city council of the city shall act as the governing body for the Sutherlin urban renewal agency. (Ord. 1075 § 2 (part), 2020: Ord. 759 § 3, 1989: Ord. 757 § 3, 1989)
2.32.025 Members, terms of office and vacancies.*
A. Members. Agency membership shall be the same as that of the city council. The residency requirement for Agency members shall be the same as for the city council.
B. Terms of Office. The term of office of an Agency member shall be the same as that of the city council as identified in the City Charter.
C. Vacancies. All vacancies in the Agency, whether by expiration of term, resignation, removal from office or otherwise, shall be filled by appointment by the city council pursuant to this Code and the provisions for vacancies of the city council as identified in the City Charter. (Ord. 1075 § 2 (part), 2020)
*Editor’s Note: Ord. 1075 adds this section as 2.32.020. It has been editorially renumbered to avoid duplication of numbering.
2.32.030 Elections of Officers.
A. General Officers and Duties. The officers shall be a chairperson and vice chairperson.
1. Chairperson. The Agency shall appoint a chairperson at its first meeting of each odd-numbered year. The chairperson shall preside at all meetings of the Agency. Each chairperson shall hold their position until their successor is appointed.
2. Vice Chairperson. The Agency shall appoint a vice chairperson at its first meeting of each odd-numbered year. The vice chairperson shall preside over meetings in the absence of the chairperson. Each vice chairperson shall hold their position until their successor is appointed. (Ord. 1091, 2023; Ord. 1075 § 2 (part), 2020)
2.32.040 Public Officers.
Members of the Agency shall abide by state and local laws and regulations governing public officers, including but not limited to ORS Chapter 244. (Ord. 1075 § 2 (part), 2020)
2.32.050 Compensation.
Agency members shall receive no compensation. (Ord. 1075 § 2 (part), 2020)
2.32.060 Quorum—Rules, regulations and procedures.
A majority of the Agency constitutes a quorum to conduct Agency business.
As necessary to conduct Agency business, meetings shall occur on the regularly scheduled city council meeting dates unless a special meeting is required. The Agency may make and alter rules and regulations for its government and procedure consistent with the laws of the state of Oregon and with the City Charter and ordinances of the city, including, but not limited to, Chapter 2.05 of this code, and shall meet at least once every other month.
Special meetings may be called at any time by the chair or by three members by written notice served upon each member of the Agency at least 24 hours before the time specified for the proposed meeting. (Ord. 1091, 2023; Ord. 1075 § 2 (part), 2020)
2.32.070 Duties.
Pursuant to ORS 457.045(3), 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; provided, however, that any act of the governing body acting as the urban renewal agency shall be the act of the Agency only and not of the city council. (Ord. 1075 § 2 (part), 2020)
2.32.080 Expenditure of funds.
The Agency shall have no authority to make any expenditure on behalf of the city or to obligate the city for the payment of any sums of money. (Ord. 1075 § 2 (part), 2020)29