Linn County Sheriff’s Office Sgt. Steve Frambes reported during the Brownsville City Council’s July 22 meeting that they are 15 hours short for June’s work hours due to deputies being busy with multiple “high resource” calls throughout the county that month.
Among incidents deputies responded to in Brownsville were an intentional overdose, two brothers who tried to stab each other, and an intoxicated subject who broke into someone’s trailer and fell asleep in their car.
Last year, the LCSO fulfilled its contractual obligations of 200 hours in June. They issued 33 traffic citations and 51 traffic warnings. In June 2025, they worked 185 hours, and issued one traffic citation and 11 traffic warnings.
In other business:
- City Administrator Scott McDowell gave a presentation about cyber security;
- McDowell reported the city was rated AA- by the S&P, which is “really good;”
- Councilor Mike Winklepleck reported he, Councilor Trapper Solberg and Mayor Adam Craven met with the American Legion to discuss ideas for how to honor veterans for Veterans Day. It was suggested they look into displaying banners of local veterans along city streets.
- The council authorized McDowell and Craven to execute an agreement with a contractor to paint City Hall. McDowell said the city sent out seven or eight RFPs for the project.
- McDowell reported what he heard regarding a recent meeting of the Brownsville Canal Company, that they “are looking at some options regarding the land and how they might deal that land back to the property owners.”