The Lebanon City Council met with a consultant to discuss a potential levy for the municipal jail during a meeting on Wednesday, Feb. 25.
Betsy Schultz, of PNW Strategies, explained there would be three phases.
The first phase would involve gathering information on the data regarding the jail’s history, the city’s budget, and a look at the current bond and potential new levy.
Schultz will then work with a pollster, with a goal to return polling results back to the council by March 29.
She said the pollster hopes to receive at least 315 responses and if the results “look like it’s going to be passing at roughly 50%,” that’s considered a “stamp of approval.” If results are under 45% favorable, it would “require a great deal of effort” to help pass the measure.
If the council decides to move forward with placing the levy on a ballot, Schultz offered a few ideas on how they might conduct town halls or other educational outreaches to help inform the public about the levy.
In other business, the Lebanon Planning Commission approved the following actions following public hearings on Feb. 18:
- The annexation of 2015 Stoltz Hill Road, located at the southeast corner of Airport and Stoltz Hill roads.
- The subdivision of a .34-acre parcel of land at 401 Mary St. into five lots, with townhomes being placed on two of the lots.