Vote No on Measure 10-205

05/05/2023

2022:

Two items embedded in the Roseburg city charter — one involving the residency requirements of the city manager and the other dealing with the removal of a sitting council president

05/05/2023

2021:

Nikki Messenger may not have been the Roseburg City Council’s first choice to take over as city manager when her predecessor retired, but by all accounts, she has won over

05/05/2023

2020:

Ashley Hicks started her tenure on the Roseburg City Council embroiled in controversy. She’s ending it the same way.

05/02/2023

DOUGLAS COUNTY — Douglas County Clerk Daniel Loomis said that as of Monday, 359 ballots have been received for the 2023 Douglas County May Special District Election.

05/01/2023

Tune in this morning when Roseburg City Manager Nikki Messenger goes on News Radio 93-9 FM and 1240 KQEN’s “Morning Conversation” at 8:30 a.m. to talk with News Director Kyle Bailey about proposed amendments to the Roseburg City Charter.

Roseburg voters can decide on the proposed amendments by voting on the City ballot measure in the Tuesday, May 16, Special District Election. Oregon elections are all vote-by-mail.

Listen: kqennewsradio.com/kqen-podcasts

Learn more about the ballot measure in the City Connection e-newsletter story (https://bit.ly/3n42VfO) or on the City’s “Election Information” webpage: https://bit.ly/41yc92X

05/01/2023

City of Roseburg
Measure 10-205
City Charter Amendment Explanatory Statement
If approved, this measure would adopt amendments to the current Charter, which was enacted in 1872 and last revised in 1982 – taking effect in 1983. Charters grant legal authority to cities, specify how ordinances are adopted, list qualifications for officers, and assign duties to city officials.
The Roseburg City Council referred the Charter amendments to the voters upon the recommendation of a City Charter Review Committee.
The amendments are based, in part, on the League of Oregon Cities’ model charter, but keep those provisions that are unique and important to Roseburg. It retains the current form of government with the Mayor and eight Councilors to govern and a City Manager to run administrative affairs. The amendments update the Charter to be more straightforward and modernized to clearly define the legal authority of the City.
The Roseburg City Council formed the Roseburg City Charter Review Committee and requested that the Committee review the current Charter and recommend changes. The Committee recommended the new Charter and the City Council has referred it to the voters. The major changes are:
• Adds language regarding the residency requirement for the City Manager, giving Council discretion to waive the City Manager residency requirement on an individual basis when they deem appropriate.
• Adds language to allow the City Manager to delegate some duties to other staff when appropriate to increase the City Manager’s flexibility and efficiency.
• Adds a section to clarify the current practice that a new Mayor or City Councilor appointed to fill a vacancy would serve the remainder of the term of the person last elected to the seat and then have the opportunity to run for election when the original term expires. Currently, the City Charter states that someone appointed to fill a vacancy has to run in the next earliest election – rather than when the vacated term would normally end.
• Removes sections in the Charter that are not enforceable or legal, or are covered by state statute. The new Charter Revision contains other minor changes as well.
A “Yes” vote adopts the amendments to the current Charter for the City of Roseburg and replaces the current Charter. A “No” vote keeps the current Roseburg City Charter unchanged.
INFORMATION PROVIDED BY THE CITY OF ROSEBURG

05/01/2023

Special Election Tuesday, May 16, 2023

ONLY INSIDE CITY LIMITS RESIDENTS CAN VOTE ON THIS
LOOK FOR YOUR BALLOT IN THE MAIL

05/01/2023

https://www.cityofroseburg.org/storage/app/media/ADM/Elections%20Page/2023%20Primary%20Election%20Pamphlet%20FINAL.pdf

05/01/2023

PLEASE VOTE TO KEEP THE CITY OF ROSEBURG CHARTER “AS IS’’
or we continue paying $165,000.00 a year for a city manager who lives out of the city limits.

April 21, 2023 9:40 a.m.

City of Roseburg residents can learn about candidates running for four local boards and a city ballot measure that will be on the May special district election ballot, in a digital voters’ pamphlet that is now available.

Those running in the special election include candidates for the Roseburg Urban Sanitary District, and the boards of Roseburg Public Schools, Umpqua Community College and the Douglas Education Service District. There is also a proposed measure that would make amendments to the City of Roseburg Charter. Special District Elections are held in May in odd-numbered years.

Those who are not registered to vote must do so before April 25th. That can be done through the Oregon Secretary of State’s website: https://sos.oregon.gov/voting/pages/registration.aspx?lang=en

The digital voters pamphlet is linked: https://www.cityofroseburg.org/storage/app/media/ADM/Elections%20Page/2023%20Primary%20Election%20Pamphlet%20FINAL.pdf

Registered voters can expect to see election ballots appear in their mailboxes about two weeks before the Tuesday, May 16, special election.