Attendance
- Mayor Bill Rosacker
- Councilor Mike McBride
- Councilor Robyn Wheatley
- Councilor Elise Yarnell Hollamon
- Councilor Peggy Kilburg
- Councilor Jeri Turgesen
Absent
- Councilor Derek Carmen
City Manager’s Report
City Manager Will Worthey presented highlights from February operations. The Newberg Public Library saw a notable spike in new card signups — 249 in February against a monthly average of around 150 — and a restroom remodel is underway. The city’s cozy winter reading program drew more than 1,150 children and 200 teen participants.
On the infrastructure side, Worthey reported that reservoir cleaning and video inspection were completed, a process that happens every three to four years. The concrete crew is working through more than 50 ADA corner improvements in southern districts ahead of the summer grind-and-inlay season, and a roughly 100-yard sidewalk gap on River Street is being filled.
IT updates included a migration from legacy phone systems to WebEx and a move to virtual desktops, which Worthey said could save the city $30,000 to $40,000 annually by scaling license costs to actual usage…