Banks City Hall. Photo: Brenda Schaffer The Banks City Council met Tuesday, June 8 for their regular monthly meeting and for a work session. During the meeting, councilors and the mayor discussed and took action on a fairly light number of agenda items, while did adopting the “Fiscal Year 2021-2022[Read More…]
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Banks National Drinking Water Week 2021 coloring contest winners
The city of Banks holds a coloring contest annually to commemorate National Drinking Water Week for youth in Banks, and this year is no different. Here are the winners — and their artwork — of the contest. The artwork was presented during the May 11 Banks city council meeting by[Read More…]
City council talks zoning, forestry, audits and more at April 13 council meeting
Banks City Hall. Photo: Brenda Schaffer At the council work session, where councilors discuss items of import but do not vote or make decisions, councilors discussed an expiring police services levy, an overview of federal stimulus funds from the American Rescue Plan, a discussion centered around finding a new city[Read More…]
City council adopts work plan, extends development moratorium
Banks City Hall. Photo: Brenda Schaffer The Banks city council voted to extend the city’s development moratorium, adopted a work plan for the 2021- 2022 fiscal year, and adopted a number of more routine items at the city council meeting held March 9. The city of Banks development moratorium will[Read More…]
Stephanie Jones wins election for Banks mayor
Stephanie Jones (right) and husband Kelly Jones (left). Photo courtesy Stephanie Jones Stephanie Jones has won the election for Banks mayor. Fending off a campaign from political newcomer Jonathon Boyer, Jones is on track to win the election handily, with Wednesday’s latest results showing her at 67.04% of the vote,[Read More…]
Banks voters support annexation measure in initial vote results
The area that is up for annexation. Photo: city of Banks Voters in the city of Banks are on track to approve a measure to annex just over one acre of new land into city limits. According to early election results, the measure has received 69.1% of the vote, or[Read More…]
Results for city council races arrive with initial vote count
Banks City Hall. Photo: Brenda Schaffer Polls closed at 8 p.m., and moments later, the first wave of numbers were released on the Oregon Secretary of State’s election results website, confirming that the candidates running unopposed for a city council race — Jeff Thompson for CC2, Peter Edison for CC4,[Read More…]
Council awards waterline transmission contract, approves new truck purchase, more at city council meeting
Banks City Hall. Photo: Brenda Schaffer It was a light agenda at the most recent Banks city council meeting held Tuesday, October 13 via the video chat platform Zoom. After an executive session held at 6 p.m., which is not open to the public and the proceedings of which cannot[Read More…]
Jonathon Boyer is running for mayor in local Banks election
Jonathon Boyer, courtesy of Jonathon Boyer In the only city electoral race in Banks with more than one candidate in November, Jonathon Boyer, 38, is running for mayor, with current city councilor Stephanie Jones facing him in the election. Boyer moved to Banks nearly three years ago, and lives in[Read More…]
City Council Position 2 race has one candidate, Jeff Thompson
Jeff Thompson, courtesy Jeff Thompson BANKS – With the filing deadline closed for the local city election in Banks, Jeff Thompson, 41, is running unopposed to replace current position 2 city counselor Michael Nelson. Thompson and his wife and family moved to Banks in 2012, Thompson said during an interview[Read More…]
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