$75 per meeting attendance stipend

This issue seems to be a sticking point for many of the people I talk with. To clarify, the list at the end of this entry includes meetings the councilors can be compensated $75 for attending. The list appears in its entirety from Resolution No. 1464, amending compensation for the city council, approved and adopted on December 19, 2007, with Morten, Locke, Barlow and Grant voting aye, and Mayor Randy Peterson voting nay.

Some people are under the mistaken impression that the councilors receive the meeting stipend for city council work sessions and regular meetings, special sessions and executive sessions, and for the city committee and commissions they attend as part of their assigned council duties. This is not true.

[Except in the case of Councilor Keith Locke who is listed on the Tourism Committee's membership list as a member of the committee not as the Councilor assigned to the committee yet is eligible for the meeting stipend these meetings. In the case of other city committees and commissions Councilors are the assigned councilor representative for the group and not eligible for a special meeting stipend. Councilor Locke is eligible for $75 for each monthly meeting of the Tourism Committee as well as for each special meeting they call. There have been at least 10 of these special meetings over the past four months as the committee worked on branding for the county-wide tourism effort, and currently, as they work to build a website.]

"Eligible Meetings
Communication/Newsletter
Media Newspapers/KOHI
Town Hall Meetings
City/County Quarterly Meetings
Economic Development Plan
Strategic Plan
Urban Renewal District
City Waterfront Master Plan
Labor Negotiations
County Commissioners
State Senator
State Representative
Other Cities in the County
CRF&R
SMART
CEPA
Cable TV
ROCN
Parks and Recreation
County Fair Board
St. Helens School Board/Administration
Port of St. Helens
South Columbia County Chamber of Commerce
Community Action Team
Columbia County Mental Health
Women's Resource Center
Amani Center
St. Helens Senior Center
Food Bank
Power Squadron/Yacht Club
Toastmasters/Rotary/Kiwanis/Lions/Elks/Moose
St. Helens Downtown Association
Columbia County Master Gardeners Association
Columbia Foundation
Public Health/Legacy Health Clinic/Sacagawea Health Center
NW Oregon Economic Alliance
Columbia-Pacific Economic Development District
Northwest Oregon Regional Partnership
Northwest Oregon Area Commission on Transportation
Oregon State Marine Board/Scappoose Bay Watershed
Pacific Northwest Waterways Association
Oregon Economic & Community Development Department
Oregon Travel/Oregon Main Street Program
Oregon Department of Environmental Quality
Oregon Department of State Lands
Oregon Downtown Development Association
Mayors/Councilors/Conventions
Training Seminars/Conferences
Sustainable Tourism
Neighborhood Associations
Bicycle Friendly Town Committee
Heritage Committee
Safe Passage Committee

Other Meetings As Assigned By The Council"