Clackamas Review - Budget

Article Title Newspaper Date Page
Kellogg Park closure poses financial problems to City 19 Feb 1953 1
Budget time here again -- meetings set 7 May 1953 1
City budget shows good fund shape 28 May 1953 1
School taxes offset City levy decline 6 Aug 1953 1
Street work to cost City large sum 20 Aug 1953 1
Acts on budget, parking, crosswalks 1 Jul 1954 1
Funds approved by voters in Mon. election 30 Apr 1959 1
Ask County Budget hike of $433,367 27 May 1959 1
Budget gets approval of County men 4 Jun 1959 1
Taxpayers win hearing on alleged violations in City budget 18 August 1960 1
Tax decision postponed to September 6th 1 September 1960 1
Milwaukie city budget retains figure 8 September 1960 1
Budget hearing set at Clackamas 23 March 1961 1
Budget defeated in lopsided vote 1 June 1961 1
New budget cut; City dates vote 8 June 1961 1
Budget vote delayed; 2 bond issues slated 13 July 1961 1
City budget finally passes in light vote 27 July 1961 1
Clackamas School District budget vote scheduled 5 April 1962 19
City budget hits $275,000 2 May 1962 1
Gladstone school budget defeated. 5 others okayed 9 May 1962 1
City budget elections set 20 Jun 1963 1
City budget passes 11 Jul 1963 1
Voters defeat year's budget 1 Jul 1964 1
Milwaukie passes second test 15 Jul 1964 1
Taxes in Milwaukie rocket 19% 23 Sep 1964 1
Milwaukie growth outstrips legal taxing ability 21 Oct 1964 1
Monday vote to decide fate of city services 23 Jun 1965 1
Council slashes city budget, sets election 7 Jul 1965 1
Tight fisted voters nix budget again 21 Jul 1965 1
City Attorney says all bills to go unpaid 28 Jul 1965 1
Budget election Monday 28 Jul 1965 1
Voters tell Milwaukie “No” again 4 Aug 1965 1
Citizen pays Milwaukie employees as Milwaukie without funds 4 Aug 1965 1
Council again slashes budget 11 Aug 1965 1
City cutback seen if budget fails 18 Aug 1965 1
Milwaukie tax levy ranks next to low 29 Dec 1965 1
City to vote on $500,000 tax base 16 Mar 1966 1
Voters nix Milwaukie tax base 25 Mar 1966 1
New tax base to solve city’s financial snarl 11 May 1966 3
Tax proposal heads city vote measure 18 May 1966 1
Budget sails through on first ballot 13 Jul 1966 1
County Dept. Finances reported Good as Fiscal Year reaches Midpoint 20 Dec 1967 14
County Budget Group asks Help with '68-'69 Budget 8 May 1968 4
One of Seven Proposed '68-'69 Budgets Defeated 8 May 1968 1
County Budget Group sets Final Slashes for 68-69 29 May 1968 3
Budget Hearing set by City of Milwaukie 5 June 1968 1
Milwaukie Budget Presented- Individual Taxes may Drop 12 June 1968 1
City's Budget Approved Here 19 June 1968 1
County Budget Vote unneeded but Gripes possible at Hearing 3 July 1968 1
City of Milwaukie sets hearing on $1.7 Million Fiscal Budget 3 July 1968 2
County Budget Appears Headed for Approval 10 July 1968 1
Commisioners Boost Clackamas Budget 17 July 1968 1
Milwaukie Council, School Board set $7.8 million 14 August 1968 1
Budget Errors, Force Cutbacks 18 Feb 1969 1
Cuts in County Budget Due 14 May 1969 1
Milwaukie o.k.’s budget 24 Jun 1970 1
City approves serial levy 28 Apr 1971 1
Council approves 1971-72 budget 14 Jul 1971 1
Councilmen wrestle with tax base approaches 2 Feb 1972 1
City calls $175,000 in excess budget rock bottom proposal 14 Jun 1972 1
City budget cut to 6% level 29 Jun 1972 1
Milwaukie Budget Commission hears spending proposals 24 Jan 1973 1
Excess budget poses difficult decision for voters 6 Jun 1973 1
Milwaukie budget faces final vote 18 Aug 1973 1
Plan for tax base is near final shape 13 Mar 1974 1
Milwaukie faces troubled future without new base 22 May 1974 1
City passes new tax levy 26 Jun 1974 1
Milwaukie faces major cuts in city services if tax base vote fails 30 Oct 1974 1
Tax base is rejected 13 Nov 1974 1
Voters reject all four ballot measures 8 Apr 1975 1
City budget offers more to cost less 11 Jun 1975 1
Light turnout okays budget 25 Jun 1975 1
Milwaukie tax rate may be lowest 5 May 1975 1
Proposed Milwaukie tax goes to Council unchanged 26 May 1976 B3
Milwaukie budget goes to voters 16 Jun 1976 A15
Council slashes city budget 25 May 1977 1
City budget passes 15 Jun 1977 A5
Property tax rates stable 5 Oct 1977 1
What lies ahead for city of Milwaukie? 20 Dec 1977 1
Why are Milwaukie tax rates lower? 28 Dec 1977 1
Milwaukie drafts contract, city pay hike proposed 6 Dec 1978 1
Milwaukie looks at finances 3 Jan 1979 5
Storm drains, parks head city’s want list 2 May 1979 A2
Voters decide levy tomorrow 13 Jun 1979 1
Handful of voters nixes Milwaukie’s city budget 20 Jun 1979 1
Another crunch, city coffers crimped again 15 Aug 1979 1
Milwaukie finance records need boost 26 Mar 1980 2
Milwaukie sets Thursday hearing on $4.5 million spending proposal 11 Jun 1980 1
Milwaukie to ask voters for larger tax base 20 Jul 1980 3
Proposed tax base hike allows few contingencies 13 Aug 1980 3
Austere budgets ready for Council 18 Mar 1981 1
City heads’ salary boost get reduced 30 Apr 1981 5
Voters’ decision could alter Milwaukie’s future 7 May 1981 1
Voters soundly dismiss city’s operating levies 21 May 1981 1
Milwaukie divides levy into three B measures 28 May 1981 1
Ballot includes budget levies 25 Jun 1981 1
Stripped-down budget won’t contain “B” ballot 16 Jul 1981 1
Milwaukie budget cuts to hit all departments 20 Jul 1981 1
Funds in account to pay for shops building 20 Aug 1981 1
New levy awaits Milwaukie voters 10 Sep 1981 1
Milwaukians pass “A” levy 17 Sep 1981 1
Firemen want a pay boost, city selects a salary freeze 21 Jan 1982 1
Milwaukie’s levy seeks to up tax rate 77 cents 13 May 1982 3
Tax levies score victories in second try at polls 1 Jul 1982 1
City’s “united front” helped budget pass 8 Jul 1982 4
Trimmed city budget has higher tax rate 10 Mar 1983 1
Voters thumb noses at levies 19 May 1983 1
Milwaukie’s revised levy passes by hair’s breadth 7 Jul 1983 1
County budget cuts means District Attorney won’t be able to prosecute as many crimes 18 Aug 1983 6
Milwaukie blasts sales tax idea 3 Nov 1983 1
Panel defends city budget 16 Feb 1984 3
City asks $1.5 million to square its budget 23 Feb 1984 1
Brown defends $9.2 million budget 1 Mar 1984 12
Milwaukie budget foes’ flipflops befuddle acting Mayor Kinsella 12 Apr 1984 7
City makes a bid to double tax base 30 Aug 1984 10
Brown vows to get the city’s books in order 28 Feb 1985 1
County’s coffer cup runneth over its brim 16 Jan 1986 1
Milwaukie rights Bookkeeping woes 26 Nov 1986 1
Milwaukie braces for chilling budget cuts 4 Jun 1987 1
Milwaukie eyes $1.1M levy idea 25 Feb 1988 1
City O.K.’s budget, fire pay ruling 16 Feb 1989 3
Milwaukie Budget ‘lean’ 29 Mar 1990 3
Milwaukie Council passes budget 28 Jun 1990 4
O.C. officials wade through the slow budget process 10 Jan 1991 5
Libraries stay open, schools just pass 28 Mar 1991 1
O.C. approves new budget plan 30 May 1991 3
Milwaukie settles on $22 Million 1991-92 budget 27 Jun 1991 4
County approves budget 27 Jun 1991 4
OC URA budget OK’d 27 Jun 1991 4
Oregon City approves $25 million 1991-92 budget 4 Jul 1991 5
County Fair funding questioned 22 Aug 1991 1
Citizens to get voice in fiscal future 15 Sep 1991 1
Hotel/motel tax eyed for change 27 Feb 1992 1
Governor Roberts talks tax in Oregon City 25 Jun 1992 3
Milwaukie adopts budget 25 Jun 1992 4
State budget issues breakfast talk topic 2 Jul 1992 3
Our local politicians reflect on legislative special session 16 Jul 1992 1
OC civic improvement requests approved 22 Oct 1992 3
Clackamas County O&C revenues decline 15 Jul 1993 1
Milwaukie budgets 480K for riverfront property 23 Jun 1994 1
Milwaukie adopts annual budget 22 Jun 1995 A1
County begins budget approval process 19 Apr 1996 A2
Commissioners need budget person 7 Mar 1997 2
Parks and Street maintenance on chopping block 11 Apr 1997 1
Commissioners to hear budget proposal 12 Jun 1997 2
Budget roundup: Cities hold, county suffers 24 May 2001 1
County adopts 2003-04 budget 16 July 2003 1
County floats tight budget for coming year 19 May 2004 5