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Tigard Budget Committee — Summary Minutes
Meeting Date: 05/04/2026
Meeting Time: 6:04 pm—9:25 pm
Meeting Location: Hybrid—City of Tigard—Town Hall— 13125 SW Hall Blvd., Tigard, OR 97223
Purpose of Meeting: Fiscal Year 2026—2027 Budget Discussion
Members Present (14):Aaron McCool, Ethan Postrel, Derek Lawson (virtual), Kelli Pement, William (Bill) Lewis, Yousef
Allouzi, Jeff Darland, Mayor Yi-Kang Hu, Council President Maureen Wolf, Councilor Faraz
Ghoddusi, Councilor Heather Robbins, Councilor Jake Schlack, Councilor Jeanette Shaw,
Councilor Tom Anderson,
Members Absent (1):Youth Councilor Asher Hellhake
Presenters:
Acting City Manager Brian Rager, Finance Director Eric Kang, Budget Manager James Kennedy, Police Chief James
McDonald, Library Director Halsted Bernard, Parks Recreation and Green Infrastructure Manager Rick Gruen
1. Convene City of Tigard Budget Committee & Elect Budget Committee Chair- Eric Kang,
Finance Director and Yi-Kang Hu, Chair
Finance Director Kang thanked Kelli Pement for being the Chair and asked for volunteers or nominations for the role
of chair.Councilor Schlack nominated and motioned to elect Mayor Hu as chair. Councilor Shaw seconded the
motion. Motion was approved unanimously.
Chair Yi-Kang Hu covered housekeeping items and outlined the evening's agenda. The goal of the meeting was to
hear all information on the FY 2026-27 proposed City of Tigard budget. Secretary Aaron McCool conducted
roll call.
2. Budget Committee and Teammate Introductions —Yi-Kang Hu, Chair
Chair Yi-Kang Hu led a round of budget committee introductions.
3.Approve Minutes from May 19, 2025 Meeting —Yi-Kang Hu, Chair
Councilor Schlack motioned to approve the summary minutes from the May 19, 2025 Budget Committee
Meeting. Aaron McCool seconded the motion. Chair Hu conducted a roll call vote. Motion was approved
unanimously.
4. Receive Public Comment —Yi-Kang Hu, Chair
• Budget Manager Kennedy summarized the 37 written public comments that were received before the deadline at
12:00 pm on Thursday April 30, 2026.The majority(31)were related to the Backyard Habitat Program.An additional
4 comments focused on the level of proposed reductions to library services, while 2 comments addressed decreased
funding for community and cultural events.
• For the in-person portion of public comment, 15 people signed up to speak. Due to the number of people who
signed up, the time per speaker and number of speakers was reduced. Of the people that signed up to speak, the
majority(12)were related to the Library, 2 comments focused on the Backyard Habitat Program, and 1 comment
about Park funding.
o Jessica Fredrickson shared that librarians are frequently asked to help find housing, food, shelter, and other
social services, and asked the committee to revisit the budget for the Social Services Coordinator position.
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o Holly Campbell-Polivka shared concerns with the General Fund reductions impacting the Library more than
the Police budget.
o Ryn Starr shared concerns with the elimination of their own position, the Social Services Coordinator
position. In 18 months, they have helped over 1,300 community members and made more than 700 direct
referrals to community organizations for needs like housing, food, healthcare, and public benefits.The social
service needs of our community are increasing, not decreasing, and eliminating the position would not meet
the community's needs.
o Jenny Stoffel shared the unquantifiable value of a library card, for connecting community members to
resources and highlighted the value of the Social Services Coordinator position.
o Piper Rucker shared that there is an increasing number of people who come to the library who are out of
work, scared, and hungry. It would be much harder to help people without the Social Services Coordinator
position.
o Caleb Peterson shared that what we don't talk about enough is what we are doing to prevent people from
falling into houselessness, which is the most significant role that the Social Services Coordinator position
plays.
o Elena Gleason was asked by Chair Hu if they had anything additional to add and they confirmed that they
agree with what has been said about the library and Social Services Coordinator position.
o Micah Meskel shared that the Bird Alliance of Oregon was disappointed that the proposed budget does not
include funding for the Backyard Habitat Program, and asked for partial funding to be considered.
o Dean Moberg spoke on behalf of the Tualatin Soil and Water Conservation District and asked for funding to
be considered for the Backyard Habitat Program.
o Lee shared concerns with the limited time for public comment and with cutting budget items that impact
the more vulnerable and under-resourced people.
o Sarah, Anna, Micha and Harriet were asked by Chair Hu if they disagree with any of the comments made
about the library and they confirmed that they agree with what has been said.
o Ellen Brown expressed concern with park funding and is very proud of the work that goes into Tigard's
parks. They asked the committee to maintain as much funding as possible for the teen library program.
• Chair Hu thanked the commentors and shared that additional comments can be submitted in writing or at future
Budget Committee meetings on May 11th and May 18th
5. City Manager's Budget Message— Brian Rager, Acting City Manager
Acting City Manager Brian Rager thanked everyone for their time and interest in the budget. He shared that there
were tough decisions made while preparing the proposed budget, and the trouble with the General Fund revenue
being outpaced by expenditures.With the funding gap of around $6 million, direction was given to all department
directors to prepare 10%cut packages for their parts of the budget that impact the General Fund. Looking at
community feedback received through the National Community Survey and post-event surveys, the priorities of the
budget were selected: public safety, ensuring our infrastructure is well maintained, and meeting our legal and
contractual obligations.
6. Budget in Brief, Revenue Overview, and Long Term Financial Forecasts- Eric Kang, Finance
Director and James Kennedy, Budget Manager
• High-level overview of the fund types and restrictions, and overall budget. The FY 2027 budget (not including TCDA)
includes $470.52M in total resources representing $218.14M in total appropriations, including $46.46M in the
General Fund. The$258.35M five-year Capital Improvement Plan includes $48.99M for FY 2027.
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• The total appropriations for FY 2027 are about$22M or 9% less than in FY 2026.The biggest decline from the prior
year is primarily due to reductions in capital improvement projects, which is about $11 M, reductions in debt services
for completion of parks bond debt service, and then a $6M reduction in transfers. The reductions in operations is
approximately$3M from the prior year, due to reductions in the General Fund.
• From an operations standpoint, personnel services or people costs represent more than half of our overall cost.
• Overall, 55%of the General Fund is spent on police services and public safety.The other areas for public facing
services are about 17% is for Library, 12%for Community Development, and 4%for Municipal Court.
• The top three revenue sources for the General Fund are property taxes at 49%, franchise fees at 21%, and 20% is
Federal, State and local grants and revenue sharing.
• Proposed position changes between FY 2026 and FY 2027 include reducing city FTE from 364.9 to 353.5, a reduction
of 11.4 FTE.The majority of the positions removed are currently vacant positions.
• An overview was given of the assumptions used for revenue and expenditure forecasting. For the General Fund,
revenues are expected to increase by 0.56% in FY 2027, while expenditures increase by 4%.To fix the near-term
budget gap in the proposed budget, we eliminated several vacant positions across the organization, reduced overall
spending on professional services, materials, and some of our contracts, as well reducing some of the funding for
our programs, partnerships, and community events throughout the city.This includes lowering some service levels in
specific areas with impacts to existing employees.
• Councilor Shaw asked for the average yearly amount spent from the Facility replacement fund,due to the
suggestion to take a one-year break from paying into the Facility ISF (Internal Service Fund). Budget Manager
Kennedy answered that the expense to the departments to pay into this facility fund citywide was about $1.4M, with
$700,000 impact to the General Fund.
• Councilor Schlack asked why we are only considering pausing the Facility ISF and not pausing contributions to the
other two ISFs. Finance Director Kang answered that the other two ISFs have been tighter, therefore it was a policy
recommendation based on fund balance, adequacy, experience, and use of facility replacements.
• Councilor Schlack asked if 25% is the best practice level of reserve for municipal governments. Finance Director
Kang answered that 25% is about average and that GFOA(Government Finance Officers Association) recommends
35%to maintain our AAA bond rating.
7. Police Department Presentation of Budget—Jamey McDonald, Chief of Police
• Chief McDonald presented the Police Department Budget. He highlighted that the Police Department protects and
serves all who live, play, and work in Tigard.The proposed Police operating budget request is $28,592,675 with the
proposal to remove one vacant FTE, streamlining processes, and reductions in travel,training, and office supplies.
• He shared an overview of the Police Department programs.The Response program is immediate action to incidents
and needs, which is 53% of the Police budget. The other programs are Process, Assessment, Inquiry, Enforcement,
Development, Partnerships, and Outreach.
• The department uses trends and metrics to allocate resources and track success. In 2025, we had the highest
dispatch calls for service that we've had in Tigard history. The department is continuing to work on decreasing
response times to emergency calls.
8. Discussion - Police Presentation of Budget - Yi-Kang Hu, Chair
• The Budget Committee members were invited to discuss the Police Department Budget.
• Jeff Darland asked if the Organized Retail Theft(ORT) grant is for a full-time Tigard employee and the duration of
funding. Chief McDonald answered that the current grant runs through August 2027, which has been renewed once
before and might be renewed again.Tigard pays the full-time employee and the District Attorney's office
reimburses us.
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• Chair Hu asked if there is a way to measure the impact of the reduction of one Records Specialist FTE. Chief
McDonald answered that the position is currently vacant and the impact will depend on if we can keep up with the
workload.We want staff to work regular hours, and we will reassess as needed.
• Jeff Darland asked if there are opportunities to coordinate at a larger police organization scale to drive costs. Chief
McDonald answered that we leverage that currently,with cooperative buying agreements citywide.
• Aaron McCool asked what forfeiture expenditures are used for. Chief McDonald answered that these funds have to
be used for one-time police purchases, such as training and equipment, within certain requirements.We cannot use
these funds to supplant funds that are a part of our regular budget. Aaron McCool said that the budget shows in
2024 the total forfeiture expenditures were $175,000, and it's now about $550,000. He asked if that is covered by
what we are bringing in through forfeitures. Chief McDonald said yes and added that we are mindful not to deplete
the fund or keep the funds for too long.We cannot take something that is currently funded by the General Fund
and pay for it with asset forfeiture funds.
• Ethan Postrel asked if more detail could be given on the interdepartmental services and how it was reduced by 27%.
Chief McDonald said that reducing the burden on the General Fund was a combination of multiple things including
moving the detective off the General Fund to be funded by the District Attorney's Office, the officers that are going
to be assigned to transit, and other changes across the city between departments. Finance Director Kang added that
the other significant impact is some of the reductions in the Central Services Fund, with some positions being cut,
which has a trickle down impact to interdepartmental charges. The city also completed an indirect cost allocation
plan study this year.
• Bill Lewis asked what the drivers are for the cost of personnel services increasing by 9%.Chief McDonald answered
that increase includes the TPOA (Tigard Police Officers' Association) contract,which includes their collective
bargaining agreement with contractual salary increases. The sergeants also became represented by the union and
they had some significant changes to their compensation package.
9. Library Department Presentation of Budget- Halsted Bernard, Library Director
• Library Director Halsted Bernard presented the Library Department Budget. She encouraged listeners to watch the
recording of the April 21, 2026 Tigard City Council meeting,when the Library Board presented to council about the
important work happening at the library. She highlighted the library's vision, which is to be a community hub for
knowledge and enrichment where everyone feels welcome. She shared the important work that library employees
put into operating the Express Library during the three-month building closure, while the HVAC was upgraded. The
Express Library offered story times, other programs, reference and readers advisory, circulating materials, access to
Wi-Fi and computers, assistance with library accounts and outreach.
• She shared that Council's goal strategy 1.2 "to support housing in our community while addressing the regional
crisis of homelessness" is met by the work of the library Social Services Coordinator.This includes connecting
community members with resources to address housing instability and coordinating the Basic Needs Bookshelf.
• Changes to countywide WCCLS(Washington County Cooperative Library Services) services include what we're
calling the centralization of collection management or collection development.This means that WCCLS employees
will assume the work of selecting, purchasing, receiving, processing, and cataloging library materials for all member
libraries,which is a massive change from how it is currently done in all member libraries. As part of the path to
centralized collections, we are anticipating layoffs in FY 2028 and managing this transition through attrition, which
will result in lengthier times for patrons to wait for new materials.
• She shared an overview of the proposed reductions, including removing 3.4 FTE, a 29.2% reduction to materials and
services, and reductions in travel and training.This includes not funding one staffed position, the Limited Duration
Social Services Coordinator position.The reduction includes three fewer members of our Person in Charge (PIC)
team,which means there will be a smaller group of people responding to challenging incidents.
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• She highlighted that without volunteers;we would not be able to run the library.Volunteers contributed nearly
6,000 hours of their time in 2025, which is equal to about 2.87 FTE, or a value of$217,600.
• While there is no question that our library serves as a crucial place for information access and enrichment programs,
the library offers critical civic services like voter information, tax help, language conversational groups, technology
access, and so much more. There can be a cost to the increased reliance on our public spaces, burnout and
compassion fatigue are on the rise since 2020, and both are associated with significant health challenges.
10. Discussion - Library Presentation of Budget - Yi-Kang Hu, Chair
• The Budget Committee members were invited to discuss the Library Budget.
• Council President Wolf asked if other cities have a position similar to our Social Services Coordinator. Library
Director Bernard shared that she previously worked with the first social worker hired at the San Fancisco Public
Library and that there are many libraries in this country that have social workers. In WCCLS, we are the only library
with this position.
• Aaron McCool asked for the estimated cost of the filled library FTE that are being removed.
• Councilor Robbins asked what amount WCCLS is giving us and the amount that the levy is covering of the money
that the county is giving us. Library Director Bernard answered that the county funding we receive is 43%of the
library's operating cost and with the 5% increase, that changes to 56%funded by the county. Finance Director Kang
added that the interdepartmental charges are also going down, and that is why there's a bit of a higher inverse flip
from 43%to 56%.
• Councilor Robbins asked how the funding from county general fund and county levy compare to prior years. Library
Director Bernard shared that in the current fiscal year, half of our county funding comes from the levy and half
comes from the county general fund.
• Councilor Robbins expressed concerns with the reduced PIC capacity and asked if there are any grant opportunities
to fund the Social Services Coordinator. Finance Director Kang said that from a timing standpoint, grants tend to
take quite a bit of prospecting and county and state funding is limited.
• Yousef Allouzi asked what the performance measure is for social services referrals. Library Director Bernard shared
that our Social Services Coordinator recorded almost 1,400 interactions, connecting people directly with resources
or other community partners.
• Ethan Postrel asked for a specific recommendation on what could be cut at the library instead of the proposed
reductions.
• Ethan Postrel asked if there is a financial impact based on the changes to the countywide WCCLS services, around
centralization of collection development. Library Director Bernard shared that one of the reasons why the
centralization model went forward is that it was determined as the cost saver for the county. Ethan Postrel asked
how much the county is saving. Library Director Bernard said that the savings come from reducing the number of
personnel through the entire cooperative that are actually doing the work at the different libraries. Finance Director
Kang said that the local cost is around $750,000 to $1,000,000.
• Councilor Schlack asked for a narrative explaining the drivers from FY 2024 to the proposed FY 2027 budget for the
library.
• Jeff Darland asked if the WCCLS changes will result in less books, access to content, and electronic services. Library
Director Bernard shared that we have voiced our concerns about the changes and that the intent is not to decrease
materials overall.Currently, WCCLS pays for Canopy, Libby, OverDrive, and almost all of our electronic resources.
• Ethan Postrel asked what the capacity is to tap more into a volunteer network. Library Director Bernard said that if
we have significant changes to our volunteer force, then we will have changes to our service level.
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11. Parks and Recreation Presentation of Budget- Rick Gruen, Parks, Recreation and Green
Infrastructure Manager
• Parks, Recreation and Green Infrastructure Manager Rick Gruen and Business Manager Joseph Barrett presented the
Parks and Recreation Budget. Highlighted that Tigard's strategic vision is an equitable community that is walkable,
healthy, and accessible for everyone. Our high-quality parks and trails are front and center in helping to activate this
vision.
• We are constantly reinvesting in our park infrastructure and work to build new parks in identified gap areas of the
city. We are currently working on a concept called Resiliency Hub Pilot Project,which would create emergency
response areas in a disaster.The seasonal ranger program has been beneficial to have a presence in parks and
liaison between Parks and Police.
• The recreation events and classes attracted 9,000 attendees last year and $8,050 in scholarships were given to
families and individuals to participate in recreation activities.
• Tigard currently has 608 acres of parks and natural areas that it maintains, and this will grow in the coming years
without full funding to cover the maintenance of these areas. Upcoming parks include roughly 60 acres in River
Terrace 2.0 and 3 acres for the Triangle's Cinema Park.
• There is an urgent need of about $1.1M additional revenue in the parks utility system to maintain the current service
levels. If the additional revenues are not allocated, the city will likely face significant reductions to the following
essential core services: elimination of special events and shelter reservations, reduced park maintenance, elimination
of reactive and periodic maintenance of the trails outside of parks, and a reduction of recreation
programing/activities.
12. Discussion - Parks and Recreation Presentation of Budget - Yi-Kang Hu, Chair
• The Budget Committee members were invited to discuss the Parks and Recreation Budget.
• Council President Wolf asked for a refresher on the General Fund flow, because it seemed stable and then had a dip
and back up, and is a huge concern. Business Manager Barrett said that it has always fluctuated somewhere between
$2.5M to $2.6M, and then facing General Fund issues in FY 2025 and with some fund balance, the decision was
made to lower that contribution to $1 M, and it has now rebounded back up to $2.1 M. Finance Director Kang
clarified that the one time dip in the General Fund contribution was intentional to close a gap, but from a long term
standpoint it caused some difficulties.
• Bill Lewis asked if the PARF (Parks and Recreation Fee) is assessed on a household basis and per unit for landlords.
Business Manager Barrett said that it is a flat monthly fee per household and he would bring back the answer.
• Councilor Robbins asked what the financial impact would be to pause building the two new parks for a year.
Manager Gruen said that we already accounted for the FTE requirement for Steve Street Park and Bagan Park, and
have the capacity. Councilor Robbins asked about the impact of pausing the capital investment of building these
new parks or purchasing a new playground. Business Manager Barrett said that there is a difference between capital
and operational funding. Pausing capital projects could cost more down the road, and would not help us with our
operational deficit. Councilor Robbins asked if we could transfer funds from capital to operations. Business Manager
Barrett shared that our current code does not allow for the parks utility fee to be used that way. Finance Director
Kang confirmed that building new parks does add more strain to operations.
• Councilor Shaw asked why shelter reservations would be eliminated. Manager Gruen shared that community
members pay a fee to reserve shelters and there is an expectation for staff to maintain and make sure community
members clean the shelters properly, to receive their deposit back. Most shelter services are evenings and
weekends, which are covered by seasonal staff.
• Jeff Darland asked how the Shelter Resilience Program ties into disaster preparedness. Manager Gruen said that the
program is going to be brought to a council meeting soon for consideration and more details.
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13. Budget Committee Discussion - Yi-Kang Hu, Chair
• Chair Hu opened discussion with the question:Are the proposed reductions acceptable?If there are any that are
unacceptable,what would you propose as a trade-off? He included a reminder that the budget committee
cannot direct operations; any trade-offs would be moving one bucket of money from the other and the committee
cannot tell departments what to fund.
• Council President Wolf said that the timing of the opportunity to have the one-time funds from the completion of
the parks bond serves as an opportunity to fill a gap for our parks in the short run, while we work on sustainable
revenue. Chair Hu asked if that is possible. Finance Director Kang said that he would bring back more detail for the
Budget Committee to review on this topic. Councilor Schlack agreed with this suggestion. Councilor Robbins asked
if the funds have to go to parks or if the funds can go anywhere. Finance Director Kang answered that there are no
restrictions on those funds. She suggested spreading the funds across parks and library. Councilor Shaw said that
the funds were meant to be repaid at some point and she would like to see that done with library services.Jeff
Darland said it is morally appropriate to put the funds back into parks because it was taxed for parks.
• Aaron McCool said that the library budget reduction is overstepping and he understands that there is a gap that
needs to be addressed. He wants to look more into it and recommended that the funding come from the Police
budget.
• Ethan Postrel said that the library cuts feel disproportionate and expressed interest in looking for ways to add
funding to the library.
• Councilor Schlack asked why the Social Services Coordinator position is a limited duration position, instead of
permanent. Finance Director Kang said that the position was added in FY 2024 as a limited duration position
because there was limited one-time funding available. At the same time, we started the grant agreement with
Washington County to fund a Houselessness Coordinator position that provides citywide services for Tigard,
Sherwood,and Tualatin.
• Bill Lewis asked if every open position was eliminated in the proposed budget. Finance Director Kang said that not
every vacant position has been eliminated because some vacant positions are still intended to be filled based on
business need.
• Yousef Allouzi agreed with Aaron McCool's concerns with removing the Social Services Coordinator position and
would like to take another look at the police budget for reductions.
• Councilor Robbins said that since the Social Services Coordinator position helps take the load from Police on some
lower-level incidents at the library, she suggested using Police funding for this position.
• Councilor Shaw asked if the Houselessness Coordinator position could help and expressed concerns with Social
Services Coordinator position not being a core service of the library. She suggested exploring IGAs
(Intergovernmental Agreements) with organizations to provide these services. She does not see taking dollars from
the Police budget as an option currently.
• Aaron McCool asked how much money would be saved if we pause on building the new parks.
• Aaron McCool asked if there are any open/unfilled positions,that were not eliminated in the Parks or Police budgets
and how much is in the budget for those positions.
• Councilor Ghoddusi asked where the park funding downturn started. He suggested possibly embedding the
Houselessness Coordinator position within the library. He suggested using Police forfeiture funds to help fund the
Library. Finance Director Kang clarified that forfeiture funds cannot supplant budget and cannot take money out of
the budget that we've previously funded to use the forfeiture funds. Councilor Ghoddusi asked how we can plan
forward to use the forfeiture funds.
• Chair Hu asked the question:The proposed strategy for FY 2027 is to spend down on reserves to fund general
fund operations. Does the committee agree with this approach?This will likely mean continue cuts will be
necessary in subsequent years until new revenue source is identified.
• Jeff Darland expressed concern with using fund reserves without an exit strategy.
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• Council President Wolf said that fund reserve management is really important in the short and long run.
• Councilor Ghoddusi said that if the bond measure on the May 2026 ballot passes, that would reduce expenses of
both facility and rental repairs, which should help with our reserves.
• Councilor Schlack said that we have a AAA bond rating, which is really important for making sure that that bond is
as affordable as possible for our community, and he is hesitant about any sudden changes that could impact that
bond rating in the near term. Derek Lawson agreed and said we should consider the rating prior to drawing down
the reserves.
• Chair Hu asked the question:Are there any,are there further trade-off or further reduction that should be
considered?Or have we discovered everything?
• Derek Lawson asked to what extent a Social Services Coordinator position is duplicative when we consider the grant
process that the sub-committee completed, with various organizations who applied and requested funds.
• Chair Hu asked how reducing the 0.2 FTE for the youth library program will impact youth library services, in practice.
• Councilor Schlack asked for a list of IGA revenue sources.
• Councilor Schlack asked for more information on what's going on with health and benefits and personnel services
that are driving costs up.
• Ethan Postrel asked if clarity on timing could be given on public comment.
• Aaron McCool asked if there are any open positions, that were not eliminated in the Police budget and how much is
in the budget for those positions.
14. Recess Budget Committee until Monday, May 11th at 6:00 pm — Chair
Chair Hu thanked everybody for their patience and apologized for the frustration associated with public comment.
He said that next time we will provide much clearer instructions.
The meeting was recessed at 9:25 pm.
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