City council and planning meetings
Salem City Council and Planning Commission meetings, item by item: what was proposed, what was decided and how members voted. Written from the official agendas, packets and minutes, with links to each.
At a glance
Salem has 1 meeting written up, from October 7, 2026 to October 7, 2026: 1 City Council.
Those meetings recorded 9 counted votes; 0 were not unanimous.
Topics residents raised most often: impact fees (1 meeting), sewer reserves (1 meeting), inland port (1 meeting), and city logo (1 meeting).
City Council minutes, by year →Salem: sewer financing, fiber and developer reimbursements →
October 2026
Wed, Oct 7 · City Council
Salem council raises water and pressurized irrigation impact fees, cuts the storm drain fee 23.84% and commits $750,000 to a Woodland Hills sewer line
At its Oct. 7 meeting the Salem City Council voted 5-0 to enact new impact fees: a drinking water fee of up to $3,331.07, a pressurized irrigation fee of up to $4,788.65 and a storm drain fee of up to $1,485.18, which is 23.84% lower than before. The council also approved a $750,000 sewer line contract for Woodland Hills Drive, a $87,780 paving job at Loafer Soccer Park, master plan updates for storm drain ($66,982.63) and transportation ($20,250), a CivicPlus website, and an amended Moonlight Village development agreement, and tabled a new city logo. In a work session members reviewed a possible Inland Port Authority map. These are the approved minutes.
- Water, pressurized irrigation and storm drain impact fees Approved · 5-0
- Amendment to the Moonlight Village master plan development agreement Approved · 5-0
- Woodland Hills Drive sewer line contract Approved · 5-0
- Storm drain master plan update Approved · 5-0
- Transportation master plan update Approved · 5-0