Are you curious how municipal budgeting works? Want to know what your tax dollars are spent on? Now is your chance to learn and ask questions! Please join us Thursday, March 21, 2024, 6:30pm-8:30pm, at Molalla Civic Center, 315 Kennel Avenue. Light refreshments will be served.

Molalla Elementary 5th Graders from Mr. Hewitt's class came to the March 13, 2024, City Council meeting to present their Parks Project. The Parks Project covered a range of topics including, Park Project Standards, Park Designs, and mapping. Several of the children spoke about how important parks are to them and what they learned participating in the project. The children and their parents were invited to attend Parks Community Program Committee (CPC) meetings. If you would like to view the meeting and the children's presentation, please go to https://www.facebook.com/MolallaCityCouncil and view the March 13 meeting. We are proud of these dreamers and future leaders!

Do you know a student with big ideas about Molalla? Encourage them to take part in the "If I Were Mayor..." contest. Winners from the local competition will move on to the state competition, where they could win a prize worth $500!

The 2023-2024 "If I Were Mayor..." Student Contest has kicked off!

Here is how it works...

First, each participating mayor promotes a local contest to select one local winning student in each of the three categories:

• Elementary School (grade 4-5) - Posters Contest (Photo of poster can be PNG, JPEG, or PDF files)
• Middle School (grade 6-8) - Essay Contest (Word, PDF, PowerPoint or online essay format)
• High School (grades 9-12) - Digital Media Presentations (Videos only, MP4 or online video format)

Submit your application to skeyser@cityofmolalla.com. before April 5, 2024

First place statewide winning students in each of the three categories will win $500. These students will receive their prizes at the awards luncheon held during the OMA Summer Conference in Klamath Falls at the Running Y Ranch, July 18-20, 2024. Winners will be contacted in June for travel arrangements. Second and third place winning students win $300 and $100 respectively and will receive their prizes at local city presentations.

For more information about the contest and a list of prior winners go to: https://www.oregonmayors.org/special-programs/page/student-contest

Due to inclement weather City Hall will be closed Tuesday, January 16.

Did You Know...

1. Ant Farm Youth Services, a local non-profit, is currently offering free property assessments by a Certified Wildfire Mitigation Specialist!

1. Ant Farm Youth Services, una organización local sin fines de lucro, ofrece actualmente evaluaciones gratuitas de propiedades realizadas por un especialista certificado en mitigación de incendios forestales!

2. If you qualify, Ant Farm will complete vegetation management on your property for free!

2. Si califica, Ant Farm completará el manejo de la vegetación en su propiedad de forma gratuita!

3. To learn more, check out the flyer on the Did You Know page of the Molalla Current or click on this link: https://current.cityofmolalla.com/14976/widgets/75121/documents/50063

3. Para obtener más información, consulte el folleto en la página ¿Sabía usted que Molalla Current o haga clic en este enlace? https://current.cityofmolalla.com/14976/widgets/75121/documents/50064

Mt. Hood Territory (Clackamas County Tourism) wants to hear about residents' experiences and perceptions of tourism in Clackamas County through their resident tourism sentiment survey. Residents input is an important and valuable tool that will help Clackamas County Tourism and community partners fine-tune work plans, identify issues, adjust priorities, and collaborate on projects with shared benefit potential.

The survey link will be open through Thursday, November 30th.

Please be advised there was a glitch in our billing program which caused errors in Sewer Usage charges for October printed bills. Some customer bills are higher and other customer bills are lower than they should be. The bills shown online in Xpress Bill Pay will be correct and Auto Pay bills will be correct.

If you receive a paper bill and have a question about your charge, please call the Utility Billing Department at 503-829-5600 or email us at utilitybilling@cityofmolalla.com. Or view your correct bill online at https://www.xpressbillpay.com/#/?org=molalla10063.