Sherwood City Council Recap | June 2, 2026

SHERWOOD, Ore. — The Sherwood City Council met Tuesday, June 2 for its regularly scheduled meeting following a work session.

Mayor Tim Rosener, Council President Kim Young, and Councilors Keith Mays, Dan Standke, Doug Scott, and Renee Brouse were all present. Councilor Taylor Giles was absent.

In its work session, the council held a roundtable discussion with the Sherwood Police Advisory board and Police Chief Ty Hanlon, and also discussed housing in Sherwood with Eric Rutledge, City of Sherwood’s community development director.

Coming up, council mentioned the Sherwood Pride Festival led by community youth is slated for June 13; the Art Walk is June 9; and Little Wishes children' s boutique is hosting a maker’s market on June 13 to buy, sell, and trade handmade creations.

The next council meeting is scheduled for June 16.

Maid Marian Court

Jessica Mulkey, assistant chaperone for the 2026 Robin Hood Festival’s Maid Marian Court, presented the court members to city council.

“The fine young women of this court are very proud to have become this year's ambassadors at the city of the city of Sherwood and of our community's festival,” Mulkey said.

Consent agenda

The council approved a resolution certifying the provision of some municipal services in order to qualify the city to receive state revenue from taxes on cigarette, liquor, and highway apportionment fees. To qualify, a city must provide four or more municipal services such as police protection, fire protection, sanitary sewers, storm sewers, at least one utility service, street construction and maintenance and lighting, and planning and zoning and subdivision control. Sherwood provides everything except fire protection, which is covered by Tualatin Valley Fire & Rescue.

A portion of the allocation of revenue is based on population, and would amount to $336,676 to the general fund and $1.7 million to the street fund in fiscal year 2026-27.

Another resolution revised the city’s financial policies. This comes after the city transitioned to a biennial budget in fiscal year 2025-26, and changes the capital improvement plan to be prepared and submitted on a biennial basis to better align with this transition.

Council approved a resolution allowing the city manager to execute a contract for the 2025-27 Slurry Seal Program. The city received three bids for the protective pavement treatment, and the lowest bidder was VSS International, Inc. for $294,325. Work is slated to begin on June 17 and be completed before August 28. Funding for the project is included in the city’s fiscal year 2025-27 adopted budget. Stretches of about 28 different city roads are included in the summer project.

Another resolution authorizes the city manager to apply for a local government grant program through the Oregon Park and Recreation Department. This $1 million grant could help the city pay for the Murdock Park improvement plan, expected to cost $3 million. If the city is awarded the grant, city staff plan to take supplemental budget requests to the council, since the current 2025-27 budget does not include the park improvements.

Also, council approved a resolution authorizing the city manager to sign two intergovernmental agreements (IGA) with Hillsboro for interconnection and the acquisition of fiber optic capacity. This comes after Sherwood completed construction of its fiber infrastructure extending to Scholls Ferry Road, connecting to Hillsboro’s fiber network. Linking the networks gives Sherwood a dedicated fiber path to HIllsboro and to one of Sherwood’s broadband data centers.

The IGAs would authorize interconnection at a Hillsboro vault, and grant access to fiber on Hillsboro’s network. There is no cost associated with these IGAs.

Waste and Recycling Rates

There was a public hearing on adjusting the solid waste and recycling collection rates. 

Pride disposal reported that its reported rate of return for 2025 was 9.01%. If the rate of return is between 9-12%, any changes to the proposed rate will be effective immediately following January 1, 2027.

The city is considering increasing the collection rate by 2.67%, since that was the annual year-over-year percent change.

Public Works Director Rich Sattler said the increase will apply to residential, commercial, and drop-off rates.

There was no public comment. This public hearing is slated to be continued at the next council meeting on June 16.

Public Comment

Sherwood resident Neil Shannon commented on the ongoing construction at the Cedar Creek Gardens subdivision development.

Shannon said the development is impacting the south end of Red Fern Drive, including what he said was an extra 400 square feet of excessive pavement to a trail, creating what he described as an unwanted parking lot.

Mobile Speed Cameras

The police department’s new mobile cameras were deployed on May 25, according to Chief Hanlon, who said they are on a 30-day grace period and violations being sent out now are just warnings, but he was shocked by how many violations have already been counted.

“We’re working through some technical difficulties … and we’ve been out of service on those cameras for almost four days,” Hanlon said. “We’ve already received over 900 violations. It’s going to be really important … to hopefully educate people and they’ll start making adjustments.”

Councilor Mays said he thinks there is a lot of non-local traffic cutting through, and hopes the cameras will reduce that.