Sherwood City Council Recap | Sept. 15, 2026
Sherwood City Council delays commercial public safety fee again
SHERWOOD, Ore. — The Sherwood City Council met Tuesday, September 15 for its regularly scheduled meeting following a work session.
Council President Kim Young and Councilors Renee Brouse, Taylor Giles, and Dan Standke were present. Mayor Tim Rosener and Councilors Keith Mays and Doug Scott were absent.
In the work session, council held a roundtable discussion with the Sherwood Senior Advisory Board, heard an update from Washington County Commissioner Jason Snider, and discussed the city manager’s performance process.
The commercial public safety fee proposal is still on hold after a first reading on August 4.
Jules Rogers
“We all know and agree that we need some sort of funding to get the police … that we need,” Young said. “We’ve had a couple of work sessions, but have we done enough to reach out to the people who this is going to affect? And what’s the best mechanism to get us the revenue that we need to cover that?”
The council expects to continue having future conversations on the topic, and doing more community outreach to gather stakeholder opinions, such as at Sherwood Area Chamber of Commerce meetings.
There was no public comment. The next council session is scheduled for Tuesday, October 6, following a work session where council is slated to talk more about the commercial public safety fee.
Consent Agenda
Council voted unanimously to approve the September 1 city council meeting minutes, authorized the city manager to apply for a Business Oregon regional infrastructure grant for Phase II of the Columbia Street Extension Study, and appointed Ty Bailey to the Sherwood Planning Commission.
City announcements
City Manager Craig Sheldon said International Walk to School Day is scheduled for Wednesday, October 7, at Middleton Elementary.
“This is part of our safe route to school grant that we’ll be applying for,” Sheldon said. “It encourages students and families to walk, bike, and use active transportation.”
Councilor Brousse said the Chamber of Commerce has a few ribbon-cutting ceremonies coming up. These will be for the Huntington Learning Center on September 25, and Theatre Stories on October 2.
Jules Rogers
Other board recaps
Councilor Giles said the Planning Commission may be looking at tree codes in future meetings.
Councilor Standke recapped the School Board meeting, mentioning that Sherwood High School history teacher Aurora Richardson was awarded the Oregon History Teacher of the Year award from the Oregon Department of Education and the Bowmen House project is underway with a two-year timeline.
“As the kids start working, you’ll see a house soon,” Standke said.
Jules Rogers
“The other bigger discussion out of that meeting was during the talk about digital instructional values,” Standke said.
Middle and high school students are loaned Chromebooks to take home, which the district places filters on.
“The parents or caretakers have access to an app securely that provides additional filters or even be able to turn off the Chromebooks at home. It turns out many parents don’t know about this,” Standke said. “We’re trying to get the word out in any way so that parents who are struggling with their kids using their Chromebooks at home have options and know what to do with this.”
