Serve your community on a City commission

ROSEBURG, Ore. – Looking for a new way to serve your community?

Consider serving on a City commission or the Budget Committee in the new year.

The City is taking applications from people interested in filling vacancies on the Roseburg Library Commission, Economic Development Commission or the Budget Committee to serve in an advisory capacity to the City Council. The Economic Development Commission has three vacancies, the Library Commission has one vacancy and the Budget Committee, which meets as needed in the spring to review the City’s proposed annual operating budget, has three vacancies.

Vacancies typically arise at the start of each year as commissioners with expiring terms notify commission chairs about whether they wish to continue serving. Each volunteer position is appointed to serve a three-year term except for one seat on the Economic Development Commission. That vacancy arose when Commissioner Misty Danskey resigned due to a conflicting commitment. The person appointed to fill that seat will serve the remainder of the term until Dec. 31, 2025.

Applicants for the Library Commission must live within Roseburg’s urban growth boundary. Applicants for the Budget Committee must live in city limits. Applicants for all three vacancies on the Economic Development Commission must be Roseburg residents or own property or a business in city limits.

The application deadline for the Budget Committee is 5 p.m. Friday, March 29. There’s no deadline for Economic Development Commission or Library Commission applications, which will be reviewed weekly. The vacancies will remain open until filled.

The Library Commission meets at 4 p.m. on the third Tuesdays of each month. The group considers efficient, effective library operations; develops and recommends long-range plans for library services; reviews current trends, library-related technology, and terms and conditions for contracts and working relationships with private and public agencies; assists with annual reports; and advocates for the library budget, events and programs. Library Commission Chair Andrea Zielinski, who is also a City Councilor, will review applications, contact applicants for possible interviews and recommend a candidate’s appointment to the Mayor and Council.

The Economic Development Commission meets at 3:30 p.m. on the fourth Thursday of January, April, July and October to encourage cooperation between public and private sectors to provide effective community and economic development and tourism promotion programs, and to provide a forum for evaluating and overseeing use of the City’s transient room tax revenues for programs and events to promote local tourism efforts. Community Development Department Director Stuart Cowie and Economic Development Commission Chair Patrice Sipos, who is also a City Councilor, will review applications and possibly contact applicants for interviews. Sipos will recommend a candidate’s appointment to the Mayor and Council.

Online applications and more information about each commission can be found on the City’s “Commissions” webpage. Residents also can get applications emailed to them by requesting one via email at info@cityofroseburg.org. Completed online applications should be emailed to info@cityofroseburg.org.

In addition, residents can pick up applications by visiting the Administration Department at City Hall, 900 SE Douglas Ave., and then mail in applications to that address or drop applications off at the City Hall lobby.

For more information, contact City Administration at info@cityofroseburg.org or 541-492-6866.