Budget Choices and Unanswered Questions

An active group of citizens founded the City of Rivergrove in 1971 with the intent of an involved citizenry that would play an important role in decision making.

As our population has grown to about 534 people, city official involvement with the community has become minimalized and decisions are being made without information or support. As a result, citizens don’t know what decisions are being considered by council and input provided is often ignored. 

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Specific issues that we see are:

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• There hasn’t been a Rivergrove Report in over 3 years or any consistent communication to the citizenry except at council meetings.

• When citizens do reach out to the city, questions and concerns often go unanswered.

• The city manager is the only paid position. There have been 4 city managers in the past 3 years and limited issue resolution.

• Council has acted without an organized engagement of the public, contrary to Rivergrove ordinances and state law.