Nearly every Cottage Grove city council seat will be on the ballot in November

This November, Cottage Grove will remake its city government. Thanks to a recent recall effort, six out of seven city council seats will be on the ballot.

That recall removed Alex Dreher, Chalice Savage and Mike Fleck from office. Critics argued they should have done more to prevent sanitation issues, drug use and other problems occurring in two unmanaged homeless camps. Those council members said they were following Oregon law and were doing their best to address symptoms of a nationwide crisis.

Jim Settelmeyer is a retired teacher who’s running for one of the open council seats. He said the last six months have been difficult for Cottage Grove residents.

"There seems to be a lot of people being suspicious of each other, without even knowing each other,” he said. “It just isn’t the feel that I believe anybody that lives here in this town wants.”



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