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  • Packet GuidesPlain-language, item-by-item guides to city meeting packets, with page numbers and source links.
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  • ALPR Ordinance DashboardFollow the cancelled license plate camera contract, the council vote, and what is still pending.
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  • Track the Record TrailFollow our records requests: replies, fees, denials, and appeals.
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  • Strategic Plan WatchTrack Albany's 2026–2030 goals by owner, deadline, budget, and proof.
  • Vote the Next PriorityTell us which issues we should work on next.
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  • Self-Help Eviction IntakeConfidential intake if you were locked out, shut off, or forced to move.
  • ARP FeedbackSend ideas, bug reports, or suggestions for the site.
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Disclaimer: The Albany Records Project is an independent civic research and journalism organization. We are not a law firm and nothing here is legal advice. Tips are treated as leads to check, not as proof. Before anything is published, we review it for source reliability, litigation holds, redactions, and consent. To report an error or ask for a correction, contact the records desk.

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  • Council Watch — June 25, 2026

    Jun 24, 2026

    6 min read

    8 sources

    Five Records Questions From Albany's June 24 Council Meeting

    A close read of Albany's June 24 council packet and meeting video points to conflicting procurement limits, storefront closure rules, a budget transfer variance, and the ongoing street fee debate.

  • Tax Watch — June 25, 2026

    Jun 4, 2026

    9 min read

    6 sources

Stayed More Than 30 Days? Check Your Lodging Tax Receipt.

Oregon, Albany, and Linn County all draw a line between temporary lodging and longer stays. If you stayed more than 30 consecutive days and kept paying transient lodging tax, there may be money to get back.

  • Know your rights — June 7, 2026

    Jun 7, 2026

    10 min read

    11 sources

    Eleven Comments, One Law: What People Get Wrong About Eviction in Oregon

    Eleven real public comments about eviction, quoted word for word with names removed, each answered with the controlling Oregon statute. A notice is not an eviction, and the landlord carries the burden of proof.

  • Know your rights — June 7, 2026

    Jun 7, 2026

    17 min read

    9 sources

    When a Landlord Calls the Police Instead of the Court

    A plain-language guide to Oregon eviction law, anchored to a recent Albany incident: what a lawful eviction requires, why city police cannot remove a tenant without a sheriff's writ, what RV-park residents' rights are, the federal civil-rights risk of police involvement, and what to do if it happens to you.

  • Flock ALPR closeout · May 27, 2026

    May 27, 2026

    20 min read

    34 sources

    Albany Canceled Flock. Can the City Regulate Public and Private ALPR Systems?

    Albany's 4-2 cancellation vote ended one contract. The next source-backed question is how far the City can regulate ALPR use, private plate data, audits, deletion, and future exceptions.

  • ARA · May 27, 2026

    May 27, 2026

    4 min read

    4 sources

    Albany Revitalization Agency Awards CARA Grants, Extends 300 W. First Deadline

    The Albany Revitalization Agency finished allocating its $545,000 CARA grant pool, then voted 5-2 to give the former Wells Fargo development path more time.

  • Downtown · May 27, 2026

    May 27, 2026

    2 min read

    3 sources

    Downtown Albany's Economic Improvement District Renewed for Three More Years

    Albany City Council unanimously adopted an ordinance on May 27 renewing the Downtown Economic Improvement District through June 30, 2029. The assessment rate holds at $0.80 per $1,000 of real market value. Nineteen percent of properties remonstrated — well below the one-third threshold that would have stopped the district.

  • City Government · May 27, 2026

    May 27, 2026

    4 min read

    3 sources

    Albany's 2026-2030 Strategic Plan Turns Growth Priorities Into a Budget Test

    Albany's new four-year strategic plan ties roads, housing, public safety, economic development, and city operations to department work plans and the next biennial budget. The public test now is whether the promised dashboard and budget process show real follow-through.

  • Public Works · May 27, 2026

    May 27, 2026

    2 min read

    0 sources

    Albany Begins Its First Transportation Plan Update Since 2010

    Albany's Transportation System Plan — a state-required 20-year document covering roads, transit, walking, biking, and emerging technology — is due for its first major update in 16 years. ODOT and Kittelson & Associates will lead the work, alongside a new Vision Zero safety plan and a Mobility Development Plan.

  • City Budget · May 27, 2026

    May 27, 2026

    2 min read

    0 sources

    Albany's Ambulance Base Rate Rises to $2,200. For a Vehicle Accident, It Starts at $2,950.

    Albany City Council approved new ambulance fee rates as part of its May 27 consent agenda. The base rate for an ambulance dispatch rises to $2,200 effective June 1, 2026 — and to $2,950 for motor vehicle accidents, plus $32 per loaded mile.

  • Government Transparency · May 27, 2026

    May 27, 2026

    2 min read

    0 sources

    Albany's City Manager Stopped a Council Email Chain Before It Became an Illegal Meeting

    At the close of the May 27 meeting, City Manager Peter Troedsson disclosed that he had intercepted an email thread between councilors about housing data and printed the material instead — because the chain was approaching the legal threshold for a 'serial meeting' under Oregon's Public Meetings Law.

  • For the Record · May 27, 2026

    May 27, 2026

    4 min read

    3 sources

    For the Record: Introducing the Albany Records Project

    Albany Records Project is a neighbor-funded public-records, research, and data desk built for source-backed accountability in Albany and Linn County.