Collier v. City of Shady Cove

CARL N. BYERS, Judge.

Plaintiffs are interested taxpayers who believe something shady is going on in the City of Shady Cove. They claim that Defendant (city) violated several provisions of the local budget law in budgeting and levying taxes for the 1997-98 tax year. The city denies any violation and a trial was held July 8,1998, in Medford.

FACTS

Shady Cove is a city of approximately 2,200 residents. It provides its citizens with basic services such as police protection, sewer, streets, planning, zoning, and subdivision control. For the two fiscal years prior to 1997-98, the city had an…