Franchise agreements are a legal arrangement between a city and another entity for use of the city’s public right-of-way. For using the right-of-way (abbreviated ROW) a company, organization, or other government body must pay a franchise fee or privilege tax. These agreements ensure that cities are compensated for special use of public services. This also prevents city residents from subsidizing extraordinary use of public space. These agreements often take the form of contracts or city ordinances which outline the rate charged, term and conditions, and any extra services provided by either party.

The League asks cities their rates and rate calculations for telecommunication and cable franchises in the recent past. Questions are also posed for other franchises, such as electricity, water, garbage, and franchises to other governments. This information is crucial to understanding revenue sources in Oregon cities and to forecasting revenue trends into the future.

The compiled CAFR data for fiscal year 2018. Please note that due to differences in audit report styles and definitions, comparison between numbers should be done carefully. For example, public safety in one city may include fire, ambulance and police; where public safety in another city may only include police.

Results from the 2019 Water Rates Survey

State Awards for Special Public Works Fund in 2010-17

Dataset contains selected budget information from 2006 to 2014 for 50 cities. The data includes: property tax revenue, public safety expenditure, governmental fund revenue and expenditure and general fund revenue and expenditure.

Non-Residential fee estimates based on attached hypothetical property example used for all years. estimates provided for 2010,2013,2016,2019.

Franchise agreements are a legal arrangement between a city and another entity for use of the city’s public right-of-way. For using the right-of-way (abbreviated ROW) a company, organization, or other government body must pay a franchise fee or privilege tax. These agreements ensure that cities are compensated for special use of public services. This also prevents city residents from subsidizing extraordinary use of public space. These agreements often take the form of contracts or city ordinances which outline the rate charged, term and conditions, and any extra services provided by either party.

The League asks cities their rates and rate calculations for telecommunication and cable franchises in the recent past. Questions are also posed for other franchises, such as electricity, water, garbage, and franchises to other governments. This information is crucial to understanding revenue sources in Oregon cities and to forecasting revenue trends into the future.

This data comes from the 2018 salary survey data. Please notethe following:

1. Where able, the data has been altered to reflect the annual pay of the average employee in this city and in this position based on the city's salary range.
2. Not all salaries and wages of less than 1 FTE could be confirmed. As a result, some salaries for positions with less than 1 FTE are either the annual equivelant or the actual pay of the employee throughout a year (ex. if an employee would make $50,000 as a full time employee but only works half-time, some cities marked this as $50,000 or $25,000.
3. Educational attainment often was provided with a minimum education and experience as well as a preferred level. The minimum of both categories are provided.

Results from the Elected Officials Compensation Survey from 2019.

This data comes from the 2018 salary survey data. Please notethe following:

1. Where able, the data has been altered to reflect the annual pay of the average employee in this city and in this position based on the city's salary range.
2. Not all salaries and wages of less than 1 FTE could be confirmed. As a result, some salaries for positions with less than 1 FTE are either the annual equivelant or the actual pay of the employee throughout a year (ex. if an employee would make $50,000 as a full time employee but only works half-time, some cities marked this as $50,000 or $25,000.
3. Educational attainment often was provided with a minimum education and experience as well as a preferred level. The minimum of both categories are provided.