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.

Information provided by respondent cities through the 2016 LOC Infrastructure Survey. Data is and aggregation of capital projects needs for the next 20 years.

Data from the American Communities Survey 2014. This data includes information on household income, city industries composition, and class of workers.

This dataset focuses on housing statistics from the American Community Survey 2014.

The Certified Annual Financial Report (CAFR) is required by law to be completed every fiscal year by Oregon cities and submitted to the Oregon Department of State.

City property tax data for all 242 cities (Updated October 2016)

This dataset outlines details of city governance compiled from 242 city charters.

Data from the American Community Survey 2014 on all LOC member cities. This dataset includes select information for education, health and transportation statistics.

Oregon Representatives and Senators by City for the 2015-2017 Legislative Session

Using state projections, the League has produced per capita estimates of State Shared Revenues for cities to use in preparing their budgets.