Salem City Club is pleased to have Mayor Julie Hoy and City Manager Krishna Namburi address the strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats for the city as we move forward in interesting times. The community wants progress toward solving current problems and forward thinking about opportunities for maintaining a vibrant community. Mayor Hoy will give her assessment and address her priorities for actions the city is taking and will take to address challenges facing Salem's leadership and residents and the opportunities for sustainable action for the long term. City Manager Namburi will speak about the challenging job of managing day-to-day city operations given tight budgets, rising expenses, revenue shortfalls and possible funding cuts. Actions taken by the mayor, city council, and city manager impact us all. Mayor Hoy and City Manager Namburi are leading the charge. We look forward to hearing what they have to say.
Speakers:
Julie Hoy, City of Salem Mayor
Krishna Namburi, City of Salem City Manager
Background
Cities across the country are struggling with complicated and persistent issues including but not limited to a shortage of affordable housing, homelessness, economic uncertainty, food insecurity, increasing costs of providing city services, and possible decreasing assistance from federal, state and county governments. We are not alone. Cities are the innovators of government. Those tasked with addressing the issues have their own eyes and ears and those of their neighbors reporting on the problems and the outcome of actions taken by government. Cities can be and often are the test ground for new approaches to persistent problems.
Cities across the country are struggling with complicated and persistent issues including but not limited to a shortage of affordable housing, homelessness, economic uncertainty, food insecurity, increasing costs of providing city services, and possible decreasing assistance from federal, state and county governments. We are not alone. Cities are the innovators of government. Those tasked with addressing the issues have their own eyes and ears and those of their neighbors reporting on the problems and the outcome of actions taken by government. Cities can be and often are the test ground for new approaches to persistent problems.
A 2025 Community Priority Survey was conducted for the City of Salem in September by DHM Research. As reported by the Salem Reporter, 70% of residents were generally satisfied with the city's services and facilities, including police, fire, utilities and parks. However, 59% of those responding believed the city was on the "wrong track". At 43%, homelessness and poverty in Salem are by far the most important issues that respondents "would like the City of Salem to do something about" with crime and drugs of much lower concern at 15%.
To see results of the 2025 Salem Community Satisfaction Survey conducted by DHM Research September 9 -16, 2025, please go to: https://www.cityofsalem.net/Home/Components/News/News/1732/15. Click on the linked text Community Satisfaction Survey, scroll down the page to the "Documents" section and click on, Community Satisfaction Survey Results to see detailed survey results from 2017-2025.
Event Details
Doors Open at 11:30 am
Program Begins at 112:00 pm
