City of Oregon City
James W. "Jim" Sayers currently serves as the Building Official for the City of Oregon City, a position held since April 2022. With extensive experience in building and code compliance, Sayers previously held significant roles including Director at Large for the International Code Council and Commercial Plans Examiner for Clackamas County. Notable contributions include serving on various committees such as Vice Chair of the Compliance Code Action Committee and member of the Ad Hoc Committee on Health Care. Sayers has a solid background in building inspections, plan reviews, and management, having worked in various municipalities including Tualatin, Baker City, and Redmond. Sayers holds a diploma in Architectural Design from the Arizona Automotive Institute and has a long history in the construction and design industry.
City of Oregon City
The City of Oregon City is dedicated to providing exceptional services to its citizens as well as a welcoming experience to its visitors. Oregon City offers an outstanding quality of life, residents that truly care about their community and businesses that want to make a difference. The Community Historic Oregon City is perched on the bluffs overlooking thundering Willamette Falls and situated in the lush green valley at the confluence of the Willamette and Clackamas rivers. Oregon City has a long-standing reputation for its livability and growing economic climate. Known as “The City at the End of the Oregon Trail,” Oregon City has easy access to all the amenities of the Portland metropolitan area while maintaining the quality of small-town life. It is ideally located less than 30 minutes from downtown Portland and the Portland International Airport. The County seat of Clackamas County, Oregon City was the original capital city of the Oregon Territory. The city (population 34,610) occupies a territory of approximately 9.2 square miles. Interstate 205 and State Highways 99E and 213 provide links to Portland, Salem, Canby, and Southwest Clackamas County. Manufacturing has been the historic economic mainstay of Oregon City. However, the city is moving to a more widely diversified business community. The support of city and county government continues to draw a growing number of businesses to Oregon City. More than 900 firms are located within the city limits and these firms employ