City of Brookings

What City of Brookings does

The City of Brookings is a municipal government entity located along the Wild Rivers Coast in Curry County, Oregon, serving the residents, businesses, and visitors of the city of Brookings. Incorporated in 1908 and governed by an elected City Council under Oregon state law, the city delivers the full spectrum of municipal services including public safety (Police and Fire & Rescue), water and wastewater treatment, public works, parks and recreation, planning and building services, municipal court, and economic development. The City is led by City Manager Tim Rundel (appointed 2024) and Mayor Phoebe Pereda (appointed January 2026), with approximately 20+ named staff across departments.

The city operates its digital service delivery on the CivicPlus CivicEngage platform, an integrated municipal CMS that consolidates the website (brookings.or.us), agenda center, calendar, news flash, jobs portal, Notify Me email/SMS subscription system, Xpress Bill Pay for utility and citation payments, and CivicMedia live streaming of City Council and Planning Commission meetings (also broadcast on Charter Spectrum channel 181). Supporting infrastructure includes ArcGIS for the interactive Housing Needs Analysis community portal, Google reCAPTCHA for form security, and social SSO (Google, Apple, Facebook, Microsoft) for resident accounts. The site maintains WCAG 2.0 A/AA and Section 508 accessibility compliance.

Revenue is generated through utility billing (water/wastewater), annual business licenses, building and development permit fees, municipal court fines and fees, and state and federal grants (including a $100,000 Housing Infrastructure Support Fund grant). The go-to-market motion is direct-to-citizen across in-person City Hall services (Monday–Thursday), a 24/7 online self-service portal, phone support, physical facilities (parks, treatment plant, visitor center), and digital communications (Facebook, YouTube, RSS, Notify Me). City Council positions are unpaid voluntary roles, and the city has no disclosed revenue figures or parent company.

Name

City of Brookings

Legal name

City of Brookings, Oregon

Website

https://brookings.or.us

Company type

Public

Founded year

1908

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

The City of Brookings is a municipal government in Curry County, Oregon that provides public safety, utilities, planning, parks, and municipal court services to city residents, businesses, and visitors through a CivicPlus-powered digital platform and in-person City Hall operations.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Municipal Government Services

NAICS

Water, Sewage and Other Systems (2213), Administration of Environmental Quality Programs (9241)

SIC

Water Supply (4941), Services-Facilities Support Management Services (8744)

akta.pro primary industry

Public Works & Municipal Infrastructure (Streets, Stormwater, Facilities) (BPAIACAF)

akta.pro secondary industries

Water Resources Administration (Watersheds, Rivers, Groundwater) (BPAIAMAE), Flood Control & Protection Infrastructure (Levees, Floodwalls, Gates, Pump Stations) (EUANAEAI)

Keywords

• Municipal government services
• Public safety services
• Utility billing services
• Parks and recreation
• Building and permits

Headquarters

HQ city

Brookings

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices3 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Utility Billing: Water and wastewater utility services billed to residents and businesses. After hours water emergencies reported through dedicated phone line.
2. Business Licenses: Annual business licensing fees for businesses operating within city limits.
3. Municipal Court Fines and Fees: Traffic citation payments and municipal court fees. Options include online payment via Xpress Bill Pay, in-person at City Hall, or by mail.
4. Building and Development Permits: Permit fees for construction, zoning, planning services, and code enforcement.
5. State and Federal Grants: Grant funding from state programs such as Housing Infrastructure Support Fund ($100,000 grant for Housing Needs Analysis), supporting local planning and infrastructure efforts.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels5 records

Marketing channels8 records

Core offering

The City of Brookings provides municipal government services to residents, businesses, and visitors of Brookings, Oregon. Core offerings include public safety (police and fire/rescue), water and wastewater utility services, building and development permitting, business licensing, municipal court services, parks and recreation facility reservations, community events, and visitor information services. Services are delivered through City Hall, an online portal, phone support, and physical facilities including parks, the water treatment plant, and public works offices.

Product overview

The City of Brookings operates a comprehensive municipal government website built on the CivicPlus Content Management System platform. The site provides residents, businesses, and visitors with access to city government services, information, and online transactions. The primary digital services include Parks & Recreation facilities management (with reservable venues such as Azalea Park, Capella by the Sea, and Bud Cross Park), Municipal Court services (ticket payments and court proceedings), Public Safety resources (police, fire, emergency preparedness), Public Works & Development Services (building permits, planning, GIS services, water/wastewater treatment), and Utility Billing. The platform also supports citizen engagement through live meeting streaming, RSS/iCalendar subscriptions, and an email/SMS notification system. No individual product modules are separately branded; all services are accessible through the unified CivicPlus-powered portal at brookings.or.us.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Parks & Recreation Facilities

Quantifiable outcome

• 87th Annual Azalea Festival (2026) with 55+ parade entries, 85+ vendors, 1,200+ park attendance
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers3 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration11 records

Feature5 records

Partnerships

Three partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Green Top Planning, Development & ResearchcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 31 March 2026Contracted to complete the City's Housing Needs Analysis, a comprehensive study examining current and future housing needs over a 20-year horizon. The project includes GIS-based parcel analysis, interactive ArcGIS community portal, and stakeholder engagement. Funded through $100,000 Housing Infrastructure Support Fund grant.
• Cal-Ore Life FlightcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerAED partnership initiative between City of Brookings and Cal-Ore Life Flight that has helped save lives in the community through emergency response equipment placement.
• Elmo WilliamsminorOthersAcademy Award-winning filmmaker who built Capella by the Sea venue in 2009, which has become a major attraction for visitors and a wedding/elopement venue for couples from across the country.

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• City of Coos Bay: Adjacent Southern Oregon coastal city of comparable size serving residents with a similar full suite of municipal services (police, fire, public works, water/wastewater, parks, planning). Most directly comparable peer given geographic proximity and overlapping coastal jurisdiction challenges including tsunami preparedness.
• City of Cannon Beach: Small Oregon coast city reliant on tourism and residential ratepayers with full municipal service delivery. Comparable in scale and the structural challenges of providing year-round services in a high-amenity, disaster-exposed coastal location.
• City of Gold Beach: Curry County neighbor also on the Southern Oregon Wild Rivers Coast with similar small-city municipal structure, tourism-tied economy, and shared Chetco/Rogue river watershed considerations. Directly comparable in scale, service mix, and disaster exposure profile.
• City of Florence: Small Oregon coastal city offering the same combination of municipal services, parks/recreation, public safety, water/wastewater utilities, and tourism-driven economy. Comparable in population size and service portfolio breadth.
• City of Seaside: Oregon coast tourism-oriented city with analogous municipal services, public safety operations, parks/beach management, and seasonal revenue swings. Comparable in size and in balancing residential ratepayer vs. visitor economy tensions.
• City of Newport: Mid-sized Oregon coastal city with similar municipal governance structure, port/waterfront economy, tourism focus, and full-service municipal utility operations. Slightly larger but operates with comparable service categories and Oregon-mandated regulatory framework.
• City of Astoria: Oregon coastal city at the mouth of the Columbia with similar municipal structure, CivicPlus-style civic engagement infrastructure, tourism economy, and waterfront/port-related economic base. Comparable population range and service portfolio.
• Curry County, Oregon: The county government that contains Brookings, providing overlapping public administration functions (land use, public safety coordination, environmental quality, public works). Comparable as a public-sector peer with shared jurisdiction and similar Oregon municipal code framework.

Regional players

• City of Grants Pass: Slightly larger Southern Oregon municipal government operating similar departments (police, fire, public works, water/wastewater, parks, planning, municipal court). Not coastal so no direct disaster-exposure overlap, but comparable in service portfolio and regional economic base.

Others

• CivicPlus: Vendor powering the City of Brookings' CivicEngage website platform, including Notify Me, agenda center, forms, payments, and CivicMedia. While not a peer in the traditional sense, CivicPlus is the technology ecosystem Brookings is built on and provides a benchmark for comparable small-city digital engagement infrastructure.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• YouTubeyoutube.com/channel/UCpAYMthEru5N7wOYO3Yyauw
• Facebookfacebook.com/CityOfBrookingsOregon
• Xx.com/BrookingsOR
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/city-of-brookings

Compliance2 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles9 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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