Tigard Mayor Heidi Lueb announced her resignation Tuesday night, referencing an investigation into workplace complaints made against her.

In a lengthy statement posted on her personal website and social media accounts, Lueb noted the resignation was effective immediately. The note also expressed Lueb’s belief that the city is now a “broken system” that tries to push its own agenda and priorities over those of elected officials like her. She alleged the other councilors tried to limit her “mayoral authority.”

“All this work comes at a personal cost to myself and my family,” Lueb wrote. “While I don’t regret that choice, my mental and physical health have deteriorated.”

The agenda for Tuesday night’s meeting included an executive session to “consider the dismissal or disciplining of a public officer or hear complaints or charges brought against them.”

Lueb wrote that she was not resigning out of guilt and wanted to leave on her own terms.

Acting as mayor pro tem, Council President Maureen Wolf began Tuesday’s meeting by announcing Lueb’s resignation.

“The council accepts that resignation with a heavy heart. We will move forward with continued conversations,” Wolf said. “I will act as mayor pro tem in the interim during this time.”

Lueb, who has a background in finance and hospitality, was elected mayor in 2022 after four years as a city councilor.

In a statement to OPB, the city thanked her for her service to the community.

“At the City of Tigard, we are committed to ensuring a respectful workplace for everyone, where all people are treated with dignity and conflicts are addressed constructively,” the city’s statement said. “We work to cultivate a inclusive culture that celebrates diverse opinions and experiences, honest dialogue and mutual trust.”

Lueb’s statement referenced a number of grievances against her, including issues with staff after she inquired about changes to city councilor health care and about why staff sent emails from her email account without her knowledge. It also notes that the details of an investigative report are likely to come out either by release of the report or through councilors speaking about it publicly.

“After I reported another councilor in April of this year for crossing a line by asking me on my personal phone how much I paid another councilor to say something nice about me during the April 8, 2025 city council meeting, an investigation was opened for complaints made against me,” Lueb wrote.

She said she was not told about the complaint until June and did not learn the nature of the accusations until she hired a lawyer.

Lueb asserts that the city and investigator set out “with the assumption of guilt and goal of punishment.”

Lueb admitted she had “vented to people in places she probably shouldn’t have.”

She also said city staff complained about her for trying to hold them accountable when they made mistakes or she “stood up for the community,” including when she apologized to a community member for their experience dealing with the city’s utility billing department.

“I apologize (for) trying to ensure that people felt heard and in my attempts to diffuse situations. I am also allowed to have an opinion on when the city falls short and to share that opinion with the city and with the community – despite the staff trying to limit my speech and by proxy the community’s opinions,” she wrote. “I was elected to be one of the community’s voices to city hall and sometimes that means disagreeing with staff.”

Complaints reportedly came from other members of council as well. Lueb wrote that other councilors accused her of age discrimination for pointing out that new councilors are inexperienced.

Wolf said the council will discuss next steps for moving forward without the mayor at a meeting Sept. 23.

Lueb did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

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