The Oregon House of Representatives is expected to pass a resolution Thursday, remembering a Corvallis city councilor.

Rep. Sara Gelser will present HCR 103, a bill she introduced in memory of Scott Zimbrick, who died in December shortly after being diagnosed with acute leukemia.

Since 2002, Zimbrick had been the city councilor for Ward 7, which includes the Witham Hill neighborhood and parts of Timberhill.

"It's a customary thing we can do for people who have had a significant impact on the state and our communities," Gelser said.

In his five years on the council, Zimbrick, an executive vice president of Citizens Bank, came to be known as a voice for Corvallis' business interests. He typically voted to approve development projects and met frequently with the business community.

The resolution recognizes the late councilor's work on 20 different civic and nonprofit boards over 16 years, including the Good Samaritan Episcopal Church, Downtown Corvallis Association, Community Alliance for Diversity and Rotary Club of Greater Corvallis.

Zimbrick was known for being particularly concerned with safe and affordable housing. For many years, he was involved with Willamette Neighborhood Housing Services. In 2003, he was named First Citizen by the Corvallis-Benton Chamber Coalition.

Members of Zimbrick's family will be featured guests on the House floor while the resolution is discussed. Corvallis City Manager Jon Nelson and a handful of friends also will attend Thursday's resolution, which is largely a ceremonial event.

"This is for the family," Nelson said. "Certainly the city was a part of it, but he was very active in a lot of different things in town."

Members of the public are invited to attend the bill's reading, scheduled as the first order of business Thursday. The vote will take place between 10 a.m. and noon.

Following approval by the House, the bill will move to the Senate, where it will meet a quick turnaround to be enacted before the brief off-year legislative session ends in just two weeks.

A similar resolution for late Albany Mayor Doug Killin will be read Thursday by Rep. Andy Olson. Killin died in January of intestinal cancer.