City Charter Section
[May 3, 1913, part of new sec. 56; rev. 1914, sec. 18; 1928 pub., sec. 18; 1942 recod., sec. 2-104; am. Nov. 6, 1962; amended November 8, 2022, effective January 1, 2025.]
- The Council shall have and exercise legislative and quasi-judicial powers and authority and the Mayor shall have and exercise executive and administrative powers and authority conferred upon the City of Portland by this Charter or by general law, except where such power is herein expressly bestowed upon some other officer, board or commission to the exclusion of the Council or the Mayor. The Council may delegate any of its quasi-judicial functions or powers to subordinate officers, boards or commissions as it may find appropriate. The Mayor may delegate any of the Mayor’s executive or administrative functions or powers to subordinate officers, boards or commissions as the Mayor may find appropriate. The Council must not exercise any of the executive and administrative powers granted to the Mayor by this Charter.