City Code Section
- A. Administrative act means an action, failure to act, omission, decision, recommendation, practice, policy or procedure.
- B. Agent or agency includes any department, bureau, office, institution, corporation, authority, board, commission, committee of the City, and any officer, employee, or member of the foregoing entities acting or purporting to act in the exercise of their official duties. Excepting: elected officials and their personal staff.
- C. City Auditor and Auditor refer to the elected City Auditor.
- D. City refers to the City of Portland.
- E. City Council and Council refer to the City’s legislative body.
- F. Ombudsman means the public official appointed by the Auditor to receive and investigate the public’s complaints against administrative acts of City government.
- G. Person means natural person, joint venture, joint stock company, partnership, association, club, company, corporation, business trust, organization, and/or the manager, lessee, agent, servant, officer, or employee of any of them;
- H. Record means all records, documents, books, papers, files, photographs, microfilms, sound recordings, video recordings, magnetic storage media, computer data and all other materials, regardless of physical form or characteristics, created, generated, recorded, received, possessed or controlled by or on behalf of any agency.
- I. State refers to the State of Oregon.