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Governance Committee

Subject matter:

  • Internal operational support and recommendations.
  • Review executive appointments, auditor reports that are not related to policy committee areas, and periodically review Council rules and procedures.
  • Review other non-policy needs including overseeing the administrative functions of the City.

Committee meeting schedule

Committee Chair

Tiffany Koyama LaneDistrict 3 City Councilor

Vice Chair

Dan RyanDistrict 2 City Councilor

Committee Members

Elana Pirtle-GuineyDistrict 2 City Councilor
Jamie DunphyDistrict 1 - Council President
Olivia ClarkDistrict 4 - Council Vice President

February 23, 2026 Governance Committee Agenda

City Hall, Council Chambers, 2nd Floor – 1221 SW Fourth Avenue, Portland, OR 97204

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Session Status
Adjourned

Committee in Attendance:
Council President Jamie Dunphy
Councilor Elana Pirtle-Guiney
Councilor Dan Ryan, Vice Chair
Council Vice President Olivia Clark
Councilor Tiffany Koyama Lane, Chair

Councilor Koyama Lane presided.

Officers in attendance: Diego Barriga, Acting Council Clerk

Committee adjourned at 4:03 p.m.

Minutes Approval

1

Council action
Approved
The minutes were approved by unanimous consent.

Regular Agenda

2

Document number
2026-056
Introduced by
Councilor Elana Pirtle-Guiney
Time requested
1 hour
Council action
Referred to city council as amended
Motion to amend Exhibit A as shown in amended Dunphy 2: Moved by Dunphy and seconded by Pirtle-Guiney. (Aye (4): Dunphy, Pirtle-Guiney, Ryan, Clark; Nay (1): Koyama Lane).

Motion to withdraw any open amendments on the table: Moved by Pirtle-Guiney and seconded by Dunphy. (Aye (5): Dunphy, Pirtle-Guiney, Ryan, Clark, Koyama Lane)

Motion to amend Exhibit A as shown in Dunphy 4: Moved by Dunphy and seconded by Pirtle-Guiney. (Aye (2): Dunphy, Koyama Lane; Nay (3): Pirtle-Guiney, Ryan, Clark). Motion fails to pass.

Motion to amend Exhibit A as shown in Dunphy 5: Moved by Dunphy and seconded by Clark. (Aye (5): Dunphy, Pirtle-Guiney, Ryan, Clark, Koyama Lane).

Motion to amend Exhibit A to replace Subsection 3.02.050 C.1. with “Committees must be composed of four to six Councilors to be less than a quorum of Council, other than a Committee of the Whole.”: Moved by Dunphy and seconded by Clark. (Aye (5): Dunphy, Pirtle-Guiney, Ryan, Clark, Koyama Lane)

Motion to refer the Ordinance as amended, Document Number 2026-055, to the full Council with the recommendation it be passed: Moved by Dunphy and seconded by Clark. (Aye (4): Dunphy, Pirtle-Guiney, Ryan, Clark; Nay (1): Koyama Lane)
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