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March 31, 2025 Governance Committee Agenda

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

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Meeting Minutes

Session status
Adjourned

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

Councilor Koyama Lane presided.

Officers in attendance: Rebecca Dobert, Deputy Council Clerk

Committee adjourned at 4:30 p.m.

Regular agenda

1

Adopt a procedure for the appointment and confirmation of Portlanders to City boards, commissions, and committees (Resolution)
Document number
2025-117
Introduced by
Councilor Dan Ryan
Councilor Tiffany Koyama Lane
Time requested
15 minutes
Council action
Referred to City Council as amended
Motion to amend Exhibit A, Section (1) in Council Consideration of Appointments, to replace the second sentence with “Appointments that have been removed from the initial report and placed on separate reports may be included on the consent agenda or on the regular agenda for Council discussion.” Moved by Clark and seconded by Ryan. (Aye (5): Dunphy, Pirtle-Guiney, Ryan, Clark, Koyama Lane)

Motion to send the Resolution, Document Number 2025-117, to be sent to the full Council with the recommendation that it be adopted: Moved by Ryan and seconded by Clark. (Aye (5): Dunphy, Pirtle-Guiney, Ryan, Clark, Koyama Lane)

2

Add Sustainability and Climate Commission Code (add Code Chapter 3.136 and amend Code Chapter 3.33) (Ordinance)
Ordinance number
192051
Document number
2025-118
Introduced by
Mayor Keith Wilson
Time requested
1 hour
Council action
Continued

3

Advisory bodies alignment (Presentation)
Document number
2025-119
Introduced by
Councilor Tiffany Koyama Lane
Time requested
45 minutes
Council action
Placed on file

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