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April 7, 2025 Governance Committee Agenda

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

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Meeting Minutes

In this agenda

Session Status
Adjourned

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

Committee convened at 2:51 p.m.

Councilor Koyama Lane presided. 
Officers in attendance: Keelan McClymont, Council Clerk

Councilor Pirtle-Guiney left at 4:33 p.m.
Councilor Ryan left at 4:39 p.m.

Committee adjourned at 4:44 p.m.

Regular Agenda

1

Document number
2025-138
Introduced by
Mayor Keith Wilson
City department
Small Donor Elections
Time requested
10 minutes
Council action
Referred to City Council
Motion to send the Report, Document Number 2025-138, to the full Council with the recommendation that it be accepted: Moved by Dunphy and by Clark. (Aye (5): Pirtle-Guiney, Ryan, Clark, Dunphy, Koyama Lane)

2

Ordinance number
192051
Document number
2025-118
Introduced by
Mayor Keith Wilson
Time requested
30 minutes
Previous agenda item
Council action
Referred to City Council as amended
Motion to add the following finding to the ordinance: “9. On March 31, 2025, the Chief Engagement Officer presented to the Council Governance Committee about the advisory bodies alignment and modernization project. The Sustainability and Climate Commission will be subject to this project.”: Moved by Koyama Lane and seconded by Clark. (Aye (5): Dunphy, Pirtle-Guiney, Ryan, Clark, Koyama Lane)

Motion to amend Subsection 3.136.020 C. in Exhibit A to add “, and may be reappointed”: Moved by Pirtle-Guiney and seconded by Clark. (Aye (5): Dunphy, Pirtle-Guiney, Ryan, Clark, Koyama Lane)

Motion to amend Subsection 3.136.020 A. in Exhibit A to update the membership to “The membership must include at least two individuals from each of the City’s four Council districts.”: Moved by Clark and seconded by Pirtle-Guiney. (Aye (5): Dunphy, Pirtle-Guiney, Ryan, Clark, Koyama Lane)

Motion to amend Section 3.136.040 in Exhibit A to strike “The Commission may meet 10 times or more a year.”: Moved by Pirtle-Guiney and seconded by Clark. Motion withdrawn.

Motion to amend Section 3.136.040 in Exhibit A to update the minimum meeting requirement to “The Commission must meet at least six times per year and may meet more often.”: Moved by Pirtle-Guiney and seconded by Ryan. (Aye (5): Dunphy, Pirtle-Guiney, Ryan, Clark, Koyama Lane)

Motion to adopt the proposed amendment to Exhibit A presented by the Sustainability Officer: Moved by Pirtle-Guiney and seconded by Clark. (Aye (5): Dunphy, Pirtle-Guiney, Ryan, Clark, Koyama Lane)

Motion to send the Ordinance to the full Council with the recommendation the Ordinance is passed: Moved by Pirtle-Guiney and seconded by Clark. (Aye (5): Dunphy, Pirtle-Guiney, Ryan, Clark, Koyama Lane)

3

Document number
2025-139
Introduced by
Council Vice President Tiffany Koyama Lane
Time requested
35 minutes
Council action
Placed on File

4

Document number
2025-140
Introduced by
Council Vice President Tiffany Koyama Lane
Time requested
45 minutes
Council action
Placed on File
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