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February 9, 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:
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: Diego Barriga, Acting Council Clerk

Committee adjourned at 4:38 p.m.

Minutes approval

1

Council action
Approved
The minutes were approved by unanimous consent.

Regular agenda

2

Document number
2026-054
Introduced by
Councilor Tiffany Koyama Lane
Time requested
15 minutes
Council action
Placed on file

3

Ordinance number
192156
Document number
2026-055
Introduced by
Auditor Simone Rede
City department
Elections & Campaign Finance
Time requested
45 minutes
Council action
Referred to City Council
Motion to send Ordinance, Document Number 2026-055, to the full Council with a recommendation to pass: Moved by Clark and seconded by Dunphy. (Aye (5): Dunphy, Pirtle-Guiney, Ryan, Clark, Koyama Lane)

4

Document number
2026-056
Introduced by
Councilor Elana Pirtle-Guiney
Council President Jamie Dunphy
Time requested
1 hour
Council action
Continued as amended
Motion to amend the Ordinance as shown in Dunphy 3: Moved by Dunphy and seconded by Clark. Motion withdrawn.

Motion to amend the Exhibit A as shown in Dunphy 1: Moved by Dunphy and seconded by Clark.

Motion to divide Dunphy 1 to vote separately on changes shown on page 1, page 2 and page 3: Moved by Pirtle-Guiney and seconded by Clark.

Vote called on Dunphy 1, page 3: (Aye (5): Dunphy, Pirtle-Guiney, Ryan, Clark, Koyama Lane)

Motion to divide Dunphy 1, page 1 to vote separately on the proposed changes to Subsections 3.02.020 B.1.a.(1), 3.02.020 B.1.a.(1)(a), and 3.02.020 B.1.a.(1)(b): Moved by Dunphy and seconded by Koyama Lane.

Vote called on Subsection 3.02.020 B.1.a.(1) as shown in Dunphy 1, page 1 to replace “General” and with “Designation to Committee”: (Aye (5): Dunphy, Pirtle-Guiney, Ryan, Clark, Koyama Lane)

Proposed changes shown in Dunphy 1, page 1 to Subsection 3.02.020 B.1.a.(1)(a) and (b), and proposed changes shown in Dunphy 1, page 2 to Subsection 3.02.020 B.1.a.(1)(f) withdrawn by Dunphy.

Motion to amend Subsection 3.02.020 B.1.a.(1)(b) in Exhibit A as shown in Dunphy 1, page 1 to add “, including a committee of the whole,”: Moved by Clark and seconded by Dunphy. (Aye (5): Dunphy, Pirtle-Guiney, Ryan, Clark, Koyama Lane)

Motion to amend Exhibit A as shown in Dunphy 2: Moved by Dunphy and seconded by Pirtle-Guiney. Vote not called.

Motion to amend Subsection 3.02.020 B.1.a.(1)(e) in Dunphy 2 to replace “When an item has been assigned to a Committee,” with “After an item has been assigned to a committee and placed on an agenda,”: Moved by Pirtle-Guiney and seconded by Koyama Lane. (Aye (5): Dunphy, Pirtle-Guiney, Ryan, Clark, Koyama Lane)
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