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January 29, 2026 Labor and Workforce Development 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 Sameer Kanal
Councilor Steve Novick
Councilor Mitch Green, Vice Chair
Councilor Loretta Smith, Chair

Councilor Smith presided.
Officers in attendance: Diana Shiplet, Acting Council Clerk

Councilor Novick arrived at 12:03 p.m.

Committee adjourned at 2:01 p.m.
 

Regular agenda

1

Update on plan to implement Sidewalk Improvement and Pavement Plan in District 1 and District 4 (Presentation)
Document number
2026-041
Introduced by
Councilor Loretta Smith
Time requested
45 minutes
Council action
Placed on file

2

Require Deputy City Administrator for Public Safety to provide a report on police officer recruitment goals and costs (Resolution)
Resolution number
37738
Document number
2026-042
Introduced by
Councilor Loretta Smith
Council Vice President Olivia Clark
City department
Police
Time requested
30 minutes
Council action
Referred to City Council as amended
Motion to amend the Resolution as shown in Smith 1: Moved by Smith and seconded by Kanal.

Motion to divide the amendment to separate out the seventh Whereas clause from the rest of Smith 1: Moved by Kanal.

Vote on the seventh Whereas clause of Smith 1: (Aye (2): Dunphy, Smith; Nay (3): Kanal, Novick, Green). Motion failed to pass.

Motion to amend Smith 1 to restore the seventh Whereas clause with the word “growing” removed: Moved by Novick and seconded by Smith (Aye (3): Dunphy, Novick, Smith; Nay (2): Kanal, Green)

Vote on amended Smith 1: Moved by Smith and seconded by Kanal. (Aye (5): Dunphy, Kanal, Novick, Green, Smith)

Motion to amend the Resolution as shown in Kanal 1, with the removal of the words, “and CHAT” in the sixth Whereas clause: Moved by Kanal and seconded by Green. (Aye (5): Dunphy, Kanal, Novick, Green, Smith)

Motion to refer the Resolution as amended, Document Number 2026-042, to City Council with the recommendation it be adopted: Moved by Smith and seconded by Kanal. (Aye (5): Dunphy, Kanal, Novick, Green, Smith)

3

Public comment on the Labor and Workforce Development Committee (Public hearing)
Document number
2026-043
Introduced by
Councilor Loretta Smith
Time requested
10 minutes
Council action
Placed on file

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