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Council Meetings — May 2026
19 recorded sessions in May 2026. Each session page has the full transcript and summary.
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Council session — Thu, May 28, 2026
2 hr 11 min
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- Committee chair updates covered the upcoming schedule, including canceled meetings, future appointments, and planned oversight hearings.
- Staff presented six nominees for new and continuing seats on the Urban Forestry Commission, and the committee referred the appointments to full council.
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Council session — Wed, May 27, 2026
4 hr 11 min
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- Council marked Vanport Day of Remembrance with speakers sharing family history of the 1948 flood and racist housing policies in Portland.
- Council discussed an ordinance to create a sister city relationship with Lviv, Ukraine, and moved it to a further reading.
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Council session — Tue, May 26, 2026
1 hr 48 min · one of 2 recordings this date
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- Drivers testified that Uber and Lyft take a large and often hidden share of each fare, leaving them with low pay.
- Two council members presented an early take rate plan, which would set the share of each fare going to drivers, with details still being negotiated.
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Council session — Tue, May 26, 2026
2 hr 57 min · one of 2 recordings this date
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- PBOT presented a draft update to the city's 20-year Transportation System Plan and asked council for feedback on its vision, goals and objectives.
- The committee considered renaming Cesar Chavez Boulevard to Campesinos Boulevard, hearing extensive public testimony both for and against, and a vote was taken on sending it to full council.
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Council session — Wed, May 20, 2026
19 min · one of 3 recordings this date
Editor-reviewedThe Portland City Council session, recorded with a stored session date of 2026-05-20, is documented by an audio transcript that consists almost entirely of musical interludes and brief, fragmentary vocalizations. The available text does…
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Council session — Wed, May 20, 2026
8 hr 30 min · one of 3 recordings this date
Editor-reviewedOn May 20, 2026, the Portland City Budget Committee (meeting as the Portland City Council) held a lengthy session on day three of budget deliberations, working through amendments to the Prosper Portland, Portland Clean Energy Fund…
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Council session — Wed, May 20, 2026
3 hr 9 min · one of 3 recordings this date
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- Council considered an amendment to cut $1 million from homeless camp removal funding and redirect it to sanitation and job programs; a vote was taken on it.
- Council considered creating a $1 million reserve to study and restructure the city's homelessness system and coordination with the county; a vote was taken on it.
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Council session — Tue, May 19, 2026
8 hr 25 min
Editor-reviewedThis continued meeting of the Portland City Council/City of Portland Budget Committee, dated 2026-05-19, addressed amendments to the proposed budget, primarily focused on public safety funding, workforce development, and Prosper Portland…
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Council session — Mon, May 18, 2026
6 hr 11 min
Editor-reviewed# Portland City Council Meeting Summary — May 18, 2026 The Portland City Council convened on Monday, May 18, 2026, with all members present at roll call. Following an opening procedural exchange involving a parliamentary inquiry about…
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Council session — Thu, May 14, 2026
2 hr 42 min
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- The city auditor presented her office's requested budget, totaling about $14.6 million and roughly 45 staff positions.
- The auditor's office said its proposed budget would eliminate two staff positions, resulting in layoffs.
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Council session — Wed, May 13, 2026
5 hr 29 min · one of 2 recordings this date
Editor-reviewedThe Portland City Council convened on 2026-05-13, opening with a pre-gavel recognition from AARP Oregon and Multnomah County's Aging, Disability and Veteran Services Division marking Portland's continued membership in the AARP Age-Friendly…
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Council session — Wed, May 13, 2026
3 hr 1 min · one of 2 recordings this date
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- Staff presented the public safety budget covering emergency dispatch, emergency management, fire, police, and community safety programs totaling about 620 million dollars.
- The police bureau's program for civilian responders who handle lower priority calls would lose about 80 percent of its positions under the proposed budget.
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Council session — Tue, May 12, 2026
2 hr 51 min
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- Staff presented a proposed Portland Solutions budget of $65.6 million, about one-fifth lower than current service levels, due to the loss of one-time outside funding.
- The plan closes or moves several shelters (including Weidler Village, Roadway, Northrop and City Team Grant) and consolidates many pods onto the North Portland Road site.
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Council session — Fri, May 8, 2026
2 hr 55 min
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- Staff presented a plan to centralize HR, procurement and technology services, cutting about 69 positions citywide (798 to 729 full time jobs).
- Staff presented span of control data showing the city now averages one manager for every 7.7 direct reports, up from one to 6.5 in the past.
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Council session — Thu, May 7, 2026
2 hr 40 min
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- The council held a budget work session covering the deputy city administrator's office, spectator venues, arts and culture, prosper portland, the children's levy, and the clean energy fund.
- The arts and culture office's budget includes cuts that will reduce small grants and event sponsorships available to artists and community groups.
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Council session — Wed, May 6, 2026
3 hr 49 min · one of 2 recordings this date
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- The council considered a plan to borrow up to 95 million dollars to cover a temporary cash shortfall in the fund that pays fire and police retirement benefits.
- The council considered updated rules letting police flag properties as nuisances over human trafficking, gun violence and other crimes, and a vote was taken on the change.
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Council session — Wed, May 6, 2026
2 hr 48 min · one of 2 recordings this date
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- The council held its first budget work session for the community and economic development area, covering permitting, housing, and planning bureaus.
- Cuts to the tree permitting program are expected to roughly triple wait times for tree permits, from about two weeks to six or seven weeks.
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Council session — Tue, May 5, 2026
3 hr 7 min · one of 2 recordings this date
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- Council held a work session covering budget proposals for three public safety bureaus: emergency communications, emergency management, and fire and rescue.
- Staff announced that the deputy city administrator overseeing public safety is leaving the city this month.
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Council session — Tue, May 5, 2026
3 hr 1 min · one of 2 recordings this date
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- A housing provider testified that deep-affordability funding needs across the region far exceed the amount currently set aside for stabilization.
- The committee considered authorizing the city to transfer land to a nonprofit for a new affordable home-ownership development in north Portland.