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Council Meetings — October 2026

8 recorded sessions in October 2026. Each session page has the full transcript and summary.

• Council session — Wed, Oct 14, 2026

  3 hr 45 min

  AI draft · not editor-reviewedThe Portland City Council convened on Wednesday, October 14, 2026, with roll call confirming attendance. The session opened with agenda reordering to move a drone-related item earlier, plus housekeeping notes on HVAC maintenance and a…

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• Council session — Tue, Oct 13, 2026

  2 hr 46 min · one of 2 recordings this date

  AI draft · not editor-reviewed1 disagreement

  • Staff presented the city's first chief asset management officer and an overview of a new citywide strategy covering roughly 82 billion dollars in infrastructure.
  • The committee discussed policy concepts for regulating self driving taxis and planned to bring a draft ordinance back for a hearing in two weeks.

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• Council session — Tue, Oct 13, 2026

  2 hr 25 min · one of 2 recordings this date

  AI draft · not editor-reviewed1 disagreement

  • Several residents testified that parts of downtown like Chinatown and Old Town suffer from blight and homelessness that affects the whole city.
  • A resident urged the council to support local schools, arguing school funding and stability affect the city's overall well-being.

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• Council session — Thu, Oct 8, 2026

  3 hr 5 min

  AI draft · not editor-reviewed1 disagreement

  • The committee discussed a proposed ordinance to change business license taxes, including a new surtax based on ceo-to-worker pay ratios.
  • The proposal would raise the small business tax exemption threshold from $75,000 to $500,000, exempting about 18,000 businesses from the tax.

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• Council session — Wed, Oct 7, 2026

  3 hr 7 min

  AI draft · not editor-reviewed2 disagreements

  • The city administrator gave a monthly update covering a new performance lab, an upcoming climate action plan, asset management hires, and rising federal immigration detentions.
  • Council continued debate on an ordinance to reduce fuel storage capacity at the critical energy infrastructure hub, working through amendments before pushing final action to November 5.

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• Council session — Tue, Oct 6, 2026

  2 hr 57 min · one of 2 recordings this date

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  • Council heard a staff presentation introducing proposed climate and health standards for large buildings, covering new energy reporting and carbon reduction requirements.
  • A city pilot test found that reporting building energy use was easy to do and would take only a couple of hours a year for most property owners.

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• Council session — Tue, Oct 6, 2026

  1 hr 38 min · one of 2 recordings this date

  AI draft · not editor-reviewed1 disagreement

  • Council discussed an early-stage concept for the state to give each county one overall public safety budget covering prison costs instead of unlimited prison funding.
  • The committee discussed and amended a proposed update to the second hand dealers code, including new background check rules and fees.

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• Council session — Thu, Oct 1, 2026

  2 hr 59 min

  AI draft · not editor-reviewed4 disagreements

  • The council continued deliberations on two linked ordinances addressing safety upgrades and fuel storage limits at the city's critical energy infrastructure hub.
  • Planning staff explained amendments expanding neighborhood notification requirements before new construction or changes at fuel storage facilities.

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