Tigard budget committee elects chair, expands grant subcommittee and sets budget calendar

The Tigard budget committee on Jan. (date not specified) elected Kelly Pemond as chair and Gregory Brown as secretary, voted to expand the social services and community event grants subcommittee from three to five members and selected committee and council representatives to serve on that panel.

The committee’s modified subcommittee will include two council members and two budget-committee community members, with a fifth “floating” seat that can be either a councilor or a committee member. The committee voted to appoint Felipe Aguilar and Gregory Brown as the two community representatives and to include Councilor Jeanette Shaw, Councilor Heather Robbins and Council President Maureen Wolf on the panel. The motions passed by unanimous voice vote; individual vote counts were not specified in the meeting record.

Finance Director Eric Kang told the committee the meeting was a planning session under Oregon budget law…