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City administrator fields questions on opioid settlement, PCF grant revocations and equity officer recruitment
Summary
City Administrator Mike Jordan briefed council on an expanding written report, answered questions about an opioid settlement payment stream, the mayor’s executive order canceling certain Portland Clean Energy Fund (PCF) RFPs, and recruiting for a permanent chief equity officer.
City Administrator Mike Jordan delivered the city administrator’s report and answered council questions Wednesday about the city’s participation in opioid litigation settlements, revocation of certain Portland Clean Energy Fund (PCF) grants after a mayoral executive order, and recruitment for the chief equity officer role.
Jordan told council the packet contains a new appendix from the chief procurement officer summarizing contract awards over a 30‑day period prior to Aug. 20. In response to Councilor Smith’s questions about opioid settlement proceeds, Jordan said he would defer legal questions to the City Attorney but that "I don't think that these new, joining these new settlement [items] will affect the 9,500,000.0 at all. Because we're gonna be getting that for the next 18 years." Jordan said he did not have a list of specific opioid manufacturers referenced in the new joining actions and offered to get that information to councilors.
Councilors also pressed Jordan about the Portland Clean Energy Fund (PCF). Councilor Smith said she had learned that PCF awards were being revoked due to the mayor's July 31 executive order and asked why the grants were not noted in the grants division section of the report. Jordan said the city attorney’s office, the Office of Equity and Human Rights and procurement were reviewing contracts and grants that were "in flight" and triaging which awards/contracts to pause or revoke.
On recruiting for the chief equity officer role, Jordan said the posted job is the position Jeff Selby has been performing on an interim basis and that a national recruitment had been attempted previously but failed and is being tried again.
Councilors asked for follow‑up details: which opioid defendants are covered by the new joining actions, additional reporting on PCF grant decisions and clarifications about the equity role and reporting structure. Jordan and staff agreed to provide those details following the meeting.
