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Finance committee discusses council president's plan for a 'president's amendment to streamline May 21 budget votes
Summary
Portland's Finance Committee spent May 19 reviewing more than 60 budget amendment proposals and advising the council president on a potential consolidated 'president's amendment intended to package items that may attract broad support ahead of the May 21 council vote.
Chair Zimmerman opened the Finance Committee meeting on May 19 and framed the session as an opportunity to advise the council president while emphasizing that the committee would not be making final decisions that day.
"I think on this sheet that we're seeing shared now... we've got, of course, it looks like 60 amendments that have been made thus far in this process," Chair Zimmerman said, noting many proposals are duplicative or competing. Council President Novick described his intent: "My hope is that I can bring forward a president's amendment, which is…
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