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Portland council leadership pauses consultant hire, debates pausing committees for strategic goal-setting
Summary
Council leadership said an expected consultant engagement to help set council priorities will not move forward now due to lack of funding; members debated three options for committee structure, including a temporary suspension pending a full-council strategic priority-setting process.
Council President (name not specified) told the Governance Committee on Sept. 8 that a procurement to hire a consultant to help the City Council set shared priorities and redesign committee work will not proceed at this time because the council has not identified roughly $100,000 in funding for the contract. The council president said the procurement remains open but paused the office’s efforts given the city’s constrained finances.
The comment prompted a broader discussion among committee members about the future of council committees. Vice Chair Ryan proposed suspending committee meetings until the full council completes a citywide strategic priority-setting process, arguing…
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