Council advances code to create Sustainability and Climate Commission; membership language and bylaws to be refined
Council took first reading on a new ordinance to codify a Sustainability and Climate Commission. Members debated membership language; an amendment to remove the word “maximum” failed and the ordinance was placed on the second‑reading calendar for final action.
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Portland City Council advanced an ordinance on April 16 to codify a Sustainability and Climate Commission in city code, establishing the commission’s purpose, duties and membership structure while removing the commission from the Bureau of Planning and Sustainability’s internal purview.
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