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Tigard council debates and directs rewrite of proposed ground rules, delays final adoption
Summary
City councilors spent more than three hours debating wording and procedures in draft ground rules required by the city charter and asked staff to return a revised version later in June after clarifying items including agenda procedures, board appointments and a "no surprises" value.
Tigard — The Tigard City Council reviewed and substantially revised draft council ground rules at a lengthy public discussion, ultimately asking the city attorney and new city manager to return a reworked draft later in June rather than adopt the rules tonight.
Council members spent the meeting debating the text of a multi-page proposal required by the city charter and focused on several recurring concerns: whether the preamble’s phrase “no surprises” was appropriate and where it should appear, how councilors may request agenda items or non‑agenda items, and how mayoral authority interacts with council participation in board and committee appointments.
The debate centered on the meaning and placement of the phrase commonly described as “no surprises.” Council President Wolf defended the spirit behind the language, saying it was about avoiding items “that were completely unexpected, unplanned for, that staff's not prepared for,” while several councilors worried the phrase could be…
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