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Portland council votes 7–1 to enter executive session on Bayside parcels after public demands for transparency
Summary
The Portland City Council voted 7–1 to enter an executive session to discuss marketing strategy for city-owned Bayside parcels after public commenters urged more open engagement; councilors and counsel said any sale would still require later council approval.
The Portland City Council voted 7–1 to enter an executive session to discuss marketing strategy for several city-owned Bayside parcels, after public commenters said decisions were being made out of public view.
Joey Brunell of Pine Street told the council it was "a deliberate strategy to hide decisions from the public," saying staff had acted on what he described as "guidance provided by the council in a closed door session" and that the public had been denied the chance to hear deliberations or know how individual councilors guided decisions.
Council and staff framed the closed discussion narrowly as an information-gathering session with a broker. Corporation counsel said the council could meet in executive session under statute, stating,…
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