7:53 → 8:42(49s)
Chair called the meeting to order, asked the clerk to take roll; Council Members Stone and Liu and Chair Venker were present and the chair declared a quorum for the record.
The Policy & Services Committee reviewed a city auditor audit of building permit and inspection fees and voted to forward it to council; considered draft 2026 state/federal and utility legislative guidelines and recommended they go to council with committee edits; advanced a framework for nonprofit long-term leases and authorized moving Gamble Garden lease negotiations while referring two leases back to staff; discussed 2026 council priority-setting (tiering, KPIs, facilitator) and recommended process changes; and recommended a biennial procedures handbook review and optional January committee meetings.
