Portland City Council AM Session 1/07/26

Portland City Council · January 8, 2026

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Call to order and roll call

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Meeting called to order at 09:32; clerk called the roll and members announced present. The chair asked the clerk to read rules of order and decorum.

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Portland City Council met Jan. 7, 2026, for its first regular meeting of the year. The agenda rearranged public comment ahead of the council president election; public speakers raised concerns about arbitration, SNAP theft and homelessness funding. The council deadlocked repeatedly (6-6) in multiple rounds of voting for council president; the election was continued to the next day.

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