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The government of Portland, Oregon is based on a mayor–council government system. Elected officials include the mayor, a 12-member city council, and a city auditor.The city council is responsible for legislative policy, while the mayor appoints a professional city manager who oversees the various bureaus and day-to-day operations of the city.
The first city council elections under the new districts occured in 2024. [8] In preparation for transitioning management of city bureaus to a city manager, Mayor Ted Wheeler grouped city bureaus into five related service areas. [9] On January 2, 2025, at the first meeting of the new council, Elana Pirtle-Guiney was elected council president in ...
The 2024 Portland municipal elections were held on November 5, 2024, to elect the mayor, city auditor and city council of Portland, Oregon.This was the first Portland election to use ranked-choice voting (instant-runoff voting for the mayor's position; single transferable voting for city councillors) following the implementation of charter reform approved by voters in a 2022 ballot measure.
The 2024 Portland City Council elections were held on November 5, 2024. It was the first election under Portland's new form of government, the first election to elect a city council instead of a city commission, the first without a primary, the first where every seat was up for election, and the first under a proportional ranked-choice voting system (single transferable voting) as opposed to a ...
Oakridge voters will vote on a new charter and decide whether to adopt STAR (Score Then Automatic Runoff) voting for its next city council elections.
A simplified version of the financial conflict of interest charter changes will likely go before Springfield voters in April. Push for simplified code of ethics in City Charter gains momentum ...
On Wednesday, June 25, 2008, the City Council approved the following amendments with a 4–0 vote. The First Amendment to the Lents Town Center Urban Renewal Area will expand boundaries by 140.05 acres (0.5668 km 2 ), increase maximum indebtedness by $170 million and extend the expiration date to June 30, 2020.
Jun. 17—Monday night is the last Albuquerque City Council meeting before a month-long break, and councilors face a hefty agenda as debate on four charter amendments is expected to come to a close.