Press Herald: Stronger mayor, bigger council among proposals in Portland Charter Commission’s preliminary report
Workshop topics will include the executive mayor’s power to direct staff, the language defining the mayor’s involvement in drafting the budget and an amendment Commissioner Marpheen Chann proposed at the commission’s last meeting. Chann’s proposal would keep the mayor as a member of the council, keep a city manager instead of a chief operating officer and eliminate the executive committee to nominate key officials.
