Press Herald: Portland charter commission again votes to support strengthening mayor’s role
Earlier in the meeting, Commissioner Marpheen Chann proposed an amendment that would have significantly changed the proposal and restored some of the language currently in the charter.
That amendment would have eliminated language around an “executive” mayor, removed the creation of an executive committee, and walked back some of the budget authority given to the mayor, among other changes. “I think this amendment can get us more than seven or six people (in support of the proposal),” Chann said.
