Next Up at City Council, 4/9/2008

The Portland City Council agenda for tomorrow is here. The Council will:

* Decide how much Public Campaign Finance Fund money should be allocated to Certified Candidate Jim Middaugh, if he is in a runoff in the July Special Election for the seat Erik Sten vacated.

* Appoint Martha Simpson, Don McGillivray, Lois Chilcott and reappoint Charles Kurtz, Dolores Hubert and Patty Brost to the Elders in Action Commission

(hooray, this is a great cause – thank you for serving)

* Vote on a whole slew of contracts, none of which I’ve had time to look over

* Adopt a whole year of Council minutes, from January to December 2006

I find this disgraceful. Minutes of each meeting should be adopted within one month, in my opinion.

* Increase taxi cab rates

* Accept the report recommending transfer of 2nd Lt. Sharff U.S. Army Reserve Center to the Oregon Military Department for use by the Oregon Army National Guard and transmit 2nd Lt. Alfred Sharff USARC Reuse Master Plan to U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development and U.S. Department of Defense

I’ve heard many neighbors in North Portland support this use of the current Reserve Center.

* 469 Assess benefited properties for improvements in the Portland Streetcar Gibbs Extension Local Improvement District

Gosh, I wish I had time to look into that.

There are other items on the Agenda on Wednesday morning. Nothing Wednesday afternoon or Thursday. Please post in the comments with more information on the notes above, and on anything I missed.