Portland Mayor Ted Wheeler to seize control of all city bureaus months before new government launches

Multnomah County approves new contract with Portland to oversee homeless response agency

Multnomah County commissioners voted Thursday to extend a contract with the city of Portland to jointly oversee the region’s homelessness response agency for three more years.The decision follows a year of negotiations between county and city leaders over how to operate the Joint Office of Homeless Services, with politicians disagreeing over how the agency’s money should be best spent. As the name suggests, the 8-year-old agency is jointly funde…

Mayor Wheeler announces plans to control all Portland bureaus ahead of city government change

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — The City of Portland is less than a month away from restructuring, including combining the various bureaus under the Mayor's office, ahead of a voter-approved city charter change set to go into effect in six months. On the city's website, Portland Mayor Ted Wheeler announced interim City Administrator Michael Jordan will manage the newly appointed deputy city administrators to oversee the bureaus and other new duties, be…

Portland Mayor Ted Wheeler to seize control of all city bureaus months before new government launches

Wheeler’s consolidation of power comes nearly nine months after the mayor first sought to claw back all bureaus not under his control.