The Rules and Legislation Committee met on Thursday, May 21, 2026, at 10:38 AM to consider scheduling items, draft agendas, and a major charter reform proposal. Due to a high number of public speakers, speaking time was limited to 1 minute 30 seconds for item 3 and 1 minute for item 5.
Good. Sorry. Good morning. Good morning, everyone in chambers. Good morning, and welcome to the rules and legislation committee meeting on this Thursday, May twenty first. The time is now ten thirty-eight, and this meeting shall come to order. I'd like to give instructions on how to submit a speaker card. If you are here with us in chambers and would like to submit a speaker card on items on this agenda, we ask you to please fill out a speaker card on the table in front of you and hand it to the clerk representative either before the item is called or ten minutes after this meeting began. The meeting began at ten thirty-eight. And so that would make that cut off time to submit your speaker cards either at ten forty-eight or before the item is called. Chair Jenkins. Yes, because of the immense amount of speakers, we're going to limit public speaking time to a minute and thirty seconds. Moving to the first item, item number one is approval of the draft minutes for the committee meeting on May seventh, twenty twenty six. Council Member Fife. Council Member Ramachandran. Aye. Councilmember uh Chair Jenkins. Item number one is approval for eyes. Thank you for that. We now are moving to item number two, which is determination of scheduling outstanding committee items, which is your pending list. I have no speakers. I have a motion by Councilmember Brown, seconded by Council Member Five to approve item two, determination of scheduling and outstanding committee items on roll for this. Council member Brown. Aye. Council Member Fife. Aye. Council Member Ramachandra. Aye. And Chair Jenkins. Aye. Item number two is approved with four ayes. As is. No changes. This now takes us to item three, new scheduling. One moment. We have quite a few items. Item three starts with item 3.1, which is an ordinance amending the uh reenacting OMC Charter 3.08 to remove ballot title and summary of measure to clarify and remove unnecessary requirements for the city sponsored ballot measure and amend section 3.08.040 to update language regarding nomination petitions. Three amend section 3.08.080 to clarify declaration of candidacy forms and four at section 3.08.085 to clarify requirements for ballot designations. And this item is being requested to be scheduled for the May 28th rules of legislation committee meeting agenda. And I will now read the urgency finding for this item, which is the ordinance needs to be adopted in order to update election materials. Election materials needed to be update prior to the state of nomination period. Now moving to item 3.2. I do see um a hand at this time. So we'll adjourn into a special meeting as there's a couple of council members here that are going to participate. I'll understand the motion. I'll second. And we have a motion by council present uh council chair Jenkins, seconded by council member Brown to adjourn in a special meeting, council meeting at the presence of additional council members on roll. Councilmember Brown. Aye. Councilmember Fife.