The Portland City Council Finance Committee on Nov. 10 voted to forward four technical amendments to city code that staff said are housekeeping changes for the Revenue Division.

The package includes: clarifying when the Revenue Division may share certain nonfinancial business license tax return information with the Bureau of Environmental Services to comply with the revised Oregon Revised Statute 314.835; updates to transient lodging tax confidentiality rules to align with that same state change; corrections to appeals‑board timelines and membership provisions (including background checks) that were inadvertently omitted during a 2022 code update; and restoration of Lloyd District–specific fee provisions inadvertently removed in a 2024 revision. "This is a package of proposed technical cleanups to various sections of city code related to the Revenue Division," Jonas Birri, the city's chief financial officer, told the committee.

Committee members described the items as housekeeping, asked clarifying questions about whether district rates were already in effect, and accepted staff's explanation that the changes align code with prior council actions. The clerk conducted separate roll-call votes on the four items; each was approved in committee on unanimous 4-0 roll-call votes and will return to the full council for final consideration.

Why it matters: The changes are procedural and aim to make local code consistent with state law and with council direction taken in 2023–2024. City staff characterized the package as noncontroversial technical fixes that remove ambiguity in enforcement and board processes.

What’s next: Each ordinance will appear on the full council agenda for final action; the Finance Committee record shows the items were forwarded to the full council after committee approval.