Parks maintenance staffing restoration was included as a component of the broader 'Services First' amendment package (Green-Avalos-Morillo One), which proposes restoring roughly 96 positions across multiple bureaus. Public testimony warned that deferred parks maintenance would compound into capital failures and threaten renewal of the parks levy, but no final vote on the amendment was taken during this session.

Public testimony from union members, city employees, and service advocates raised concerns about operational risks and insufficient labor engagement in the Core Services Realignment, while three competing amendment packages — including the 'Services First' proposal to pause the realignment for one year and restore roughly 96 positions — were debated but not voted on. The CFO and Budget Director warned that funding the pause with one-time resources would worsen the city's structural deficit, with further amendment negotiations required to conclude by June 11.

Council debated multiple competing budget amendment packages that included restoring fire rescue staffing, with firefighters testifying in support of reinstating overnight staffing for three rescue units serving East and Southeast Portland. The only amendment brought to a full vote — Pirtle-Guiney-Novick One, which would have restored Rescue 19 funded by cuts to nine council office budgets — failed 5-7, leaving fire rescue staffing unresolved pending continued budget negotiations on June 11.

First reading of the state revenue sharing emergency ordinance was noted during the session, with the final vote scheduled for June 17 at 6:15 PM alongside the adopted budget — requiring nine affirmative votes to pass.

PCEF advocates testified in opposition to proposals within the 'Services First' amendment that would use Portland Clean Energy Fund interest revenues to fund general city staffing, arguing climate dollars should not be redirected for non-climate purposes and calling for a codified review process. No vote on the PCEF funding mechanism was taken during this session, as the broader 'Services First' amendment package was debated but not brought to a final vote.

Council debated three competing amendment packages to the FY2026-27 budget addressing bureau-specific cuts to fire rescue staffing, public safety support specialists, and parks maintenance, but only one amendment — Pirtle-Guiney-Novick One, to restore Rescue 19 by cutting council office budgets — received a full vote and failed 5-7. A motion to recess and negotiate a unified proposal also failed 2-10, with budget deliberations set to continue June 11 and a final budget vote scheduled for June 17.

The Pirtle-Guiney-Novick One amendment, which proposed restoring Rescue 19 fire staffing by cutting nine council office budgets, was the only budget amendment to receive a full vote during the morning session, failing 5-7.

PCEF advocates testified in opposition to the 'Services First' budget amendment's proposal to use PCEF interest earnings to fund non-climate positions, calling for a codified review process before any climate fund dollars are redirected. No vote was taken specifically on PCEF revenue use, though the broader amendment package it would fund remained unresolved at the end of the morning session.

Over 30 speakers testified for approximately two hours on the FY2026-27 budget, with union members, parks advocates, immigrant rights groups, PCEF supporters, and firefighters urging council to restore positions cut in the mayor's proposed budget and raising concerns about operational risks, deferred maintenance, and the use of climate funds for non-climate purposes. City financial staff warned that amendment packages relying on one-time resources would worsen next year's structural deficit and risk the city's credit rating.

Public testimony from union members and city employees raised operational concerns about the Core Services Realignment, including lack of labor engagement in the process, while competing budget amendments — including the 'Services First' package proposing a one-year pause of the realignment — were debated but not voted on. The CFO and Budget Director cautioned that one-time funding solutions would worsen the city's structural deficit, while amendment supporters argued that a poorly executed realignment would itself generate future costs.

Council debated multiple competing budget amendments that included restoring fire rescue unit staffing, with firefighters testifying in support of reinstating overnight staffing for three rescue units serving East and Southeast Portland. The only amendment to receive a full vote — Pirtle-Guiney-Novick One, which proposed restoring Rescue 19 funded by cuts to nine council office budgets — failed 5-7, with remaining amendments carried over to continued budget sessions on June 10 and 11.

Referenced briefly at the end of the meeting summary as a scheduled item for the June 17 session, where it must pass with nine affirmative votes, but no substantive discussion or action was taken on it during this meeting.

PCEF advocates testified during public comment opposing the use of climate fund interest dollars for non-climate purposes, specifically objecting to the 'Services First' amendment's proposal to fund restored city positions through PCEF interest. They called for a codified review process to protect the fund from being diverted to general budget purposes.

Public testimony from union members and city employees raised significant concerns about operational risks from the Core Services Realignment and the lack of labor engagement in the process. The 'Services First' amendment (Green-Avalos-Morillo One) proposed pausing the realignment for one year and restoring roughly 96 positions, while the narrower Pirtle-Guiney-Novick package targeted the highest-risk realignment positions; no amendment addressing the realignment received a final vote during this session.

Referenced briefly in the context of the June 17 budget adoption session, where it was noted that the state revenue sharing emergency ordinance must pass at that meeting and will require nine affirmative votes. No action was taken on the ordinance itself during this session.

Three competing budget amendment packages were debated during the morning session — the 'Services First' package restoring ~96 positions, a narrower Pirtle-Guiney-Novick package targeting high-risk realignment positions and fire rescue, and Clark Two addressing public safety cuts — but no consensus was reached. The only amendment brought to a full vote, Pirtle-Guiney-Novick One to restore Rescue 19 by cutting council office budgets, failed 5-7, and a motion to recess for unified negotiation also failed 2-10; deliberations are set to continue June 11 with a deadline of 12:30 PM.

The Housing Bureau Unbudgeted Fund Balance Corrective Policy was part of the Consent Agenda, which passed unanimously 12-0, but no specific debate or discussion of this item was recorded in the meeting summary.

The only amendment to receive a full vote during the session was Pirtle-Guiney-Novick One, which would have restored Rescue 19 by cutting nine council office budgets — it failed 5-7. Firefighters testified urging council to restore overnight staffing for three rescue units serving East and Southeast Portland, with the issue remaining unresolved as budget negotiations continue through June 11.