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From the meeting · City Council, · 1:02

Can the city enforce a deal the county can only recommend?

Before the council votes on a motion about its homelessness dispute with the county, a member presses staff on a city-county term sheet for homelessness data and housing matching, whose terms depend on the regional Continuum of Care accepting the county's recommendations.

Tim McOsker (Councilmember, Fifteenth District) and the city administrative officer

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Tim McOsker (Councilmember, Fifteenth District) On the HMIS and on the CES, there's a bullet that says the county is going to recommend to the COC general membership to formalize these goodies.

Tim McOsker (Councilmember, Fifteenth District) Let's say we actually get to a place that we're satisfied with the terms.

Tim McOsker (Councilmember, Fifteenth District) The only thing incumbent upon the county is to make a recommendation to the COC, and the COC acts independently.

Tim McOsker (Councilmember, Fifteenth District) And if the COC acts independently to say forget it, we're not doing it, then what?

the city administrative officer So the...

the city administrative officer That was the extent that the county could commit on these items because the COC general membership would make any decisions on changes to the charter.

the city administrative officer The county as the COC lead would have the responsibility to make recommendations.

the city administrative officer So this just represents the technical, the process through which we would need to effectuate changes to the charter.

the city administrative officer We would not be able to secure the county's commitment to change the charter because they themselves don't do it.

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From the public recording of the City Council, October 23, 2026. Picked and described with AI; the words are the meeting's own. Remove this clip