City Council Meeting: October 12, 2026

The Eugene City Council meeting on October 12, 2026 included ceremonial recognitions, council reports, approval proceedings for the consent calendar, and public comment. A speaker criticized the recent alternative-response RFP, saying it did not fund a program similar to the former Cahoots service and instead awarded more than $500,000 to a for-profit peer program. The speaker also cited a city EPD budget of $186.7 million. These were public-comment statements; the transcript records no council vote or action on the RFP or related funding. The consent-calendar motion to approve council minutes and the tentative agenda was made and put to a vote, but the outcome is not captured in the transcript.

Other public comments addressed rape-prevention education, mental-health and crisis response, police oversight, public safety concerns, and psychedelic-use enforcement priorities. Councilors expressed interest in follow-up briefings and reviewing materials, including on community response and psychedelic policy. The mayor also noted that the city’s wheelchair-accessible taxi pilot had launched October 1, but no related procurement details were provided. No new procurement decision by the council was identified.