The Portland City Council last week could not agree on yet another basic procedural question: what items should and should not go on the consent agenda before the council.

The most recent procedural debate is just the latest in what’s become a long string of debates around council procedures, the role and place for public testimony, and how a policy moves through a committee. Some of those debates have lasted for hours on the dais but have resulted in no conclusion from the council—a council that has in recent months seen strained relationships between members of its progressive caucus and the more centrist bloc.

At issue last week during a council meeting was whether nominees for various city advisory bodies and committees should be placed on the consent agenda if unanimously approved b

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