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A Portland city commissioner may have jumped the gun by appointing the city’s first interim deputy city administrator. Last week, Commissioner Rene Gonzalez’s office announced Mike Myers will assume a leadership role over the city’s new Public Safety Service Area. Public Safety will encompass the fire and police bureaus, emergency management, 911 operations, business operations, and programs and policy. The commissioner was the first to appoint a top leader to carry the city into its.