No. City Council members are not paid by developers for development projects or for their decisions on development applications. Developers do not pay Council members to approve, deny, or otherwise influence a development application.
City officials are subject to Oregon's ethics laws and applicable policies regarding conflicts of interest and the acceptance of benefits or gifts. When an actual or potential conflict of interest exists, Oregon law establishes requirements for how the public official must handle that conflict. The City's land-use decisions must be based on the applicable laws, regulations, and development standards. Not on payments from developers to individual Council members.