Report2025-208

What is Portland deciding about approval of the FY 2025-26 Budget for the City of Portland (Council convenes as Budget Committee)?

The report includes changes to the FY 2025-26 Proposed Budget which must be approved by the City of Portland Budget Committee.

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Approval of the FY 2025-26 Budget for the City of Portland (Council convenes as Budget Committee)

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01 · Understand it

What this proposal would actually do.

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What would change

The report includes changes to the FY 2025-26 Proposed Budget which must be approved by the City of Portland Budget Committee.

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What would stay the same

The reviewed sources do not clearly identify every existing policy, service, contract, or obligation that would remain unchanged.

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Why it matters

This proposal concerns budget, taxes & finance and requires action through Portland’s public legislative process.

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Who may be affected

The Approved Budget as filed includes programmatic changes that will impact the community. These programmatic changes invest resources and reallocate internal resources into bureau programs as articulated in the Mayor’s Proposed Budget document. A three-member Community Budget Advisory Board was invited to sit in on budget discussions with the Mayor and Council as the budget was developed. There were Council work sessions held to discuss the FY 2025-26 Budget process in April and May of 2025. Council conducted four listening sessions in March and April of 2025 as well. Public comment has been solicited on the City Budget Office website, and in accordance with Oregon Local Budget Law, live public testimony was received on May 7th, 2025 during the Mayor's Proposed Budget Hearing and will be heard again on May 21st, 2025. Council members receive weekly emails from the CBO compiling the written comments received by the public through the online portal. The budget process continues with the final opportunity for Council to amend the budget and receive public testimony and input. At present, this is scheduled to occur on June 11, 2025.

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What happens next

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Recorded · 12–0

May 21, 2025

YesAngelita Morillo Candace Avalos Dan Ryan Elana Pirtle-Guiney Eric Zimmerman Jamie Dunphy Loretta Smith Mitch Green Olivia Clark Sameer Kanal Steve Novick Tiffany Koyama Lane

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Motion to approve a technical adjustment to update Attachment E: Moved by Novick and seconded by Zimmerman. (Aye (12): Kanal, Ryan, Koyama Lane, Morillo, Novick, Clark, Green, Zimmerman, Avalos, Dunphy, Smith, Pirtle-Guiney)

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Financial implications

The action of the Budget Committee (as requested in this report) reflects a change of $100,650,000 million from the FY 2025-26 Proposed Budget, as distributed on May 5, 2025. The total appropriation including fund transfers is now $8,641,680,199. The reason for this change in expense and resource is because of an interfund loan of $50,000,000 for the Fire Police Disability & Retirement Fund, which receives its levy funding in November of each year, and needs to pay out benefits beginning in July of each fiscal year. The Budget Committee may introduce amendments at the hearing on May 21, 2025. After the Budget Committee votes to approve the budget, the financial information is sent to the Tax Supervising Conversation Commission for their review and subsequent hearing currently scheduled on June 11, 2025.

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Final legal actionReport 2025-208

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TO:Mayor Keith WilsonCouncil President Elana Pirtle-GuineyCouncil Vice President Tiffany Koyama LaneCouncilor Candace AvalosCouncilor Jamie DunphyCouncilor Loretta SmithCouncilor Sameer KanalCouncilor Dan RyanCouncilor Angelita MorilloCouncilor Steve NovickCouncilor Olivia ClarkCouncilor Mitch GreenCouncilor Eric ZimmermanCity Auditor Simone RedeFROM: Ruth Levine, City Budget DirectorDATE: May 13, 2024SUBJECT: Approval of the FY 2025-26 Budget for the City of PortlandWith this memo, the City Budget Office conveys a package of information to aid the Council in considering changes to the Proposed Budget and moving to an Approved Budget for submittal to the Tax Supervising and Conservation Commission (TSCC). Attached to this memo are the following documents:Attachment A: A step-by-step description of the process for consideration of and deliberation on changes to the FY 2025-26 Proposed Budget at the May 21st Budget Committee meetingAttachment B: List of all adjustments to the FY 2025-26 Proposed BudgetAttachment C: Summary of adjustments by fund and major object categoryAttachment D: Budget Notes as Proposed for the ApprovedAttachment E: Tax increment collections planned for the City’s Urban Renewal DistrictsAttachment F: Classifications in Standard Pay GradesAttachment G: Non-represented Classifications in Standard Pay GradesAttachment H: Classifications in Non-Standard Pay GradesAttachment I: Council President Amendment PackageAttachment J: Compiled List of Pre-Filed Council AmendmentsAttachment K: Amendment by GroupingCity Council will present and discuss budget adjustments and budget notes to be incorporated into the Approved Budget on Wednesday, May 21, 2025. The Council will have the opportunity to make further amendments to the budget as part of the Adopted Budget process scheduled for first reading on June 11, 2025.

Meetings, motions, amendments, and votes1 meetings · 8 votes

May 21, 2025Placed on fileAgenda item 16

Recorded amendments

May 21, 2025 · Passed

Motion to approve changes to the proposed budget as presented in the memo, in Attachments B and C, to reflect the approved amendments: Moved by Kanal and seconded by Green. (Aye (12): Kanal, Ryan, Koyama Lane, Morillo, Novick, Clark, Green, Zimmerman, Avalos, Dunphy, Smith, Pirtle-Guiney)

May 21, 2025 · Withdrawn

Motion to approve the budget as amended: Moved by Kanal and seconded by Zimmerman; Motion withdrawn.

May 21, 2025 · Recorded

Motion to approve budget as amended: Moved by Avalos and seconded by Novick. (Aye (8): Kanal, Koyama Lane, Morillo, Novick, Green, Avalos, Dunphy, Pirtle-Guiney; Nay (4): Ryan, Clark, Zimmerman, Smith)

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