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Finance committee reviews Public Works budget; sewer and stormwater rates held flat
Summary
The City of Portland’s finance committee reviewed the Public Works departmental budget and utility funds for FY26. Public Works Director Mike Murray described savings and staffing adjustments, and city staff said there will be no rate increases for the sewer utility fund or the stormwater service charge this year.
Public Works Director Mike Murray told the finance committee that his department’s FY26 general fund request is $18.87 million, a roughly $387,000 (2 percent) increase from the previous year, and that revenues in the department are essentially flat.
Murray walked committee members through division-level changes and savings, including removal of a vacant deputy director position from the FY26 submission and contract reductions in solid waste after the city ended use of an outside collection contract. He also described planned investments in downtown maintenance and two additional full-time positions for the downtown district, half-funded by the Portland Downtown Improvement District.
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