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Committee opens budget debrief; city budget office urges earlier community priority setting
Summary
The Governance Committee held a debrief on the recent budget process, heard the city budget office’s view that earlier public engagement on priorities would improve outcomes, and discussed next steps for finance and governance committees to refine the timeline.
The Portland Governance Committee used part of its June 23 meeting to debrief the recently completed city budget process and to discuss how to improve public engagement, timing and information for next year’s budget.
Jonas Birri, acting chief financial officer for the city, told the committee the administration and budget office want to move toward a budgeting model that starts with a clear, community‑developed set of priorities early in the process. “There is an objective…where we actually have a meaningful…
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