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Council presses administration for desegregated list of $132M in unspent nonfederal grants
Summary
Councillors, led by Councilor Smith, pressed the assistant city administrator and finance staff for a disaggregated accounting of roughly $132 million in unspent nonfederal grant funds; staff agreed to try to provide detailed, line-level data within about 10 days for the budget work ahead.
Portland councilors pressed the administration on a monthly City Administrator's report snapshot showing roughly $132 million in unspent non-federal grant awards, asking whether the amounts are restricted, designated, or available as general fund resources as the council prepares the mayor's budget.
Councilor (first name in transcript: Smith) said the information is urgent for budget work and cited an ordinance (passed Feb. 19) that requires the administrator to report unassigned funds within 15 days of receipt. "Can you get us the…
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