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CFO outlines staffing cuts, grant trims and small insurance savings in finance service area
Summary
Deputy City Administrator and CFO Jonas Biri described proposed finance service-area reductions ahead of the mayor's budget, including elimination of four vacant positions, expiry of two limited-term revenue positions, $270,000 in insurance savings, about $350,000 in reduced external grants and an 8% cut to donor programs (roughly $100,000).
Portland's budget and finance deputy city administrator, Jonas Biri, told the City Council on April 2 that managers were asked to show how deeply they could cut "without breaking the system," and then document the near- and long-term impacts of those reductions.
Biri said the service-area recommendations that made it into the city administrator's preliminary package include elimination of four positions (two in the city budget office and two in business operations). He said those are currently vacant and…
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