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Portland officials lay out enterprise-wide approach as city begins budget season
Summary
City Administrator Mike Jordan and deputy administrators presented a high-level, enterprise approach to Portland's 2025-26 budget, emphasizing the limited flexibility of the general fund, vacancy prioritization, span-of-control reviews and assessments of internal service delivery to identify savings ahead of the mayor's May 5 proposal.
Portland city leaders told the City Council on April 2 that the coming budget cycle will be guided by an enterprise-wide, comparative review of bureaus and service areas rather than the historic, bureau-by-bureau submissions.
"The general fund only represents about 10% of the total city budget," City Administrator Mike Jordan told councilors, and because that slice is discretionary, it receives the most attention even though the rest of the budget is largely dedicated funds such as utilities and fee-based services.
Jordan said staff are prioritizing vacant positions when considering cuts, conducting a span-of-control review for managers and performing an assessment of seven internal service delivery systems—including equity and engagement, HR, IT and procurement—to estimate…
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