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Council approves amended employee benefits plans after committees, adopting compromise packages for LMBC and PPA
Summary
After months of committee work and public testimony, Council approved amended FY2025‑26 plan changes: the Labor Management Benefits Committee package was set at 10%, and the Portland Police Association package at 11.9%; both ordinances passed as amended (11–1).
Portland City Council approved changes to the city’s employee benefit plan documents for FY2025‑26 on April 16 after lengthy committee work, bargaining group deliberations and public testimony.
Two separate ordinances were before council: one adopting plan‑design changes for employees represented in the Labor Management Benefits Committee (LMBC) and non‑represented employees, and a second for represented Portland Police Association (PPA) employees. The city administration presented an executive recommendation that would have held plan cost increases to an 8 percent renewal (budgeted) and added one‑time reserve contributions; labor representatives and several unions pressed for larger packages that better shielded employees from…
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