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Fiscal Year 2026-27 budget development

July 1, 2025 (when FY 25-26 starts): Budget Preparation in Fall; Current Service Level Budget and Forecast in Winter; Proposed Budget in Spring; Approved Budget and Adopted Budget by June 30, 2026 (when FY25-26 ends)

FY 2026-27 Budget Calendar Draft

Service areas submit Current Service Level (CSL) budgets & forecast information: January 23, 2026

Citywide public info session - Budget 101 & priorities: Between February 2 - 11, 2026

Service areas submit budget reduction concepts: February 9, 2026

CSL gaps & forecast information released Between: February 13 - 17, 2026

City Council Work Session on CSL, forecasts & bureau budgets by program: February 2026 (date TBD)

Committee/Council presentations on budget information by service area/bureaus: February 23 - March 6, 2026

Utility Rate Review – first reading and hearing: April 16th, 2025

Mayor's Proposed Budget document available: April 20, 2026

Mayor's Message and hearing on City budget*: April 21, 2026

Proposed Budget Work Session*: April 21, 2026

City Council Convenes as Prosper Portland Budget Committee: Hearing on Proposed Budget: April 21, 2026

Optional Finance Committee meeting or work session on Revised General Fund financial forecast: May 4, 2026

Optional Approved Budget Work Session(s): April 22 - May 12, 2026

Council Amendment Proposal Deadline for CBO Drafting: May 14th, 2025 by 5PM

Action to Approve City & Prosper Portland budgets*: Between May 18 - 20, 2026

Approved Budget Submitted to Tax Supervising & Conservation Commission: May 21, 2026

Tax Supervising & Conservation Commission hearing on Approved Budget: June 9, 2026 from 9:30 - 11:30AM

Council action to adopt budget – First Reading: June 10, 2026 @9:30AM

Council action to adopt budget – Second reading**: June 17, 2026 @6:00PM

*Council Convenes as Budget Committee under state law

**if necessary

Slide Title: Potential FY 2026-27 Budget Development Calendar

Oct.-Nov. 2025

• Council work session (today)
• Budget guidance released (Nov.)

December 2025

• Base budgets loaded
• GF forecast released

January 2026

• Requested budgets submitted with "current service level budgets" and/or other options

February 2026

• CA report released on "current service level" (and/or other options) – descriptive only

March-April 2026

• Mayor develops Proposed Budget (possibly including listening session/s)
• April 20th Proposed Budget released including hearing & work session

May 2025

• Budget committee meetings and/or work sessions with service areas
• May 20th - Approved hearing

June 2026

• Week of June 8th - TSCC hearing
• By June 11th – Adopted Budget 1st reading
• By June 18th – Adopted Budget 2nd reading

Slide Title: Budget Information, Briefings & Documents

Base budget briefings & budget 101 materials

Mayor's budget guidance 5-year

General Fund forecast

Bureau budget requests

City Administrator Report*

Mayor's Proposed Budget

• Bureau & program offer budget narrative
• Decision Package detail
• Dashboard

Proposed Budget Work Sessions

Approved Budget Work Sessions

*Trial for FY 2025-26, plan to change

Slide Title: Budget Process Timeline Requirements

November to June

Preparation & Requests

• 11/5: Fall TAO 1st reading
• Early December: Update base budget expenses for inflation
• Mid-December: General fund forecast update

Mayor's Proposed

• By May 5th: Charter requirement for Mayor's Proposed. Earliest possible date is mid-April (details on next slide)
• Immediately following Proposed Budget Release: Formally deliver Proposed budget to Budget Committee

Approved Budget

• Early May: Budget Committee deliberations occur between the date the budget message is delivered and the required TSCC submission date.
• By May 20th: Last date for Approved Budget
• By May 21st: Approved budget submission to TSCC

Adopted Budget

• Week of June 8th: TSCC hearing, 1st reading of Adopted Budget
• By June 18th: Adopt budget

Slide Title: Mayor's Proposed Development Steps

Beginning in early December, developing the Mayor's Proposed requires key steps:

• Bureaus & programs develop technical budget changes and cut/add packages (4-6 weeks)
• CBO checks & analyzes budget submissions (4 weeks)
• Mayor works with CA & staff to deliberate and balance the budget (6 weeks)
• CBO makes technical entries & develops budget book materials (4 weeks)

In total, process is roughly 18-20 weeks – earliest possible Proposed Budget date is mid-April

Slide Title: FY 2025-26 One-time General Fund

City Administrator $18.9M

PEMO $3M

Street Services Coordination Center $4.4M

Overnight Shelter $4.8M

Alternative Shelter $6.7M

Portland Police Bureau $10.1M

Precinct Patrol $10.1M

Office of the Public Safety… $7.9M

OVP $1.2M

Ceasefire $6.7M

Portland Fire & Rescue $7.3M

$2M

Emergency Operations $5.3M

Office of the Chief Financial Officer $5.2M

Flood safety benefit fee $5.2M

Bureau of Human Resources $4.3M

Operations and strategic support $3.4M

Payroll project

Portland Parks & Recreation $2.3M

Park Maintenance $2M

Bureau of Planning & Sustainability $2.25M

Graffiti Reduction $1.5M

Prosper Portland $2M

Inclusive Entrepreneurship $2M

Office of Community and … $1.2M

Permit Improvement Team $0.9M

Portland Housing Bureau $0.6M

Rental Srvcs Pol and Plan $0.6M

Office of City Operations $0.45M

Procurement

Portland Office of Emergency… $0.4M