City Expenses
- In FY 2024-25, the vast majority of City expenses are in Public Works, which includes the Water Bureau, the Bureau of Environmental Services and the Portland Bureau of Transportation.
- A full 90% of the funds that make up the City's approximately $8 billion budget are by law, restricted to specific uses. These include funds received from the federal government and dollars earmarked for utilities, transportation and debt repayment.
Chart 1: FY 2024 - 25 City Expenses Across All Funds by Service Area
Public Works - $4.04 Billion
Community & Economic Development - $1.23 Billion
Budget & Finance - $1.00 Billion
City Operations - $0.66 Billion
Vibrant Communities - $0.65 Billion
Public Safety - $0.56 Billion
City Administrator - $113.1 Million
Auditor - $13.4 Million
City Council - $7 Million
Mayor's Office - $3.9 Million
City Revenues
- Nearly 28% of the City's Revenue is from what's called the Beginning Fund Balance. This is money that wasn't spent in the previous fiscal year for a variety of reasons.
- Not all revenues in the City's $8 billion budget are collected from the public. Internal revenues are dollars received between bureaus for the exchange of goods or services for payment such as technology, fleet and risk management. In Portland, 22% of revenues are internal.
- More than 13% of revenues came from debt proceeds, loans and interest.
- Property and business license taxes, make up only 12% of the City's budgeted revenue collection.
Chart 2: FY 2024 - 25 City Revenues
Budgeted Beginning Fund Balance - 27.64%
Internal Revenues - 22.59%
Revenues From Debt Proceeds, Loans, Interest - 13.47%
Service Charges And Fees - 12.53%
Taxes - 12.24%
Grants Intergovernmental Revenues - 6.16%
Licenses And Permits - 4.89%
Miscellaneous Revenues - 0.34%
Other Sales - 0.13%
Sales Of Tangible Assets - 0.01%
The General Fund
- The General Fund is the City's most flexible resource but only makes up about 10% of the total budget.
- We call these flexible funds "discretionary resources".
- Most of the money in the General Fund comes from property and business licensing taxes.
- The City uses the General Fund to pay for everything that has not already been covered by restricted funds.
Chart 3: FY 2024-25 The General Fund
Restricted Resources 90%
Unrestricted Revenue (General Fund Discretionary) 10%
The General Fund
- The General Fund is the City's most flexible resource but only makes up about 10% of the total budget.
- We call these flexible funds "discretionary resources".
- Most of the money in the General Fund comes from property and business licensing taxes.
- The City uses the General Fund to pay for everything that has not already been covered by restricted funds.
Chart 4: FY 2024-25 General Fund Discretionary Allocated Expenses
Public Safety - $446.98 Million
Vibrant Communities - $87.56 Million
Community & Economic Development - $78.42 Million
City Administrator - $42.64 Million
Budget & Finance - $30.62 Million
City Operations - $23.44 Million
Public Works - $9.89 Million
Auditor - $5.59 Million
City Council - $2.86 Million
Mayor's Office - $1.68 Million