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Share your feedback to help the City of Portland shape its budget for Fiscal Year 2025-2026. The Portland City Council will review written testimony, live testimony from listening sessions, a survey and other community input.
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Submit Written Testimony

Community members are invited to provide year-round written comments related to the City of Portland's budget, or testimony on specific Council agenda items related to the budget process. These comments will be shared with City Council members and leadership and included in the public record.

Fill out our Budget Comment Form


The City’s 12-month financial cycle begins July 1 and ends June 30 of the following year. The budget process includes five phases: prepare, draft, propose, approve, and adopt. 

You can learn more about how the budget is made each year on our Introduction to the Budget Process page. 

Fiscal Year 2025 to 26 budget development timeline.

Throughout the budget year, community members have many opportunities to provide input on the budget process. Opportunities that are closely timed to the budget process (see the budget calendar below for exact dates), include:

  • Introductory presentations that provide financial context and budget information early in the budget process (Jan/Feb)
  • Preliminary Budget Recommendations engagement to gather feedback to finalize the Proposed budget (Mar/Apr)
  • Council hearings and meetings, which include public testimony (May/Jun)

Other opportunities include:

  • Budget Comment and Testimony form, where written testimony is accepted year-round.
  • Portland Insights Survey, a robust survey which gathers broad community perspectives (every other year)
  • Budget Advisory Committees, which are currently being reevaluated potentially to be service-area based or Citywide

Fiscal Year 2025-26 Budget Calendar

Information on testifying in person or virtually at Council meetings and hearings can be found at the links in the table below. Public testimony is not taken at work sessions. Council does not vote or take any action because work sessions are information only. 

Budget Calendar
MilestoneTypeDateLinks
Service areas submit Requested Budgets 1/24/2025 
Introduction to the Budget presentations in four districtsIntroductory presentations1/27 - 1/30/2025View slides
City Administrator’s draft budget recommendations publicly released 2/28/2025Read documents
District listening sessions on FY 2025-26 budget Preliminary Budget Recommendations engagement

3/20 (District 1)

4/3 (District 2)

3/18 (District 3)

4/1 (District 4)

District 1 -View recording

District 2 - View recording

District 3 - View recording

District 4 - View recording

City Council Work Sessions on draft budget recommendationsWork session

4/2/2025
1:00 - 4:00 PM

View recording
City Council Work Sessions on draft budget recommendationsWork session4/16/2025
1:00 - 4:00 PM
View recording
Optional Finance Committee meeting on Revised General Fund financial forecast 4/28/2025View recording
Mayor's Proposed Budget document available 5/5/2025Read documents

Mayor’s Budget Presentation and Council Discussion

Public Testimony on Mayor's Proposed Budget

Hearing / Meeting

5/7/2025

2:00-6:30 PM

View recording
Utility Rate Review 5/7/2025 
Prosper Portland Convenes as Budget Committee: Hearing on Proposed BudgetHearing / Meeting5/8/2025View recording
Optional Approved Budget Work SessionWork session5/14/2025
9:30-11:30 AM
View recording
Budget Committee Work SessionWork session5/14/2025
2:00-5:00 PM
View recording
Budget Committee Work SessionWork session5/15/2025
2:30-5:00 PM
View recording
Council Amendment Proposal Deadline for CBO Drafting 

5/16/2025

by 5:00 PM

 
Action to Approve City & Prosper Portland budgets*Hearing / Meeting5/21/2025
9:00 AM

View recording (hours 1 to 12)

View recording (hours 13 to 15)

Approved Budget Submitted to Tax Supervising & Conservation Commission 5/22/2025 
Budget Committee Work SessionWork session5/28/2025
9:30 AM - 12:00 PM
Watch livestream
Budget Committee Work SessionWork session6/4/2025
2:00 - 5:00 PM
Watch livestream
Tax Supervising & Conservation Commission hearing on Approved BudgetHearing / Meeting6/10/2025
9:30 - 11:30 AM
Watch livestream or sign up for testimony
Council action to adopt budget - First ReadingHearing / Meeting6/11/2025
9:30 AM
Watch livestream or sign up for testimony
Council action to adopt budget - Second Reading**Hearing / Meeting6/18/2025
6:00 PM
Watch livestream or sign up for testimony  

* Council convenes as the City's Budget Committee under state law 
** if necessary

   

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Find Budget Documents and Materials

You can find the all documents related to the budget for the upcoming fiscal year on our FY 2025-26 Budget Development Process page, which includes documents from all phases of the development process (preparation, preliminary, proposed, approved, and adopted). 

Click here to access the FY 2025-26 Proposed Budget documents

View the Budget 101 Presentation

View Answers to FY 25-26 Frequently Asked Questions

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