Community members are invited to provide year-round written comments related to the City of Portland's budget, or testimonies 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.
Throughout the budget year, community members have many opportunities to provide input on the budget process.
Fiscal Year 2025-26 Budget Calendar
Dates for community members to provide testimonies, join the Budget 101 events, or participate in the Draft Budget Engagement events will be updated as they are scheduled for the new fiscal year.
| Milestone | Date |
|---|---|
| Service areas submit Requested Budgets | 1/24/2025 |
| Introduction to the Budget presentations in four districts | 1/27 - 1/30/2025 |
| City Administrator’s draft budget recommendations publicly released | 2/28/2025 |
| District listening sessions on FY 2025-26 budget | 3/20 (District 1 -View recording) 4/3 (District 2 - View recording) 3/18 (District 3 - View recording) 4/1 (District 4 - View recording) |
| City Council Work Sessions on draft budget recommendations | 4/2/2025 |
| City Council Work Sessions on draft budget recommendations | 4/16/2025 |
| Optional Finance Committee meeting on Revised General Fund financial forecast | 4/28/2025 |
| Mayor's Proposed Budget document available | 5/5/2025 |
| Proposed Budget Work Session* | 5/7/2025 |
| Mayor’s Message and hearing on City budget* | 5/7/2025 |
| Prosper Portland Convenes as Budget Committee: Hearing on Proposed Budget | 5/7/2025 |
| Utility Rate Review | 5/7/2025 |
| Optional Approved Budget Work Session | 5/14/2025 |
| Budget Committee Work Session | 5/14/2025 |
| Budget Committee Work Session | 5/15/2025 |
| Council Amendment Proposal Deadline for CBO Drafting | 5/16/2025 by 5:00 PM |
| Action to Approve City & Prosper Portland budgets* | 5/21/2025 |
| Approved Budget Submitted to Tax Supervising & Conservation Commission | 5/22/2025 |
| Budget Committee Work Session | 5/28/2025 |
| Budget Committee Work Session | 6/4/2025 |
| Tax Supervising & Conservation Commission hearing on Approved Budget | 6/10/2025 |
| Council action to adopt budget - First Reading | 6/11/2025 |
| Council action to adopt budget - Second Reading** | 6/18/2025 |
* Council convenes as the City's Budget Committee under state law |
How to Participate or Watch
The community Listening Sessions are hosted by the City of Portland. Information on testifying in person or virtually can be found in each event above.
Accessibility Requests
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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 Preliminary Budget documents
View the Budget 101 Presentation