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Join Fiscal Year 2025-26 Budget Planning

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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 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. 

Fiscal Year 2025 to 26 budget development timeline.

Throughout the budget year, community members have many opportunities to provide input on the budget process. 

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A list of budget engagement opportunities throughout the year includes budget 101, Draft Budget Engagement, Budget Comment Form, Public Testimony, Insights Survey and focus groups, and Budget Advisory Committees

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. 

Budget Calendar
MilestoneDate
Service areas submit Requested Budgets1/24/2025
Introduction to the Budget presentations in four districts1/27 - 1/30/2025
City Administrator’s draft budget recommendations publicly released2/28/2025
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
1:00 - 4:00 PM

(View recording)

City Council Work Sessions on draft budget recommendations

4/16/2025
1:00 - 4:00 PM

(View recording)

Optional Finance Committee meeting on Revised General Fund financial forecast

4/28/2025

(Watch livestream)

Mayor's Proposed Budget document available5/5/2025
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 Budget5/7/2025
Utility Rate Review5/7/2025
Optional Approved Budget Work Session

5/14/2025
9:30-11:30 AM

(Watch livestream)

Budget Committee Work Session

5/14/2025
2:00-5:00 PM

(Watch livestream)

Budget Committee Work Session

5/15/2025
2:30-5:00 PM

(Watch livestream)

Council Amendment Proposal Deadline for CBO Drafting

5/16/2025

by 5:00 PM

Action to Approve City & Prosper Portland budgets*

5/21/2025
9:00 AM

(Watch livestream)

Approved Budget Submitted to Tax Supervising & Conservation Commission5/22/2025
Budget Committee Work Session

5/28/2025
9:30 AM - 12:00 PM

(Watch livestream)

Budget Committee Work Session

6/4/2025
2:00 - 5:00 PM

(Watch livestream)

Tax Supervising & Conservation Commission hearing on Approved Budget

6/10/2025
9:30 - 11:30 AM

(Watch livestream)

Council action to adopt budget - First Reading

6/11/2025
9:30 AM

(Watch livestream)

Council action to adopt budget - Second Reading**

6/18/2025
6:00 PM

(Watch livestream)

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

 

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

The City of Portland is committed to providing meaningful access. To request translation, interpretation, modifications, accommodations, or other auxiliary aids or services, contact 503-823-1125, Relay: 711.

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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

View Answers to FY 25-26 Frequently Asked Questions

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