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3.16.010 Organization.

City Code Section

The City Budget Office is under the direction and control of the City Administrator and includes such other positions as the City Administrator may provide. The City Budget Director will serve and perform the duties of the City’s budget officer, as defined in Oregon Revised Statutes, or will name a designee to perform these duties. The City Budget Office is responsible for:

  1. A. Coordinating development and administration of the City’s budget, including capital budgeting and the development of budget recommendations for all City bureaus and funds;
  2. B. Financial planning and operational review of the City’s utilities, including administration and maintenance of an independent utility review function that provides City Council with an annual review of utility rates and economic impacts;
  3. C. Long range financial forecasting for the City’s funds, including oversight of the General Fund;
  4. D. Preparing General Fund Five-Year Forecasts at least twice each fiscal year. The General Fund Five-Year Forecasts will be released and made publicly available on or before December 31 and on or before April 30;
  5. E. Collaborating with the City Administrator’s designated chief financial officer of the City’s revenue and financial services programs on the development of financial forecasts and providing forecasting information to the City Administrator, Mayor and Council when requested;
  6. F. Monitoring expenditures and revenues for the City and all bureaus and providing this information to the City Administrator, Mayor and Council when requested;
  7. G. Developing and analyzing financial policy and performance measurement systems and providing this information to City Administrator when requested;
  8. H. Providing the City Administrator, Mayor and Council with financial information that informs the City’s deliberations on collective bargaining agreements, and assisting the Bureau of Human Resources with the costing of collective bargaining agreements;
  9. I. Performing other duties as assigned.
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