Approve accepting funds from the State of Oregon under the State Revenue Sharing Program for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2025 and ending June 30, 2026

The ordinance must be passed by Council to prepare the City for the new fiscal year on July 1, 2025. This item is included because ORS 221.770 requires the City to formally elect to accept state shared revenues.

Conducting this hearing and subsequent resolutions make the City eligible for an estimated $21,000,000 in cigarette, liquor, and state marijuana taxes in FY 2025-26.

Not applicable.

The City’s annual budget includes multiple programmatic changes that will impact the community. These programmatic changes invest resources and reallocate internal resources into bureau programs as articulated in the Adopted Budget. A three-member Community Budget Advisory Board was invited to sit in on budget discussions with the Mayor and Council as the budget was developed. There were Council work sessions held to discuss the FY 2025-26 Budget process in April and May of 2025. Council conducted four listening sessions in March and April of 2025 as well. Public comment has been solicited on the City Budget Office website, and in accordance with Oregon Local Budget Law, live public testimony was received on May 7 th , 2025 during the Mayor's Proposed Budget Hearing and will be heard again on May 21st, 2025. Council members receive weekly emails from the CBO compiling the written comments received by the public through the online portal.