adopted resolution 2025-238

Certify that certain services are provided by the City to establish eligibility for State Shared Revenue

budget finance
resolution

Department: City Budget Office
Introduced by: Mayor Keith Wilson
Status: Adopted

Impact statement

Purpose & background

The resolution must be passed by Council to prepare the City for the beginning of a new fiscal year on July 1, 2025. The item is included because ORS 221.760 requires the City to certify that it provides certain municipal services in order to qualify for state shared revenues (cigarette and liquor taxes).

Financial impacts

The resolution makes the City eligible for an estimated $21,000,000 in cigarette, liquor, and state marijuana taxes in FY 2025-26.

Economic impacts

Not applicable.

Community impacts

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.

▸ Full text (the legislation as adopted)

WHEREAS, ORS 221.760 provides as follows: Section 1. The officer responsible for disbursing funds to cities under ORS 323.455, 366.785 to 366.820 and 471.805 shall disburse such funds in the case of a city located within a county having more than 100,000 inhabitants, according to the most recent federal decennial census, only if the officer reasonably is satisfied that the city meets the requirements set out in subsection (2) of this section, or if the city provides four or more of the following municipal services: a) Police protection b) Fire protection c) Street construction, maintenance, and lighting d) Sanitary sewers e) Storm sewers f) Planning, zoning, and subdivision control g) one or more utility services. WHEREAS, City officials recognize the desirability of assisting the state officer responsible for determining the eligibility of cities to receive such funds in accordance with ORS 221.760; WHEREAS, the City of Portland is a city located within a county having more than 100,000 inhabitants; NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the City of Portland hereby certifies that the following services enumerated in Section 1 of ORS 221.760 are provided by the City: Police protection Fire protection Street construction, maintenance, and lighting Sanitary sewers Storm sewers Planning and zoning Water service BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the City Budget Office shall transmit a certified copy of this resolution to the State of Oregon, Department of Administrative Services to establish the City’s eligibility for State Shared Revenues.

Tally

11 yea 0 nay 1 other