Portland City Council Updates + Budget Sessions
Past sessions:
Saturday, April 16, 10:00am-12:00pm – All Topic Listening Session
Monday, April 18, 6:30pm-8:30pm – All Topic Listening Session
Upcoming sessions:
Thursday, May 5, 6:00pm-8:00pm – Mayor's Proposed Budget Hearing
The format for the listening sessions on the 16th and the 18th will include:
Welcome and rules of conduct from our third-party facilitator, Jen Gray O’Conner
Opening remarks from each Commissioner, in voting orderVery brief budget 101 by Budget Office Director Kinard
90 minutes of testimony; 2 minutes allowed per participant
Closing remarks by each Commissioner
Starting April 12, people can go to CBO’s website to sign up for testimony at this link: https://www.portland.gov/cbo/fy-23-budget-events
A few budget proposal requests that people have shown interest in via email about safety mitigation are listed below:
Spring BMP requests:
PBOT 72nd & Woodstock - $23,316
CSD Summer Recovery Efforts - $1,400,000
FY 2022-23 Budget requests:
PBOT Community violence Prevention: $250,000 GF one-time, $125,000 Cannabis 1x, $125,000 Cannabis ongoing
PBOT Outer Holgate Safety: $350,000 GF 1x and $350,000 Cannabis 1x
FY 2022-23, Other Community Safety Requests:
CSD Crisis Response Fund - $1M ARPA to support families after gun violence has occurred
CSD Community Safety Pilot Plan & Community Safety Crisis Response Fund - $2M ARPA for social supports to communities to address the root cause of violence
OVP Gun Violence Prevention - $5.4M ARPA for community groups to continue street level outreach
Parks Community Safety Capacity - $1.76M ARPA for additional Parks Rangers
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