A meeting of a community board that helps guide regional solutions to homelessness underscored concerns last week around a shelter proposal pitched by Multnomah County Commissioner Sharon Meieran. The virtual Wednesday meeting of the A Home For Everyone (AHFE) Coordinating Board—which oversees the collaborative work being done by governments in the Portland metro region to address homelessness—centered on Multnomah County Chair Deborah Kafoury's proposed county budget for the 2021-22 fiscal year. That budget suggests using.
0% property tax hike made official
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Yes, this is enough
There will be no general change in municipal property tax rates for Medicine Hat this year as council approved a plan to use $832,000 more in reserve spending to make up for assessment values that were hammered by the COVID pandemic.
That amount relates decreasing value of hotel business in mid 2020, and outweighed gains in new construction, and would have required an elevated rate, though council had long signalled they wanted a second year of no tax increase.
“We are providing a zero,” said Mayor Ted Clugston. “Other municipalities are starting to (provide zeros), but I’m not sure how many have done it two years in a row, so I’m quite proud.”
Federal funds save most of Portland s next budget April 29 2021
Mayor Ted Wheeler is proposing to use $29 million in emergency aid to offset city revenue losses caused by COVID-19.
When COVID-19 first shut down the economy, Mayor Ted Wheeler was facing a $20 million general fund shortfall in the city budget that takes effect on July 1.
But Wheeler unveiled a proposed general fund budget for the next fiscal year that is actually $2.7 million larger than the current one, thanks primarily to federal American Rescue Plan funds proposed by President Biden and approved by Congress. For the Portland City Council, the opportunity of 2021 is to work collaboratively to make investments that will help us continue to recover from the pandemic, Wheeler said when the proposed budget was released on Thursday, April 29. The budget I propose reflects my commitment to change and my optimism about Portland s future.
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Portland Business Alliance Violated City Lobbying Rules 25 Times in the Past Year The alliance was fined $450 and encouraged to partake in training to avoid violating rules in the future. Pioneer Place. (Brian Burk) Updated April 29 The Portland city auditor found this week that the Portland Business Alliance violated the city’s lobbying rules 25 times in the past year by failing to disclose emails, texts and letters exchanged with city officials, including the office of Mayor Ted Wheeler.