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Portland city council approved a $7.1 billion budget last week, following heated debate among city commissioners over Mayor Ted Wheeler’s last-minute push to cut back on proposed fee and utility
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In an effort to encourage new housing construction and provide modest financial relief to Portlanders, the Portland City Council approved a $7.1 billion budget Wednesday, May 17 that calls for lower water and sewer rate hikes, and no increases to charges for housing developers. Citing an exodus of residents and businesses from Portland in recent years, Mayor Ted Wheeler proposed late-stage budget changes that would slow utility rate increases for water and sewer, while halting...
A push by Mayor Ted Wheeler to curtail parking and utility fee increases led to differences of opinion among commissioners.
The city budget includes a last-minute plan to freeze or reduce planned increases to city utility bills and other fees — a proposal that divided City Council Wednesday.