Sunday, June 3, 2012

County cuts budget by $22.3 million, expects more cuts this summer - Portland Business Journal:

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million, and may need to make similaf cutsnext year. The board has projected a totalof $46 million in cuts over the next two said Chair Ted Wheeler. The full budge t for fiscal year 2010, which beginsw July 1, is $1.2 billion. The board believes its budgetf will shrink this summer when the state determines how tomake $4.2 billion in The state funds many county healt h and human services programs. Multnomajh County’s general fund, which includes its discretionarytspending dollars, is set at $380 or 7 percent lower than in fiscal year 2009. Many county workers have foregone annual wageand cost-of-living increases, Wheelert said in April upon releasing his propose budget.
Commissioners restored $1.7 million in funding from Wheeler’s proposed budget. More funding will go towards the Homeless Benefits Recovery three district attorneys and the Regional Arts andCulturw Council, among other departments.

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