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Councilors Question Administration About Transparency Following Major Budget Gaps
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Willamette Week
Councilors have also voiced their annoyance that, in their view, the administration has put fully-baked budget decisions in front of the council for a rubber stamp.
Those tensions came to bear on the spring budget season, as councilors repeatedly said they weren’t provided with the budget information they sought, hampering their ability to dig in deep to the budget’s nooks and crannies.
But just three months later, City Administrator Mike Jordan revealed two major budget holes that the council must address during the fall budget adjustment.
We’re supposed to know about all monies out there….that’s what I’m troubled by.”The City Council will address both of the gaps in the fall budget adjustment process, which takes place in October.
Despite the allegations from councilors that the administration was withholding pertinent budget information from the council—which is the city’s budget authority—Jordan said the council does have ultimate control over the fall budget adjustment.