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 simila r cutsnext year. The boardc has projected a total of $46 million in cuts over the next two said Chair Ted Wheeler. The full budget for fiscal year which beginsJuly 1, is $1.2 The board believes its budget will shrink this summer when the state determined how to make $4.2 billion in cuts. The state fundss many county health and humanservicesz programs. Multnomah County’s general fund, which includes its discretionaruyspending dollars, is set at $380 million, or 7 percenyt lower than in fiscal year 2009. Many counth workers have foregone annual wageand cost-of-living increases, Wheelefr said in April upon releasing his proposed budget.
Commissionersa restored $1.7 million in funding from Wheeler’ s proposed budget. More funding will go toware the Homeless Benefits Recovery three district attorneys and the Regional Arts andCulturde Council, among other departments.