The Multnomah County Board of Commissioners will vote this week on the county’s nearly $4 billion budget for the upcoming fiscal year, but the spending proposal that Chair Jessica Vega Pederson unveiled at the end of April is expected to undergo significant amendments before its final approval Thursday.
The county’s overall budget for 2025 is increasing 11.5% — or $408 million — thanks to bumps in Metro supportive housing and Preschool for All tax collection and carryover. Its general fund budget — the county’s largest pool of discretionary funding, primarily from property and business taxes — remains steady. Inflation and rising salaries for 6,000 employees mean the county faces a budget gap of $3.9 million, according to a report from the budget director’s office.
