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Office of the City Attorney's FY 2025-26 proposed budget of $22.0M includes a reduction of 3 FTE positions (from 83.5 to 80.5) to help meet city-wide General Fund targets, with three attorney positions eliminated and materials/services reduced.

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Proposed FY 2025-26 budget of $22,016,023 with $18,765,426 in personnel services (p. 119 ↗)
FTE reduction from 83.5 to 80.5 positions: eliminating 1 Assistant Deputy City Attorney (was 1.0), reducing Deputy City Attorneys from 16.0 to 15.0, and Senior Deputies from 20.0 to 19.0 (p. 120 ↗)
Interagency revenue of $11,379,953 comprises majority of the office's internal revenue sources (p. 118 ↗)
City Attorney emphasizes that eliminating three attorney positions would cost over $1 million to replace with outside counsel (p. 117 ↗)
Legal Services program accounts for entire $22,016,023 budget allocation (p. 115 ↗)

Amounts: $22,016,023 · $18,765,426 · $11,379,953 · $1 million+ · Programs: Legal Services · Parties: Robert Taylor, City Attorney

Office of the City Attorney

Source: PDF pp. 117-120 ↗ · raw: 117 · 118 · 119 · 120

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Office of the City Attorney Office of the City Administrator Office of the City Attorney Robert Taylor, City Attorney City of Portland, Oregon - FY 2025-26 Proposed Budget 113

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	Actuals FY 2022-23	Actuals FY 2023-24	Revised FY 2024-25	Requested FY 2025-26	Proposed FY 2025-26
Resources
External Revenues
Charges for Services	29,206	30,131	20,000	10,000	10,000
Miscellaneous	15,036	29,708	0	0	0
External Revenues Total	44,243	59,839	20,000	10,000	10,000
Internal Revenues
General Fund Discretionary	3,905,376	3,747,392	5,267,053	4,682,434	4,648,616
General Fund Overhead	5,470,672	6,052,225	6,333,048	6,020,998	5,977,454
Fund Transfers - Revenue	0	0	116,472	0	0
Interagency Revenue	9,493,782	10,561,957	10,817,562	11,379,953	11,379,953
Internal Revenues Total	18,869,830	20,361,574	22,534,135	22,083,385	22,006,023
Beginning Fund Balance
Total	18,914,073	20,421,413	22,554,135	22,093,385	22,016,023
Requirements
Bureau Expenditures
Personnel Services	16,302,687	17,525,711	18,998,934	18,829,096	18,765,426
External Materials and Services	857,387	972,265	1,471,545	1,025,022	1,025,022
Internal Materials and Services	1,738,962	1,902,971	2,083,656	2,239,267	2,225,575
Bureau Expenditures Total	18,899,036	20,400,947	22,554,135	22,093,385	22,016,023
Ending Fund Balance
Total	18,899,036	20,400,947	22,554,135	22,093,385	22,016,023
Programs
Administration	—	1,786	—	—	—
Legal Services	18,899,036	20,399,161	22,554,135	22,093,385	22,016,023
Total Programs	18,899,036	20,400,947	22,554,135	22,093,385	22,016,023

City of Portland, Oregon - FY 2025-26 Proposed Budget 115

Class Title	Salary Range Min	Salary Range Max	Revised FY 2024-25 No.	Revised FY 2024-25 Amount	Requested FY 2025-26 No.	Requested FY 2025-26 Amount	Proposed FY 2025-26 No.	Proposed FY 2025-26 Amount
30003003 Administrative Specialist II	75,442	107,640	5.00	482,310	5.00	482,310	5.00	482,310
30003008 Analyst III	107,266	151,882	1.00	135,034	1.00	135,034	1.00	135,034
30003017 City Attorney	190,008	282,797	1.00	278,242	1.00	278,242	1.00	278,242
30003018 City Attorney, Assistant Deputy	107,266	151,882	1.00	109,117	0.00	0	0.00	0
30003019 City Attorney, Chief Deputy	172,723	250,973	6.00	1,372,904	6.00	1,372,904	6.00	1,372,904
30003020 City Attorney, Deputy	129,771	183,082	16.00	2,578,710	15.00	2,414,099	15.00	2,414,099
30003021 City Attorney, Senior Deputy	157,019	228,259	20.00	4,065,257	19.00	3,836,998	19.00	3,836,998
30003077 Legal Assistant	83,221	118,768	11.00	1,017,390	11.00	1,017,390	11.00	1,017,390
30003078 Legal Assistant Supervisor	97,510	126,693	1.00	110,427	1.00	110,427	1.00	110,427
30003081 Manager I	117,957	168,709	1.00	158,101	1.00	158,101	1.00	158,101
30003087 Paralegal	97,510	126,693	15.00	1,612,335	15.00	1,612,335	15.00	1,612,335
30003088 Paralegal Supervisor	107,266	151,882	1.00	126,360	1.00	126,360	1.00	126,360
30003950 Systems Analyst	97,510	126,693	4.00	430,207	4.00	430,207	4.00	430,207
Total Full-Time Positions			83.00	12,476,394	80.00	11,974,407	80.00	11,974,407
30003021 City Attorney, Senior Deputy	157,019	228,259	0.50	112,642	0.50	112,642	0.50	112,642
Total Part-Time Positions			0.50	112,642	0.50	112,642	0.50	112,642
Grand Total			83.50	12,589,036	80.50	12,087,049	80.50	12,087,049

116 City of Portland, Oregon - FY 2025-26 Proposed Budget

Parent: Office of the City Administrator · PDF: pp. 117-120 ↗