Disability and Death Benefits
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City of Portland Fiscal Year 2026-27 Proposed Budget City Operations > Fire & Police Disability & Retirement > Disability and Death Benefits Disability and Death Benefits Budget Revenues by Fund 2023-24 Actuals 2024-25 Actuals 2025-26 Revised Budget 2026-27 Proposed External Revenues $72,985 $82,877 $0 $10,750,612 Fire & Police Disability & $72,985 $82,877 $0 $10,750,612 Retirement Fund Grand Total $72,985 $82,877 $0 $10,750,612 Program Expenses by Major Object Program expenses only include personnel, internal materials and services, external materials and services, and capital. 2023-24 Actuals 2024-25 Actuals 2025-26 Revised Budget 2026-27 Proposed External Materials and $8,115,394 $6,817,720 $8,500,700 $8,415,530 Services Internal Materials and $206,869 $90,263 $504,000 $559,300 Services Personnel $1,468,347 $1,436,227 $1,653,596 $1,775,782 Grand Total $9,790,611 $8,344,210 $10,658,296 $10,750,612 Program Description and Goals The purpose of this program is to provide service disability benefits, in lieu of workers' compensation benefits, for sworn City employees, as well as nonservice disability benefits for those with at least ten years of service. Fire and Police employees sworn after December 31, 2006 are enrolled in the Oregon PERS pension plan but still covered by FPDR's disability plan. The program provides disability benefits for all three tiers of FPDR members, as well as funeral benefits and benefits for surviving spouses and minor children when a member dies before retirement. The goals of the Disability and Death Benefits program are to make disability claim decisions quickly and in compliance with the City Charter; to help sworn employees return to work, when possible; to manage claims for the benefit of disabled members while demonstrating stewardship of public funds; and to make disability payments accurately and on time. Performance measures include the number of disability claims filed, the number of short- and long-term disability recipients, and the 513
City of Portland Fiscal Year 2026-27 Proposed Budget percentage of disability claims decisions within 60 days. Expenses in the Disability & Death Benefits program include personnel costs for 9.0 FTE and materials and services costs. Rising personnel costs are the primary driver for the slight increase in this program's budget of 0.87% over the prior year allocation, from $10.66 million to $10.75 million. In FY 2026-27 personnel costs are expected to increase from $1.65 million to $1.78 million, or 7.4% over the FY 2025-26 Adopted budget, while materials and services costs are projected to decrease slightly, by 0.33% from the prior year. Website: https://www.portland.gov/fpdr/disability ↗ Services Adjudicate disability claims; administer and pay medical and vocational rehabilitation benefits; approve wage replacement and wage subsidy payments; approve benefit payments to survivors when sworn employees pass away before retirement; provide funeral benefit payments to members' families or estates upon their death. Equity Impacts The Disability and Death Benefits program serves only sworn employees and retirees, whose composition is based on the hiring of the Fire and Police Bureaus. As this is an internal program that serves only City employees, public facing equity impacts are minimal. Changes to Program No changes have been made to the Disability & Death Benefits program in the last year. In FY 2026-27, the program hopes to fill a disability analyst position that has been vacant since FY 2024-25. 514
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