Each year the Mayor, the City Council, and City staff work together to develop an Annual Budget. While the Budget is being created, all parties must make decisions on how to utilize the limited revenues that the City receives in order to produce the greatest benefits for the citizens. The Budget serves as an outline for how the monies that come into the City of Portland should be spent to maintain and improve the City. The Mayor, City Council and interested citizens of Portland all serve as participants in its creation and execution. Click here to access current and past City of Portland budgets.

Role of PURB
Members of the Portland Utility Review Board (PURB) are responsible for providing recommendations to the City Council on the equitable distribution of rate adjustments among customer classes, as determined in the rate design process. The Board reports proposed rate changes to the Council during the annual budget hearings and development processes for water, sanitary sewer, stormwater, and solid waste rates.

PURB Recommendations on Utility Issues

• PURB 2010-11 Rate Testimony
• PURB Reservoir Recommendation March 18 2010
• PURB Water Budget Recommendation Final 031810
• PURB Solid Waste Subcommittee 10-11 Budget Recommendations v2 031910
• PURB 2010 BES Budget Recommendations
• Floy Jones Comments to PURB 021810
• Floy Jones Memo to PURB 012110
• Open Reservoir Council Worksession
• Open Reservoir Primer
• Open Reservoir Pictures  
• PURB Water Subcommittee Final Report on LT2 7-7-09
• Non-Utility Costs in Rates 9-30-08
• PURB Water Subcommittee Preliminary Report on LT2 6-18-09
• Abandoned Auto Program Comments 3-20-09
• PURB Comments on 2009-10 Budgets  
• PURB Comments on 2009-10 Financial Plans  
• PURB 2009-10 Rate Testimony  
• PURB 2008-09 Rate Testimony
• PURB 2007-08 Rate Testimony  
• PURB 2006-07 Rate Testimony  
• PURB 2005-06 Rate Testimony
• PURB 2004-05 Rate Testimony  
• PURB Letter on Well Accounts 02-26-08
• Commercial Solid Waste Collection
• Bull Run Groundwater Proposal 9-21-06
• Green Streets Policy 4-3-07  
• PURB Guidelines for Utility Cost & Rate Review May 1999  
• PURB Letter to Senator Smith on BR Road Decommissioning 2-16-06
• BES Bond Term Extensions 5-12-06  
• Cost of Service Memo 5-12-06  
• PURB Letter to NMFS on HCP 7-11-06  
• BR Management Unit Fire Plan 6-16-06  
• Water Wholesale Contract Recommendation 3-17-06  
• Bull Run Habitat Conservation Plan (HCP) 10-20-05  
• CSO Affordability Paper 3-17-05
• CSO Affordability Paper 8-25-04  
• Reservoirs Storage Paper 8-25-04  
• Bull Run Treatment Paper 8-25-04