The article discusses the recent Portland City Council meeting focused on budget amendments related to Mayor Wilson's proposed spending plan. A significant development was Councilor Mitch Green's proposal to reallocate $2.2 million from unspent police funds to a pot accessible by all safety bureaus under City Council control. This resolution passed overwhelmingly with an 11-1 vote, highlighting ongoing tensions over police funding and prompting discussions about fiscal responsibility among council members. The dynamics reflect the broader debate on local government priorities amidst community concerns.
Wednesday's budget discussions resurfaced tensions over police funding, particularly after a few councilors threw around the word "defunding" to describe the shift of an extra $2 million from the Portland Police Bureau's budget to the parks bureau. Councilors Angelita Morillo and Candace Avalos chastised their colleagues who used a boogeyman approach to drum up public fear over the move. "I'm not interested in slogans that are just trying to make political tension out of what is a fiscal responsibility," Avalos asserted.
Councilor Mitch Green suggested taking $2.2 million from the money Portland Police was unable to spend this year, and putting it in a pot controlled by City Council that all of Portland's safety bureaus could access. The resolution passed in an 11-1 vote, which should please just about everybody... except, I assume, the police who will cry over not getting all the money everywhere.
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