Portland permitting department layoffs downsized for now after budget approval

Wilson had proposed cutting 58 positions to help close a $93 million budget deficit.

PORTLAND, Ore. — This story comes from the Portland Business Journal, a KGW News partner. The full story is here.

A plan to cut 53 full-time positions from Portland’s Permitting & Development Department has been drastically downsized, for now, following the approval of Mayor Keith Wilson’s 2025-26 budget.

Wilson had proposed cutting the positions to help close a $93 million budget deficit

But councilors approved an amendment to the budget, adopted on June 20, to retain a majority of those positions through September 2025. In a budget note, Council

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