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The Portland Water Bureau is the municipal water department for the city of Portland in the U.S. state of Oregon. Its service district includes 225 miles within the Portland metropolitan area. [ 3 ] The bureau manages a water supply that comes mainly from the Bull Run River in the foothills of the Cascade Range east of the city and secondarily ...
The government of Portland, Oregon is based on a mayor–council government system. Elected officials include the mayor, a 12-member city council, and a city auditor.The city council is responsible for legislative policy, while the mayor appoints a professional city manager who oversees the various bureaus and day-to-day operations of the city.
The Portland Charter was the subject of much debate circa 1911–1912. Rival charters were drafted by four different groups. One of these proposed charters was unusual in that it would have used Bucklin voting to elect the mayor and implemented interactive representation of the people through the commissioner system; each commissioner's vote would have been weighted according to the number of ...
The city of Portland, Oregon, is known for having a large number of man-made reservoirs. Portland's reservoirs provide storage for drinking water from the Bull Run River. Portland is currently in the process of covering some of these reservoirs for continued use due to health concerns, but plans to keep most of them uncovered for their historic ...
November 14, 2012 - Portland City Council approve the settlement agreement in U.S. v City of Portland. [49] November 28, 2012 - Portland City Council extends a tax on land-line phone service providers to cover the costs of police reforms stemming from the settlement of U.S. v City of Portland. Estimated value of the tax is $3–$5 million per year.
The city expanded the office of the city's attorney, and in 1982 the Portland Building was finished across the street. [7] This allowed the city to move many city offices into a single location. [7] Work was also completed on the exterior, while a new roof was finished. [7] In 1985, the building began a conversion from steam heating. [7]
Mingus Ulysses Mapps (born April 9, 1968) is an American professor and politician in Portland, Oregon. He was elected to the city council in November 2020, [ 1 ] winning 56% of the vote. [ 2 ] His bureau assignments as of September 2023 are Water Bureau , the Bureau of Environmental Service and the Bureau of Transportation (PBOT) [ 3 ]
Portland Parks & Recreation (PP&R) is a Bureau of the City of Portland, Oregon that manages the city parks, natural areas, recreational facilities, gardens, and trails; properties that occupy more than 10,000 acres (4,000 ha) in total. The bureau employs a total of 4,366 people as of March 4, 2019.