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The Budget Advisory Committee is an annual body formed by Portland city bureaus to evaluate budget requests with input from management, labor, customers, and stakeholders. Development Services' BAC includes representatives from employees, community organizations, the development industry, and DRAC.

Key points:

BAC is formed annually by each City Bureau as part of the annual budget process (About the Budget Advisory Committee (BAC) ↗)
Membership includes management, labor, customers, and internal and external stakeholders (About the Budget Advisory Committee (BAC) ↗)
Development Services BAC consists of: Development Services employees, community organizations, development industry, and DRAC (About the Budget Advisory Committee (BAC) ↗)
Primary purpose: evaluate bureau budget request against City budget directions, financial resources, and customer needs (About the Budget Advisory Committee (BAC) ↗)
Committee submits recommendations to the Development Services Director (About the Budget Advisory Committee (BAC) ↗)
Ray Galinat serves as Development Services BAC Coordinator for inquiries (About the Budget Advisory Committee (BAC) ↗)

Entities: committee: Budget Advisory Committee · DRAC | bureau: Development Services | person: Ray Galinat

About the Budget Advisory Committee (BAC)

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As part of the annual budget process, each City Bureau forms a Budget Advisory Committee that includes management, labor, customers and internal and external stakeholders. Development Services convenes a Budget Advisory Committee with representatives from the following groups:

Development Services employees
Community organizations
Development industry
DRAC (Development Review Advisory Committee)

The primary purpose of the Budget Advisory Committee is to evaluate the bureau’s budget request in light of the City’s budget directions, the bureau’s financial resources and customer needs. The committee submits recommendations to the Development Services Director.

For more information, contact Ray Galinat, Development Services BAC Coordinator.