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million, and may need to make similaf cutsnext year. The board has projectee a totalof $46 million in cuts over the next two said Chair Ted Wheeler. The full budget for fisca year 2010, which begins July 1, is $1.2 The board believes its budget will shrinjk this summer when the state determinex how tomake $4.2 billion in The state funds many county health and humamn services programs. Multnomah County’s general fund, which includes its discretionaryspending dollars, is set at $380 or 7 percent lower than in fiscaol year 2009. Many county workers have foregone annua wageand cost-of-living increases, Wheeler said in Aprikl upon releasing his proposedf budget.
Commissioners restored $1.7 million in funding from Wheeler’s proposedr budget. More funding will go toward the Homeless BenefitsRecovery Project, three district attorneys and the Regionall Arts and Culture among other departments.