The Portland City Council is slated to conduct a final reading Monday on next year’s $364 million budget, but only after officials consider a series of last-minute amendments to items like downtown parking, library funding and more.

After City Manager Danielle West presented her recommended budget last month, councilors on the finance committee have spent the last several weeks reviewing and fine-tuning ahead of public hearings and votes by the full council.

The $363.9 million spending plan for the 2027 fiscal year includes the $278 million general fund budget and $84 million for city enterprise funds like the Portland International Jetport, sewer and stormwater. West’s budget cuts 74 staff positions, roughly half of which resulted from the closure of the city’s shelter for asylum seekers earlier this year, and increased some city fees to make up for rising costs elsewhere.

City voters will also decide June 9 on the $167 million school department budget.

If both budgets are approved as is, Portland’s property tax rate would increase by 60 cents, or 5%, to $12.58 per $1,000 of assessed valuation. The 60-cent increase would add $324 to the tax bill of a homeowner with a property valued at $540,000.

However, any funding added into the budget Monday could change those estimates. While most have still not been finalized, the amendments include removing Sundays from a plan to expand metered parking hours in the city and adding funding to the Portland Public Library budget.

According to Finance Director Brendan O’Connell, the tax rate increases by one cent for every $204,470 added to the tax levy, and for every cent the tax rate increases, the median homeowner pays an additional $5.40 in annual taxes.

Here’s a breakdown of what could be coming Monday:

DOWNTOWN PARKING

Part of West’s budget proposal for next year includes extending metered parking for an additional hour to 7 p.m. Monday through Saturday, and beginning enforcement on Sundays between 10 a.m. and 4 p.m.

But resident opposition and councilor reluctance to institute the changes in full was almost immediate. Councilor April Fournier is expected to make a motion to remove Sundays from the proposal, which would cut into the estimated $900,000 in revenue the change was slated to produce.

Mayor Mark Dion said Thursday that there’s been a lot of conversation among councilors and staff regarding the proposal, but that it has been a reminder of how much Portland’s budget relies on revenue from fees.

LIBRARY FUNDING

Councilor Kate Sykes said Friday that she and Councilor Wes Pelletier plan to sponsor an amendment to increase city funding for the Portland Public Library by $256,825 to support wage adjustments.

Several library staff members have been rallying city officials to increase monetary support for the library as it conducts union negotiations and continues to face economic and societal headwinds.

Sykes said compensation for several library positions “appear to lag behind comparable positions elsewhere in city government.”

According to a recent finance committee memo, the library is set to receive $5.3 million next year, a 5% increase. While the city funds library salaries, the library operates as a separate nonprofit with its own administrative structure.

Sykes said Pelletier will be sponsoring a related amendment that would reduce police department spending on body cameras to offset the cost of added library funding. Pelletier has said the amendment would be specific to the department’s use of Axon, a public safety technology company.

WARMING SHELTER

Councilor Anna Bullett was expected to sponsor an amendment that would guarantee money to fund a warming shelter location and related staff operations next winter, but in an email to staff Friday, Bullett said she doesn’t believe it has the necessary support to pass.

Bullett said city staff should have the necessary funding in place to begin planning for warming shelter operations earlier, rather than relying on lobbying efforts for state funding to come through.

“I implore staff and council to firmly commit to ensuring state funding, and perhaps for the first time, county funding … and an on-peninsula location with a staffing plan that is not dependent on overtime,” she said. “This means actively pursuing meetings now.”

PILOT

Also appearing on the agenda Monday is the return of the controversial Payment-In-Lieu of Taxes program, which would ask the city’s larger nonprofit entities for voluntary payments.

However, it is likely the vote will again be postponed to June 15 in order to prioritize the budget votes.

The council delayed the vote in March following opposition from Portland nonprofits amid a controversy over assessing department decisions that impacted the tax-exempt status of several organizations.