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== Government ==
=== Municipal Government ===
The [http://www.portlandoregon.gov/25999 government of the City of Portland] consists of an elected City Council which consists of the Mayor, four Commissioners, and an auditor. Each of these officials is elected city-wide for a four-year term. The Commissioners, who are elected city-wide, oversee portfolios, termed [http://www.portlandoregon.gov/article/25147 bureaus], which can consist of City departments and programs, assigned to them by the Mayor. The Portland City Commission [the City's governing body, also called the City Council] as a whole is responsible for approving and adopting the city budget, levying taxes and making or amending city laws, policies and ordinances. As of this writing, '''the next Portland municipal election is scheduled for May 15, 2018.'''
Additionally, Portland is organized into [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neighborhoods_of_Portland,_Oregon 95 officially recognized neighborhoods]. These neighborhoods and the city government as linked via [https://www.portlandoregon.gov/oni/ Portland's Office of Neighborhood Involvement] and the (volunteer) City-funded neighborhood associations of each of the neighborhoods.
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