The deputy city administrator of public works, Priya Dhanapal, is leaving her position at the city of Portland.
Dhanapal is one of the city’s four deputy city administrators under the new form of government. They report directly to City Administrator Raymond Lee.
The circumstances around Dhanapal’s departure—and whether she was asked to resign or is leaving of her own volition—were not immediately clear. She was appointed to the position in May 2024 and oversees 3,200 employees across the Transportation, Water, Parks and Environmental Services bureaus. The directors of those three bureaus report to Dhanapal…