Deputy City Administrator Donnie Oliveira told the Portland City Council Thursday that he should have informed councilors sooner about the existence of unbudgeted housing funds that he learned of last summer.
“There was probably a communication necessary to say, ‘Hey we found something, some discrepancy, we don’t have enough detail to share, but there is some concern here in this particular fund,’” Oliveira said during an oversight hearing before the council’s Finance and Governance Committee of the Whole.
“I acknowledge that,” he said under questioning by Councilor Angelita Morillo…