The Portland City Council approved a measure Wednesday to increase their own office budgets and that of Mayor Keith Wilson by millions of dollars amid a growing financial shortfall for the city — though only after making a significant change to the proposal’s funding source.

Portland City Council held a meeting Wednesday night to discuss the potential for increasing the city budget by up to $4.6 million. Read online:

"Kneecapped." "Defunded." "Not set up for success." Portland City Councilors had blunt words to describe the budget bestowed on them by the prior Council. The city’s new 12-person City Council voted Wednesday evening to increase their budget by nearly $4.

Three years after Portland voters said yes to government oversight, the Portland City Council is still working to establish an ethics commission.