College budget still in trouble despite passage of tax measures - Brett Stanley, The Advocate (Mt. Hood Community College)

Although two Oregon tax measures were approved this week by state voters, MHCC’s budget is still not out of the woods. The success of Ballot Measures 66 and 67 does not bring any new money to MHCC — these were funds already allocated by the Legislature in the 2009 session — athough it does provide more stability for the college budget, according to JoAnn Zahn, vice president of finance and administrative services. “It doesn’t have any impact as far as additional money,” said Zahn. “What we adopted the budget at was $23 million; we’re actually receiving slightly less than that.