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County approves five‑year IGA to help City of Portland process initiative petitions
Summary
The board authorized an intergovernmental agreement allowing Multnomah County elections staff and space to preprocess City of Portland initiative petitions when the city is over capacity; the city will reimburse the county, making the arrangement budget‑neutral.
Multnomah County approved an intergovernmental agreement (IGA) to support City of Portland initiative petition preprocessing when the city’s office is over capacity.
Tim Scott, director of Multnomah County Elections, explained the IGA allows the county to loan office space and staff to the city for petition preprocessing (numbering pages, verifying signatures will be performed by the county after the preprocessing). The agreement is written so each engagement will include a not‑to‑exceed reimbursement amount and the city will reimburse the county for labor and related costs, keeping the arrangement budget‑neutral to county taxpayers.
The county has done similar work in prior election cycles and structured this IGA to avoid repeated board approvals for each engagement; the board approved the five‑year agreement by roll‑call vote.
