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Multnomah County
Charter Review Committee (CRC)
Upcoming Meetings:
The Charter Review
Committee has scheduled a full committee meeting at the Multnomah
Building Board Room on March 11, 2010, at 5:15 pm, to take invited and
public testimony about Charter provisions related to provisions in the
County Charter regarding the Sheriff. At that time the Committee
intends to gather final input on sheriff issues before it begins
deliberations on whether it wants to refer any amendments relating to
those provisions to the voters. The committee has been looking at a
number of issues: elected vs. appointed sheriff; sheriff’s authority
over the jails and correctional facilities of Multnomah County; whether
the Sheriff’s budget is an appropriate issue to be addressed in the
Charter; whether additional qualifications should be required of the
Sheriff; whether the term limit for Sheriff should be abolished; whether
the residency requirement for candidates for Sheriff should be amended.
Subcommittees of
the Multnomah County 2009-2010 Charter Review Committee have been
meeting and gathering information.. On February 25, 2010,CANCELED
the
library subcommittee is meeting at the Multnomah Building Board Room
at 5:15 pm. There is no regular meeting of the Charter Review
Committee that evening. See the
Ongoing
Charter Review Committee Schedule
regarding what topics the subcommittees are studying.
Background:
Multnomah County is a Home Rule County with
authority granted by the Oregon Constitution to adopt a Charter to
provide for matters of county concern to the fullest extent permitted by
the constitutions and laws of the United States and the State of
Oregon. The authority of a county over a matter of county concern is
limited to matters which have not been preempted by or conflict with
state law.
The Multnomah County Charter may be amended or
repealed only by a majority vote of voters voting on the Charter. An
amendment may be placed on the ballot in one of three ways: by referral
by the Board of Commissioners, by initiative petition, or by referral by
the Charter Review Committee.
The Charter provides that a Charter Review
Committee comprised of electors of the County be convened to study the
Charter and if it chooses, to submit Charter amendments to the voters of
Multnomah County at the November 2010 election.
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Ongoing
Charter Review Committee Schedule
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Meetings |
Regular and subcommittee meetings are held every
second and fourth Thursday, 5:15-7:15 PM
at Multnomah Bldg.
First Floor Boardroom
501 SE Hawthorne,
Portland, OR
unless otherwise noted below
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Thurs. March 11, 2010
Thurs. Feb. 11, 2010 -
5:30 PM @ Ron Russell Middle School, 3955 SE 112th Ave
Portland
Thurs., Dec. 10, 2009
WED., Dec. 2, 2009
Thurs., Nov. 12, 2009
Thurs., Oct. 29, 2009
Thurs., Oct. 8, 2009
Thurs., Oct. 1, 2009
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