Another top Portland official has received a hefty payout to resign for undisclosed reasons, becoming the latest beneficiary of the city’s sweetheart severance policy.
Amanda Garcia-Snell, who led the problem-plagued Office of Community & Civic Life for less than 18 months, accepted just over $91,000 and six months of continued health insurance to step down from her post last week and agree to not sue the city in the future, records reviewed by The Oregonian/OregonLive show.
She had been on paid administrative leave since late May, as first reported by OPB. Civic Life, which oversees Portland’s neighborhood associations and the city’s community engagement work, has for years struggled with a string of high-profile personnel and performance problems…