City of Boise’s Central Services Office Celebrates Its 40th Anniversary
The City of Boise's Central Services Office, which celebrates its 40th anniversary this month, recently became the second printer (first in-plant) in the entire state of Idaho certified to print optical scan ballots.
“As a result, we were able to print the ballots for the upcoming municipal election in November,” shares Supervisor Sylvia Marmon. The Boise in-plant just finished producing 47,500 ballots for 81 precincts, in blocks ranging from 250 to 1400 ballots per precinct. All of the ballots had to be serial-numbered, perforated, stapled, and shrink-wrapped, as well as some scored and/or folded for absentee and early voting.
The production of election ballots is just one of 4000 print jobs produced annually. The mailing side of the operation is equally productive, managing approximately 30-35,000 outgoing and
30-35,000 incoming pieces of mail monthly.
“I think we’re pretty typical of a municipality in-plant,” shares Marmon, whose staff has an average of 27 years of experience within the graphics industry. “We serve many diverse departments including police and fire, wastewater treatment plants, parks and libraries, airport and bus services, as well as all the usual clerical/office settings.”