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ORANGE COUNTY <br />BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br />ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br />Meeting Date: August 17, 1999 <br />Action Agenda <br />Item No. q- yn <br />SUBJECT: New Assistant to the Manager Position <br />DEPARTMENT: County Manager PUBLIC HEARING: (Y /N) No <br />ATTACHMENT(S): <br />New Assistant to the Manager <br />Major Functions <br />Classes at Salary Grades <br />69 -81 <br />Assistant to the Manager <br />Class Specification <br />INFORMATION CONTACT: <br />Elaine Holmes, Personnel Director, ext <br />2550 <br />TELEPHONE NUMBERS: <br />Hillsborough 732 -8181 <br />Chapel Hill 968 -4501 <br />Durham 688 -7331 <br />Mebane 336 - 227 -2031 <br />PURPOSE: To consider establishing a new position of Assistant to the Manager in the County <br />Manager's Office and amending the Orange County Classification and Pay Plan to include the <br />new class of Assistant to the Manager at Salary Grade 72. <br />BACKGROUND: During the June budget work sessions and also during earlier solid waste <br />discussions, the Board discussed the proposed creation of a new Assistant to the Manager <br />position. As planned, this agenda item is to present to the Board the proposed new Assistant to <br />the Manager position for approval. <br />The proposal for the new Assistant to the Manager position arises from the impending <br />assumption by the County of overall responsibility for solid waste management. With County <br />assumption of solid waste management, the County Manager and Assistant County Manager <br />Rod Visser will need to increase their focus on solid waste matters. Assistant Manager Visser <br />will have direct operational supervision of the Solid Waste Management Director and the solid <br />waste operations transferred from the Town of Chapel Hill. This function also will require the <br />close attention of the Manager. <br />To free staff time to support these new County functions, the new Assistant to the Manager <br />position will assume responsibility for administrative tasks associated with Board of <br />Commissioners' agenda production, Board goals, staff /Board communications, legislative <br />initiatives and others as shown on the Attachment 1 list of the major functions. <br />