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ORANGE COUNTY <br />BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br />ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br />Meeting Date: April 13, 1999 <br />Action Agenda <br />Item No. j <br />SUBJECT: Proposed 1999 -2000 Board of Commissioners' Goals <br />DEPARTMENT: County Manager PUBLIC HEARING: (Y/N) No <br />ATTACHMENT(S): INFORMATION CONTACT: <br />Proposed 1999 -2000 Goals John Link or Rod Visser, ext 2300 <br />(previously distributed under separate cover) <br />TELEPHONE NUMBERS: <br />Hillsborough 732 -8181 . <br />Chapel Hill 968 -4501 <br />Durham 688 -7331 <br />Mebane 336 -227 -2031 <br />PURPOSE: To discuss the Board's proposed goals for 1999 -2000. <br />BACKGROUND: Each year, the Board of Commissioners holds an annual planning and goal setting <br />retreat that provides a forum for Commissioners to discuss their policy priorities for the next fiscal year. <br />This year the County Manager and staff received direction from the Board at the January 16 retreat and a <br />follow up goals work session on February 15. Staff developed a set of proposed objectives for each of the <br />goals articulated by the Board, and in many cases updated the detailed action steps and timetables for <br />current goals that the Board indicated they would like to continue through the new fiscal year. These draft <br />goals were distributed to the Board at the beginning of April. The Board is slated to discuss and adopt <br />their goals for 1999 -2000 during the next month, so the Manager can incorporate, any resources required <br />to carry out these goals in his recommended budget for the next fiscal year. <br />This meeting provides an opportunity for the Board to identify additions, deletions, or modifications they <br />would like to make to the set of proposed goals prior to their formal adoption. The Manager and staff will <br />receive Board comments and fashion any needed changes to the proposed goals, so they may be brought <br />back for approval by the Board at an upcoming scheduled meeting. <br />FINANCIAL IMPACT: There is no direct financial impact from the discussion of the proposed goals. <br />However, the Board's approval of individual goals at this or subsequent meetings will in some cases <br />require the obligation of new resources and/or the dedication of portions of existing staff time to carry out <br />the action plans for those goals. The potential financial impacts and resource requirements are addressed <br />in each of the individual proposed goals. <br />RECOMMENDATION(S): The Manager recommends that the Board discuss the proposed goals, and <br />provide appropriate direction to staff about additional work that may be required on specific goals to <br />prepare them for subsequent adoption by the Board. <br />