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ORANGE COUNTY <br />BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br />ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br />Meeting Date: August 20, 2009 <br />Action Agenda <br />Item No. a <br />SUBJECT: BOCC Goals and Priorities Identified for 2009-2010 <br />DEPARTMENT: County Manager PUBLIC HEARING: (Y/N) No <br />ATTACHMENT(S): <br />1) Goals & Initiatives (Developed <br />February 2008) <br />2) Priorities Identified (Developed <br />January 2009) <br />INFORMATION CONTACT: <br />Frank W. Clifton, Interim County <br />Manager, 245-2300 <br />PURPOSE: To discuss the Goals and Priorities as previously developed by the BOCC and <br />used as background in formulating the approved FY2009-10 budget. <br />BACKGROUND: In 2007 the BOCC held a series of work sessions/retreats facilitated by Dr. <br />Philip Boyle to begin the process of developing broad goals for County government. In <br />February of 2008 the BOCC met again with Dr. Boyle, County Management, and Department <br />Directors fora full-day meeting retreat. Following the retreat, County Management and <br />Department Directors worked with the resulting draft materials to streamline language, eliminate <br />duplications, and reframe items as appropriate into a Goals and Initiatives document <br />(Attachment 1). County Management's objective was once approved these Goals and Initiatives <br />would become the basis for future BOCC retreats and the creation of annual action items to be <br />included in forthcoming budgets. <br />BOCC action on the Goals and Initiatives was delayed from meetings held on May 20, 2008 and <br />June 3, 2008. An agenda item was repeated on June 24, 2008 with the recommendation that <br />the BOCC carry forward a discussion of the Goals and Initiatives and associated action items in <br />its next retreat, to be held after the November 2008 election, and to include the newly-elected <br />Commissioners. Steps would be taken then to incorporate previous work into a manageable <br />format for further consideration as part of the FY2009-10 budget process. The Goals as drafted <br />conveyed the broad tenets, beliefs, values, and philosophies of the sitting BOCC. <br />At its retreat with County Management and Department Directors in early January 2009, the <br />newly comprised BOCC confirmed a set of Guiding Principles and Identified Priorities for the <br />2009-2010 Budget. (Attachment 2) The Priorities -the incremental steps associated with <br />implementing the Goals in order of relevance and importance -were an outgrowth of BOCC <br />discussion aided by the retreat facilitators. Priorities receiving a minimum of 4 votes from BOCC <br />