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54 <br />A. Moving Extension Services as a reporting function to ERC <br />would help align the various elements of Extension's interactions <br />with the rural and farming community with the ERC goals. The <br />programming side of Extension would not be as applicable, except <br />that interactions with the environmental communities that exist in <br />Orange County do overlap. <br />Note: staffmg in Extension Services is via an agreement with <br />NCSU. I need to review the specific commitments to NCSU the <br />County has authorized via its MOU for support of Extension <br />Services. Specific legislation passed this year that will limit our <br />ability to influence staffing structure in Extension Services after <br />1 / 1 / 11 with regards to furloughs or salary reductions. <br />B. Moving Parks and Recreation as a reporting function to ERC <br />would help align the various land preservation activities of ERC <br />with the overall mission of land management overseen by Parks <br />and Recreation. The activities side of Parks and Recreation is a <br />little less applicable. <br />(Moving these two functions, expands the interaction of EIZC <br />with the functions and narrows reporting relationships <br />elsewhere within the organization.) <br />II. TAX AIDMINISTIa.ATI®N - <br />Functional coordination currently exists between Revenue/Tax <br />Collector and the Tax Assessor. Formalizing this relationship with <br />the creation of a Tax Administrator is a proven method to ensure <br />that these functions gain complete coordination, collaboration and <br />cohesiveness among the variety of functions transacted. Some <br />discussion among the existing staff has focused on consolidation. I <br />have not yet had a chance to listen to their proposals. I am familiar <br />with this structural merger elsewhere among larger counties in <br />North Carolina. <br />3 <br />