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ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT Meeting Date: April 13, 2010 Action Agenda Item No. SUBJECT: Naming of New Department ERCDISoil and Water, Parks & Recreation DEPARTMENT: Environment, Parks and PUBLIC HEARING: YIN No Recreation (working title) ATTACHMENTS): INFORMATION CONTACT: Department of Environment, Parks and David Stanch, 245-2510 ' Recreation (DEPR) Narrative with Organizational Chart and Functional Categories PURPOSE: To receive a brief presentation on the Department of Environment Parks and Recreation (working title), which began operation on April 1, and to consider a p ermanent name for the new merged department. BACKGROUND: The Board of Commissioners has charged the County Manager with finding � g g ways to streamline County operations. One initiative has been to reorganize departments with overlapping or complementary functions. Combining departments can create greater efficiencies within County government and improved service delive ry to residents. Prior consolidation has occurred in Financial Services, Tax Administration, Asset Management and Purchasing Services, and Housing and Community Development departments. On April 1, the existing Environment and Resource Conservation Department (including the Soil . and Water Conservation District office) and the Parks and Recreation Department began operation as a new, combined department that has been tentatively titled the Environment, Parks and Recreation Department (as a working title). This department also includes a new coordination relationship with the Orange County Center of the N.C. Cooperative Extension Service, a State agency. Finally, discussions are underway to transfer the Grounds Maintenance functions currently in Asset Management and Purchasin g Services to the new department, to better consolidate land management and grounds maintenance, by y Jul 1. An organizational chart of the merged department is provided as Attachment 1 to the attached narrative. As noted in the attached narrative, many of the most--significant relationships in the chart are horizontal across division lines, rather than vertical hierarchical ones. Combining these departments will maximize the potential for sharing resources, p rovide organizational and administrative efficiencies, lower current and future operation and personnel costs, and providing for mutual support for a variety of functions.