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Orange County <br /> Board of Commissioners <br /> Agenda Item Abstract <br /> Meeting Date: May 21, 1997 <br /> Action Agenda <br /> Item No. -q.0 <br /> Subject: Human Services Automation Position <br /> Department: Human Services Departments Public Hearing: Yes No X <br /> and Information Systems Budget Amendment <br /> Needed: Yes No X <br /> Attachment(s): Information Contact: <br /> Marti Pryor-Cook, Human Services <br /> Automation Committee Chair <br /> Dick Taylor, Information Systems <br /> Director <br /> Telephone Number: <br /> Hillsborough 732-8181 <br /> Chapel Hill 968-4501 <br /> Durham 688-7331 <br /> Mebane 227-2031 <br /> Purpose: To consider increasing the hours of a vacant permanent part time (20 <br /> hour)Accounting Technician position to full time for the purpose of <br /> realigning the position as a Human Services automation position. <br /> Background: In 1992 the Human Services Management Team created a Human <br /> Services Automation Committee to coordinate automation initiatives <br /> among the eight human service departments (Aging, Cooperative <br /> Extension, Health, Housing, Human Rights and Relations, Library, <br /> Recreation and Parks, and Social Services). The Automation <br /> Committee, which includes the Information Systems Director, assures <br /> that: <br /> • Human service projects and efforts are collaborative; <br /> • Resources are shared among the departments; <br /> • Priorities are set for development and enhancement of computer <br /> applications; and <br /> • Computer hardware and software purchases and the annual <br /> Capital Improvement Program requests for human service <br /> automation needs are reflective of the priorities. <br />