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1 <br /> ORANGE COUNTY <br /> BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br /> Action Agenda <br /> Item No X-q <br /> ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br /> Meeting Date: April 16, 1996 <br /> SUBJECT: Final Report of the Innovation & Efficiency Committee <br /> ----------------------------------------------------------------------- <br /> DEPARTMENT County Manager PUBLIC HEARING YES NO X <br /> ------------------------------- <br /> BUDGET AMENDMENT <br /> REQUIRED YES NO X <br /> -------------------------------- ------------------------------- <br /> ATTACHMENT(S) INFORMATION CONTACT <br /> Committee Report Dan Brummitt, Chair, 918-4250 <br /> Rod Visser, x2308 <br /> TELEPHONE NUMBER <br /> Hillsborough 732-8181 <br /> Chapel Hill 968-4501 <br /> Mebane 227-2031,14 688-7331 <br /> ----------------------------------------------------------------------- <br /> PURPOSE: To receive the final report of the Orange County Innovation & <br /> Efficiency Committee. <br /> BACKGROUND: In October 1995, the Board of Commissioners appointed a 17 <br /> member Innovation & Efficiency Committee to explore opportunities for, <br /> and make recommendations concerning, additional improvements that the <br /> Board may want to consider implementing in order to enhance the degree <br /> of efficiency and innovation with which Orange County government <br /> operates . The Board charged the Committee to identify possible <br /> improvements and to deliver its recommendations by April 16, 1996 . <br /> Dr. Jack Vogt of the Institute of Government agreed to serve as <br /> facilitator for the Committee, which convened in late November. Since <br /> then, it has met on numerous occasions, most frequently as members of <br /> three self-identified subcommittees : Organization and Staffing; <br /> Equipment and Purchasing; and Technology. The accompanying Committee <br /> report incorporates the three subcommittee reports as approved by the <br /> full committee. Committee Chair Dan Brummitt will make a brief <br /> presentation of the major Innovation & Efficiency Committee <br /> recommendations. He and other Committee members will be available to <br /> respond to Commissioners ' questions . <br /> The final element of the Committee ' s charge from the Commissioners is <br /> to complete its business and inactivate at a time agreeable to the <br /> County Commissioners. After receiving the report, the Board may want <br /> to consider a timetable for the Committee to finish its work. That <br /> could lead to staff ' s undertaking implementation of those <br /> recommendations that the Board, upon later reflection, may want to <br /> pursue . <br />