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d 1 a ORANGECOUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT Meeting Date: October 2, 1995 Action Agenda Item # SUBJECT: Agreement for Employee Computer Training DEPARTMENT: Personnel PUBLIC HEARING: _Yes X No ATTACHMENT(S): INFORMATION CONTACT: Elaine Holmes, Personnel Director Memorandum of Understanding with Extension 2550 New Horizons Computer Learning Center TELEPHONE NUMBERS: Hillsborough- 732-8181 Durham- 688-7331 Mebane - 227-2031 Chapel Hill -967-9251/968-4501 PURPOSE: To enter into an agreement with New Horizons Computer Learning Center to provide on-site computer training in Microsoft Office software (Word, Excel, Power Point and Access)to Orange County employees. BACKGROUND: To facilitate Orange County's automation effort and move to a windows- based and Microsoft Office computer environment, the County needs to provide employee training on windows applications and the Microsoft Office software, which has been adopted as the County's standard. To assist in the training effort, during the 1994-95 budget year the Personnel Department arranged with New Horizons Computer Learning Center to provide eight computer training classes on-site for County employees. Employees who participated in these training classes rated them as excellent. In September 1995, the County again offered training provided by New Horizons. The feedback from employees on this training again has been excellent. The proposed agreement provides that New Horizons will provide all of the computer hardware and software on-site at an Orange County location. In addition, New Horizons provides participants with workbooks which may be kept for reference after attending the session. New Horizons also allows participants to take free "re-take" sessions for up to a year at its