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BOARD OF ORANGE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS (BOCC) <br />GOALS — 2015 UPDATE <br />FOR DISCUSSIONS PURPOSES <br />17 <br />GOALS/PRIORITIES <br />ONGOING EFFORTS <br />SPECIFIC ACCOMPLISHMENTS <br />concerns in its own right (e.g., concern about <br />contact with coyotes throughout the county) and <br />uses Facebook and the department's webpage to <br />routinely report on service delivery in all areas <br />of operations. <br />Public Health <br />Public Health <br />• Annual surveys of staff and client satisfaction <br />• Active social media presence with 892 <br />• Regularly solicit input from the community <br />followers on Twitter and nearly 400 <br />through a variety of methods such as surveys, <br />followers on Facebook. <br />public forums, live tweets, email, in person <br />• Live tweeting from Board of Health <br />interviews and hotlines, etc. <br />meetings <br />• Regularly update website(s) to reflect most up <br />to date and relevant services and public health <br />news <br />Solid Waste Management <br />Solid Waste Mana eg ment <br />• Promote and foster two -way communication <br />• Monthly call -in radio show on WCOM <br />with Towns and residents <br />103.5 FM <br />• Ongoing: public and school presentations, <br />• Daily responses to incoming emails on <br />landfill tours, compost workshops, work with <br />`public email' (average about 10 per week) <br />UNC students through Institute for <br />• Monthly e- newsletter now reaches over <br />Environment capstone projects, monthly <br />6,000 subscribers or the equivalent of over <br />newspaper articles on solid waste, presence at <br />10% of County residences. Facebook page <br />large public events to provide recycling and <br />established. Solid Waste Advisory Group <br />info table brings dialogue and questions, public <br />formed in 2014 <br />input sessions for triennial solid waste plan <br />• New County Public Information Officer <br />• Multi jurisdictional Solid Waste Advisory <br />and Solid Waste Staff collaborating on <br />Board provided public forum for citizens input <br />various opportunities to improve <br />until June 2013; <br />communication and information <br />dissemination <br />• Lectures and Tours for visiting <br />international groups including Kosovo, <br />China and Kazakhstan <br />Information Technology <br />Information Technology <br />