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11 <br />Recommendations <br />The following are the recommendations from the Innovation and Efficiency Committee to the <br />Board of County Commissioners. These recommendations are presented in no particular order, <br />as the Committee did not prioritize its recommendations. <br />Recommendation 1: Adopt a long range view aimed at identifying potential savings that <br />may be derived from flex time employee schedules, work that may be <br />performed at home, resumption of night court, and shared use of <br />facilities by more than one department. <br />Recommendation 2: Continue as a County to consolidate space, as in the new Southern <br />Service Center and as in the proposed purchase of the old Colonial <br />Printing building. <br />The consolidation of services makes them more accessible to the public, and reduces costs of <br />leasing. The payback over the long run by consolidation or purchase of space exceeds the <br />payout in leases and in inefficient use of space and delivery of services. <br />Recommendation 3: Continue to encourage and pursue efforts currently under way to <br />implement paperless purchasing and financial transactions. <br />County staff is to be commended for this effort and for its awareness of the need to promote <br />efficiency and innovation in county government operations. <br />Recommendation 4: Adopt as a County a process and model to systematically evaluate <br />County operations, including existing operations and requests for <br />additional resources. <br />a) The goals of evaluating County operations are to enhance productivity and <br />efficiency and to provide for organizational renewal through: <br />• Minimizing and streamlining bureaucracy. <br />• Reviewing positions as these become vacant, and, at the discretion of the <br />County Manager, eliminate or realign those positions which are <br />determined to no longer be needed in the area assigned. <br />• Consolidating services and /or functions when at all possible. <br />b) The Committee recommends a focus and approach which is comprehensive and in- <br />depth. Evaluations should be conducted outside of the budget process to allow <br />4 <br />