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3 <br />FY 1999 -2000 <br />ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br />APPROVED GOAL <br />Revised: 06/07/99 <br />Adopted: 06/21/99 <br />FINANCIAL MPACTIRESOVRCE REQVtRFWNi'S <br />Required resources for the resumption of implementation of 1996 Innovation and Efficiency Committee recommendations will be identified <br />based on Board direction about additional 1996 Committee recommendations it may want to pursue in 1999 -2000, and on additional <br />recommendations that might be developed by a reconstituted or new Committee. It is likely, based on 1995 -96 efforts, that several hundred <br />hours of staff time in the Manager's Office, Budget, Finance, Personnel and other departments would need to be devoted to a thorough review, <br />with the Committee, of previously recommended or newly identified efficiency suggestions. <br />The Board also may wish to consider three alternatives to supplement the time that will be required, in any case, of existing staff. This may be <br />particularly important if the same staff who would naturally be involved in managing the I &E process are simultaneously engaged in the solid <br />waste management transition from Chapel Hill to County: <br />1) setting aside $10,000 - $20,000 in the FY 1999 -2000 operating budget for the possible outsourcing of the coordination function that would <br />be involved with a new or reconstituted Innovation and Efficiency Committee <br />2) creating a new position in the Personnel Department (estimated annual operating cost of $35,000 - $40,000) that would collaborate with the <br />Budget Office in performing ongoing analysis of new position requests and selected vacant positions, following through to implement <br />recommendations resulting from the position evaluation process, completing organization and staffing studies of designated areas to <br />improve effectiveness and efficiency, working with department heads and employees to identify innovation and efficiency alternatives and <br />following through with them on implementation, and the like <br />3) a combination of (1) and (2). <br />The exact cost of consulting work to conduct an inventory of current and future County space needs would depend on the scope of that <br />assessment and the amount of work to be accomplished by the consultant and by staff, respectively. A reasonable estimate at this point would <br />range from $10,000 - $30,000. <br />