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ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT Meeting Date: November 18, 2008 Action Agenda Item No. (o' -F SUBJECT: Reorganization Plans DEPARTMENT: County Manager PUBLIC HEARING: (Y/N) No ATTACHMENT(S): Memorandum INFORMATION CONTACT: Laura Blackmon (919) 245-2300 Pam Jones (919) 245-2652 David Stancil (919) 245-2598 Wilbert McAdoo (919) 245-2625 PURPOSE: To consider approving the Manager's recommendation for reorganization of County departments whose functions encompass the care of County assets, including environmental assets. BACKGROUND: When the new County Manager was hired in November 2006, the Board of Commissioners urged her to find creative ways in which to streamline County operations. One such initiative has been to consolidate departments, particularly smaller ones, with overlapping functions into a single department. Information contained in the attached memorandum will outline plans to consolidate functions that encompass the care of County assets, including the environment. The organizational structure would include the following currently existing departments or functions: • Engineering (part of the County Manager's office) • Environment and Resource Conservation (including parkland) • Public Works • Components of Purchasing and Central Services • Soil and Water District (affiliated agency) Department Directors of the affected departments have met over the course of several months to arrive at a structure that would maximize available resources while providing a higher level of service to both their internal and external customers. The group continues to work toward finalizing details of the organizational structure in this evolutionary new concept. The Board is asked to approve the new organizational structure. Additional information will be presented to the Board in early 2009, along with the classification changes needed to implement the plan. Implementation of the new department is proposed for July 1, 2009.