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ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT Meeting Date: February 10, 2009 Action Agenda Item No. c~ SUBJECT: Creation of the Department of Environment Sustainabilit and Public Assets DEPARTMENT: County Manager PUBLIC HEARING: (Y/N) No ATTACHMENT(S): Memorandum Draft Organizational Chart INFORMATION CONTACT: Laura Blackmon (919) 245-2300 Pam Jones (919) 245-2652 David Stancil (919) 245-2598 Wilbert McAdoo (919) 245-2625 PURPOSE: To discuss the Manager's recommendation. to reconfigure several County departments and functions responsible for the management of public assets, including environmental assets, into a single consolidated operation. 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 into a new department titled the Department of Environment Sustainability and Public Assets (ESPA). The organizational structure would include the following current 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 (as an affiliated agency) Department Directors of the affected departments met over the course of several months to discuss the operations of a combined department and to arrive at an organizational structure which would carry out the desired mission and maximize available resources. While additional refinements in the organizational chart will be forthcoming, a draft organizational chart reflecting current thinking is attached. A final organizational chart will be included with future Board actions required to fully implement the plan.