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Agenda Item 3
PRELIMINARY RECOMMENDATIONS OF INNOVATION & EFFICIENCY COMMITTEE
• Full committee met 3/20/96
• Each of 3 subcommittees reported on their draft recommendations
• All draft recommendations adopted by full committee
• Each subcommittee to finalize its final recommendations by final
meeting of full committee on 4/9/96
* Full committee to present its final recommendations at County
Commissioners meeting on 4/16/96
TECHNOLOGY
* Develop and implement a written Strategic Automation Plan with a 3-5
year planning horizon
* Will include a set of underlying principles and a mission statement
for automation
ORGANIZATION & STAFFING
* Adopt a process and model to systematically evaluate County
operations, including existing operations and requests for additional
resources
FACILITIES/EQUIPMENT/PURCHASING
* Evaluate level of funding that goes to "outside agencies" - consider
funding as "seed money" , with some kind of "sunset" provision
* On an annual basis, review County owned property that is marketable
and appropriate for sale to restore properties to the tax base
* Impacts of school facility andcAnstruction costs : keep funding for
school construction at a basic level, with schools finding funds for
Tier I, II, or III facilities; consider use of architects, engineers
shared among jurisdictions to hold down facility costs; combine park
and school sites
* Recognizes that current progress in purchasing is good; encourages
continuation of efforts towards paperless purchasing and financial
transactions
* Look at facility usage patterns : consider flex time employee
schedules, work from home opportunities, resumption of night court,
shared use of facilities by more than one department