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NORTH CAROLINA
COUNTY MANAGERS OFFICE
200 South Cameron Street Bonnie B. Hammersley, County Manager Phone (919) 245 -2300
Post Office Box 8181 Fax (919) 644 -3004
Hillsborough, North Carolina 27278
To: Board of Commissioners
From: Todd McGee, Community Relations Director
Subject: County Government Academy update
Date: January 19, 2018
The first County Government Academy (CGA) program for Orange County residents is
scheduled to begin Tuesday, Feb. 20, 2018. Response to the program was
overwhelming. The initial class will have 32 students, an increase above the originally
stated goal of 25 students. In addition, another 17 residents have asked to be put on the
waiting list for the next class, which will either be offered in the fall or spring 2019.
The CGA will consist of eight sessions, with half the sessions being taught in a
classroom provided by the Orange County campus of Durham Technical College and
the other half consisting of field trips to community facilities (9 -1 -1 communications and
EOC, Passmore Center, Animal Services and Solid Waste).
The academy will begin with a presentation by Kara Millonzi of the School of
Government on the role of county government and how counties fit into the
intergovernmental system.
County departments represented include:
Aging
Animal Services
Board of County Commissioners
Elections
Emergency Services (9 -1 -1 communications)
Environment, Agriculture and Parks and Recreation
Health Department
Planning
Register of Deeds
Social Services
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