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4) Pool clerical staff among departments when appropriate. <br />5) Recruit and use volunteers and volunteer groups at all levels of County operations. <br />6) Eliminate vacant funded positions. <br />7) Introduce a six month hiring freeze and review it every six months to see if it should <br />be continued. <br />8) Identify all jobs and tasks that are mandated by state and federal governments as <br />well as in the County Charter and consider eliminating positions that don’t fall within <br />those mandates. <br />9) Propose a resolution to the state allowing each county to negotiate collective <br />bargaining contracts on behalf of the county. This would allow the county to be <br />more responsive to the economic conditions and demographics of the areas served. <br />(See also Executive Summary) <br />10) Consolidate similar functions such as project managers, engineers, maintenance <br />personnel from various departments into a county-wide pool that all departments <br />can draw from. <br />11) Direct the Human Resources department to examine countywide overtime policies <br />to make sure they are fair, unambiguous and effective in reducing overtime. (see <br />also Human Resources) <br />12) Eliminate the Personnel Officer position in smaller departments and designate a <br />specialist in Human Resources to absorb these tasks (see also Human Resources) <br />e. Creation of Positions to Enhance Revenues <br />1) Create a position dedicated to focusing on health care and education industries. <br />2) Centralize grant writing efforts by creating a Grant Specialist position to work with all <br />departments in the county to improve the county’s ability to receive funds from <br />various sources. (See also Executive Summary) <br />2. Technology Adoption <br />a) Investigate having county employees videotape council and committee meetings <br />that would be available online through streaming or via ordering a DVD in lieu of the <br />current contracted videotaping services. This would require timely posting of <br />transcriptions online. This will increase availability to all county residents. <br />b) Develop and implement a county-wide technology management plan. (See also <br />Executive Summary) <br />c) Implement the use of Laserfiche for all departments when and where practical. <br />3. Contracting Process <br />13 <br /> <br />