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k.Department of Public Works (Highway Maintenance): Recommend pursuing <br />negotiations with the union to go to a 10-hour, 4-day work schedule for employees <br />(per 7/20/06 minutes, p. 14). <br />l.Department of Public Works (Highway Maintenance):Recommend that <br />incorporating or consolidating all the State highways into the County highways <br />system be pursued (per 7/20/06 minutes, p. 14). <br />m.Department of Public Works (Building Division):Recommend providing them with <br />an adequate travel budget in which certification and training opportunities would be <br />available to staff (per 7/20/06 minutes, p. 14). <br />n.Department of Public Works:Recommend investigating the creation of a traffic <br />hotline, pursuant to item 4a of the DPW’s response (per 7/20/06 minutes, p. 15). <br />o.Police Department:Recommend implementation of the 311 County-wide <br />information telephone number (per 8/3/06 minutes, p. 10). <br />p.Police Department:Recommend consolidating the Police and Fire Departments’ <br />Dispatch into one unit (per 8/3/06 minutes, p. 10). <br />q.Police Department:Recommend taking the abandoned/derelict vehicle program out <br />of the Police Department and placing it with the Department of Environmental <br />Management (per 8/3/06 minutes, pp. 10-11). <br />r.Police Department:Recommend that entry-level police officers be compensated at a <br />higher level to help the County recruit and retain officers (per 8/3/06 minutes, p. 12). <br />s.Police Department:Recommend the Department go ahead with its Mobile Data <br />Terminal program (per 8/3/06 minutes, p. 12). <br />t.Planning Department (and Department of Public Works, Building Division): <br />Recommend exploring consolidating the review of building permits (so two <br />departments are not reviewing the same thing) (per 8/17/06 minutes, p. 8). <br />u.Planning Department:Recommend that it give high priority to moving forward on <br />the computerization of records and providing on-line services (per 8/17/06 minutes, <br />p. 10). <br />v.Pension Board:Recommend (or pass on to the Mayor) studying the number of <br />people that would be most effective to serve on the Pension Board (per 8/17/06 <br />minutes, pp. 10-11). <br />w.Finance Department or appropriate department:Recommend that the County <br />explore the possibility of leasing County vehicles (per 8/17/06 minutes, pp. 11-12). <br />8.DISCUSSION ON THE QUALIFICATIONS OF DEPARTMENT HEADS <br />(Including Communication 2006-72, letter from Katherine A. Garson, Regarding <br />the Qualifications of Department Heads) <br />3 <br /> <br />