2010-12-10 Cost of Government Commission Minutes

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MS. O’HARA: We can, but we also had a broader discussion on this item about the need for the county to consider looking at this, establishing a new enforcement division and how that would work, and what other departments would be involved, personnel trading and so on. And we talked about having a task force to set that up. MS. NICHOLSON: So it was actually formation of a compliance division which would span MS. GARSON: Do you want me to read the various paragraphs. Paragraph 6 – consolidate enforcement. I recommend that the enforcement responsibilities of the Planning Department, Building Department, Real Property Tax, Environmental Management and Department of Health (as a contracted effort from the state to the county, since this is a state function) be consolidated into an enforcement division of the Police Department. And then he goes on about the benefits. MS. NICHOLSON: I think we agreed that it was going to be called compliance for one thing. And that I think we need some explanation of why we’re recommending this one because it’s basically a whole new department. So, I think we need to explain what we’re trying to achieve by this consolidation. And having read the minutes again in the last couple of days, it’s really so that there’s one compliance officer that goes to a property. So I think that’s what we want to capture in this item. Comments? I think we need to summarize what we’re trying to achieve here. MS. O’HARA: Iagree with you. MS. NICHOLSON: Would someone be willing to just draft like three sentences about or a paragraph of what it is we’re talking about here so that it’s a little bit more. MS. O’HARA: I would consider doing it. I don’t know that I can have it done by our next meeting. But I will attempt to. MS. NICHOLSON: So when you get it done, then we will just, it’s still an item we’re carrying forward so it’s just new wording for E. So we don’t have to separately agendize it, so when you get it done and we can just put it in. So, when she gets it done, can she submit it to you so when we get the next version, set language is just there? MS. GARSON: Sure. MS. O’HARA: And then we can discuss it. MS. NICHOLSON: We’re on to F. Ken do you want to do anything with this one now or leave it as is until you get all of your recommendations? MR. ARMOUR: Well, it will eventually be combined all into one. So I’d say leave it for now. MS. NICHOLSON: Mandatory bus trade-in program. This was both for county vehicles and for tour operators? 36