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LIVINg OUR “PEOPLE FOCUSED, PERFORMANCE DRIVEN” CULTURE<br />

County Administration<br />

the Citizen engagement Series on<br />

the budget is underway, with a<br />

lively exchange among residents<br />

participating in a simulated budget<br />

balancing exercise, eventually<br />

passing a balanced County budget.<br />

Operations<br />

Crews responding<br />

to downed trees<br />

and localized<br />

flooding.<br />

Planning<br />

Conducting a sense of place<br />

community meeting on ways to<br />

make the huntington oaks Plaza a<br />

“true destination” for the greater area.<br />

Mosquito<br />

Control<br />

drivers are responding<br />

to residents’ service<br />

requests by spraying<br />

for adult mosquitoes.<br />

Animal Control<br />

Leon County Animal Control responds<br />

to a call that a dog has been hit by a<br />

car on highway 20, and is lying injured<br />

on the side of the road. Animal Control<br />

arrives on site, transports the dog to<br />

the emergency veterinary clinic, scans<br />

the dog for a microchip, identifies and<br />

contacts the owner.<br />

A CoRE PRACTICE of LEon CounTy govERnMEnT<br />

MIS<br />

residents are accessing online services through the Leon<br />

County website and the Citizens Connect mobile app.<br />

Pretrial Probation<br />

using a gPS tracking device,<br />

staff receives notification<br />

a court-ordered pretrial<br />

release defendant has<br />

come within 500 feet of his<br />

victim’s residence. Attempts<br />

to contact the defendant<br />

fail and the Sheriff’s office<br />

is notified. in minutes, a<br />

deputy arrives on site.<br />

EMS<br />

A husband urgently calls 911, reporting his wife is experiencing bad chest<br />

pains. the call taker obtains basic information and instructs the husband<br />

to administer aspirin. eMS arrives and connects a 12-LeAd eKg to the<br />

patient. eMS notifies the hospital they have a Code SteMi (St-elevation<br />

Myocardial infarction), administers oxygen, nitroglycerine, and morphine<br />

while inserting an iV en route to the hospital’s Cardiac Cath Lab.<br />

Operations<br />

Leon County operations<br />

receives notification a<br />

stop sign is down as a<br />

result of an accident<br />

at the intersection of<br />

Audobon drive and n.<br />

Meridian road. Staff<br />

responds and repairs<br />

the stop sign.<br />

Emergency Management<br />

With a sudden change in a projected tropical storm<br />

track, County staff begin arriving at the emergency<br />

operations Center to prepare Leon County for a<br />

potential storm impact.<br />

Solid Waste<br />

incoming garbage truck being weighed at the Leon County Waste<br />

transfer Station.<br />

Parks & Recreation<br />

the gates to the Leon County Apalachee regional Park are opened and runners<br />

begin showing up.<br />

2012 LEon CounTy AnnuAL REPoRT 19

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