Fiscal Year 2013 Recommended Budget Book - Lake County

County Managermanagement, maintenance contract management, and fleet assessment of the County’s fleet which includes smallequipment, automobiles, vans, trucks, fire apparatus, agricultural equipment, medium and heavy trucks, and heavyequipment.Department Goals and Objectives:Lake County is a High Performance Organization:• Procurement Services strives for simplification and automation of procurement processes. Simplification of processeswill be realized through adequate competition, and continued positive responses from service surveys. The automation ofprocess will be fully executed through revisions to Automatic Request for Quotation (RFQ) processing, which wasimplemented to support electronic responses and automated tabulation sheets for each action appearing on the website.• Information Outreach and Economic Development and Tourism will collaborate on a new website for Tourism. The newwebsite will be an effective tool in which to strengthen community relations and attract visitors to the area.• Economic Development and Tourism is a “business friendly” environment that iscommitted to simplification of governmental permitting processes, and is alwaysmindful of the impact of governmental regulation on the success of the privatesector in retaining and creating jobs. To increase efficiencies relating to time andterritory management, EDT has divided Lake County into three micro-regions.Because each region has its own unique character and distinctive economicclimate, a dedicated Economic Development Coordinator has been assigned toeach region. The Coordinators’ sole focus is to remain constantly engaged withthe businesses in their region through the scheduling of regular and consistent sitevisits and participation in local business affiliations, such as Chambers of Commerce and other business minded groups.Through this on-going and daily interaction, the Coordinators will attain the level of local knowledge and businessintelligence necessary for the County to create targeted and effective support programs. Site visits will enable theCoordinators to educate local businesses on the resources that are available to them including County sponsoredincentives. With this new pro-active and engaged approach, the County is better positioned to respond to the needs ofLake County businesses.• The Fleet Management Division provides a full range of fleet services to Lake County Board of County Commissionersand other Constitutional Offices of Lake County. Accurate specifications are used to acquire the right vehicle/piece ofequipment for each department. Fleet Management works with departments to determine which vehicles/equipment areeligible for replacement (by age, miles/hours and maintenance history). Asset management and tracking, and fleetassessments include working with departments to determine if they have the right type of vehicle for specific jobfunctions. Fleet Management monitors, repairs, and maintains four County fuel sites in compliance with applicablefederal, state, and county regulations to support fuel needs for County vehicles and equipment. Fleet also administers theState of Florida contract for fuel cards.Lake County is a Leader in Multi-jurisdictional Cooperation:• Procurement Services continues expansion of the Procurement Offices of Lake County (POOL) organization tomaximize a cooperative and consolidated approach to the entirety of the public sector purchasing function within thecounty. The most immediate specific goal is to expand “other agency” use of the County procurement website to providefor a single point and process for vendor registration and solicitation notice.• Information Outreach facilitates countywide cooperation to coordinate/update the county’s Joint Information System(JIS), which is a list of all available public information officer (PIO) resources. The JIS pools together PIO resourcesacross multiple agencies to assist in responding to emergencies. Lake County’s JIS list will be updated and posted onlineas a resource tool for all agencies to refer to in case of Emergency Communications and Operations Center (ECOC)activations, or emergencies.• Economic Development and Tourism (EDT) will work directly with willing municipalities to assist with theimplementation of each city’s economic initiatives, and promote cooperation and coordination between the cities andF - 42