In keeping with her campaign pledge to bring greater efficiency, accountability, and transparency to Orange County government, Mayor Teresa Jacobs on Thursday, unveiled a major new organizational structure, which will see the elimination of some top level jobs.
Jacobs stated in a memo to the Board of County Commissioners that one Deputy County Administrator’s post and two Assistant County Administrator positions, which “will save substantial taxpayers dollars over the next four years” will be eliminated.
Aiming for a flatter structure, the new organization will create a new Office of Accountability, an Office of Public Engagement and Citizen Advocacy and an Independent Ombudsman.
The current Neighborhood Services Division is to be expanded and will be renamed the “Neighborhood Preservation and Preservation Division.”
The Office of Economic Development is being elevated, as diversification of the local economic is a top priority, Jacobs noted. That office will be tasked with attracting desirable industries and streamlining the regulatory process.
A new office–the Office of Regional Mobility is being created within the Office of Economic Development, given the importance of efficiently moving people and goods, to overall economic development.
Jacobs announced the proposed reorganization at a press conference today.
