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MEMORANDUM
TO: Board of Supervisors
FROM: Carol J. Huchingson, County Administrative Officer
DATE: January 3, 2017
SUBJECT: Consideration of Plan for New Board Member Training 2017 and Board of Supervisors Protocol 2017
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY:
As your Board is aware, in November, I attended the California State Association of Counties (CSAC) annual conference and training for new supervisors. During the sessions, I learned that many counties provide additional in-house training to new supervisors to assist in the smooth transition of new leadership. I also learned that as a supplement to their County ordinances delineating the basic rules for Board meetings, many Boards also approve a complementary document each year (the titles of which vary from "Board Procedure", "Board Order and Decorum", "Board Protocol") which establishes simple, additional ground rules for meetings, agenda items, interaction with staff, etc.
I am requesting an opportunity to review the attached draft New Board Member Training 2017 with your Board, with the intention of implementing it as soon as possible. This plan not only provides for training by my office and County Counsel, over the course of the coming months, it provides for the new supervisors to meet every department head (both elected and appointed) at their offices, to review mission, goals, mandates, budgets, challenges and to tour facilities and projects, as applicable. I have tentatively scheduled with each Department Head (names in italics are pending confirmation). The intent of this training is to assist each new supervisor in getting off to the best possible start as a decision maker and County leader and although the sessions will go on for some time, County operations are quite expansive and this will be time well spent. Although these sessions are being arranged for the new supervisors, I would also be pleased to coordinate with the department heads to make similar arrangements for the existing sup...
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