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Home My WebLink AboutMINUTES - 01191988 - 2.6 . Gam! BOARD OF SUPERVISORS Phil Batchelor`' FW.W ; County Administrator Contra DATE ; January 14, 1988 C )sta /1 _ _ W1"' u +_1 Private Sector Advisory Group on Automation, Iy SUBJECT: Training and Productivity. SPEC 1 F I C :REWUEST( : ) (M RECC4JiM:NDAT I ON(S & BACKG:ROUND Aq,V`3 JUST I F I CAT I ON RECOMMENDATION: 1 . Reaffirm the Board' s interest in having the County continue to work with the private sector to promote a cooperative exchange of information, ideas and resources in such areas as training, office automation and productivity measures . 2 . Acknowledge the progress made to date in establishing productivity standards for County departments and programs which compare the efficiency of County operations with those in other urban counties . 3 . Acknowledge the creation of the Policy Advisory Committee which provides a forum in which County department heads can meet and discuss common management challenges with their counterparts in the private sector. 4 . Authorize the County Administrator to further these public/ private sector interactions by contacting several chief executive officers or high-level managers of local corporations for the purpose of forming a core private sector advisory group which can be called on as the need arises to advise the County on issues such as office automation, training and productivity. BACKGROUND: On December 15 , 1987 the Board referred to the County Administrator a proposal from Supervisor McPeak to utilize the unique contribution and perspective of private sector chief executive offices and their top management as advisory to the County on specific issues . The County Administrator was asked to meet with employee organizations to explain the proposal to them and was requested to report back to the Board. CUNT 1 NVEO ON ATTACHMENT; YES SI TV RE; RECOMMEWDAT 1 ON OF COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR RF-.COMMENDATION OF BOARD COMMITTEE APPROVE _i_ O'F hiER S I GNP,TURE!S ACTION Oh' BOARD ONF1'PROVED *AS F2EC�,r�,ME'�.iDED _ OTHER VOTE OF SUT'ERV 1 S•—)F?: IJN/�NfMOUS AHEREBY C�:F{T 1 FY THAT THIS IS A TRUE '3SE:1'4''; ( ) ADdD CC, OF AN ACTION TAKEN AYES: tf`) :'. — -- AND C1,41-EF 'ED ON THL- MINUTES OF' TFIE. F30ARD ABS I ; OF SUFI'F?V I£x7R5 ON THE DATE SF�ViN County AdministratorAll .aTrtsrc;{� JAN 19 1988 Emn ogee Organizations 1"HIL. BACHELOR, CLERK OF THF e(�ARD OF SUPERVISORS AND COUNTY ADMIMST'RAI-OR M382 7-03 "1 Private Sector Advisory -2- January 14 , 1988 There is clearly considerable value to be obtained from a cooperative interface between the public and private sectors. This can be particularly valuable when the County faces a specific technical problem requiring innovative solutions at minimum cost. The same is true when the County is in need of training resources which are generally available only to the private sector. The private sector is also generally further ahead in many areas having to do with office automation. The Board asked the County Administrator to establish productivity standards several years ago. This has been done and periodic reports have been made to the Board as a part of the budget review process. The County Administrator has also formed a Policy Advisory Committee which meets periodically with executives in the private sector to share management training resources and obtain input on techniques to solve management problems . This can also include consulting with the private sector on office automation capabilities and on how productivity measures are established in the private sector. The focus of these meetings has been on picking up management techniques which have worked well in the private sector which can be transferred to the public sector. Thus far, the Policy Advisory Committee has met with executives of Chevron, Dow Chemical, Bank of America, Pacific Telephone, etc. It is recommended that this consultation continue and be expanded by contacting several chief executive officers or high-level managers of local corporations for the purpose of forming a core private sector advisory group which can be called on as the need arises to advise the County on issues such as office automation, training and productivity. Many of these executives are willing to share their resources with the public sector when they are approached in a spirit of cooperation and sharing. Corporations have loaned executives to public agencies to solve a particular problem, have indicated a willingness to open their training resources to public agencies and are frequently willing to help diagnose a problem and suggest possible solutions which can be implemented within the agency' s financial resources . We believe that this use of private sector CEO' s can be of mutual benefit to the public and private sectors. This concept was presented to the employee organizations on January 7 , 1988 . All employee organizations were invited to attend. The meeting was attended by representatives from Local 1, Local 535 , AFSCME Locals 512 and 2700 , the Western Council of Engineers and the District Attorney' s Investigators. All were supportive of the concept as outlined above and indicated no objections to the proposal. Periodic reports will be made to the Board of Supervisors to update the Board on areas in which the private sector has been used in this way.