County Legislative Agenda Check-In: Dec. 11, 2012

OACCT Public Policy Committee meets with
County Commissioners to  check-in on  business issue
progress made this year and to share
2013 legislative/business priorities with them.

Members of the OACCT's Public Policy committee attended the County Commissioner's Committee of the Whole meeting Tuesday to thank them for their efforts on greater transparency with online efforts like the budget, meeting notices and meeting agendas with supporting documentation, all of which were items the Public Policy committee discussed with them earlier this year.

The Policy committee also shared the organization's 2013 legislative agenda to give clarity and encourage open communication to our elected officials of business issues and priorities for the upcoming year. Items include: advocating for an economically reasonable size and scope of the Public Works project; transparency with county meetings either streamed online or available via cable broadcasting; and supporting local government in local control versus state or federal mandated initiatives.

Commissioners shared that the Facilities Committee of county met earlier that day to discuss a "restart" of the Public Works facility.  Brainstormed items included enlarging the committee with other people, possibly from the public or business community; commissioners to appoint a constituent to serve on the committee, educate this group on what's been done to date and then move forward.  The OACCT again offered assistance or involvement in future steps with this project.