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backbone of our governmental support departments. The County Manager has 18 direct reports that this position is responsible for in KRONOS. The County Manager needs to be more involved and communicating with the Board of Commissioners on policy matters and communicating on a more frequent basis with our community partners (LCBOE, CCCC, SAGA, City of Sanford and the Town of Broadway). Along with these responsibilities is the County Manager's involvement in major capital projects. Going forward, this involvement will grow as will the need to be able to communicate with the Commissioners more effectively so as to develop policy to address issues in our growing county. Based on the needs of the departments we support; I am recommending that the Commissioners add 2 full-time Assistant County Manager positions to assist the County Manager with managing and supervising the day-to-day operations of county government. The current Assistant County Manager/Finance Officer position will become a full time Assistant County Manager and a new full time Finance Officer position Is recommended. This Assistant County Manager position will be responsible for Departments that support other departments within Lee County Government. The second full-time Assistant County Manager position will be responsible for Departments that support direct services to our citizens (please see attached organizational chart). Their proposed titles will be, Assistant County Manager for Governmental Support and Assistant County Manager for Operational Services. The County Manager will maintain direct responsibility for supporting the Office of the Sheriff, Office of the Register of Deeds, Courthouse functions and all State Agency relationships. The County Manager will also be responsible for contractual relationships with the City of Sanford and Town of Broadway where we provide joint operations. As we start this year's budget review, it is clear that the needs of our county are growing. Our organization is now growing to address these needs. We need to be ahead of this growth by making sure our organization continues to be positioned to address needs as they arise. Thank you and I look forward to working with Board as we move forward in the budget process.