Town Manager’s Report on 2008 Successes

Goal 1.  Steward Organizational Culture Change

Continue to work with the Town Manager to develop a style and system of leadership that will ensure the effective provision of services, while supporting the delivery of Council goals and objectives

• Established Office of Sustainability to support community efforts and coordinate Town staff efforts
• Organized Day of Dialogue to facilitate discussion among employees about multicultural differences regarding race, gender and related issues
• Established Office of Public Art
• Implemented NEOGOV, an online recruitment, hiring and retention process
• Adopted Senior Management Team’s Mission, Values and Strategies statements
• Offered Facilitative Leadership course to 48 employees at all levels in the organization
• Offered special Facilitative Leadership session for Library staff
• Merged Public Works and Engineering to facilitate coordination and communication
• Established joint training with OWASA, Carrboro and Hillsborough
• Established Voter Owned Election Program