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MR. KELTON DID NOT BELIEVE THAT IT IS IMPOSSIBLE TO DO THIS REORGANI- <br />ZATION INTERNALLY, BUT FELT THAT OUTSIDE ASSISTANCE PROVIDES A BETTER <br />PERSPECTIVE; IN ADDITION, THE EMPLOYEES ARE INVOLVED IN THEIR DAY TO <br />DAY ROUTINES AND DON `T HAVE THE TIME TO LOOK INTO THE ORGANIZATIONAL <br />STRUCTURE. <br />CHAIRMAN SIEBERT NOTED THAT OURS IS A RAPIDLY CHANGING <br />COUNTY, AND HE BELIEVED THAT MORE OF THIS TYPE OF THING IS GOING TO <br />BECOME NECESSARY IN THE FUTURE. HE FELT IF WE DON'T HAVE THE CAPA- <br />BILITY OF DOING THIS INTERNALLY, PERHAPS WE SHOULD HAVE. <br />COMMISSIONER LYONS STATED THAT HE DID NOT REALLY SEE THE <br />CAPPBILITY FOR THIS ANY PLACE AT THE PRESENT TIME, WHICH WAS NO <br />REFLECTION ON THE ADMINISTRATION BECAUSE THEY HAVE ENOUGH STRUGGLE <br />NOW JUST TO CATCH UP. HE NOTED THAT THE ROAD & BRIDGE DEPARTMENT IS <br />ONLY A PART OF THE PROBLEM, AND WE SHOULD LOOK AT THE OVERALL PICTURE. <br />COMMISSIONER LOY FELT IT IS .VERY OBVIOUS THAT THERE IS A <br />NEED FOR THIS TYPE OF REORGANIZATION. SHE POINTED OUT THAT DURING <br />BUDGET SESSION, MANY QUESTIONS WERE RAISED THAT COULDNIT BE ANSWERED <br />AND HOPEFULLY THIS IS A STEP IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION, BOTH TO GET <br />MORE EFFICIENCY AND ENABLE THEM TO KEEP UP WITH THE WORKLOAD THAT <br />HAS BEEN PUT UPON THEM. <br />DISCUSSION ENSUED AS TO WHETHER SOUTHERN-KELTON'S PROPOSAL <br />RELATED ONLY TO THE ROAD & BRIDGE DEPARTMENT, AND IT WAS FELT THAT <br />THE PROPOSAL WAS FOR ALL DEPARTMENTS UNDER THE ADMINISTRATOR AND <br />THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS, WITH AN IN-DEPTH STUDY OF THE <br />ROAD & BRIDGE DEPARTMENT. <br />COMMISSIONER WODTKE FELT THAT THE ANALYSIS OF THE STRUCTURE <br />OF THE LABORERS IN THE ROAD & BRIDGE DEPARTMENT WAS NEEDED TO ACHIEVE <br />MORE EFFICIENCY, BUT HE FELT THAT THE ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE OF <br />THE ADMINISTRATOR AND DEPARTMENT HEADS WAS PRETTY WELL DEFINED. HE <br />COMMENTED THAT AT ONE: TIME WE HAD A VERY EXPENSIVE PROPOSAL RE AN <br />AN ANALYSIS OF SCHEDULING AND EQUIPMENT COSTS, DOWN TIME, PROPER <br />SUPERVISION AND TRAINING OF THE LABOR FORCES, ETC., AND STATED THAT <br />HE IS MORE CONCERNED ABOUT AN ANALYSIS ALONG THE LINES OF PROCEDURES. <br />HE FELT THERE IS A NEED TO ESTABLISH WHAT AUTHORITY THE FOREMAN HAS <br />AND OVER WHICH WORKERS AND HOW THEY COORDINATE. <br />OCT 2 21980 <br />Boox 45 PACE. 99 <br />