Name that department
The county recently announced that it would divide its Community Development Department in two.
One new department will be called the Community and Economic Development Department and will handle recruiting businesses, looking after the county parks and other assorted tasks.
The other part will handle traditional planning services, such as approving permits and overseeing zoning changes. But what shall we call it?
In a news release last week, the county's current Community Development Director, Rob Bencini, wrote: "development services - planning, inspections, permitting and plan review - will continue to be provided by the renamed Development Services Department, so named to more accurately reflect its land use, permitting and development-based focus."
Not so fast says Commissioner Billy Yow. He says the new name should be Planning and Development.
At Thursday's meeting, he asked Bencini's boss, County Manager Willie Best, if the new name would be "Planning and Development."
"That's correct," said Best.
Whatever the departments are called, the split will happen on Oct. 1.
