SANTA ANA – Committing to expenditures
for debt reduction, juvenile facilities and housing for
neglected children, the Orange County Board of Supervisors
this week adopted its first annual revision of a long-range
financial plan.
(SANTA ANA) – Early next year,
the County of Orange’s Purchasing Department will
initiate an on-line bidding process, Gary Burton, Assistant
CEO/Office of Finance, announced today.
National Financial Leader to be
Honored by Board of Supervisors
November 23, 1998
SANTA ANA – Gedale B. Horowitz,
senior managing director with Salomon Smith Barney headquartered
in New York, will be honored tomorrow by the Board of
Supervisors for his work in municipal finance and his
exemplary role in serving the people of Orange County,
said County Executive Officer Jan Mittermeier.
CEO Named 1 of 11 Public Officials
Of The Year By National Magazine
November 2, 1998
SANTA ANA – County Executive Officer
Jan Mittermeier will be honored this month as one of GOVERNING
MAGAZINE’s 11 Public Officials of the Year. GOVERNING,
an independent national magazine covering state and local
government, is presenting its award winners for the fifth
year.
SANTA ANA – Attached is a copy
of a letter delivered this afternoon to the Board of Supervisors
by County Executive Officer Jan Mittermeier. The letter,
addressed to Board Chairman Jim Silva, contains an acceptance
of the Board’s contract offer made at yesterday’s
Board meeting.
County to Sign Friendship Agreement
with Tainan, Taiwan
September 21, 1998
SANTA ANA – The mayor of Tainan,
Taiwan, George Chang, and a delegation of 18 other Tainan
officials will arrive in Orange County tomorrow for a
one-day visit to meet with the Board of Supervisors and
enter into a "Friendly City/County" agreement.
The letter of intent will be signed at an 11 a.m. reception
in the fifth floor conference room of the Hall of Administration
in downtown Santa Ana.
SANTA ANA – County CEO Jan Mittermeier
today announced the appointment of Loan Leblow as interim
director of John Wayne Airport. Leblow will have oversight
of all airport activities while the County looks for a
permanent replacement for O. B. Schooley who has accepted
a position with the consulting firm P&D Aviation.
He had been airport director for four years.
County "Wows" Big Apple With Financial
Presentations
June 25, 1998
SANTA ANA - Visits to key members of
the New York finance community and a prime spot on the
agenda of a national investors conference by County of
Orange officials won rave reviews from their audiences.
Orange County, Merril Lynch Announce
Settlement of Lawsuit
June 2, 1998
Thomas Hayes, Representative, Orange
County Litigation Fund, informed the Board of Supervisors
on June 2, 1998 that a settlement has been reached in
the County of Orange’s case against Merrill Lynch.
County of Orange Presents Budget
Workshops for the Public
April 1, 1998
SANTA ANA - The County of Orange invites
the public to attend a budget workshop at 2 p.m., April
8 at the Orange County Public Library, 1501 E. St.Andrew
Place in Santa Ana.
(SANTA ANA) – Twenty-four young
performers, The Cathay Future Children Art Troupe from
Tianjin, China, will arrive January 30 in Orange County
as guests of the County of Orange’s Office of Protocol.
The January 30 – February 2 visit, which is hoped
will begin a cultural exchange between the city and County,
was initiated when William G. Steiner, Chairman of the
Board of Supervisors, led a County delegation to Tianjin
to establish a Sister City/County relationship. Since
the Sister City agreements were signed last July, Orange
County has become a primary destination for arriving business
delegations from Asia.
The following is a synopsis of the legislative
platform for the County of Orange. This item is agendized
for consideration by the Board of Supervisors at the January
27 Board meeting. For further information about the legislative
platform, please contact Robert L. Richardson, Manager/Legislative
Affairs, at 834-3481.
Ceremony Scheduled to Raise POW/MIA
Flag over County's Civic Center
January 21, 1998
(SANTA ANA) – Supervisor James
W. Silva, chairman of the Orange County Board of Supervisors,
will host a brief ceremony tomorrow morning to raise the
POW/MIA flag at the County of Orange’s Civic Center
Plaza.
(SANTA ANA) – Second District
Supervisor James W. Silva, unanimously elected last week
by his colleagues as chairman of the Orange County Board
of Supervisors, will present a State of the County address
at the start of tomorrow morning’s regular Board
meeting. Silva will detail his vision and goals for the
Board in the upcoming year.
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