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Volusia County Citizens Academy 2009

Day 1: Where It All Began
8 a.m.- 5 p.m., Tuesday, Aug. 18, 2009

Class location
Training Rooms (First Floor)
Thomas C. Kelly Administration Center
123 W. Indiana Ave., DeLand

County divisions spotlighted

  • County Manager’s Office

  • Community Information

  • Department of Elections

  • Property Appraiser's Office

Schedule
8 a.m.  Welcome, program overview

8:30 a.m.  Class introductions

9 a.m.  Icebreakers, Karen Poulsen, Library Services

9:30 a.m.   15 minute break

9:45 a.m.  Overview of County government, County
                Manager Jim Dinneen
 
10:45 a.m.  15 minute break

11 a.m.  Community Information presentation by Shelley
             Szafraniec
 
12 noon:  Lunch/guest speaker: Nancy Schleicher, Citizens
               Academy Class of 2008/Walk to Historic  
               Courthouse

1 p.m.  Department of Elections, Supervisor of Elections
           Ann McFall, Historic Courthouse

2:45 p.m.  15 minute break and return to TCK Training
                Rooms

3 p.m.  Property Appraiser Morgan Gilreath

5 p.m.  Adjourn


County views

Above: Early voting last year. Below: The set of Volusia Magazine, County government's weekly public information television program produced by Community Information. You'll hear more about these and other topics on the first day of class.

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Class presentations

You must have the Acrobat viewer to open PDF files. Download one here for free.

Community Information PDF (revised 8/13/09)
Property Appraiser


For more information

How County government works
The Volusia County Home Rule Charter

The complete text of the Home Rule Charter, the foundation for Volusia County's Council/Manager form of government. For a brief overview, click here.

Department of Elections
Property Appraiser's Office


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Don't start the
day with a
parking ticket!

Please be sure to park in one of the eight hour parking lots in the vicinity. These include:

* Th
e Historic Courthouse parking lot at Indiana Avenue and Florida Avenue.

*
The County-owned lot on the northeast corner of Church Street and North Florida Avenue (just west of the 3-hour Rich Avenue lot).

* The County parking lot on West Rich Avenue just west of its intersection with Florida Avenue (on the north side of the Athens Theater).

* The parking lot on East Rich Avenue across from Tom’s Pizza between TCK Administration Center and the Volusia County Courthouse on Alabama Avenue.



2009 CITIZENS ACADEMY CLASS
SCHEDULE

DAY 1
Where It All Began:
County Manager's Office/Department of Elections/Property Appraiser

DAY 2
Behind the Scenes:
Financial and Administrative Services

DAY 3
The He©rt of County Government: Community Services

DAY 4
The Safety Zone,
Part I: Public Protection

DAY 5
The Safety Zone,
Part II:
Public Protection

DAY 6
Travel, Entertainment, Recreation, Economic Development: Coastal Parks/ Airport/Economic Development/Ocean Center

DAY 7
To Build Or Not To Build: Growth and Resource Management

DAY 8
Try Living Without Us, Part I
Public Works

DAY 9
Try Living Without Us, Part II
Public Works

DAY 10
Court Administration

DAY 11
Sheriff's Office

DAY 12
Mock County Council meeting