About Your Alachua County Government
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What is the role of Alachua County Government?
We have two roles.
- We provide countywide services that include
Emergency Management,
Animal Services, the
Crisis Center, the Cooperative Extension
Service,
Victim Services and
more.
- We provide urban services, the types of services that cities provide in the unincorporated
part of the County, which is the area that's not part of a city, and in some cities.
These services include
Fire Rescue,
Solid Waste,
Parks and Land Conservation and
Road and Bridge.
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How is it organized?
The Board of County
Commissioners is the governing body for County Government. The Board makes
policy, which includes:
- Setting the County's budget.
- Enacting new laws.
- Ruling on rezoning applications and other land-use cases.
- The Board appoints the County Manager and the County Attorney.
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What is the role of County Manager?
The County Manager
supervises all of the 800+ employees under the Board, except for the staff of the
County attorney. In Commission-Manager form of the government (which the County
has), the Commission looks to the manager to provide professional management of
services and work with staff to develop policy recommendations.
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What other officials serve Alachua County?
The following elected officials serve the county but are elected independently from
the Board of County Commissioners:
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How can I take part in our Democracy?
The Alachua County Board of County Commissioners is dedicated to engaging citizens
in the democratic process. You can make your voice heard by:
- Joining other citizens who serve on our
advisory boards that advise County Government on affordable housing, economic
development protection, environmental protection and many other topics.
- Commenting in person every time the Board of County Commissioners considers any
subject during workshops and
regular meetings.
- Making comments by telephone(352-384-3084) or
e-mail during regular meetings of the Commission.
- Serving as a volunteer in our departments.
- Calling, writing or sending e-mails to
Commissioners and County staff.
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What other resources are there for keeping informed?
We're also dedicated to keeping you informed, and we do that by:
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Alachua County History