The County Commissioners announced a reorganized government Friday that dismantles the recently created environmental protection department, vaults several managers into positions of increased authority andshuffles numerous tasks among agencies.

The surprise reorganization, which also reduces the number of full-fledged departments from 12to eight, is designed to make government more efficient and to save money over the long haul, the commissioners said.

The plan, discussed behind closed doors with department directorsfor several months and revealed to all workers Friday, does not takeeffect until July 1, the beginning of the fiscal year. An evaluationof the new system will be conducted after three months and again after six months.

Changes to the plan are likely over the next seven weeks, as department directors develop a structure for their reorganized agencies, including decisions on what agencies should be "bureaus" or "offices" -- and what the difference is. They are expected to report back to the commissioners by June 14.

"We wanted to streamline our operation," said Commissioner Vice President Elmer C. Lippy Jr."What shows up in final form July 1 won't resemble too closely what we're looking at today. It's still in flux.

"We had to start someplace. We arranged it in a way we thought was intelligent and reasonable. It's riddled with flaws. But we intend, with the cooperation and input of all the people involved, to come up with a product that's not only good, but consistently good."

Commissioner President DonaldI. Dell said he did not expect too many changes to be made to the plan. Before he was elected last November, Dell said substantial changes should be made in the government's structure to increase efficiency. However, he said he did not lead the charge to make the changes, which come five months into the new board's term.

Commissioner JuliaW. Gouge said Dell was "particularly interested" in instigating changes.

"I don't think we made any bold changes," said Dell. "If we asked for every department head's resignation, that would have been bold. We went at it in a tactful manner and used common sense."

Three new departments have been created: General Services, AdministrativeServices and Citizens Services.

General Services unites development review and zoning functions and also includes the fledgling recycling program.

Administrative Services, headed by Robert A. "Max" Bair, executive assistant to the commissioners, encompasses a mishmash of tasks, including a new Office of Environmental Services, Public Information, Land Acquisition and Zoning Appeals and liquor boards.

Citizens Services will coordinate social issues, including elderly affairs, transportation services, adult and child day care and a variety of non-profit human services programs and support groups that receive government money.

One department -- Natural Resource Protection-- has been partially dissolved, with solid waste and recycling programs shifted to other departments. Environmental Services will focus on planning and complying with regulations.

The county attorney, finance and economic development departments will remain virtually thesame, though they have been downgraded from "department" status to "office."

The housing bureau was transferred from economic development to Citizens Services, where it will be reunited with a new Bureauof Aging. It had been under the current Department of Aging until about two years ago, when it was expanded and moved.

"We tried to bring like agencies closer together," said Dell.

Officials did not have specific estimates as to how much money the plan might save. No fiscal analysis has been done, Bair said.

Lippy said savings would be an inevitable result of a more efficient government, and that the new structure will give commissioners more flexibility in establishing job classifications and adjusting future pay.

"I think that's where we could see big savings," he said.

Dividing responsibilities more efficiently, such as returning day-to-day landfill operations tothe Department of Public Works while leaving monitoring duties with Environmental Services, also will save money, said Lippy.

Gouge said sharing workers among agencies and training employees in a varietyof skills could improve productivity and save money. Automation and use of advanced mapping systems will increase, she said.

Dell said, "I don't look for big savings. Efficiency is the main thing."

The plan was not devised to address any current or future budget problem, the commissioners emphasized. It will not affect the 1992 budget, except that money will have to be transferred between departments.

The commissioners said they have no plans for employee cutbacks. About 40 positions remain unfilled as the hiring freeze continues. The commissioners said they are striving to avoid hiring more workers by increasing productivity.

Former County Commissioner Jeff Griffith said he was not surprised by the reorganization. While he was commissioner from 1983 to 1990, seven new departments were created, breaking agencies into smaller components.

"You always try to refine the functional lives of organizations," he said. "You look at an organization continuously. It's a dynamic thing. The system must be modified tomeet needs.

"An organization has to be a reflection of the peoplethat run it. Nobody should be surprised that the new board felt the need to redesign government in its own image."

Griffith said he was encouraged that the new board created an agency to coordinate social services.

"That's something that's been necessary," he said. "It's symbolically important. It sends a positive message."

But he expressed disappointment that the Department of Natural Resource Protection will cease to exist. Griffith was instrumental in creating the department.

Gouge said she is not entirely satisfied with the plan,but emphasized that all three commissioners appear to be open-mindedabout it.

"If it's not working, we can change it. That's the key," she said. "None of us has put so much emphasis on it that we forgetwho we're serving."

CURRENT COUNTY ORGANIZATION

Board of County Commissioners

Donald I. Dell, president

Elmer C. Lippy Jr., vicepresident

Julia W. Gouge, secretaryOffice of Executive Assistant

Robert A. "Max" Bair Jr., executive assistant

* Emergency Services/Civil Defense; Howard S. "Buddy" Redman Jr., director

* Cable Television; Doris White, coordinatorDepartment of Law

Charles W. "Chuck" Thompson Jr., county attorney

George A. Lahey, senior assistant county attorney

* Board of Zoning Appeals; James D. Norvell, executive secretary

* License Commission Board; J. Ronald Lau, administrator/inspectorDepartment of Management and Budget

Steven D. Powell, director

* Bureau of Budget; budget officer position open

* Bureau of Management Information Services; Thomas J. Van de Bussche, bureau chief

* Bureau of Risk Management and Safety; Katharine M. Peeling, bureau chief

* Bureau of Internal Audit; Timothy D. Hartman, bureau chiefDepartment of Finance

Eugene C. Curfman, director

* Bureau of Accounting; Alvin W. Balchunas, bureau chief

*Bureau of Purchasing; Thomas F. Crum, bureau chiefDepartment of Public Information/Tourism

Marlene D. "Micki" Smith, director

* Bureau of Tourism; Joan Meekins, program administratorDepartment of Human Resources

Jimmie Lynn Saylor, director

Beverly Billingslea, assistant directorDepartment of Natural Resource Protection

James E. Slater, director

* Bureau of Stormwater Management and Sediment Control; Kristin Barmoy, bureau chief

* Bureau of Water Resource Management; Catherine Rappe, bureau chief

* Bureau of Solid Waste Management; John F. Curran, bureau chiefDepartment of Permits and Regulations

J. Michael Evans, director

Solveig L. Smith, assistant director/zoning administrator

* Bureau of Development Review; Frank G. Schaeffer, bureau chief

* Bureau of Permits and Inspections; Ralph E. Green, bureau chiefDepartment of Planning

Edmund R. "Ned"Cueman, director

* Bureau of Planning; K. Marlene Conaway, bureauchiefDepartment of Public Works

John T. "Jack" Sterling Jr., director

Keith Kirschnick, assistant director

* Bureau of Building Construction; Thomas J. Rio, bureau chief

* Bureau of Building Services; Thomas Bowers, bureau chief

* Bureau of Utilities; Wayne Lewns, bureau chief

* Bureau of Engineering; Howard A. Noll, bureau chief

* Bureau of Roads Operations; Benton H. Watson, bureau chief

* Bureau of Vehicle Maintenance; James Doyle IV, bureau chiefDepartment of Aging

Jolene G. Sullivan, director

Jan Flora, assistant directorDepartment of Economic and Community Development

James C. Threatte, director

* The Bureau of Housing and Community Development; L. Marie Kienker, bureau chief

* Job Training Partnership Program; Diane M. Arbuthnot, administratorDepartment of Recreation andParks

John P. Little, director

PROPOSED COUNTY REORGANIZATION

Carroll County Commissioners

Donald I. Dell, president

Elmer C.Lippy Jr., vice president

Julia W. Gouge, secretaryExecutive Assistant, Department of Administrative Services

Robert A. "Max" Bair Jr.

* Deputy Director, Administrative Services, Marlene D. "Micki"Smith

* Legislation

* Baltimore Regional Council of Governments

* Public Information

* Public Access/Cable TV

* Land Acquisition

* Board of Zoning Appeals

* Board of Liquor Licenses

* Office of Environmental Services, James E. Slater Jr., administrator

* Water Resources

* Stormwater Management Review

* Wetlands

* Landscape and Reforestation

* Landfill Monitoring County Attorney

Charles W. Thompson Jr.

* Legal services to all agenciesDepartment of Management and Budget

Steven D. Powell, director

* Bureau of Budget, vacant (includes grants administration)

* RiskManagement

* Bureau of Management Information Services, Thomas J.Van De Bussche

* Bureau of Performance Auditing, Timothy D. HartmanOffice of the Comptroller

Eugene C. Curfman

* Bureau of Accounting, Alvin W. Balchunas

* Bureau of Purchasing, Thomas F. Crum

* Enterprise Fund Management

* Finance/BondingDepartment of Citizen Services

Jolene G. Sullivan, director

* Bureau of Aging; Janet B. Flora

* Bureau of Housing and Community Development, Luvenia M. Kienker

* Transportation Services

* Department of Social Services Liaison

* Day Care (adults and children)

* Volunteerism

* Coordination with non-profit organizations/support groups (RapeCrisis, Sexual Assault, Battered Spouse, Human Service Program, etc.)Department of Human Resources and Personnel Services

Jimmie L. Saylor, director

* Fringe Benefits

* Personnel

* Personnel Services

* Safety Training

* Employee DevelopmentDepartment of Planning

Edmund R. "Ned" Cueman, director

* Planning Commission

* Comprehensive Planning

* Agricultural Land Preservation

* Capital Improvement Program

* Transportation PlanningOffice of Economic Development

James C. Threatte

* Bureau of Job Training Partnership Act, Diane F. Arbuthnot

* Airport Marketing

* Industrial Development Authority

* Economic Development CommissionDepartment of General Services

Michael J. Evans, director

* Zoning Administrator/Enforcement

* Bureau of Permits/Inspections, Ralph E. Green

* Bureau of Development Review, Franklin G. Schaeffer

* Grading and Sediment Control

* Geographic Information Systems

* Bureau of Vehicle Maintenance, James Doyle IV

* Central Warehouse

* Bureau of Building Services, Thomas L. Bowers

* Recycling

* Production Services

* Public Safety (Emergency Services Operations)

* Airport ManagementDepartment of Recreation and Parks

John P.Little, director

* Land Management and Maintenance

* Farm Museum

* Hashawha

* Piney Run

* Naturalist Activities

* Recreation/Leisure Services

* Tourism

* Park PlanningDepartment of Public Works

John T. "Jack" Sterling, director

* Bureau of Building Construction, Thomas J. Rio

* Bureau of Solid Waste ManagementOperations, John F. Curran

* Airport Construction and Maintenance

* Bureau of Roads Operations, Benton H. Watson

* Traffic Control

* Bureau of Engineering, Howard A. Noll

* Development ReviewDivision

* Construction Inspection

* Survey

* Bureau of Utilities, Wayne E. Lewns

* Water and Sewer Systems