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Mission of the Placer County Executive Office

Support and implement Board policies and priorities, provide organizational direction and leadership, coordinate strategic and regional planning efforts, and foster efficient and effective management of county workforce and activities.

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 County Executive Officer Tom Miller and his staff advise the Board of Supervisors on county fiscal, operations and staffing matters, assures Board policies and directives are carried out, and prepares the proposed county budget for Board of Supervisors review and approval.

 

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Chief Assistant County Executive Officer Rich Colwell provides oversight of Tahoe area operations. He is also Director of the Placer County Redevelopment Agency, which has two Redevelopment Project Areas in the
region: Tahoe City and Kings Beach/Tahoe Vista


The County Executive Office has a satellite office located at 5225 North Lake Blvd.
The CEO Tahoe office is staffed by Jennifer Merchant, Tahoe Manager, and
Barb Young, Administrative Secretary.

Contact us: The fax number is 530-546-1954

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Jennifer Merchant

Barb Young

530-546-1952

530-546-1953

jmerchan@placer.ca.gov

byoung@placer.ca.gov


The Tahoe office is tasked with developing and managing an annual contract with the North Lake Tahoe Resort Association for the provision of tourism-related services. The contract calls for implementation of annual marketing plans, visitor information services, and development of recommendations to the county on transit and other visitor-serving infrastructure projects. The contract is funded with a portion of the Transient Occupancy Tax collected in eastern PlacerCounty.

In addition, the Tahoe office manages projects, programs and other issues with external agencies in the Tahoe area. This includes regular interface with local government elected officials and key staff, as well as those with state, federal and regional agencies, such as the Tahoe Regional Planning Agency.

The County Executive Office in Tahoe is currently overseeing a partnership with TRPA on significant public outreach and development of TRPA’s 20-year Regional Plan update. Placer County, through the Tahoe CEO, is engaged with TRPA on the more broad regional planning components, but is also leading a community-specific public input effort called Place-Based Planning. Through multiple community vision sessions last summer, residents were able to share their vision for maintaining community character as the Regional Plan is implemented. The sessions are documented at http://www.regionalplanningpartners.com/. This information will not only inform the Regional Plan, but is being utilized to create criteria for Demonstration Projects—downtown infill projects that will implement the community vision and are catalysts for significant environmental, quality of life and economic improvements.

The County Executive Office at Tahoe also provides assistance on a variety of projects and programs in the Tahoe area, including those led by other county departments, such as The Department of Public Works, Community Development Resources Agency, Facilities and the Redevelopment Agency. 

 

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