Assistant Orange County Manager Willie Best has announced his retirement after spending a little more than four years in this position with the county.
As assistant county manager, Best was in charge of helping to implement the county’s five-year strategic plan, “Investing in Innovation.†He also was instrumental in helping create the not-yet-open Piedmont Food and Agricultural Processing Center.
Michael Talbert, Orange County’s deputy finance director, will serve as the interim assistant county manager.