MANAGEMENT PARTNERS, INC. (2011 Budget Analysis)

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Mr. David Ream Page 9 Client Contact: Ms. Debra Figone, City Manager 200 East Santa Clara Street San Jose, CA 95113 408-535-8100 Tracy, California Management Partners recently completed a project for the City of Tracy that included a comprehensive evaluation of budget strategies. This project was initiated in the summer of 2008, but took on extreme importance and urgency as the fiscal crisis grew during the latter part of 2008. The final report recommended approximately $25 million in ongoing budget solutions. As a discrete element within this project Management Partners completed a . complete evaluation of building, engineering and planning fees. Our recommendations for adjustments were made in an attachment to the final report. Other user fee recommendations were discussed in the budget recommendations, as were adjustments to the City's cost allocation methodology to increase cost recovery for the General Fund. The City has already implemented the recommendations contained in our report. Client Contact: Mr. Leon Churchill, City Manager 333 Civic Center Plaza Tracy, CA 95376 209-831-6000 North Las Vegas, Nevada Until recently the City of North Las Vegas was one of the fastest growing cities in the United States with a population of approximately 200,000. After Management Partners completed an organizational assessment for the City, we were retained to build a model to estimate staffing needs on an annual basis through 2025. This is a relatively complex model that can be adjusted based on both service area workloads and comparison community benchmarks. Internal service standards for corporate support functions (such as human relations) vary based on the number of staff providing direct services. The model also takes into consideration economies of scale as the City grows. The City has used this model to make financial projections and to estimate the return on investment from investments in technology. Client Contact: Ms. Maryann Ustick, Acting City Manager 2200 Civic Center Drive North Las Vegas, NV 89030 702-633-1002 Sacramento, California Management Partners completed a finance and operations review for the City of Sacramento, California (480,000 population) in 2010. The city is faced with making significant cuts in current services and programs and asked for help identifying deficit reduction alternatives. Management Partners' work resulted in 49 recommendations that identified ongoing operating cost reduction opportunities that when implemented would save between $25 million and $46 million. In addition, we identified strategies to increase revenue that would yield between $65 million and $105 million. The review covered all aspects of city operations including police; fire and EMS; park, street, tree facility and garage maintenance; recreation; convention center operations; and the water, wastewater, solid waste and storm drainage utilities. ;)p