Council will vote on this motion (if it gets a seconder) on Monday April 26th. The scope of the Core Service Review will be decided only when and if this motion to proceed is approved.
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For a better idea of what a Core Service review can entail you can read the findings of the Penticton Core Service Review www.penticton.ca/events/2010/2010-03-05-CoreServicesReport.pdf
The Key Questions from this report (p.6) are an appropriate starting point on what Vernon's Core Service Review might address IF a review was approved.
3.0 Key Questions
The City of Penticton Core Services review is tasked with examining city operations, service delivery and performance from a broad range of perspectives. The review was commissioned to examine several specific questions.
Key Study Questions / Objectives
Improvement Opportunities
�� Identify service improvement and cost reduction opportunities
�� For non-mandated services, identify opportunities to reduce or eliminate services
City Costs
�� Examine City financial performance
�� Evaluate City cost structures
Organization
�� Examine existing organization structure
�� Propose changes to the structure to improve efficiency, accountability and performance
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The Cost of this review in Penticton was $80,000. If you support or oppose this expenditure feel free to e-mail the Vernon City Council with your comments. (e-mail addresses below.)
| Wayne Lippert, Mayor | mayor@vernon.ca |
| Buffy Baumbrough: | bbaumbrough@vernon.ca |
| Jack Gilroy: | jgilroy@vernon.ca |
| Shawn Lee : | slee@vernon.ca |
| Patrick Nicol: | pnicol@vernon.ca |
| Mary-Jo O'Keefe : | mokeefe@vernon.ca |
| Bob Spiers : | bspiers@vernon.ca |
1 comment:
If everything is so hunky-dory (according to the Mayor and Councillor Gilroy), why wouldn't such a review be in order?
There is a good reason why Councils/Boards hire OUTSIDE consultants to review local government operations.
Meanwhile, we'll just sit back as the City continues heaping more burdens onto us taxpayers each year, grabbing more land (and liabilities!) from the electoral areas on an almost monthly basis, not to mention the City's takeover of formerly sub-regional services (eg. ec dev and tourism) and its desire for total control of other services, such as water.
As a taxpayer, I heartily welcome any chance to conduct such a professional review to assess whether we are going in the right direction.
It is the responsibility of Council to ask the tough questions necessary to ensure accountability for taxpayers.
Good luck with your initiative, Councillor Spiers.
I sure hope your fellow councillors can find the courage to support your efforts!
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