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Public Admiuistration Associates, LLC .What is Public Administration Associates, LLC? Public Administration Associates, LLC, is a consulting firm specializing in local government recruitment and management studies. William Frueh, Denise Frueh, and Stephen Hintz, who are partners, formed it in April 1998. What expertise do the partners have in local government? Denise Frueh has served as the deputy assessor for the City of Oshkosh. She received her Master of Business Administration from the University of Wisconsin Oshkosh. She has been actively consulting since 1996. Dr. Stephen Hintz was been on the faculty of the University of Wisconsin Oshkosh since 1972 where he taught personnel, budgeting, and municipal management in the Master of Public Administration program. For twenty years, he served as executive secretary of the Wisconsin City/County Management Association. Hintz holds a Ph.D. in political science from Yale University. He has been consulting with municipalities on recruitment and management issues since 1980. In 1998, Hintz was elected to the Oshkosh Common Council and is currently the Mayor of Oshkosh. In 2001, he received the prestigious Sweeney Academic Award from the International City/County Managernent Association for his lifelong work in promoting public administration. William Frueh has 40 years of experience in local and state governments as a City Manager in Council All Llffs, Iowa; Newton, New Jersey; Shawnee, Oklahoma and retired in 1996 after 20 years as the city ~anager of Oshkosh, Wisconsin. He also served as the Director of Economic and Community Affairs for the State of Oklahoma. Recently, Oshkosh Citizens and the Oshkosh Northwestern newspaper named Bill as one of the ten people in Oshkosh who most influenced the development of Oshkosh during the twentieth century. Frueh received his bachelor's degree in Civil Engineering from Iowa State University and has experience as a City Engineer and Public Works Director. He has been actively consulting since 1996 and is a Life Member of both the International City/County Management Association and WCMA. What is the range of activity of Public Administration Associates, LLC? Public Administration Associates, LLC, concentrates exclusively on local government activities. Its partners are very familiar with municipal government and have a wide network of contacts in local government throughout the United States. During the past 14 years, the partners have been responsible for the recruitment of more than 90 Managers and Administrators, more than any other firm in the State of Wisconsin. The partners also conduct many studies on municipal organization, management, public safety, personnel and budgeting. Why is the cost of services performed by Public Administration Associates, LLC, likely to be less than the cost of services from other consulting firms? The partners do all work on the projects. It does not maintain separate office facilities, employ staff, or .gage in advertising and promotion. In addition, although Public Administration Associates, LLC, believes that its partners are fairly compensated, it is committed to fostering effective and efficient local government and sensitive to the fact that public officials must be prudent in spending public money.