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Explore flexible schedules to expand service hours and meet staff needs for family <br />and personal commitments <br />Develop succession, recruitment, and retention plans to ensure quality continuity <br />Increase Effectiveness and Efficiency <br />• Leverage technology to a.dd to efficiency and effectiveness <br />• Revise Maintenance Department Assistant position to a Public Works Specialist <br />position providing support to the operations area in analysis, performance measures, <br />service delivery, and communications. <br />• Evaluate programs for opportunities to reduce demand on staff by contracting or <br />privatization <br />• Continue to advance connecting data to Geographic Information systems for internal <br />use managing infrastructure and services and for providing information to the <br />public. <br />Enhance Partnerships <br />Seek additional ways to partner with other jurisdictions in providing public works <br />services and projects. Our joint partnerships in providing engineering services has <br />been effective in reducing our partners engineering costs and enhancing this area of <br />service in their communities.. I:t has also proven to spread our overhead costs and <br />provide some additional revenue to the City from normal fluctuations in demand on <br />our staff time. <br />Restructuring and our right-of--way management under a single added position. This <br />would consolidate utility locating, erosion control. and right-of--way permitting and <br />inspection improving efficiency and effectiveness. <br />Work with neighboring communities to identify areas of cooperation in maintenance <br />operations and equipment sharing. <br />Maintain and Rehabilitate Infrastructure and Capital Investments <br />Increase budgeted amounts for replacementlrehabilitation of utility infrastructure to <br />$1,000,000 annually in each of the three utility areas. Technological advances have <br />made rehabilitation of utility infrastructure feasible and less intrusive and disruptive <br />to customers and rights-of-~vay. <br />The addition of an engineer (under Goal 6) will assist the delivery of replacement <br />and rehabilitation projects with in-house staff at under market engineering costs. <br />Add an additional mechanic to the Central Garage area to ensure minimal downtime <br />for other city operations <br />Respect our Environment <br />Add an environmental/water resource engineer to provide additional effort in the <br />areas of storm water management, environmental protection, and reducing our <br />Page 5 of 7 <br />