Fiscal Note
Funding for this position effective as of July 1, 2005 is included in the Mayor's Office 2005 Adopted Operating budget, therefore no additional funding is needed.
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That the new position tentatively identified as a "Fiscal Efficiency Auditor" (no Compensation Group/Range specified) in the permanent salary detail of the Mayor's Office budget is repealed and recreated as a position of "Administrative Analyst 3" in Compensation Group 18, Range 10, thereof.
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In the 2005 budget, the Mayor proposed the creation of a Fiscal Efficiency Auditor position attached administratively to the Mayor's office whose job it would be to save money or improve services by implementing a benchmarks system to keep City government focused on results, audit the efficiency of City programs and propose new collaborations that help achieve goals in an environment of limited resources.
The Common Council tentatively approved $30,000 in funding for the position effective July 1st, pending the development of a job description. The job description is attached and this resolution sets out specifics of classification and salary. The $30,000 allocated for this position was not a new appropriation. Rather, it was transferred from Improvement Initiatives in the Miscellaneous Appropriations section of the budget.
The goal of the Fiscal Efficiency Auditor is to strengthen the efficiency of city government through the following means:
· Keeping the city focused on results by creating performance measures with taxpayers in mind.
· Proposing and analyzing collaborations and mergers that can improve services or cut costs.
· Anticipating and preventing expensive problems. Investigating them when they occur and recommending realistic solutions.
· Assessing the impact of decisions made by other levels and units of government on our services and budget.
· Analyzing significant increases in positions or expenditures that are proposed outside of...
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