The new edition of this practical reference book gives municipal officials and citizens the benchmarking tools needed to assess and establish community standards for their operations and delivery of services.
New to this edition:
-Updated charts and data throughout
-New chapters ’Management Services, ’ ’Parking Services, ’ ’Risk Management, ’ ’Social Services, ’ ’Streets, Sidewalks, and Storm Drainage, ’ Water and Sewer Services, ’ ’Fleet Maintenance, ’ ’Gas and Electric Services’
-Expanded coverage including newly adopted performance targets and updated standards for emergency response times for fire, police, and emergency medical service.
Innehållsförteckning
Introduction
Performance Measurement and Benchmarking
Animal Control
City Attorney
City Clerk
Courts
Development Administration
Emergency Communications
Emergency Medical Services
Finance
Fire Service
Fleet Maintenance
Gas and Electric Services
Human Resource Administration
Information Systems
Library
Management Services
Executive Offices, Budget, Management Audit
Parking Services
Parks and Recreation
Police
Property Appraisal
Public Health
Public Transit
Public Works
Engineering and Miscellaneous Services
Purchasing and Warehousing
Risk Management
Social Services
Solid Waste Collection
Streets, Sidewalks and Storm Drainage
Traffic Engineering and Control
Utilities Business Office
Water and Sewer Services
Performance Milestones
Om författaren
David Ammons joined the School of Government (then the Institute of Government) in 1996. Prior to that, he was a faculty member at the Carl Vinson Institute of Government at the University of Georgia and taught in the public administration programs at Georgia and the University of North Texas. Early in his career he served on the staffs of four municipalities—Fort Worth, Texas; Hurst, Texas; Phoenix, Arizona; and Oak Ridge, Tennessee—in various administrative capacities. Among his seven books on local governmentmanagement are Municipal Benchmarks: Assessing Local Performance and Establishing Community Standards (Sage Publications, 2001); Leading Performance Management in Local Government (ICMA, 2008); and Tools for Decision Making: A Practical Guide for Local Government (CQ Press, 2009). Ammons earned a Ph.D. at the University of Oklahoma
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