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POR 2017 #7 · Agenda item attachment · Jan 23 2017
That the City Manager is requested to hire an independent consultant who shall assess the efficiency and effectiveness of how all City Departments conduct their work, who will begin implementing whatever necessary adjustments are deemed to be necessary, and who will report back to the City Manager and the City Council on his or her progress in regular monthly intervals
City of Cambridge
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Calendar Item # 8
IN CITY COUNCIL
February 6, 2017
MAYOR SIMMONS
COUNCILLOR CHEUNG
COUNCILLOR MAZEN
WHEREAS:
The demands and expectations placed upon not only individuals, but upon businesses
and government entities, have dramatically changed and evolved along with all the
other aspects of life that have been greatly impacted by the technological revolution of
the past two decades; and
WHEREAS:
The template for how the City of Cambridge operates at an institutional level has, for
the most part, changed little since the Plan E form of government was adopted in 1945,
with inter-department communication and the assessment of departmental performance
and effectiveness seeing practically no changes in the intervening decades; and
WHEREAS:
The consistency of the municipal government’s internal operations is virtuous on the
one hand, providing a stable framework for conducting important and necessary City
business over the course of many generations, yet there is the risk that this framework
could become ineffective if not periodically reviewed and adjusted to meet the
demands of a rapidly changing, faster-paced world; and
WHEREAS:
Adjustments such as reorganizing the Community Development Department to ensure
that that the City can more adroitly and effectively assess and address the City’s
rapidly changing development needs, re-conceptualizing the City’s Personnel
Department to better ensure our workforce is fully diverse, professional, and able to
meet the needs of our evolving community, and reinvigorating the IT Department to
ensure that it is undertaking constituent-facing design and development, are just three
examples of what this re-assessment and reinvigoration effort could and should entail;
now therefore be it
ORDERED:
That the City Manager be and hereby is requested to hire an independent consultant
who shall assess the efficiency and effectiveness of how all City Departments conduct
their work, who will begin implementing whatever necessary adjustments are deemed
to be necessary, and who will report back to the City Manager and the City Council on
his or her progress in regular monthly intervals.
PLACED ON TABLE ON MOTION OF MAYOR SIMMONS