>hey, that should happen w/o things like 1%, but the normal human condition is
>to bloat to fit the bag.
>
>johnt
>
>================================================================
>>>>>> "Steve" == Steve Cooke <scooke@marvin.csrv.uidaho.edu> writes:
>
> > John, Good point. I was implicitly assuming that cnty gov't was
> > currently working at a least cost pace. This is perhaps a heroic
> > assumption. The more local gov't can increase productivity, the
> > better the services and the lower the cost. Perhaps the 1% is
> > intended to encourage the pursuit of this kind of productivity
> > increase in the public sector. Steve Cooke
>
> >> a good list. but a question? The list of services on the list
> >> says the service is required, but doesn't reflect the level of
> >> expendture needed to meet the "must be provided" requirement.
> >> That is, it is possible that a service like "Issue permits and
> >> licenses as required by law" might be met at a cost of less
> >> than current expendture levels (through magic or something) and
> >> still meet the requirement?
> >>
> >> If so, then your implication that the full 25% reduction has to
> >> come from the non-required things which are done by the county
> >> is not quite true. it may be that aportion of that can come
> >> from optimizations at the "required" level as well. If we save
> >> 10% in the overall required services, then only 15% must come
> >> from the rest etc.
> >>
> >> johnt
> >>
> >> >>>>> "Steve" == Steve Cooke <scooke@marvin.csrv.uidaho.edu>
> >> writes:
> >>
> >> > ....Therefore, the 25% reduction in county > revenues (state
> >> wide average) would fall disproportionately on > services not
> >> on this list ...
> >>
> >>
> > Associate Professor Dept. of Ag. Economics & Rural Soc.
> > University of Idaho Moscow, ID 83843
> > http://www.uidaho.edu/~scooke/onepercent 208-885-7170 (phone)
> > 208-885-5759 (fax)
>
>
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