johnt
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>>>>> "Lori" == Lori Keenan <lkeenan@norby.latah.lib.id.us> writes:
> Boys, I have to jump in here and say loud and clear that not all
> government agencies are bloated and fat. Libraries aren't! As
> a matter of fact, libraries have always been the leanest and
> trimmest folks around! That's because we have great training in
> always doing more with less. But even we couldn't absorb the
> kind of cuts the 1% would impose. Lori Keenan
>> hey, that should happen w/o things like 1%, but the normal
>> human condition is to bloat to fit the bag.
>>
>> johnt
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>>>>>>> "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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