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THREATS <br /> JEDM PW DEPT <br /> Budget/Costs Budget/Costs <br /> - Continued economic slump - Overhead costs- health care, risk <br /> - State & federal budget reductions pushing rates, PERS <br /> the burden to local level - Unfunded mandates <br /> - Income based tax system not sustainable - Funding- 47/50tax measures & <br /> due to boomer retirements revenue limitations <br /> - Competition from other communities for - Sagging economy <br /> the same resources - Dedicated funds and no GF <br /> - Anti tax and government environment - State Budget — lack of ability to fund <br /> - 6 year financial forecast programs results in City developing <br /> - Budget deficits — all levels strategies to fund community <br /> - Unfunded state or federal government programs (schools). <br /> initiatives <br /> - Economic instability caused by outside <br /> forces <br /> - Costs of benefits increasing <br /> - Increased costs <br /> - Cost of services grows faster than <br /> revenues <br /> Workforce <br /> Workforce - Shrinking work force makes it hard <br /> - Labor /management conflict to attract potential workers. <br /> - Loss of skilled workers — institutional - Union contract <br /> knowledge - HR — process paralysis. Lack of <br /> - Police and Fire collective bargaining resources to support alternative <br /> system creates organizational inequities approaches. <br /> - Less interest by young workers in public <br /> sector jobs <br /> - New City Council positions Disasters <br /> - Potential acts of terror, reallocation <br /> Disasters of resources. <br /> - Natural & man -made disasters <br /> - Traffic congestion Growth /Development <br /> - Terrorism — International & domestic (fear, _ Activists - environmental, CPA, 1000 <br /> cost, isolation) Friends, UofO public policy office. <br /> Growth /Development - Diversified community — ideals, <br /> race, income, etc. Difficult to <br /> - Increased competition <br /> identify what they want. <br /> - Closed for business (perception) <br /> - Community Growth increases <br /> - Additional industry closures <br /> demand <br /> Regulation <br /> - State legislation Regulation <br /> Land use code update - State and Federal Regulatory <br /> Increase in litigation environment lack of funding <br /> - Legal decisions remove resources (like <br /> telecom) or alter our ability to plan <br />