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h. Personnel -- Personnel adjustments will require agreements with bargaining units to accommodate changes not within normal practic- es. i. Savings may not be realized immediately on implementation but should be realized within three years, with most of the savings realized within two years. On detailed analysis of some adjust- ments, we find that the dollar savings are not realizable unless initial operating savings are invested at the front -end or that the implementation period is longer than initially forecasted. For example, the first year savings on the Public Works /Parks Mainte- nance consolidation are approximately one -third of the savings that will be realized by the third year. 6. Process to Apprise Council of Adjustments a. Concept presented to Council. b. Actual implementation takes place via the annual or supplemental budgets. c. Reporting system, separate but linked to the Budget and General Ledger, will be maintained to track these adjustments. Reports presented to Council on a quarterly basis. d. An independent review of the process may be required periodically. PUBLIC WORKS /PARCS MAINTENANCE CONSOLIDATION INTRODUCTION Over the past few weeks, a transition team from Parks Services and Public Works Maintenance Divisions have worked on this consolidation with the goals of increased efficiencies and operational savings. Specifically, in this analysis, we concentrated on: 1. Moving eligible services to Non - General Funds. 2. Identifying increased operational efficiencies gained by merging similar support and service delivery systems. 3. Reducing the level of services provided, where appropriate. To facilitate this consolidation, two major physical relocations of functions are required. Parks Maintenance and Parks Planning, presently located at the Lincoln and Cheshire Facilities, will be relocated to the Public Work's Roosevelt Facility. This move allows the closure of the Lincoln Street Fa- cility and the possibility of its sale. Facilities personnel at Roosevelt, City Hall and Public Works Building will be co- located with existing Facili- ties staff at the Cheshire Facility. The following details the implementation strategy to facilitate this organ- izational consolidation: A. SHORT -TERM IMPLEMENTATION STRATEGIES, IMMEDIATE Savings -- $145,000; FTE -- 1.0 Transferred out of General Fund 1. Transfer a Landscape Architect, which performs design and contract management activities, to Engineering and fund through the Professional Services Fund. Savings of approximately $56,000.