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<br /> i <br /> KEY RECOMMENDATIONS <br /> 1. Need to continue performance measurement and focus on key activities <br /> Continued performance measurement and focus on key. activities will result in <br /> better data to monitor efficiency in the future. Eugene has made more effort <br /> toward developing performance measures than most cities. However, the existing <br /> measures could be more helpful if they focused on the key activities covered in <br /> this report. <br /> 2. Private contracting options should be further analyzed with employee <br /> involvement. <br /> There are several areas in this report where it is suggested that the work being <br /> done should be accounted for as if it were to be done by private contractors. This <br /> approach is a mechanism to get reliable data on costs for comparisons with work <br /> done by private contractors or other agencies. <br /> Areas that could benefit from such a review are: <br /> • Asphalt Crack Sealing and Pavement Patching <br /> • Concrete Curb and Sidewalk Repair and Concrete Section Repair <br /> • Tree Pruning <br /> • Street Light Maintenance <br /> 3. Begin funding Pavement Management overlay program to reduce future <br /> maintenance costs. <br /> There is work being done under General Maintenance to buy time because no <br /> money is being spent on roadway preservation contracts, The practice of crack <br /> sealing and minor patching won't work forever to forestall street failure and can <br /> serve to reduce the resources available to achieve more important/productive <br /> objectives. <br /> MINOR RECOMMENDATIONS <br /> • Review amount of deparhnental administration charged to the Road Fund. <br /> • Survey administrative customers to improve service. <br /> • Continue to assess co-location opportunities. <br /> • Review Grounds Maintenance Practices against APWA Management <br /> Practices Manual. <br /> + Continue to review new construction of landscaped areas to minimize future <br /> maintenance expense. <br /> • Separate group relamping costs in the Street Lighting budget. <br /> • Examine Street Light shop inventory for surplus materials. <br /> • Continue review of signing and striping costs. <br /> • Examine cost saving opportunities by tracking vehicle utilization in Traffic <br /> Engineering. <br /> • Track the effort devoted to Ongoing traffic operations, System improvements <br /> such as optimized signal timing, Neighborhood traffic studies, Complaint <br /> response and General information. 3 <br /> _ _ <br /> <br />