John sent this to council & staff earlier in the week.
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Mayor and Council
Oro Valley has conducted past professional management studies of some of its departments such as Building Safety, Public Works, Legal, and Library to provide a detailed analysis of how the Town compares to established standards and benchmarks of operations.
Management studies are conducted with the intent of utilizing an experienced and independent third party to review current strategies and operations and make recommendations to improve efficiency and delivery of services.
Two management studies of the Police and Parks/Recreation Departments had been approved and scheduled to commence in the summer of 2010.
The new Oro Valley Mayor and Council decided to eliminate those studies.
The following analysis on the Take Home Vehicule Program attempts to illustrate why any independent management study (analysis) can question the effectivemess of any governmental program and gauge how critical and/or costly it might be the community.
Please review the attached Take Home Vehicle Analysis.
I have also attached a sample audit that the City of Tallahasee Auditor performed on their Take Home Vehicle Program to see what the Commuting Cost and Depreciation Expense affected their budget. http://www.talgov.com/auditing/pdf/1001-takehomevehicles.pdf
Please make this email part of the public record
Questions about Commuting Costs related to Take Home Vehicles?
1. Does the Town of Oro Valley pay for all the driving costs (gas, oil, maintenance) for Take Home Vehicles? How much is this on a daily, weekly or monthly basis?
2. How much does the individual town employee share in the driving costs?
3. If the individual town employee does not contribute to the driving costs does the Town reflect this cost as an employee benefit for budget purposes?
Questions about Depreciation Costs related to Take Home Vehicles?
1. What effect does the take home cars have on the depreciation expense recovery for the vehicles (increased usage due to taking cars home may accelerate the depreciation expense so the extra wear and tear on the vehicle may cause the vehicle to be replaced sooner)?
2. Has the policy of Take Home Vehicles been fully vented to determine if this potential accelerated depreciation has caused more short-term expense in the budget?
