Local Government Efficiency Grant

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2010-11 Local Government Efficiency Grant Program/High Priority Planning Grant

+2010-11 Local Government Efficiency Grant Program/High Priority Planning Grant

Application Deadlines: 4:00pm WednesdaysJanuary 19, 2011• February 16, 2011• March 16, 2011

The maximum award is $50,000.

Awards shall not exceed 90% of the approved plan or study. Matching, non-Federal funds equal to 10% of the total approved project cost are required.

All grants are non-competitive, reimbursement grants.

Need Common Council resolution and letters of support from elected officials (federal, state and local), involved departments heads, community leaders and businesses on organization letterhead.

http://www.dos.state.ny.us/LG/lge-2010_grants.html


Grant Purpose:A plan for a sustainable reduction in the cost of police, fire or highway services for a municipality whose Per Capita Cost is in the top 25% of comparable municipalities in New York State.

Per Capita Cost is calculated by dividing the annual cost of a service by a municipality’s population.

www.openbooknewyork.com

population as of 2000 census - 60,651

police ONLY cost in 2009 - $15,275,309

= $251.86 per capita

VS.

$234.00 benchmark

http://www.openbooknewyork.com/


Municipalities that have service costs that exceed the benchmarks may apply to develop a plan to achieve cost savings that are expected to recur over time.

Strategies may include: functional consolidation and cooperative agreements with other municipalities, improved financial performance through more efficient use of resources, and/or reductions in the level and scope of services provided.


All projects must include an examination of the potential financial savings expressed in dollars per $1,000 of assessed value, potential financial savings expressed in dollars per $1,000 of actual value and the potential municipal benefits of the project.

The municipal benefits may include:changes to the organization or management structure, changes to how the service is currently delivered,improved public access to municipal services, or a reduced but efficient level of service that still meets the community’s needs.


In order to receive full funding, it will be incumbent upon the awardee to demonstrate that the findings from any study or plan have been presented to the public and have been adopted by the governing body or bodies.


CITY OF UTICA DATA from Open Book NY.com






2009 2008 2007 2006 20050

10000000

20000000

30000000

Public Safety TOTAL

2009 2008 2007 2006 20057500000

8000000

8500000

9000000

9500000

10000000

Fire

2009

2008

2007

2006

2005

0

200000

400000

600000

800000

1000000

1200000

AdminMisc.

2009 2008 2007 2006 20050

5000000

10000000

15000000

20000000

Police

CITY OF UTICA DATA from Open Book NY.com (scale is in millions)


2009 2008 2007 2006 20050

20000000

40000000

60000000

80000000

100000000

Revenue

2009 2008 2007 2006 20050

2,000,0004,000,0006,000,0008,000,000

Retirement Police & Fire

2009 2008 2007 2006 20050

10,000,000

20,000,000

30,000,000

State Aid Revenue

2009 2008 2007 2006 20050

10,000,000

20,000,000

30,000,000

Employee Bene-fits

CITY OF UTICA DATA from Open Book NY.com (scale is in millions)


COMPARISON DATA from Open Book NY.com

CITYCOUNTY

POP REVENUE

POLICE per cap FIRE per cap PUBLIC SAFETYTOTAL

per cap

Binghamton Broome

47,380 86,061,695 10,577,480 223 10,964,916 231 21,717,787 458

Troy Rensselaer

47,952 81,473,241 15,312,705 319 9,952,998 208 25,868,995 539

Niagara Falls Niagara

55,593 138,920,131 13,047,107 235 10,324,288 186 33,828,975 609

Utica Oneida

60,651 76,109,735 15,275,309 252 9,585,790 158 26,905,171 444

Schenectady Schenectady

61,821 94,272,764 16,999,197 275 8,987,042 145 26,159,938 423

Albany Albany

95,658 199,355,321 32,993,498 345 18,777,077 196 55,535,261 581

Syracuse Onondaga

147,306 310,806,174 46,035,904 313 27,459,206 186 78,451,974 533


Binghamton Troy Niagara Falls Utica Schenectady0

20,00040,00060,00080,000

Population(in thousands)

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Utica

Sche

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100

200

300

400

500

600

700

Per Capita Expenditures(in hundreds)

PoliceFirePublic Safety

Binghamton Troy Niagara Falls Utica Schenectady0

50,000,000

100,000,000

150,000,000

Revenue(in millions)

COMPARISION DATA from Open Book NY.com

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CONCLUSIONS

Revenues are roughly equal to 2005, and are trending downward

Expenses are rising every year

Population loss continues, and is forecast to escalate Upstate through 2020

Utica has an equivalent (or higher population) than all comparable municipalities and the lowest revenues

While State and Federal Aid levels have risen annually since 2005, they have been outstripped by the increases in Public Safety spending including retirement, administration and benefits

The total per capita cost of public safety is in the top 25% of comparable Upstate municipalities, who are themselves poor performers as compared to state and national averages

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