A presentation given in 2010 to the Mayor, Public Safety Commissioner and Council on the availability of a grant to do an efficiency study for Police and Fire department

1. +
2010-11
Local Government
Efficiency Grant
Program/High Priority
Planning Grant

2. + 2010-11 Local Government Efficiency Grant Program/High Priority Planning Grant
 Application Deadlines: 4:00pm Wednesdays
January 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

3. + 2010-11 Local Government Efficiency Grant Program/High Priority Planning Grant
 Grant Purpose: population as of 2000 census -
A plan for a sustainable 60,651
reduction in the cost of police,
fire or highway services for a police ONLY cost in 2009 -
municipality whose Per Capita
$15,275,309
Cost is in the top 25% of
comparable municipalities in
New York State. = $251.86 per capita
 Per Capita Cost is calculated by VS.
dividing the annual cost of a
service by a municipality’s $234.00 benchmark
population.
 www.openbooknewyork.com

4. + 2010-11 Local Government Efficiency Grant Program/High Priority Planning Grant
 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.

5. + 2010-11 Local Government Efficiency Grant Program/High Priority Planning Grant
 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.

6. + 2010-11 Local Government Efficiency Grant Program/High Priority Planning Grant
 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.

7. + 2010-11 Local Government Efficiency Grant Program/High Priority Planning Grant
CITY OF UTICA DATA from Open Book NY.com

8. + 2010-11 Local Government Efficiency Grant Program/High Priority Planning Grant
CITY OF UTICA DATA from Open Book NY.com

9. + 2010-11 Local Government Efficiency Grant Program/High Priority Planning Grant
CITY OF UTICA DATA from Open Book NY.com

10. + 2010-11 Local Government Efficiency Grant Program/High Priority Planning Grant
CITY OF UTICA DATA from Open Book NY.com
(scale is in millions)
1.2
Public Safety TOTAL 1
30 0.8
25
20
0.6 Admin
15 0.4
10
0.2 Misc.
5
0 0
2009 2008 2007 2006 2005 20092008200720062005
Fire Police
10 20
9.5 15
9
10
8.5
8 5
7.5 0
2009 2008 2007 2006 2005 2009 2008 2007 2006 2005

11. + 2010-11 Local Government Efficiency Grant Program/High Priority Planning Grant
CITY OF UTICA DATA from Open Book NY.com
(scale is in millions)
Revenue State Aid Revenue
100 25
80 20
60 15
40 10
20 5
0 0
2009 2008 2007 2006 2005 2009 2008 2007 2006 2005
Retirement Employee Benefits
Police & Fire 25
20
8 15
6
4 10
2 5
0 0
2009 2008 2007 2006 2005 2009 2008 2007 2006 2005

12. + 2010-11 Local Government Efficiency Grant Program/High Priority Planning Grant
COMPARISON DATA from Open Book NY.com
CITY POP REVENUE POLICE per cap FIRE per cap PUBLIC per cap
COUNTY SAFETY
TOTAL
Binghamton 47,380 86,061,695 10,577,480 223 10,964,916 231 21,717,787 458
Broome
Troy 47,952 81,473,241 15,312,705 319 9,952,998 208 25,868,995 539
Rensselaer
Niagara Falls 55,593 138,920,131 13,047,107 235 10,324,288 186 33,828,975 609
Niagara
Utica 60,651 76,109,735 15,275,309 252 9,585,790 158 26,905,171 444
Oneida
Schenectady 61,821 94,272,764 16,999,197 275 8,987,042 145 26,159,938 423
Schenectady
Albany 95,658 199,355,321 32,993,498 345 18,777,077 196 55,535,261 581
Albany
Syracuse 147,306 310,806,174 46,035,904 313 27,459,206 186 78,451,974 533
Onondaga

13. + 2010-11 Local Government Efficiency Grant Program/High Priority Planning Grant
COMPARISION DATA from Open Book NY.com
Per Capita Population
(in thousands)
Expenditures 80
(in hundreds)
60
7
40
6
20
5 0
Binghamton Troy Niagara Falls Utica Schenectady
4
Police
3
2 Fire Revenue
1 (in millions)
0 Public 150
Safety 100
50
0
Binghamton Troy Niagara Falls Utica Schenectady

14. +  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
CONCLUSIONS  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