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Receive and accept the County of Monterey Cost Savings Committee report.
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RECOMMENDATION:
It is recommended that the Board of Supervisors:
It is recommended that the Board of Supervisors receive and accept the County of Monterey Cost Savings Committee.
SUMMAR/DISCUSSION:
This presentation complies with item # 2 on the June 9, 2010 Budget Hearing referral list requesting that the Cost Savings Committee make quarterly reports on cost savings ideas and plans for the implementation of those ideas to the Board of Supervisors.
The purpose of the Cost Savings Committee is to explore any and all potential cost saving measures - other than those brought about through salary reductions. The committee first met on September 22, 2003 and has met periodically ever since. The committee is composed of Department Heads, the County Contracts Purchasing Officer and a representative from SEIU.
The Cost Savings Committee was created to discover cost savings through exploring alternative and more efficient ways of doing business.
The Cost Savings Committee is currently focused on 3 main areas.
ยท Reduction of County fleet - The Resource Management Agency/Department of Public Works distributed a memorandum on July 9, 2012 to encourage County Departments to turn in vehicles to Fleet that were not needed. This memorandum included incentives to encourage voluntary participation. Unfortunately, no vehicles were turned in as a result. In order to optimize the usage of County vehicles, the Public Works Department has begun a review of its own vehicles as a pilot project. The goal of this review is to detail vehicle usage based on miles driven and then identify those vehicles which are not being used or are being used on a minimal basis. For those vehicles which show little to no usage, a justification for continued vehicle retention will have to be provided. Based on the lessons learned from this pilot project, Public Works will continue to work with other County Depar...
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