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Recommendation to authorize City Manager to execute a contract with Weidner Consulting, Inc., for the development and implementation of a comprehensive performance management system, including the acquisition and implementation of the Performance Information Management Software, for a period of three years in the amount of
$945,050, to be absorbed within existing budget resources. (Citywide)
DISCUSSION
Since 1999, with the initiation of the Long Beach Plan, the City of Long Beach has been working to implement a comprehensive performance management system to better
align City operations around the City Council's and community's priorities. The goals of this effort are to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of City operations and to
increase accountability throughout the City by developing an integrated performance management system focused on results. It is anticipated that improved efficiencies and
productivity will result in reduced costs for City services. Integration of this system into the daily operations of the City represents a monumental change in the way the City
conducts business and is critical to developing a high-performing organization.
Full development of a comprehensive performance management system in Long Beach will incorporate a number of key components. Strateqic Business Planninq
The departmental strategic business planning process is essential to the development of an effective performance management structure. The strategic business plans will look out 2 to 5 years to identify issues and priorities, strategic
goals to be achieved, alignment of departmental programs around those identified goals, and ultimately the development of performance measures to evaluate the department's success in meeting the desired results. This planning
process will include all levels of the organization and will ensure City employees are working in a common direction to achieve the City Council's and community's priorities.
Performance-Based Pro...
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