City Council
	Agenda Request
Agenda Of:	02-02-10	Agenda Request No:		viii-b
Initiated By:	Jennifer A. May Assistant to the City Manager	Responsible Department:		City Manager’s Office
Presented By:	Jennifer A. May Assistant to the City Manager	Department Head:		Allen Bogard City Manager
		Additional Department. Head (s):		N/A
Subject / Proceeding:	Review & Discuss Organizational Accountability Efforts
Exhibits:	List of Comparable Cities
Clearances			Approval
Legal:	N/A		Executive Director:	N/A
Purchasing:	N/A		Asst. City Manager:	N/A
Budget:	N/A		City Manager:	Allen Bogard
Budget
Expenditure Required: $			N/A
Current Budget: $			N/A
Additional Funding: $			n/a
Recommended Action
Review and discuss organizational accountability efforts.
Executive Summary
As part of an ongoing commitment to organizational accountability, the City regularly engages in benchmarking efforts to compare its practices with those of similar cities. This includes conducting comparisons on water and wastewater rates, development fees, and “best practices” for major policies. Additionally, through the “Implementation of Business Plan Development” strategic project included in the FY10 Annual Work Plan, the Budget & Research Department is currently researching performance measurement systems to further formalize the City’s benchmarking efforts. Further, in response to a request received at the November City Council retreat for staff to conduct an organizational structure review, a list of comparable cities was prepared. This list includes Texas municipalities of varying similarity to Sugar Land and the basic demographic information for each city. Staff would like to review the City’s current accountability efforts and the proposed list of comparison cities with the City Council to receive further input and direction before moving forward with the City’s benchmarking program and the requested organizational structure review.
Exhibits

List of Comparable Cities