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MUNICIPAL
BENEFICIAL REPORTS
From time to time the OMKN will post Beneficial
Practices Reports. These reports outline new, leading practices in
service delivery or municipal operation that have been successfully
developed and implemented in specific municipal settings, but which may
not be based on rigorous effectiveness and efficiency data or may not
have been as scientifically proven as a municipal best practice.
Beneficial practices do, however, have potential for broader
application
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Leading Practices in Municipal
Procurement
View presentations from municipal
practitioners delivered at the 2011 AMO Conference on procurement issues
and strategies and successful approaches that can be implemented in your
own municipality.
In response to heightened taxpayer expectations of government
accountability/transparency, the Ontario Municipal Knowledge
Network has partnered with PPI Consultants to document and assess
leading Ontario municipal practices in
procurement. Ontario municipalities participating in
the project, were asked to complete a practice assessment template
relating to procurement governance, resources/training/support, process
efficiency, cost savings opportunities, contracting and joint
procurement opportunities.
2010 Vaughan Permit Application Management
- Innovative Management Practice. Having
problems managing permit applications, well the city of Vaughan may have
a solution. Download
report.
2010 Windsor GPS Route Guidance and Spreader Control System
- Innovative Service Delivery Practice
When you need to ensure that plow operators are on the right road,
providing the correct level of services and applying de-icers and
anti-icers at the correct rate of application this best practice may be
the answer. Download
report.
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Delivering
Project Success: An Owner’s Guide
On March 5, 2010, Infrastructure Ontario (IO) and MEI launched a new
project management guide for municipalities to help with some of the
project management needs that Ontario's communities are facing stemming
from recent BCF-CC and ISF funding approvals, and the approaching March
31, 2011 project completion date for many projects. Download
report here.
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Delivering Project Success: An Owner’s Guide
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Municipal Blue Box Best Practices
2008 introduced the evaluation of Municipal Blue Box Best
Practices into the funding allocation formula. In the first year,
Blue Box Best Practices accounted for a modest 5% of the total funding
allocation to municipalities. Effectively demonstrating use of
Best Practices during 2010 will directly affect 25% of your funding
allocation for 2012.
To optimize your Best Practices score it is essential to develop a
municipal Waste Diversion Plan, endorsed by Council, that outlines a
municipal Blue Box Strategy and plans for diversion of other
materials. A Blue Box Strategy that sets realistic diversion
targets, identifies performance benchmarks and a consistent progress
monitoring and reporting plan can, in a few pages, significantly improve
a municipality’s Best Practice score with minimal effort and
expense. Additional Best Practices including provision of Blue
Boxes free or at cost; involving key staff in one of the many available
Blue Box training sessions and development of Promotion and Education
programs will further enhance Best Practices scores.
Help is available. AMO has hired Alec Scott as the MIPC
Municipal Blue Box Program Coordinator to provide advice and
assistance. He can be contacted at archenv@sympatico.ca or by telephone at (705)
722 0225. Funding is available through the Continuous Improvement
Fund for projects and studies aimed at promoting Best Practices.
CIF contacts are posted here.
For best results, plan and act early. Download Best Practice Questions for Inclusion in Municipal
Datacall.
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Promising Practices in Parks and
Recreation
A broad array of practices was identified during this project.
These have been identified in Section 3 of a recently completed
report sponsored by PRO and OMKN. A small group of
practices that had two general attributes was chosen for further
investigation: potential replicability across the Province; and a
sufficient number of examples to enable further consultation and
identification of promising practices. Three types of practices were
investigated in further detail through consultation with municipalities
and collection of further data and information.
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