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Attachment C: Summary Presentation of Fiscal Sustainability Advisory Committee Recommendations — November 2020 <br />Recommendation numbers correlate to numbers in Table 1 of the Committee Report; Asterisked items (*) appear in two categories on the matrix <br />Expect <br />to see <br />results <br />in... <br />Near <br />Term <br />Actions <br />(1-2 yrs. <br />Efficiencies <br />Mid <br />Term <br />Actions <br />(3-5 yrs.) <br />1. Review police and <br />fire for efficiencies <br />2. Audit fire/police <br />gross compensation/ <br />overtime, etc. <br />3. Explore revisions to <br />city compensation <br />policies that could <br />reduce the need for <br />layoffs, including <br />salary freezes and <br />reductions <br />5. Explore ways that <br />reduced operational <br />expenditures <br />realized during the <br />COVID pandemic can <br />translate to <br />permanent <br />reductions in the <br />City's cost of doing <br />business.* <br />Additional Cuts <br />6. Reduce <br />paratransit <br />service to <br />minimal <br />required <br />levels <br />5.Explore ways <br />that reduced <br />operational <br />expenditures <br />realized <br />during the <br />COVID <br />pandemic <br />can translate <br />to <br />permanent <br />reductions in <br />the City's <br />cost of doing <br />business.* <br />Additional Revenues <br />7. Propose a voter - <br />approved property tax <br />lid life, either targeted <br />to specific services or to <br />support all General <br />Government services. <br />8. Raise fees for service <br />9. Engage businesses <br />located in Everett <br />serving the broader <br />Snohomish County <br />population to identify <br />ways to assist the City <br />financially. <br />10. Continue to <br />strategically pursue <br />sale of surplus city <br />assets to generate <br />near term revenue. <br />Transfer of Service <br />Responsibilities / <br />Partnering with Others for <br />Service Delivery <br />14. Partner with others for <br />service delivery in senior <br />services <br />15. Transfer service <br />responsibilities to other <br />taxing districts <br />15.A. Transfer Fire/EMS to <br />another taxing district <br />15.B Transfer parks to a parks <br />district <br />16. Partner with faith -based <br />and other Non -Govern- <br />mental Organizations to <br />develop new multi -service <br />shelter in Tess impactful <br />location than downtown <br />with more effective service <br />model <br />Legislative <br />advocacy (State <br />or Federal) <br />Adjust land use and <br />economic <br />development goals <br />19. Seek repeal of <br />1-747. <br />2.0. Seek changes <br />in law to <br />provide public <br />employers <br />with greater <br />leverage in <br />controlling <br />labor costs. <br />17. Adopt new methods of <br />delivering administrative <br />services —partnering <br />w/other govt.'s or <br />outsourcing to private <br />sector <br />18. Explore additional public <br />private partnerships that <br />could potentially support a <br />range of opportunities <br />economic development, <br />Public Information <br />21. Review City's <br />development, <br />construction, <br />permitting practices <br />to increase business <br />attraction/ <br />retention <br />18. Explore additional <br />public private <br />partnerships that <br />could potentially <br />24 <br />