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Columbia’s efficiency study

By Adam Beam | Published: March 25, 2010
I was busy writing about the Supreme Court yesterday, so I missed the City Council meeting. But my colleague, Tim Flach, was there and wrote this story about the city’s efficiency study. And since I’ve received several requests for a copy of the full study, I’m posting it here. Click here to read it.
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More info on the efficiency study

By Adam Beam | Published: November 12, 2009
I wrote a story in today’s newspaper about Columbia City Council’s decision to pay for an efficiency study and the conflict it is creating about what is the best way to go about fixing the city’s finances. Some of you have asked for more information on EquaTerra, the firm City Council selected to conduct the [...]
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Some background on efficiency studies

By Adam Beam | Published: November 10, 2009
Two weeks ago, City Council members approved an efficiency study. They agreed to pay EquaTerra $150,000 to tell the city how it could save money. The reaction from some has been negative. I’m writing about this for tomorrow’s newspaper, but in the meantime I wanted to point you to some interesting reading on the history [...]
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Council decides to save money by not spending it

By adam beam | Published: September 3, 2009
After council members had to massively cut the budget this year — including laying off employees and reducing staffing at two fire stations — they decided it would be a good idea to spend up to $225,000 to study how the city could save money. Wednesday, council members were supposed to select a consulting firm [...]
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