DeKalb’s city council met again with DeKalb’s financial consultants, EPI/Crowe, to consider the latter’s latest report and recommendations. The most important information to pass on to you is that the consultants told the council, at least twice AND in so many words, that the city will enter another financial crisis within five years if it…
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Procurement
In its May 2009 report, Executive Partners, Inc. (EPI) recommended the City of DeKalb centralize its purchasing. DeKalb never followed through. Now that the consultants have returned (as EPI/Crowe) they must repeat themselves. Once again I offer a transcription, taken from the April 13 workshop between EPI/Crowe and City of DeKalb officials. And once again…
DeKalb’s Business Friendliness
I am rapidly developing a crush on Larry Kujovich, a member of the group of financial consultants hired by the City of DeKalb. Still working on taking in the whole of the April 13 workshop video, I swooned this time during a discussion of image-building as part of economic development strategy. Use terms like “image…
EPI and City of DeKalb Operations
Here’s a transcript of a bit of commentary by Larry Kujovich from the dynamic duo Executive Partners and Crowe Horwath, the consultants who met with City of DeKalb officials April 13 to talk strategic financial planning. You’ve gotta look into the future. . .Does your 5-year plan list what you need, or what is available…
Correction: Pilots, PILOTs & Water
In a recent post about the latest Executive Partners, Inc. (EPI) involvement with the City of DeKalb as its financial consultant, I expressed anxiety about a proposal to privatize the city’s water. Turns out, that’s not the EPI proposal for the Water Division, and I’m sorry to have led you astray. It’s a PILOT (not…
EPI is Back
*Post corrected May 21* Executive Partners, Inc. (EPI) was hired four years ago to help put the City of DeKalb on a more sustainable path financially. The fix didn’t take, so they’re back. EPI met with city officials at an April 13 special meeting. Mr. Nuehring stated he will discuss opportunities for revenues. He noted…