Customer Service in an Upswing Housing Market: Getting Prepared! Categories: Cornerstone, General Management Consulting, In the News, Jay Corey, Management Consulting, white papers Tag: Animal Care and Control, City Management, Community Development, Community Development Consulting, Customer Service, Economic Development, Information Technology, Local Government Agency, Planning July 1, 2013 By Jay Corey, MPA Principal Citygate Associates, LLC Demand for housing throughout California is once again on the upswing. Inventories are down and buyers who have been sitting on the sidelines are now jumping Read More
“My Elected Board wants it done now, but I don’t have the staff to do the work!” Categories: Cornerstone, General Management Consulting, In the News, Jay Corey, Management Consulting, white papers Tag: Animal Care and Control, Building, Community Development Consulting, Economic Development, Executive Search Consulting, Fire Department Consulting, Human Resources Consulting, Law Enforcement Consulting, Planning, Public Works, Redevelopment September 13, 2010 September 2010 Are you cutting back on staff? Does your Elected Board still need and expect important key projects and programs to move forward? Could you use some short-term help? Remember Lucy in the Read More
Cost benefit analysis: small cities disincorporate now! Categories: Cornerstone, General Management Consulting, In the News, Jay Corey, Management Consulting Tag: Animal Care and Control, City Management, Fire Services Consulting, Information Technology, Joint Venture Between Cities, Law Enforcement Consulting, Parks and Recreation, Public Safety February 1, 2010 By Jay Corey, February 2010 Right. Not going to happen in my lifetime or yours. Having stipulated to the obvious, most professional municipal government officials would admit, albeit not in public, that many small Read More
Protecting community development, engineering, planning, and building staff during tough times Categories: Cornerstone, General Management Consulting, In the News, Jay Corey, Management Consulting Tag: Building, City Management, Community Development, Community Development Consulting, Planning January 1, 2009 By Jay Corey, January 2009 You’re the boss and for years you’ve had to struggle to keep up with the demands that growth has placed upon your organization: Complaints to your city council Read More
You’re running out of money and you’ve run out of ideas? Categories: Cornerstone, General Management Consulting, In the News, Jay Corey, Management Consulting Tag: City Management, Finance November 1, 2008 By Jay Corey, November 2008 You’re the City Manager and you know the City is in serious financial trouble. You know no one wants to cut services. You’ve done all the easy things like: Read More
The rollout stage of the performance audit report: principles and steps Categories: Cornerstone, General Management Consulting, In the News, Jay Corey, Management Consulting Tag: Leadership, Performance Audit March 19, 2007 By Jay Corey, March 2007 You are the leader. You came up with the idea to hire an independent, third party auditor to examine the department of…fill-in-the-blank. The audit is in its draft form Read More
City to rebuild planning program and streamline development review process Categories: Cornerstone, General Management Consulting, In the News, Jay Corey, Management Consulting Tag: Building, City Management, Economic Development, Finance, Organizational Assessment, Planning, Redevelopment February 19, 2007 By Jay Corey, February 2007 “Citygate’s assessments solve organizational problems for cities. The tougher the problem, the better. We present practical, best practice solutions in ways that can be heard.” JANUARY 5, 2007: PRESS Read More