Citygate assisted the City of Folsom with the recruitment of a new Police Chief by applying character and behavior psychometric instrumentation to existing command staff, as well as potential Police Chief candidates. This process had two objectives: determining the scientifically quantifiable character and behavior of the existing command staff and determining the character and behavior profile of Police Chief candidates and assessing the fit of the recruitment candidates with the existing command staff.

Citygate first completed an operational review of the Finance Department and then worked with the City of Folsom’s City Manager and Finance Director to link and integrate the City’s Strategic Plan with the formulation of the operating budget. This project included working with Folsom’s line departments to identify their respective roles in the achievement of the City’s Strategic Plan; presenting those roles, projects, and goals in departmental budgets; and identifying performance indicators to measure accomplishment of each component of the Strategic Plan. The project also included developing and presenting training materials to the departments in how to implement this approach within the annual budget formulation process.

Citygate completed a Standards of Coverage deployment analysis. There was a special emphasis on the study to understand the deployment requirements of the new growth annexation specific plan areas, especially on the southern border of Folsom. The study also looked at a joint response area with the El Dorado Hills Fire Department along the common border with Folsom.