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9 <br /> • Indicating spending patterns by department and service. <br /> • Indicating expenditures within the framework of constant dollars, population <br /> growth, per pupil spending, etc. <br /> • Creating a policy making tool for public officials, and enhancing managerial <br /> decision-making. <br /> The model should: <br /> • Explore existing program and trend analysis models. <br /> • Identify relevant indicators. <br /> • Systematically track spending trends in every area of government. <br /> • Analyze data. <br /> • Monitor for long-term data analysis (trends). <br /> • Systematically report data analysis. <br /> Recommendation 6: Develop and implement incentive programs which provide <br /> organizational incentives to departments for cost saving and <br /> efficiency. <br /> In this, the County should consider more budgetary flexibility including the option of allowing <br /> a department to retain and accumulate from year to year a percentage of any cost savings for <br /> its use on a one time, non-recurring basis in supporting other department objectives and <br /> priorities. , <br /> Recommendation 7: Develop and implement enhanced incentives for individual <br /> employees to promote cost savings and efficiency. <br /> Include further enhancing individual employee incentives as part of the planned evaluation <br /> process of the two year pilot employee incentives programs already in place which are directed <br /> at cost saving employee suggestions and team achievements. <br /> Recommendation 8: Develop and implement a written County Strategic Automation Plan <br /> as a blueprint for the County's automation enhancements over the <br /> next three to five years. <br /> Much like the County's Capital Improvements Plan, the Automation Plan would be formally <br /> reviewed and updated on an annual basis to ensure that the plan addresses the County's <br /> automation needs. Annual review, combined with periodic informal review, would make the <br /> plan dynamic and current, and position the County to take advantage of emerging <br /> technologies. The Automation Plan would enable any reader - whether elected official, County <br /> 7 <br />