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Commissioners Jacobs and Halkiotis, the County Manager, and staff met recently with Mr.. <br />Segal and concluded that there are probably additional dollar savings to be achieved by both <br />school systems and the County. They recommend that the topic of school efficiency be <br />included on the agenda for the September 27, 2004 joint work session of the County <br />Commissioners and the two Boards of Education.. Mr, Segal is prepared to attend that work <br />session to discuss with all three boards areas of potential savings that his firm would be willing <br />to research, including cost sharing and reduction that might be achieved through collabdratiort <br />among all three entities. Assuming all three boards agree to pursue further investigation by the <br />Segal firm of potential revenue enhancement and cost reduction, staff would bring a proposed <br />contract with the Segal firm for the Board's consideration at their October 5, 2004 regular <br />meeting, <br />FINANCIAL IMPACT: There is no financial impact associated directly with the discussion of <br />this agenda item. There would be costs associated with conducting an efficiency study, but if <br />the Segal firm were chosen to carry out that work, it is likely that they would be remunerated by <br />retaining a percentage of any cost savings identified and accepted by the Board. <br />RECOMMENDATION(S): The Manager recommends that the Board receive the report as <br />information and provide direction to the Manager and staff on next steps related to school <br />efficiency, <br />