Select Collins Center Projects and Impacts
Highlights of the Collins Centers Accomplishments
Spending a Little to Save a Lot
Other Projects and Impacts
People: Examples of executive recruitment and interim management services
Performance: Examples of consulting work for local, state and federal government levels
Productivity: Examples of municipal savings, regionalization assistance, and revenue enhancement services
- Princeton, MA: Town Administrator (now closed)
- Winthrop, MA: Town Manager (now closed)
- Plymouth, MA: Town Manager (open search)
- Springfield, MA: Chief Administrative and Financial Officer (coming soon)
Interim Management Services
- Provided Interim Town Manager for the Town of Hopkinton
- Provided Interim Town Manager for the Town of Princeton
Local
- Advised Boston about content and format of Boston About Results quarterly performance reports
- Secretariat for MassStat, helping municipalities using statistics to improve programs and lower costs. Meetings held so far have focused on public works and police personnel management. The next meeting will focus on inspectional services. Email us at collins.center@umb.edu if your municipality is interested in participating
State
- Advised the Executive Office of Administration and Finance on MassGoals in FY2010 House 1 budget
- Facilitated management conference for Executive Office of Administration and Finance
Federal
- Released study on federal performance management recommendations to Obama Administration
- Briefed the federal performance Improvement council and key Office of Management and Budget political and career staff on findings and recommendations on performance management released to the Obama administration
Productivity
Municipal Savings Services
- Working with a group of municipal finance officials to develop a financial management practices checklist, to explore the feasibility of "privileges for performance", and to find ways to increase the supply of trained and qualified municipal accountants
- Conducting a study on school energy spending trends in Massachusetts to determine if those with the greatest three-year decline offer replicable lessons to others
- With Rappaport Institute at the Harvard Kennedy School, completed study of financial effects of group health insurance management changes made by City of Springfield and Finance Control Board.
- Developed catalogue of projects with demonstrated municipal savings or revenue enhancement opportunities: Savings Tools & Alternative Revenue Techniques (START) (PDF)
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