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Laredo city manager outlines nine- to 16‑month efficiency study to guide budgeting and bond readiness
Summary
City Manager Knapp presented a citywide “Laredo Efficiency and Innovation Program,” asking council to endorse a 9–16 month internal review of departments, services, and spending to inform budget choices and the pending bond referendum; council endorsed the study framework (item 59a1).
City Manager Knapp presented a framework on April 7 for a citywide efficiency and innovation study he said is intended to align departmental operations with council priorities and to inform bond-readiness and budget decisions. “We want to complete a comprehensive citywide efficiency review,” Knapp said, outlining a 9–16 month timeline for data collection, benchmarking, scoring and public feedback.
Knapp told the City Council the initiative — branded in staff materials as the Laredo Efficiency and Innovation Program — would be run as a division inside the budget office, use cross‑functional city staff rather than an outside…
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