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Auditor urges small, measurable steps toward outcome‑based performance reporting
Summary
The city auditor presented a guide recommending 1–2 high‑value performance measures per department and urged centralized reporting; councilmembers backed starting small and using dashboards to increase transparency ahead of the budget process.
The City Auditor presented 'A Guide to Measuring Performance in the City of Berkeley,' an information report that recommends a framework for developing outcome‑oriented performance measures, standardizing reporting periods and publishing comparable metrics in the city budget or online dashboards.
Auditor staff highlighted common practices used by peer cities, recommended beginning with one or two…
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