Merger of DPW & Rec - Objective Analysis is Key to Ultimate Decision
Full Description:
The decision to merge the Recreation Department and the Department of Public Works in Hanover Township should and, no doubt, will ultimately, and properly be governed by just two (2) elements; a reliable cost analysis that will reveal whether or not such a move will or can create cost savings too significant to overlook; and efficiency; namely, whether the merger will actually improve the efficiency of the workforce from BOTH departments.
All the other factors that are being offered by and between contributors to this site, such as whether one department supervisor will have the desire or capability to motivate the labor force from the other department are ancillary, and not core, or material considerations when determining whether the merger will furnish the constituents of this Township, as a whole, with the best chance of being cost effective and efficient. These other factors, while real, can and should be addressed after the merger is or is not accomplished.
The decision to merge the two departments is not close to being made yet, nor can it be, unless and until a reliable cost analysis is completed which identifies in precise, and specific terms, (1) the amount of money that can realistically be saved by making such a move, and (2) the reasons that underlie why the savings which are likely to be proposed are realistic, and make sense.
