01-18-2019, 03:39 PM
(01-18-2019, 02:14 PM)Rainrider22 Wrote:(01-18-2019, 12:29 PM)panamaniac Wrote: Not sure what you mean.
The Gong Show is the idea of changing what inst broken by Ford. The small efficiencies that will be gained financially will be lost on the amount of money that will be spent to change over forms, addresses, websites, street signs, Every emergency and operational plan... the follow out is huge. for what ? This isn't just about Waterloo Region, this is 82 upper and lower tier municipalities. You are talking about reprogramming addresses in emergency communications systems, reprogramming all the RMS systems at all levels, hospital, coding for payments, coding for OHIP, coding for birth certificates..... This is not a small change for some savings of a few millions dollars.... the list and impacts will go on and on ....
You can read myriad studies of the impacts of the extremely extensive municipal restructuring in the '90s, and see that, in at least some cases, efficiencies really were found.
Additionally, the costs you are talking about are one-time costs. The efficiencies, to the extent they can be realized, would be ongoing.