Marion County Utilities & Parks and Recreation…By the Numbers

1. Marion County Utilities & Parks and Recreation…By the Numbers Flip Mellinger, Marion County Utilities Gina Peebles, Marion County Parks and Recreation

2. Session Objectives To recognize the importance of benchmarking and avoid common mistakes. To understand how benchmarking helps local government departments set goals and support budgets To learn how to use benchmarking to tell your community’s unique story to elected officials and citizens.

3. What is Benchmarking? Benchmarking is defined as a standard against which something can be measured or assessed Working with the Florida Benchmark Consortium helps local governments avoid common mistakes

4. How Parks and Recreation Uses FBC Data When setting departmental goals When preparing our annual Business Plan When creating budget defense talking points When making a presentation to civic / community groups

5. How Parks and Recreation Compares

6. How Parks and Recreation Compares

7. Benchmarking Process

8. Summary Benchmarking is a useful tool to help you compare what your department is doing well, and what can be improved. Benchmarking can aid you when setting departmental goals and support your budget with data provided by an outside source Benchmarking will help you tell a compelling story to your elected officials and citizens.

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