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NEWSLETTER 4th 1stQuarter Quarter, 2012 2017 ARTICLES Center for Local Government Presents Strategic CLG Presents Strategic Plan at Annual Meeting Plan (p. 1) The Center for Local Government pre- Southwest Ohio and beyond. These goals Jeff Berding Speaks at sented its most recent strategic plan at its were determined through a series of CLG 2017 Annual Annual Meeting on March 23rd. This plan Board retreats, an general CLG satisfac- Meeting (p.2) was developed by the CLG Board and tion survey of Chief Administrative Offic- Electricity Consortium Staff throughout 2016, and was approved ers (CAOs), a program satisfaction survey, Nears Pricing (p. 3) by the Board in early March. The plan and one-on-one discussions with CAOs consists of six main goals for the Center: who were interested in talking. Solid Waste Bid in 2017 (p.3) · The Center for Local Government is the Each of these goals comes with a set of CLG Leadership Acade- premier information hub for local govern- strategies and action steps, and CLG staff my Kicks Off (p. 4) ments in the Cincinnati and Dayton region. will report back to the board on the pro- It is the first place that local governments gress with each of these action steps over Service Metrics Consor- look to when they need information the lifetime of the plan. The full Strategic tium Update (p. 4) · The Center for Local Government is the focal point for engagement between local Plan and a Strategic Plan Summary docu- Sharonville Northern governments in the Cincinnati and Dayton ment was distributed to CLG CAOs in ear- Lights District Contin- region, especially amongst our diverse ly March that fully lists each of these ues to Grow (p. 5) member communities. strategies in detail. · The Center for Local Government has a di- Greenhills Designated verse membership base, and will grow that National Historic Land- Copies of the full strategic plan or the base in a sustainable fashion in order to mark (p. 6) enhance efficiencies between local govern- strategic plan summary are available by ments. request. They can also be found on our Innovation and Steward- · The Center for Local Government identifies website (www.C4LG.org) in the “did you ship Key to Montgomery Water Project (p. 7) new opportunities for governments to work know” section on our homepage. If you together, and works to enhance its current do not see it there, click on the “more” programs. button below the “did you know” feature. · The Center for Local Government is a re- spected advocate for local government in- REGULAR terests, and will work to maintain and build We are happy to answer any questions FEATURES upon our reputation and public image. you have about the plan itself, how we · The Center for Local Government is pre- intend to execute it, or any other queries TJ’s Topics (p. 8) pared to withstand contingencies. that you may have. Thank you for read- ing! Andy’s Updates (p. 8) The last CLG Strategic Plan was passed in 2009 with a 2010 effective date, so this CLG Calendar (p.9) new set of goals is designed to fit the cur- CLG News Bits (p. 9) rent landscape of local government in Jeff Berding of FC Cincinnati is CLG Annual Meeting Speaker Jeff Berding of FC Cincinnati presented a fascinating look at Mr. Rahall takes over for Jen- FC’s first year of operations nifer Kaminer of Fairfax, who and its quest to become the had served on the CLG Board Cincinnati area’s third major since 2002. Ms. Kaminer was league sports franchise at the given a memento by CLG CLG Annual Meeting. FC Cin- Board President Mark cinnati is a United Soccer Schlagheck recognizing her League (USL) franchise, which service to CLG. As Mr. is one level below Major Schlagheck stated during the League Soccer (MLS). In its meeting, Ms. Kaminer has first year of operations, it ex- served through multiple Exec- ceeded its attendance goal by utive Directors, has seen the a whopping 7,000 fans per CLG Annual Meeting Attendees listen as FC organization grow significantly game (17,000 people on average Cincinnati President Jeff Berding discusses in her time on the Board, and has their inaugural season vs a goal of 10,000). We were helped CLG weather many chal- also excited to learn that they ex- lenges over the year. We thank ceeded their TV ratings and merchandise sales goals her for her service. by similar large margins. Besides the election of new Board positions, the slate The rise of FC Cincinnati has an impact on local gov- of officers for 2017 was chosen: Mark Schlagheck of ernment in our region. Not only would an MLS fran- Bellbrook will continue to serve as President. Vicky chise bring more publicity and economic impact to Earhart of Anderson Township will continue to serve the region, but it also would infuse human and finan- as Vice President, and Jim Lukas of Sharonville will cial capital into the already strong youth soccer pro- continue to serve as Secretary / Treasurer. grams in southwest Ohio. Indeed, FC Cincinnati has already looked for ways to collaborate with the youth Managers Recognized programs in the region, and will continue to do so. Finally, in a new tradition, CLG recognized new and retiring Managers. Among the retiring managers rec- Cleves Village Administrator Mike Rahall Elected to ognized were Sherry Callahan of Carlisle, Mike Berens CLG Board of Deer Park, Bill Becker of Deerfield Township, and In addition to hearing from Mr. Berding, CLG held Ray Hodges of Forest Park. New Managers include elections for two CLG Board positions. Kristen Brian Gilligan in Golf Manor, Eric Reiners in Deerfield Bitonte of Liberty Township was re-elected to a three Township, Jack Cameron who moved from Clearcreek year term on the Board, and Mike Rahall was elected Twp. to Delhi Twp., Michael Doss in Milford, and Ter- to his first term. Mr. Rahall has ample experience ry Timmers at the Little Miami Joint Fire and Rescue with our region and with CLG, having previously District. worked in Reading and Fairfield Township. He is in- volved with the CLG Benefits Pool currently as Although not all of them could be at the Annual Cleves’s representative to that group. We are happy meeting, we are happy to recognize them and wish to have him on the Board. them luck! CLG Electricity Consortium SWORRE Solid Waste and Nears Pricing Recycling Bid this Year The Center for Local Government electricity consor- The Center for Local Government’s Southwest Ohio tium will be conducting a pricing for electricity sup- Regional Refuse Consortium (SWORRE) Group B will ply costs in early April. We are anticipating a sav- be going back out to bid this summer, with a new ings for the group as we attempt to improve on the contract start date on January 1, 2018. This comes current $.0466 electricity supply rate. on the tail of Group A’s new five year contract signed at the end of 2015. The electricity consortium started in 2010 as an effort to aggregate the electricity supply costs for In order to ensure the best bid possible for the par- facilities and other accounts owned by CLG member ticipating governments, there will be tweaks to the governments. This makes it different from residen- Group B bid from when we last conducted it in 2012. tial aggregations, as it only focuses on government The main tweak is that we will be splitting this one accounts. The program started with nine govern- into a Dayton area bid and a Cincinnati area bid. The ments, and has seen decreases in electricity supply reason for this is that it makes it easier on haulers, costs every time a supply bid has gone out. For our which will hopefully increase competition for the 2017 bid, 13 governments are participating, which is bid. It also allows CLG to add new members to the up from 9 governments in our last bid in 2014. bid without it becoming too big. Since 2010, when SWORRE and the Electricity Consortium were founded, participation has increased from 14 combined governments to 30. In that time, the two programs have a combined estimated savings of $3.3 million. CLG works with Eagle Energy as broker for this pro- As second tweak will be that we will be pricing recy- ject. Eagle conducted an RFP of electricity suppliers, cling and solid waste collection separately. This al- and is currently in the process of negotiating and lows potential governments who collect for solid finalizing pricing. As of the writing of this news- waste with their own staff, but want to participate in letter, participating governments have been in- the CLG bid for recycling services. formed of the preliminary pricing, and have until April 18th to sign contracts. Finally, we are happy to be adding governments to this group! Currently, Amberley Village, Bellbrook, Participating governments are not required to sign a Deer Park, Miamisburg, Milford and Woodlawn par- contract if they do not like the pricing, but for those ticipate. By splitting this into two contracts, we will who do, it is anticipated their new rate will start in potentially be adding one new government to the May. At the time of the writing of this newsletter, it Cincinnati bid, and up to three new governments to is anticipated that contracts will be for 43 months. the Dayton area bid. CLG will keep the membership updated via e-mail as Work on this bid will pick up in the spring, and we this bidding process comes to an end.