AGENDA INFORMATION SHEET
DEPARTMENT: Materials Management
ACM: Bryan Langley
AGENDA DATE: September 20, 2016
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Consider adoption of an ordinance authorizing the City Manager to execute a Interlocal Agreement with the University of North Texas under section 791.001 of the State of Texas Government Code, and to authorize the City of Denton to participate in the ITDS Corporate Partners Program-Professional Development Program for City of Denton employees; authorizing the expenditure of funds therefor; and declaring an effective date (File 6217-Interlocal Agreement with the University of North Texas in the two (2) year amount of $15,375).
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BACKGROUND
The City initiated a Lean Government program in 2014 with the following goal statement:
Our City is experiencing tremendous growth, it's visible and palpable. In fact, Denton is on track to have a 65 percent increase in population to over 200K by 2030. This growth will place great demands on the entire organization from the utilities to public safety, recreation & leisure to general government. To meet this demand, we intend to have controlled growth in our capabilities by innovating and reinventing ourselves rather than just adding equipment, staff, and layers of bureaucracy.
By applying methodologies proven in manufacturing, health care, service industries and even government, Denton can remove many of the annoyances and obstacles to our jobs that we run into every day and take our focus away from the real work. This work is rewarding, meaningful and creates a better community. This is Denton's LEAN Journey.
Since the beginning in 2014, city staff have held five kaizen events (week long process improvement events) covering the hiring process, purchasing process, engineering development review process, complete development review process and most recently the meter reading to billing process for utilities. In addition to the intensive kaizen events, city staff trained as lean coaches have...
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