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Nichols
Applied Management provides consulting services in a number of areas,
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General
Management and Organizational Effectiveness
- Assistance
in the development of business and strategic plans;
- Development
of performance measures and monitoring systems;
- Program
and operational evaluations;
- Policy
development;
- Budgeting
and long-term financial planning;
- General
decision-support analyses and recommendations;
- Contracting-out
evaluations; and,
- Cross-municipal
surveys of management and development issues.
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Municipal
Planning and Organization
- Municipal
amalgamation and annexation studies;
- Regional
and inter-municipal evaluations;
- Growth
studies and population modelling and projections;
- Land
development and highest- and best-use evaluations;
- Land
supply and demand studies; and,
- Neighbourhood
redevelopment and revitalization studies.
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Service
Delivery and Needs Assessments
- Resident
and user surveys and focus groups to ascertain preferences,
concerns, needs, priorities, and attitudes;
- Service
and facility market analyses;
- Evaluation
of specific municipal services and development of recommendations
for improved effectiveness/efficiency; and,
- Assessment
of service and facility impacts related to proposed project
development and anticipated community growth.
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Municipal
Finance and Taxation
- Fiscal
impact and long-term financial modelling;
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Inter-municipal financial benchmarking;
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Infrastructure financing reviews;
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Development of off-site levies;
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Reviews of reserves and user-rate policies;
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Evaluations of municipal and education taxation structures;
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Financial analyses and feasibility of proposed infrastructure
and facility developments;
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Inter-municipal cost-, revenue-, and tax-sharing studies;
and,
- Land
rent studies.
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Economic
Development
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Community and regional economic base studies and planning
strategies; and,
- Economic
impacts of community facilities, including convention
centres, museums, and shopping centres.
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The
firm's consultants have served as facilitators and presenters
at a number of municipal workshops and conferences.
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If
you would like to know more about Nichols Applied Management,
please read about our firm,
learn more about our current
projects, or contact
us.
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