HUTCHINSON, Kan. — A study to look over the operations of Hutchinson Public Works, Engineering, and Parks and Rec divisions is entering its final phases.
The $85,000 study was conducted at the request of the city council to study the operations of the three departments to see if there was any room for improvement in operations or efficiencies.
According to Human Resources Director Tom Sanders, Raftelis Group, the firm conducting the study, met with each department and the department heads during a visit last month. Sanders says the firm will compare Hutchinson to like-cities and see how those operations are similar and different. Sanders says comparisons will have to take into account that the city has a large municipal airport and a zoo that many like-cities do not have.
Sanders said that the cuts caused by the pandemic did shed light on how the city operates, although he could not say if it has any determination on what the study will find.
The findings from Raftelis should be available for presentation to the city council later this fall.
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