Assignment:
Case Study
Introduction
In many situations, the budget that is adopted by the city councils are technically referred to as "City Manager Budget", it is worthy to note that the municipality managers often depends on the other staff members in building as well as presenting the budgeting plan for the financial operations of the municipality. This is why from the case study provided, we see budgeting director foreseeing looming budget shortage in Knightsville municipality and presents this issue to City Manager. At this point the manager woud then consult with other stakeholders such as Robert, Warrick County Board of Commissioners who is proposing that Knightsville municipality should adopt state block grants or considerraising the service fees for the Department of Motor Vehicles. By doing this it would derive additional revenues and could also reduce wait times for patrons. There are two options are listed below and illustrated how they will affect the Knightsville municipality.
This is based off the previous assignment. I have attached the previous assignment instructions and the paper tat was written from those instructions. I have also attached the reading assignment from this lesson. They are fr information only and can not be referenced.
The Nonprofit Venture (Part 1 of 3)
Following your experiences in Knightsville from the previous week, you have decided to pursue your lifelong dream of starting your own (BRAND NEW) local nonprofit. You are confident that your local government experience will assist you in this venture, but you are aware that there will be some new nuances to master and different considerations of which to be aware. Your first tasks in this venture are separated into two portions:
A. Nonprofit definition, mission, and relationships
- Describe your organization (name and area of focus) and why it is significant and important to the community.
- State the organization's mission and the needs that it intends to address.
- Explain the relationships that exist between your organization and its target audience (those who will be the recipients of its services), as well as with the Knightsville government (will there be any overlap, requests for funds, and so on?).
B. Putting together your staff
1. Put together a basic listing for a paid position within your organization (use the reading assignments as a guide).
- Include title, responsibilities, and at least two other areas to describe the position.
2. Put together a basic list of criteria that you would expect from volunteers working with your organization.
- Include roles, responsibilities, relationships with staff members, and special areas of consideration (e.g., legal concerns, work conditions).
3. Describe the strategies that you will employ to attract and recruit paid staff and volunteers to your organization. Compare and contrast the similarities and differences between strategies employed to attract paid staff members and those intended for volunteers.
Each portion of the assignment (A and B) should be at least three to five pages in length; the combined total for both sections can be no more than 10 pages, and all pages will be double-spaced. You must include at least five references that are a reliable source; you do not need to include the reading assignments, but, if you do use them, they do not count toward the five-source minimum. Be sure to cite all borrowed, quoted, and paraphrased material appropriately in APA style.
The purpose of this assignment is to gauge your understanding of the content, so focus on writing original content rather than simply regurgitating the textbook or other sources, whether by paraphrasing or using direct quotes. Paraphrasing is acceptable, but try to keep paraphrasing to a minimum. A good rule of thumb is to use 80% of your own work and paraphrase 20% or less of the work of others.
This is the previous instructions from the previous assignment.
Imagine that you are the city manager of Knightsville, and your budget director has recently brought to your attention a looming budget shortage. Unless additional revenue streams are found in the near future, Knightsville will find itself in financial trouble.
Later in the day, you are having lunch with your friend, Robert, who happens to head the Warrick County Board of Commissioners. Knightsville is located within Warrick County, and, as city manager, you have collaborated with the county in a number of different areas of the years.
Before you reveal your financial situation, Robert mentions a state block grant for which governments throughout the state are eligible. He adds that the county is interested in applying for the grant.
When you press him for information, he reveals grant-specific guidelines and parameters that convince you that Knightsville would have a much better chance of acquiring the grant than Warrick County. Additionally, the grant would more than cover your financial shortcomings, as it happens to apply to one of the areas in which Knightsville is running the highest deficit.
After you tell Robert about Knightsville's financial woes, which was followed by an extended awkward silence, Robert brings up his recent idea to raise the service fees for the Department of Motor Vehicles in order to derive additional revenues while also reducing wait times for patrons. He runs a few quick calculations on his lunch napkin and determines that if Knightsville made similar adjustments, then just about all of the impending budget shortfall would be alleviated. Additionally, presenting a joint front with both city and county imposing the additional fees would likely be better received throughout the metropolitan area.
You leave shortly thereafter, determined to fix your budget problems by utilizing one of the courses of action discussed during lunch.
Using the information presented, address the following questions:
1. What types of relationships (complementary, supplementary, adversarial) would these two choices-applying for the grant and fee-for-service increases-likely represent? Explain the quality of these relationships and how each choice relates to them and/or would likely affect them.
2. What types of challenges would you expect to ensue from pursuing each of these options, both from Warrick County as well as from the general public in Knightsville?
3. Which of these methods do you personally think is the better option, assuming that both would equally address the financial shortfall? Why?