10-29-2019, 09:56 AM
(10-29-2019, 06:28 AM)Spokes Wrote: Which surprises me. I would think there is plenty to be saved
A full-scale amalgamation requires everything to be re-organized into an amalgamated form. But large organizations don’t really have the capability to re-organize their entire selves all at once. Things tend to be made the same. For example, the pay scale will be harmonized. Guess in which direction? The services will be harmonized. Guess in which direction? And so on.
By contrast, proceeding in a measured and careful way with individual projects involving moving services from the cities/townships to the Region allows the areas where there is the most saving to be prioritized, and avoids overloading the institutional ability to change. And if there aren’t any reasonably obvious such projects, then amalgamating everything isn’t exactly going to make savings appear by magic, is it?