Neill McDonald
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Hello, Forum,
What are the drawbacks to utilizing contract planners?
I’m a member of the joint city-county planning commission at Savannah, Georgia.
We are faced with the two to three year (no longer, I hope, but could run considerably longer) task of rewriting both the city and county zoning ordinances.
My “bright” idea is to hire good, experienced contract planners, for a finite period. Not a “consulting firm” per se, but contract planners, to be integrated into and work with existing staff.
The pay would be greater than that which a planner would expect in a tenured position. A contribution to a personal retirement plan would be made. The upside is a chance to work on creating and instituting new ordinances (and life in Savannah ain’t half bad!) The downside is that the employment would be finite, or even shorter, should a planner not produce as expected.
Please, what are the negatives to this approach to ordinance rewriting?
Neill F. McDonald, MAI
Savannah, GA
What are the drawbacks to utilizing contract planners?
I’m a member of the joint city-county planning commission at Savannah, Georgia.
We are faced with the two to three year (no longer, I hope, but could run considerably longer) task of rewriting both the city and county zoning ordinances.
My “bright” idea is to hire good, experienced contract planners, for a finite period. Not a “consulting firm” per se, but contract planners, to be integrated into and work with existing staff.
The pay would be greater than that which a planner would expect in a tenured position. A contribution to a personal retirement plan would be made. The upside is a chance to work on creating and instituting new ordinances (and life in Savannah ain’t half bad!) The downside is that the employment would be finite, or even shorter, should a planner not produce as expected.
Please, what are the negatives to this approach to ordinance rewriting?
Neill F. McDonald, MAI
Savannah, GA