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Segal Revenue and Expense Specialists. The $150,000 Annual Savings the Utility Auditors Missed. Segal Revenue and Expense Specialists partners with local governments to increase their revenues and decrease their non-personnel expenses. Since 1993, we have worked successfully with 250 local governments to improve their operations and cash flow. The generator did more than save the county money. Less than a week after the generator went on-line, the county payroll clerk called to say that without my ge...
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Cost Savings Are Everywhere For Your Municipality: Do You Know How to Find Them? | Reducing Expenses
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Segal Revenue and Expense Specialists. Cost Savings Are Everywhere For Your Municipality: Do You Know How to Find Them? Written by Robert Segal. February 25, 2013. It’s difficult to keep on top of expenses, especially in complex local government or agency structures. We look at a variety of areas in which to isolate cost savings, but here are four that we start with:. We count. The city or town is usually not billing enough. Say a resident has two cans for pickup. He may unknowingly only be p...Usually, ...
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Segal Revenue and Expense Specialists. Bob Segal, President of Segal Revenue and Expense Specialists, has over 35 years of experience in accounting and business. Founded in 1994, Segal Revenue and Expense Specialists is the only North Carolina CPA firm that is dedicated exclusively to seeking out cost reductions and revenue opportunities without affecting personnel or the bottom line. Four Strategies to Reduce Jail Costs. July 15, 2014. It seems that when the sheriff or jail administrator calls the milk ...
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Is Cramming Costing You Money? | Reducing Expenses
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Segal Revenue and Expense Specialists. Is Cramming Costing You Money? Written by Robert Segal. September 9, 2013. Phone bill cramming is like packing on extra pounds. We eat a little too much, we forget to exercise. We indulge in a few too many cocktails and skip a few too many push-ups and crunches. We gain a pound here, a pound there, without noticing. Until, wow, we’ve gained 25 pounds and our pants don’t fit! How does cramming work, and how can consumers and governments protect themselves? The NBC Re...
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Are You Ready for “No Lead Ahead?” | Reducing Expenses
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Segal Revenue and Expense Specialists. Are You Ready for No Lead Ahead? Written by Robert Segal. August 26, 2013. Lead poisoning costs the United States $50.9 billion every year in health care costs, and about one in every 38 children is considered to have experienced lead poisoning or is at high risk. In an effort to protect the public, the Safe Water Drinking Act (SWDA) was amended in 2011. Public Law 111-380. Well, that’s a different story. I was meeting with a manager and a utility director of a ...
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Is a Contingent Fee Contract a Public Private Partnership? | Reducing Expenses
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Segal Revenue and Expense Specialists. Is a Contingent Fee Contract a Public Private Partnership? Written by Robert Segal. January 13, 2014. Much has been written about P3 and how some people believe they are the greatest thing in the world and others dislike them. To say the least, the results are mixed. Consistently publish articles on the pros and cons of P3. When I asked a manager of a large urban county about P3s, she said her experience with P3s is that very few work to the benefit of both parties&...
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Is Your Library System Due Additional Funds? | Reducing Expenses
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Segal Revenue and Expense Specialists. Is Your Library System Due Additional Funds? Written by Robert Segal. August 19, 2013. The richest person in the world in fact all the riches in the world couldn’t provide you with anything like the endless, incredible loot available at your local library. Released in 2011, there were 1.59 billion library visits in the US in FY2009, a 5.7 percent increase from the previous year. On average, people within a library service area visited the library 5.3...Public librar...
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How Efficient Are Your Processes? | Reducing Expenses
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Segal Revenue and Expense Specialists. How Efficient Are Your Processes? Written by Robert Segal. July 23, 2013. In his book, Extreme Government Makeover: Increasing Our Capacity to Do More Good. Miller puts forth the following assumptions in his book:. The work of the government is noble. The people of government are amazing. The systems of government are a mess. They’ve been outsourced, insourced, downsized, right-sized, and zero-based budgeted. Transactions are a huge source of inefficiency and waste.
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Credit Cards May Be Quick and Simple, But Costing You Extra Money | Reducing Expenses
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Segal Revenue and Expense Specialists. Credit Cards May Be Quick and Simple, But Costing You Extra Money. Written by Robert Segal. June 11, 2013. When you ask, Paper or plastic? Today, you’re not talking about grocery sacks. You’re talking about checks vs. credit cards. Many local governments. The town’s not getting in on any of these trips, that’s for sure. One business had a utility bill of $20,000 a month. That’s a fee of $400 to $800 a month, paid by the city. That is a lot of money going out. Just f...