Specifications include, but are not limited to: 1. Review historical data necessary to develop a complete understanding of expenses, services provided, labor hours expended, direct/indirect costs associated with Town and City maintenance and repair efforts. Historical data review should be limited to the amount needed to fulfill the deliverable and should not exceed the preceding five (5) fiscal years for both the Town and City. 2. Consultant shall limit investigation and analysis to only those Public Works functions related to roads, streets, highways and directly related infrastructure including but not limited to drainage, snow and ice control, sidewalks, roadside maintenance, traffic control, administration, engineering, fleet maintenance, building maintenance, etc. Specifically exclude from consideration: wastewater collection and treatment (including piping within street rights of way); solid waste collection; and repair, operation and maintenance of vehicles and buildings not used for road maintenance. 3. Include directly attributable overhead costs including benefits, insurance, administrative oversight. Prorate costs as appropriate to account for only the amounts associated for the roads, streets, and highway activities. 4. Capital funded projects relating to roads, excluding all costs associated with the 2012 Town Road Bond Fund. 5. Identify and analyze similar Southern New England municipal highway departments and develop common benchmarks which can be used to compare costs and services of municipal service providers. 6. Compare City and Town provided services to the benchmarks and identify areas in which the parties exceed, meet or fail to meet the benchmarks. 7. Identify activities that result in higher or lower comparative costs between the City and Town. Identify and discuss variations in procedures, frequency, quality, etc. that may impact costs. 8. Determine and discuss any economies of scale or premium costs associated with smaller quantities which may be related to size variation between Town and City.
