It is a daily struggle to balance the needs of your community with the resources available to meet those needs. To better support you with this challenge, without up-front or out-of-pocket costs, ICMA has partnered with Expense Reduction Analysts (ERA) to help you to identify where savings may be lurking in your budget.

From credit card fees to fleet management, ERA, an ICMA Strategic Partner, has 20 years of hands-on experience working with organizations on cost management in nearly 30 cost areas.

What does “no upfront costs” really mean? It means that you only pay based on the savings realized; the fee will be a percentage of the cost savings. So if there is no saving opportunity, there is no fee.

If you retain ERA for expense reduction and subsequent savings are realized, ERA will pay a fee to ICMA to help support ICMA’s efforts to promote professional local government management worldwide. No local government monies will be paid.  

“With ERA’s nearly 200 experts covering the United States, we see this as a “win-win” for jurisdictions everywhere that are struggling to meet the challenges of the current fiscal crisis while thinking creatively about how they allocate precious resources,” says ICMA Executive Director Bob O’Neill. 

To learn more about ERA or to speak with a local ERA adviser, contact Phil Gross, managing director at pgross@expensereduction.com or call 301/467-4832.