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knowledge, silos, planning, workload, size, communic<strong>at</strong>ion, training, initi<strong>at</strong>ive, new hires<br />

rewards, problem-solving.<br />

Money<br />

Money (25)<br />

Financial (2)<br />

Funding (13)<br />

Budget (3)<br />

Centralized budget system<br />

Lack of resources (funding)<br />

Funding new young employees<br />

Being part of a financially strapped<br />

government<br />

Government budgets<br />

Low to poor budget problems<br />

Budget constraints<br />

Budget support from council<br />

Capital investment<br />

Funding from other city departments<br />

Budget availability; can’t have every new<br />

toy<br />

Dollars<br />

Cost (13)<br />

Costs of systems<br />

Very small system, very few barriers, cost is<br />

a major issue.<br />

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Cost of living in work area<br />

Obtaining Board approval to spend<br />

appropri<strong>at</strong>e funds <strong>for</strong> these valve added<br />

initi<strong>at</strong>ives.<br />

We are good <strong>at</strong> documenting needs of<br />

utilities with studies and plans and<br />

schedules, but rarely have the funds<br />

necessary <strong>for</strong> implement<strong>at</strong>ion.<br />

Limited resources<br />

Mission funding<br />

Pressure to reduce costs/ not increase r<strong>at</strong>es<br />

can stifle “out of box” thinking<br />

Politics<br />

Politics (2)<br />

Political (2)<br />

Governance (2)<br />

Political involvement in oper<strong>at</strong>ional m<strong>at</strong>ters<br />

Lack of support from other county govt.<br />

dept. with less goals and objectives<br />

Inertia (bureaucracy)<br />

Higher management support<br />

Union structure<br />

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Union contract<br />

Labor rel<strong>at</strong>ions- Union leadership<br />

Labor union<br />

Time<br />

Time (25)<br />

Balancing time associ<strong>at</strong>ed with oper<strong>at</strong>ional<br />

problems and business situ<strong>at</strong>ions<br />

Having time available to do the<br />

implement<strong>at</strong>ion<br />

<strong>Management</strong>s time is dedic<strong>at</strong>ed to other<br />

ongoing projects<br />

Time spent on development of new<br />

initi<strong>at</strong>ives<br />

Time constraints<br />

Need to focus on regul<strong>at</strong>ing compliance,<br />

doesn’t give us flexibility or time <strong>for</strong> new<br />

initi<strong>at</strong>ives.<br />

Getting employees to think of them.<br />

Everyone is so busy doing their job th<strong>at</strong><br />

carving out time <strong>for</strong> this activity can be<br />

difficult.<br />

Time involved in purchasing, contracts, and<br />

employee training.<br />

Time to educ<strong>at</strong>e<br />

Time management, especially <strong>for</strong> training<br />

new employees<br />

Mostly time constraints<br />

System growth and increasing workloads<br />

lead to decreased time availability <strong>for</strong> “new”<br />

ideas<br />

Most staff are very busy and the rel<strong>at</strong>ed time<br />

constraints can limit the ability <strong>for</strong><br />

employees to embrace and /or properly<br />

evalu<strong>at</strong>e new initi<strong>at</strong>ives<br />

Time to use functional teams to get buy-in<br />

and understanding to cre<strong>at</strong>e tipping point<br />

Time (many initi<strong>at</strong>ives underway<br />

simultaneously)<br />

Buy In<br />

Complacency among the employees<br />

High implement<strong>at</strong>ion and maintenance ef<strong>for</strong>t<br />

Ownership<br />

Accountability<br />

Buy in (2)<br />

Employee buy in<br />

Buy in <strong>at</strong> lower levels<br />

Lack of feeling part of the solution on part<br />

of some.<br />

<strong>Organiz<strong>at</strong>ional</strong> buy in<br />

Change<br />

Resistance to change (7)<br />

A-22<br />

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