2010 Annual Report - City of Vernon

PAGE 42CITY OF VERNON 2010 ANNUAL REPORCONSULTANT 2010 2009 2008 SERVICES PROVIDEDSNI Safety Nets Inc. $ 840 $ 8,000 $ - Airport safety consultingActon Consulting - 25,200 - Building Permit fee reviewAspen Park Consulting - 3,563 - Airport wildlife control consultingAdvisory accounting services on PSABBDO Dunwoody - 685 4,174 issuesBill DiPasquale - - 1,229 Engineering on WRP issuesBradshaw Consulting Group - - 1,963 Operations consultingCEI Architecture - - 111,086 Library/Civic BldgDayton & Knight - 12,064 10,799 Asset management planningDebra Strong & Associates Inc. - 12,883 14,347 Admin & senior mgmt teambuildingDigital Boundary Group - - 10,237 IT security penetration testingFletcher & Company Municipal Consulting - - 5,937 Engineering - various projectsGen Suttling - - 648 SILGA Convention planningGHK International - - 10,500 Airport economic impact studyLee Gabel - - 4,672 Transportation PlanLim Clark - - 4,770 Traffic volume surveysMacDougall Appraisals & Consulting - 13,801 42,784 Property appraisalsMarathon Communications - - 13,166 Staff teambuildingMCW Consultants - - 43,130 Library/Civic BldgMonaghan Engineering - 57,265 - Engineering - various projectsNancy Gomerich - 378 - Finance - Chart of Accounts redesignOsprey Strategic Management - - 8,390 Operations consulting - efficiency reviewPacific Land Services Ltd - 2,888 31,265 Real estate managementQuadra Development Solutions Inc - 5,681 26,250 Water devolution of GVSRay Foisy - - 525 Advisory services on BC Assessment issuesRead Jones Christofferson - - 5,000 Library/Civic BldgRemax - - 16,170 Land professional fees - Parkade leaseResults Management Services - - 4,413Strategic planning (Operations & FireDivisions)Ryan So - - 4,510 Traffic volume surveysS-5 Services - - 19,661 Transportation PlanSerko Property Services - - 11,801 Property negotiationsSmart Growth Advisory - - 991 OCP ReviewSpiegel Skillen & Assoc. - - 28,350 Library/Civic BldgTerracognito Consulting - - 3,200 OCP ReviewTim Dillon & Associates - - 9,728 Exempt staff reviewVisible Strategies - 62,626 - Consultant for the new "See It" website$2,306,130 $ 2,385,306 $ 2,052,077Footnotes:1. Consulting fees are defined for this purpose as fees paid to a professional person or firm for advisory contractservices where the City was not able to obtain such services from in-house sources. Legal fees are not included.2. Consulting fees for the Library/Civic Building were partially recovered from the Okanagan Regional Library. Amountsshown are gross amounts paid.