Contract city redux: Weston, Florida, as the ultimate new public management model city

Jonas Prager

doi:10.1111/j.1540-6210.2007.00846.x

Contract city redux: Weston, Florida, as the ultimate new public management model city

Jonas Prager

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Contracting out has become an accepted and, indeed, universal method of providing services in both the private and public sectors. Yet rarely has a municipality outsourced just about every service under its direct control - from public safety (police and fire), to solid waste collection and disposal, to parks maintenance, to municipal engineering and legal services. Weston, Florida, a city of some 62,000 residents, operates with just three employees - the city manager and two assistants. Hence the primary role of city manager has changed as well, from day-to-day administrator to contract manager and monitor. This essay describes the contracting operations in Weston and evaluates their efficiency and effectiveness.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	167-180
Number of pages	14
Journal	Public Administration Review
Volume	68
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1540-6210.2007.00846.x
State	Published - Jan 2008

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Public Administration
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