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How do you answer these questions for your city: “How are we doing?”, “How do we know?”, and “ How can we get better results?” Since 2002, MTAS has facilitated the Tennessee Municipal Benchmarking Project to provide a process and product that assist cities in answering these questions. TMBP is a member-driven effort where performance and cost indicators are collected, benchmarks are calculated, and information is analyzed and discussed by members to identify best practices.
Frances Adams-O'Brien, Librarian, (865) 974-9842
David Folz, PhD, Professor, Political Science, (865) 974-0802
Check out our new video on the value of benchmarking to both government and business. Hear from Steve Barbarick, President of Tractor Supply, Mary Maich of Nissan Group of North America, Jill Burgin, mayor of Brentwood, Tennessee and Eric Stuckey, city administrator of Franklin, TN.
The TMBP is working with Bruce Berger to offer Tennessee cities Lean Six Sigma Classes (see below). We have had some interest from middle Tennessee cities, and we are working to gain more interest across the state. Lean Six Sigma flyer
2017 TMBP Annual March Meeting was help on March 28, 2017 at Peterson Park Community Center in Murfreesboro. In addition to our usual business matters and service area committees, Bruce Berger, a management consultant, conducted a course in Lean Six Sigma (LSS) for members. All participants received their Yellow Belt in LSS. It was a very educational and productive day!
TMBP Annual Report FY2017
TMBP Annual Report FY2016
TMBP Annual Report FY2015
TMBP Annual Report FY2014
All other previous reports can be reviewed in MTAS' Knowledgebase.
The Tennessee Municipal Benchmarking Project began in 2002 with nine cities collecting data in three service areas: fire, police, and residential refuse collection. Today members collect data in eleven service areas:
Members report performance and cost measures to capture the whole picture of inputs and outputs.
The TMBP annual report provides a performance analysis of the service areas measured. Of particular value to participants in the project is the historical comparisons and trend analysis for targeted service areas provided in the annual report which are possible due to the long term commitment from our forward-thinking member cities. Complete data collected by participating cities is provided only to members of the project while the annual report is available on the MTAS website.
Each participant makes an annual investment of $4,000 in the project. Contact the TMBP staff or MTAS consultants listed on this page for more information on how to join.
TMBP members cover the state geographically and vary in population.