FOR PHASE 2 EMPLOYEE IDEAS PLEASE GO HERE: https://engage.calgary.ca/save2

The City is committed to aligning our services with the needs of Calgarians, and to deliver them in an effective, efficient and financially sustainable manner. Faced with a continued economic downturn and impacts of COVID-19, The City must find a balance between streamlining our activities, maintaining safety, and protecting the environment, all while continuing to provide services to Calgarians.

The Solutions for Achieving Value and Excellence (SAVE) program supports the medium and long-term financial and economic sustainability for our organization, city and province while ensuring appropriate City services are delivered to our community.

We are looking to involve all City employees in this program to help provide innovative and creative ideas to increase the efficiency and effectiveness of our organization. This is an opportunity for us to work together and think differently to find new and creative ways to help evolve and improve our services while being mindful of the current economic realities of our city.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR PARTICIPATION. THIS PAGE IS NOW CLOSED FOR INPUT.

THE WHAT WE HEARD REPORT IS NOW AVAILABLE HERE AND UNDER LINKS.

ALL VERBATIM IS NOW POSTED UNDER LINKS. THE FIRST 500 IDEAS AND THE REMAINING IDEAS.

The SAVE program provides a strategic approach to meeting the fiscal challenges faced by The City.

1. Improve service value
   We are looking to identify and implement at least $74 million in operational savings by 2022 while aiming to maintain or improve overall customer satisfaction and citizen outcomes.
2. Drive organizational performance
   The SAVE program seeks to further the shifts already underway in the organization’s corporate culture. From its initial grounding in the One Calgary Service Plans and Budgets, the SAVE program will continue to advance the development of a culture that is service- and citizen-focused, and one that embraces the values articulated in the 4Cs (Character, Competence, Commitment, Collaboration). We have an opportunity to contribute to a culture of increased collaboration, innovation and continuous improvement.

All of the ideas submitted will be reviewed by the SAVE program team based on the following criteria, previously approved by the Administrative Leadership Team.

This is an anonymous opportunity to share your SAVE idea. Please note that personal identifying information within your idea submission will be removed for privacy and code of conduct purposes in all reporting and sharing of ideas.

Have you ever thought about something The City could do more efficiently or somewhere we could save costs?

Provide as much detail as possible to describe your idea. Also, please tell us which Department, Business Unit, and Section this idea originates and impacts (if known).

If you have more than one idea, please submit each idea separately.

This personal information is being collected by The City of Calgary under the authority of Alberta’s Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act, Subsection 33 (c). It will be only used for project updates related to the SAVE project. If you have any questions, please contact Hayden, Engage Planner at 403-620-0792.

Help us know more about where ideas are coming from.

A What We Heard / What We Did report will be completed once all the ideas have been reviewed. Ideas will be shared with all employees verbatim, however any individual identification information will be removed.