Calvin, Giordano & Associates Receives Municipal Services Management Contract For Dunwoody, Georgia

Dunwoody, GA - DeKalb County's newest municipality -- Dunwoody, located north of Atlanta -- has approved a three-year multi-purpose service management contract with Fort Lauderdale-based Calvin, Giordano & Associates (CGA). CGA has retained the services of JAT Consulting of Kennesaw, Georgia to fulfill the financial services portion of the contact.

According to George Keller, Director of Government Affairs for CGA and Project Manager for the Dunwoody assignment, Dunwoody is contracting with CGA for finance and administrative services, including, accounting, purchasing, forecasting, risk management and reporting. They will also administer information technology, web site management, public relations, customer service, records management, human resources, and administrative support for the City.

Dunwoody, a 12.1 square mile community of approximately 40,000 residents, was incorporated in late 2008. In early 2006, a study was conducted by the Carl Vinson Institute of Government of the University of Georgia, to determine how feasible it would be to incorporate Dunwoody. In December of 2008, Dunwoody joined the ranks of other area Georgia cities such as Sandy Springs, Milton and Johns Creek that have incorporated to manage their own operations and finances; a growing trend over the past three years.

Many U.S. municipalities are opting to outsource services to private contractors such as CGA over the past several years. CGA, which has provided services to the public sector for decades as a core business, has gained considerable recognition for delivering a wide scope of services for the premier City of Weston in South Florida, chartered in 1996. CGA provides Weston and other cities with engineering, traffic engineering, surveying, construction management, inspection, planning and zoning, landscape architecture, web design and management, and geographic information system services.

In addition to the City of Weston, several Florida municipalities have opted to outsource services to CGA over the past several years, including Sunny Isles, West Park, North Lauderdale, Parkland, Surfside and Lake Park.

SOURCE: Calvin, Giordano & Associates