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<br />INTRODUCTION <br /> <br />The 2004 rate study compares the professional services rates of the City of Eugene's <br />engineering and landscape architecture staff with those of private engineering consulting <br />firms that contract with government agencies. Nine City positions were compared with <br />Oregon Department of Transportation (OOOT) data acquired from OOOT's contracts with <br />private consulting firms. <br /> <br />Analysis shows that the charge-out rates for the City's positions are less than those of private <br />firms for every position except one included in this study, <br /> <br />METHODOLOGY <br /> <br />Information for this study was obtained from the Oregon Department of Transportation and <br />the City of Eugene's Public Works Administration ~ivision. OOOT gathers information <br />annually from their consultants. They provided a spreadsheet based on 44 consultants' <br />audited or submitted rates during 2002-2003. <br /> <br />In the past, data was collected by contacting private firms and requesting information, which <br />was difficult to acquire, especially information about base salaries and profit. The advantage <br />of using OOOT's data is they require private consultants to submit that information in order to <br />do business with the state. In addition, more data points were available than in previous <br />years. <br /> <br />The City's data was obtained from Public Works Administration staff who revise the <br />Professional Services Fund Rate Model on an annual basis. The information in this report is <br />based on the FY04 Final Rate Model, encompassing rates in effect from July 1, 2003 to June <br />30,2004. Though the dates of the rate model is out of sync with the dates of the summarized <br />consultant data (by 6 months), this was the most current information provided by the <br />consultants. <br /> <br />Matching the private firms' positions with the City's positions was difficult. OOOT had listed a <br />greater number of positions than the City, based on the consultants' information, and the job <br />titles didn't match. No job descriptions were available, and OOOT does not release the <br />names of the consulting firms, so no further data could be acquired about the job titles. <br />Matches were made by comparing similarity of job title and pay range. <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />from ODOT <br /> <br />2 <br />Cv Cf - J <br />