What about this idea of “doing more with less”? Municipal managers have heard it for years, and it’s now perhaps more in vogue than ever.Can you really “do more with less” — be so efficient and so good at finding better ways that a smaller staff with a reduced budget can accomplish more than last year? Or are you in fact being asked to “put 10 pounds in a 5-pound bag” — that is, do the impossible? I ask in all seriousness and would love to hear responses from the ranks of infrastructure managers. I ask because I keep seeing
