Services

Working closely with local governments across British Columbia to address a variety of service, organizational and policy challenges.
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SERVICE REVIEWS

Neilson Strategies helps local governments collaborate in establishing services that are both effective and resilient. The firm is also called upon to conduct service reviews aimed at restructuring shared services to meet changing conditions.

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LOCAL GOVERNMENT RESTRUCTURE

In response to changing local service needs, questions about governance, changes in local demographics, economic shifts, and other factors, a local government may wish to reconsider its existing legal structure or geographic boundary.

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STRATEGIC PLANNING & FACILITATION

Neilson Strategies regularly facilitates strategic planning sessions for municipal councils, regional district boards, and other public bodies involved in the provision of local services.

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ORGANIZATIONAL DESIGN

Neilson Strategies works with senior managers to critically assess organizational structures, regulatory and non-regulatory processes, and specific functions or areas of organizational activity.

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POLICY ANALYSIS

Issues arise regularly in all areas of local government service and policy. Neilson Strategies works with local decision-makers to assess and understand the issues, identify and evaluate optional courses of action, and present recommendations.

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Projects in Profile

Some of the projects that Neilson Strategies is hired to conduct are confidential in nature.
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City of Maple Ridge

Building Permit Function Review

In 2021, Neilson Strategies was commissioned to conduct an independent review of the City of Maple Ridge’s Building Permit Function.  
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CITY OF ABBOTSFORD

FIRE RESCUE SERVICE MASTER PLAN

Over a twelve-month period, beginning in early 2017, Neilson Strategies worked with Abbotsford Fire Rescue to produce a new Master Plan for the service.
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About Neilson
Strategies

Neilson Strategies is headed by Allan Neilson, an advisor with 25 years’ experience in British Columbia’s local government system, both as a consultant and a senior manager.

The company was incorporated in 2002 as Neilson-Welch Consulting Inc. The firm works exclusively with municipalities, regional districts and public bodies involved in the provision of local services.

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