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Home: The Municipal and Financial Services Group (MFSG) focuses on the financial and management needs of public sector infrastructure (especially in environmentally related areas such as water, wastewater, stormwater and solid waste utilities) and in the efficient delivery of public sector services. Our staff is comprised of accountants, financial analysts, economists, engineers and planners with an average experience level of more than 20 years. (municipal, financial, services, water, wastewater, stormwater, solid waste utilities, Engineering, Energy, Power Delivery, Nuclear , Coal , Combustion Turbine , Hydropower , Air Quality Control , Renewables , Gas Oil Chemical , Integrated Gasification Combined Cycle , IGCC , Drinking Water, Wastewater, Conveyance Systems , River Coastal , Tunneling Underground , Telecommunications , Wireless Infrastructure, Utility Automation, Broadband Wireline, Telecom Networks, Enterprise Management Solutions)
About: The Municipal and Financial Services Group (MFSG) is a specialized management consulting practice that was established in 1976 and was for many years part of the management consulting department of national or regional CPA firms or engineering firms. MFSG focuses on the financial and management needs of public sector infrastructure (especially in environmentally related areas such as water, wastewater, stormwater and solid waste utilities) and in the efficient delivery of public sector services (municipal, financial, services, water, wastewater, stormwater, solid waste utilities, Engineering, Energy, Power Delivery, Nuclear , Coal , Combustion Turbine , Hydropower , Air Quality Control , Renewables , Gas Oil Chemical , Integrated Gasification Combined Cycle , IGCC , Drinking Water, Wastewater, Conveyance Systems , River Coastal , Tunneling Underground , Telecommunications , Wireless Infrastructure, Utility Automation, Broadband Wireline, Telecom Networks, Enterprise Management Solutions)
- Executive Profiles: Executives (Executives)
  - Edward J. Donahue III, CMC (President/CEO) : Edward J. Donahue III, CMC (President/CEO) established the Municipal & Financial Services Group more than 30 years ago and has served as its director ever since. His experience includes provision of management and financial advice to more than a hundred clients across the Untied States and abroad. He is active in the Government Finance Officers Association, American Water Works Association and the Water Environment Federation. He has served as a member of a Base Realignment and Closure Commissio (Edward J. Donahue III, CMC, President, CEO , municipal, financial, services, water, wastewater, stormwater, solid waste utilities, Engineering, Energy, Power Delivery, Nuclear , Coal , Combustion Turbine , Hydropower , Air Quality Control , Renewables , Gas Oil Chemical , Integrated Gasification Combined Cycle , IGCC , Drinking Water, Wastewater, Conveyance Systems , River Coastal , Tunneling Underground , Telecommunications , Wireless Infrastructure, Utility Automation, Broadband Wireline, Tele)
  - David A. Hyder (Senior Manager): David A. Hyder (Senior Manager) has more than ten years experience in municipal programs. A dean’s list engineering graduate of Michigan State University, he completed his MBA at Johns Hopkins University. Engineering experience includes development of water and sewer master plans for mid-sized and large systems and demand and consumption studies for very large regional utilities. (David A. Hyder, Senior Manager, ,municipal, financial, services, water, wastewater, stormwater, solid waste utilities, Engineering, Energy, Power Delivery, Nuclear , Coal , Combustion Turbine , Hydropower , Air Quality Control , Renewables , Gas Oil Chemical , Integrated Gasification Combined Cycle , IGCC , Drinking Water, Wastewater, Conveyance Systems , River Coastal , Tunneling Underground , Telecommunications , Wireless Infrastructure, Utility Automation, Broadband Wireline, Telecom Ne)
  - Lisa M. Zitomer (Manager): Lisa M. Zitomer (Manager) has seven years of professional experience applying engineering, environmental and financial skills to a broad range of infrastructure projects for clients. She currently is involved in a variety of projects including water, sewer and stormwater cost of service studies, bond feasibility studies, establishment of stormwater utilities, and development of water conservation plans. Prior to her management-consulting career, she worked for a large environmental engineering (Lisa M. Zitomer, Manager, municipal, financial, services, water, wastewater, stormwater, solid waste utilities, Engineering, Energy, Power Delivery, Nuclear , Coal , Combustion Turbine , Hydropower , Air Quality Control , Renewables , Gas Oil Chemical , Integrated Gasification Combined Cycle , IGCC , Drinking Water, Wastewater, Conveyance Systems , River Coastal , Tunneling Underground , Telecommunications , Wireless Infrastructure, Utility Automation, Broadband Wireline, Telecom Networks, Ente)
  - Michael R. Maker (Manager): Michael R. Maker (Manager) Mr. Maker has more than six years of professional experience in the financial and management consulting industry. Consulting experience includes the development of cost of service cash flow models involving rate design, fee design and customer impact analyses for water, wastewater, stormwater and solid waste utilities within the Mid-Atlantic and Northeast regions. (Michael R. Maker, Manager, ,municipal, financial, services, water, wastewater, stormwater, solid waste utilities, Engineering, Energy, Power Delivery, Nuclear , Coal , Combustion Turbine , Hydropower , Air Quality Control , Renewables , Gas Oil Chemical , Integrated Gasification Combined Cycle , IGCC , Drinking Water, Wastewater, Conveyance Systems , River Coastal , Tunneling Underground , Telecommunications , Wireless Infrastructure, Utility Automation, Broadband Wireline, Telecom Networks, )
Services: Services, MFSG offers a wide spectrum of specialized services to the public sector: Cost of Service/Rate Studies, System Development Charges/Impact Fee Studies, Asset Management Programs, Financial Feasibility Studies, Operational Reviews/Management Audits, Organizational and Management Studies, Comparative Analyses/Benchmarking, Water Conservation Studies, Formation of Authorities and Commissions, Bond-Related Studies, Strategic Financial Planning, Infrastructure Management/GASB 34, Litigation (Services,municipal, financial, services, water, wastewater, stormwater, solid waste utilities, Engineering, Energy, Power Delivery, Nuclear , Coal , Combustion Turbine , Hydropower , Air Quality Control , Renewables , Gas Oil Chemical , Integrated Gasification Combined Cycle , IGCC , Drinking Water, Wastewater, Conveyance Systems , River Coastal , Tunneling Underground , Telecommunications , Wireless Infrastructure, Utility Automation, Broadband Wireline, Telecom Networks, Enterprise Management )
- Cost of Service / Rate Studies: Cost of Service / Rate Studies, Our approach is based on the premise that there are two separate issues involved in this area (Cost of Service, Rate Studies ,municipal, financial, services, water, wastewater, stormwater, solid waste utilities, Engineering, Energy, Power Delivery, Nuclear , Coal , Combustion Turbine , Hydropower , Air Quality Control , Renewables , Gas Oil Chemical , Integrated Gasification Combined Cycle , IGCC , Drinking Water, Wastewater, Conveyance Systems , River Coastal , Tunneling Underground , Telecommunications , Wireless Infrastructure, Utility Automation, Broadband Wireline, Telecom Networks, )
- System Development Charges / Impact Fee Studies: System Development Charges / Impact Fee Studies Capacity fees or system development charges are used by utilities to recover the costs of increasing capacity among the users of the new capacity. Our approach to developing system development charges for utilities uses spreadsheet models to ensure that all capital costs incurred in constructing new system capacity—in particular, future debt service payments—are recovered through fees paid only by new customers. (System Development Charges, Impact Fee Studies, ,municipal, financial, services, water, wastewater, stormwater, solid waste utilities, Engineering, Energy, Power Delivery, Nuclear , Coal , Combustion Turbine , Hydropower , Air Quality Control , Renewables , Gas Oil Chemical , Integrated Gasification Combined Cycle , IGCC , Drinking Water, Wastewater, Conveyance Systems , River Coastal , Tunneling Underground , Telecommunications , Wireless Infrastructure, Utility Automation, Broadband Wireline, )
- Asset Management Programs: Asset Management Programs (Asset Management Programs)
- Financial Feasibility Studies: Financial Feasibility Studies, For debt issues requiring feasibility studies, we perform comprehensive financial feasibility studies including rate and fee requirements and projections of all financial statements and coverage ratios. All analyses are tied to the client’s official budgets, CIP, comprehensive plan and other relevant data. For high growth areas, we have developed impact fee-backed revenue bonds, and have supported clients in presenting such financing structure to rating agencies. (Financial Feasibility Studies, municipal, financial, services, water, wastewater, stormwater, solid waste utilities, Engineering, Energy, Power Delivery, Nuclear , Coal , Combustion Turbine , Hydropower , Air Quality Control , Renewables , Gas Oil Chemical , Integrated Gasification Combined Cycle , IGCC , Drinking Water, Wastewater, Conveyance Systems , River Coastal , Tunneling Underground , Telecommunications , Wireless Infrastructure, Utility Automation, Broadband Wireline, Telecom Networks, )
- Operational Reviews / Management Audits: Operational Reviews / Management Audits, Our preferred approach to a management audit is comprised of three steps: a diagnostic which takes a “top down” look at high dollar functions or costs, plus any known problem areas; a detailed study of potential cost savings or service improvements identified during the diagnostic phase; and implementation assistance. This technique can be applied to virtually any municipal entity, from schools to public works, from corrections to finance. Many municip (Operational Reviews Management Audits,municipal, financial, services, water, wastewater, stormwater, solid waste utilities, Engineering, Energy, Power Delivery, Nuclear , Coal , Combustion Turbine , Hydropower , Air Quality Control , Renewables , Gas Oil Chemical , Integrated Gasification Combined Cycle , IGCC , Drinking Water, Wastewater, Conveyance Systems , River Coastal , Tunneling Underground , Telecommunications , Wireless Infrastructure, Utility Automation, Broadband Wireline, Telecom Net)
- Organizational and Management Studies: MFSG has studied, designed, and implemented new utility organizational structures for municipal agencies of every size, with a range of alternatives from enterprise funds to separate municipal departments to completely independent authorities. In the productivity area, we have provided clients with services such as: compensation studies, staffing and recruiting plans, personnel management systems, executive recruitment, and performance evaluation systems. (Organizational and Management Studies,municipal, financial, services, water, wastewater, stormwater, solid waste utilities, Engineering, Energy, Power Delivery, Nuclear , Coal , Combustion Turbine , Hydropower , Air Quality Control , Renewables , Gas Oil Chemical , Integrated Gasification Combined Cycle , IGCC , Drinking Water, Wastewater, Conveyance Systems , River Coastal , Tunneling Underground , Telecommunications , Wireless Infrastructure, Utility Automation, Broadband Wireline, Telecom Net)
- Comparative Analyses / Benchmarking: Comparative Analyses / Benchmarking, Many organizations periodically compare themselves with other similar entities (“best in class”) or disaggregate their functions (e.g., purchasing, information technology, customer service, construction management, etc.) to compare specific functions with other organizations that may or may not be in a similar industry or service (“world class”). MFSG has lead or participated in numerous exercises of this sort, enabling its clients to develop comparative indi (Comparative Analyses, Benchmarking,municipal, financial, services, water, wastewater, stormwater, solid waste utilities, Engineering, Energy, Power Delivery, Nuclear , Coal , Combustion Turbine , Hydropower , Air Quality Control , Renewables , Gas Oil Chemical , Integrated Gasification Combined Cycle , IGCC , Drinking Water, Wastewater, Conveyance Systems , River Coastal , Tunneling Underground , Telecommunications , Wireless Infrastructure, Utility Automation, Broadband Wireline, Telecom Networ)
- Water Conservation Studies: Many water utilities are being required to perform conservation studies and implement conservation rates and programs. We have an extensive library of conservation research studies and have tracked the success of the conservation rates we have developed. This data permits us to estimate the result of various conservation rate structures. We also have an extensive library of data on water using fixtures and can design retrofit programs. In addition, we have studied peaking factor reduction strate (Water Conservation Studies,municipal, financial, services, water, wastewater, stormwater, solid waste utilities, Engineering, Energy, Power Delivery, Nuclear , Coal , Combustion Turbine , Hydropower , Air Quality Control , Renewables , Gas Oil Chemical , Integrated Gasification Combined Cycle , IGCC , Drinking Water, Wastewater, Conveyance Systems , River Coastal , Tunneling Underground , Telecommunications , Wireless Infrastructure, Utility Automation, Broadband Wireline, Telecom Networks, Ente)
- Formation of Authorities and Commissions : In recent years, costs of constructing and operating water, wastewater, stormwater and solid waste utilities have become unmanageable for some municipalities, particularly in high-growth areas or those with overlapping jurisdictions. As a result, many communities have decided to consolidate their utilities into regional systems, or to close down municipally operated facilities and purchase services from private or neighboring municipal utilities. We have assisted a number of communities in devel (Formation of Authorities and Commissions,municipal, financial, services, water, wastewater, stormwater, solid waste utilities, Engineering, Energy, Power Delivery, Nuclear , Coal , Combustion Turbine , Hydropower , Air Quality Control , Renewables , Gas Oil Chemical , Integrated Gasification Combined Cycle , IGCC , Drinking Water, Wastewater, Conveyance Systems , River Coastal , Tunneling Underground , Telecommunications , Wireless Infrastructure, Utility Automation, Broadband Wireline, Telecom )
- Bond-Related Studies: Bond-Related Studies - The issuance of long-term debt can take many forms: general obligation bonds, revenue bonds, certificates of participation, etc. These financial instruments often require specialized services which the Municipal and Financial Services Group can provide on short notice, with quick turnaround (Bond-Related StudiesThe issuance of long-term debt can take many forms: general obligation bonds, revenue bonds, certificates of participation, etc. These financial instruments often require specialized services which the Municipal and Financial Services Group can provide on short notice, with quick turnaround)
- Strategic Financial Planning: Sound management requires that large capital expenditures be planned in advance, in order to assure stability and smoothness in taxes and user fees, as well as optimizing financing arrangements. (Strategic Financial Planning,municipal, financial, services, water, wastewater, stormwater, solid waste utilities, Engineering, Energy, Power Delivery, Nuclear , Coal , Combustion Turbine , Hydropower , Air Quality Control , Renewables , Gas Oil Chemical , Integrated Gasification Combined Cycle , IGCC , Drinking Water, Wastewater, Conveyance Systems , River Coastal , Tunneling Underground , Telecommunications , Wireless Infrastructure, Utility Automation, Broadband Wireline, Telecom Networks, En)
- Infrastructure Management / GASB 34: The key to keeping life cycle costs low is to maintain infrastructure assets at their desired service levels, thereby assuring their longest possible useful lives. MFSG has worked with numerous clients to develop condition assessments, asset tracking systems, preventive maintenance systems and other information systems to support asset management. (Infrastructure Management, GASB 34,municipal, financial, services, water, wastewater, stormwater, solid waste utilities, Engineering, Energy, Power Delivery, Nuclear , Coal , Combustion Turbine , Hydropower , Air Quality Control , Renewables , Gas Oil Chemical , Integrated Gasification Combined Cycle , IGCC , Drinking Water, Wastewater, Conveyance Systems , River Coastal , Tunneling Underground , Telecommunications , Wireless Infrastructure, Utility Automation, Broadband Wireline, Telecom Networ)
- Litigation Support/Expert Witness Testimony: When legal actions are undertaken which could have significant financial impacts on local governments, MFSG is capable of providing a wide range of expert services. (Litigation Support, Expert Witness Testimony,municipal, financial, services, water, wastewater, stormwater, solid waste utilities, Engineering, Energy, Power Delivery, Nuclear , Coal , Combustion Turbine , Hydropower , Air Quality Control , Renewables , Gas Oil Chemical , Integrated Gasification Combined Cycle , IGCC , Drinking Water, Wastewater, Conveyance Systems , River Coastal , Tunneling Underground , Telecommunications , Wireless Infrastructure, Utility Automation, Broadband Wireline, Tele)
- Other Financial and Economic Studies and Models: Other Financial and Economic Studies and Models, In addition to the industry-specific services described above, the Municipal & Financial Services Group has the expertise and experience to assist local governments in several functional areas:. (Other Financial, Economic Studies, Models, ,municipal, financial, services, water, wastewater, stormwater, solid waste utilities, Engineering, Energy, Power Delivery, Nuclear , Coal , Combustion Turbine , Hydropower , Air Quality Control , Renewables , Gas Oil Chemical , Integrated Gasification Combined Cycle , IGCC , Drinking Water, Wastewater, Conveyance Systems , River Coastal , Tunneling Underground , Telecommunications , Wireless Infrastructure, Utility Automation, Broadband Wireline, Telec)
Clients: Over the years, MFSG have performed literally hundreds of studies for our clients and can provide focused examples of client work in specific functions, industries, geographic areas or programs. Appearing below is a very small sample of some of our client projects: (Clients, ,municipal, financial, services, water, wastewater, stormwater, solid waste utilities, Engineering, Energy, Power Delivery, Nuclear , Coal , Combustion Turbine , Hydropower , Air Quality Control , Renewables , Gas Oil Chemical , Integrated Gasification Combined Cycle , IGCC , Drinking Water, Wastewater, Conveyance Systems , River Coastal , Tunneling Underground , Telecommunications , Wireless Infrastructure, Utility Automation, Broadband Wireline, Telecom Networks, Enterprise Management)
Contact: Contact The Municipal & Financial Services Group 906-A Commerce Road Annapolis MD, 21401 (Contact,municipal, financial, services, water, wastewater, stormwater, solid waste utilities, Engineering, Energy, Power Delivery, Nuclear , Coal , Combustion Turbine , Hydropower , Air Quality Control , Renewables , Gas Oil Chemical , Integrated Gasification Combined Cycle , IGCC , Drinking Water, Wastewater, Conveyance Systems , River Coastal , Tunneling Underground , Telecommunications , Wireless Infrastructure, Utility Automation, Broadband Wireline, Telecom Networks, Enterprise Management S)