Many city and county governments realize that an entity can only control what it measures. As a result, many municipal governments are introducing nonfinancial performance measures to help improve municipal services. In a group, use the Google search engine to perform a search for “municipal government performance measurement.” Google will provide a list of Internet sites that outline various city efforts in using nonfinancial performance measures.
The city that our group has decided to research on non-financial measurements is Kirkland, Washington. One of the neighborhood regulations that they abide to is the measurement of time there can and cannot be disruptive noise. On their website, https://www.kirklandwa.gov/depart/CMO/Neighborhood_Services/FAQs.htm,