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Center for Effective School Operations, LLC

Center for Effective School Operations, LLC offers business services, human resources, grant writing, transportation, and maintenance and facility operations consulting. The firm’s services focus on a broad range of operational concerns for the public sector.

The Center for Effective School Operations, LLC (CESO) is a full services advisory and management firm that provides expertise and supplemental support to school districts. Our focus is on addressing complex challenges through a structured and disciplined analytical process that allows our clients to select the best options for them to address issues and concerns within all aspects of organizational management.

CESO staff have provided consulting support to more than 400 school districts in 3 countries on a broad range of topics that are focused on improving efficiency and effectiveness. We have focused extensively on designing decision-making processes that allow school districts to best balance the use of their financial, technical, human resources, and capital assets. Our clients include rural, suburban, and urban school districts. We have expertise in the complexities of organizational design, change management, leadership, and decision making. We also have decades of experience addressing the technical challenges of managing school finance, transportation human resources, maintenance, and facility operations.

Main Contact:

Tim Ammon
Phone: (612) 213-2892

Mohave Contract:

22J-CESO-1216

Fusebox LLC

Fusebox LLC offers business services consulting and maintenance and facilities operations consulting. Their firm focuses on tech-enabled data management consulting for utility savings.

Fusebox, powered by Pierce Energy Planning, is a “tech-enabled” utility management company. Data (meter billing data, interval and real-time) is aggregated through automation from a variety of inputs, digested, and delivered as actionable insights to clients. Each client organization is assigned a project team that works in the background to review data trends, patterns, and communicate strategies which when implemented deliver significant savings to the bottom line. The Fusebox Team of engineers and utility experts analyze data identifying billing errors and rate plan anomalies. Reports and alerts are sent to the client on a regular basis and quarterly face to face discussions held. The Fusebox user-friendly dashboard allows clients to visualize their use and manage all utility types and providers in one place: easy, smart, and efficient. Special consulting services are offered including solar review and analysis, energy management system review, contract savings reviews, energy efficiency studies and water management plans.

Main Contact:

Sue Pierce
Phone: (480) 773-0035

Mohave Contract:

22J-FUSE-1216

Gauge Precision Consulting, LLC

Gauge Precision Consulting, LLC offers business services consulting and transportation consulting, with an emphasis on school safety, security, and risk management within the business services discipline, and student transportation.

Gauge Precision Consulting, LLC provides professional consulting services in two areas. Student transportation and School Safety and Security.

Our student transportation consulting is intended to help school districts reduce their large transportation operating budgets while improving their customer service. Our work can include bus routing optimizations; boundary planning; bell time optimizations; special needs and McKinney-Vento transportation recommendations; staffing reviews; director searches and more. We have performed consulting services for districts ranging from 3,000 students to 42,000 students.





Our school safety and security services can include vulnerability assessments of campuses; training reviews for compliance; student, staff and facility safety preparedness; emergency operation plan development; risk management reviews and more.

Main Contact:

Paul Novak
Phone: (623) 695-4893

Mohave Contract:

22J-GPC-1216

Heinfeld Meech & Co., P.C.

Heinfeld Meech & Co., P.C. offers business services and human resources consulting, with a focus on accounting, auditing, and advisory services.

HeinfeldMeech is a recognized national leader in the school district and governmental accounting industry. Founded in 1986, we have been offering accounting, auditing and advisory services to Arizona school districts and local governments since that time. With offices in Tucson, Scottsdale, and Flagstaff, Arizona, we are an Arizona-based firm and we have extensive resources within the state to assist the member entities of Mohave. The HeinfeldMeech consulting team brings a wide variety of experiences to enhance the quality of services provided to our clients. Our consulting supervisors have on average over 20 years of experience working with Arizona school districts and other local governments, and our team includes a former governmental financial manager, and former governmental auditors. These experienced consultants are more than accountants. They understand the aspects of local and state government operations and have the skills to develop innovative and workable solutions to almost any issue involving public management, organization, or finance.
Main Contact:

Karin Smith
Phone: (623) 237-7953

Mohave Contract:

22J-HM&C-1216

HR Wise LLC

HR Wise LLC offers business and human resources consulting services, including Native American services which includes consulting for housing policies, procedures development and staff training, Indian Housing Plans, Annual Performance Reporting, program leveraging, procurement and contracts management, Davis-Bacon/TERO Wage Compliance and monitoring, internal audit oversight and review, crime prevention policy development and accounts receivables mitigation.

HR Wise’s goal is for the clients to leave the details to HR Wise so they can concentrate on their business. HR Wise provides timely, accurate, knowledgeable, and experienced services. Specific services include all aspects of Payroll utilizing all National Payroll Software providers, including time and attendance services. Additional services are Human Resources Management covering all employee services from hiring through onboarding, legal compliance, personnel file audits, disputes resolution, exit interviews, and terminations, including training to your organization staff members. Additional services available are Accounting and Bookkeeping with CPA oversight for your organization. And for our Native American Tribes we offer an experienced professional Native American manager to provide service to Tribal Councils with some of their major issues such as Policy Development and Program Monitoring and Development. Additional services available include Tribal Housing policies, procedure development and training, Indian Housing Plans (IHP)/Annual Performance Reports (APR), Program Leveling, Procurement and Contracts Management Development, Davis-Bacon/TERO (Tribal Employment Rights Office) Wage Compliance & Monitoring, HUD Grant compliance support, HUD administrative requirements internal audit oversight and review, crime prevention policy development, Accounts Receivables Mitigation.
Main Contact:

Greg A. O’Keefe
Phone: (855) 353-1035

Mohave Contract:

22J-HRW-1216

Professional Group Public Consulting, Inc. (The)

The Professional Group Public Consulting, Inc. (PGPC Inc.) offers Business Services and Human Resources Consulting, with a focus on remote school districts.

The Professional Group Public Consulting will assist you with Business Management Services, HR needs, as well as Grants, and Curriculum issues. Our staff is seasoned with years of knowledge and experience, both in the public and the private sectors. We can provide assistance, education, and training in Business Management and Services.

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Business Office

  • Budget Projects and Analysis
  • Mentoring
  • Corrective Action Plans
  • State and Federal Reports
  • Journal Entries
  • JTED MOE
  • Budget Visions Assistance
  • Project Management
  • Revenue and Expenditure Issues
  • Bank Reconciliations
  • Reconciliation to County
  • SPED MOE

Compliance issues regarding the Uniform System of Financial Records requirements

Procurement

PGPC will assist with procurement procedures, so that you become and remain in compliance with Arizona state statutes, USFR, and Arizona state procurement rules.

  • Preparing quotes
  • Requests for Proposals (RFP)
  • CM@R Negotiations
  • eMaster Contract Database
  • Information for Bids (IFB)
  • Requests for Qualifications (RFQ)
  • SFOB Construction Projects
  • Assisting with Due Diligence

Curriculum

  • Specializing in SPED
  • Assessment and Evaluation

Human Resources

This being a critical aspect of school business management; PGPC provides assistance with assessment of processes for all employee records, from application, clearance, reference check, drug testing to your district’s evaluation instruments and grievances.

  • Personnel File Management
  • Salary Compensation Survey Study
  • Job Descriptions and Evaluations
  • Employee Handbooks creation/revision
  • Position Control Setup and Training
  • Reclassification Study
  • Terminations certified, classified, and administrative
  • Review employee benefits for compliance & competitiveness

Grants

The Professional Group’s Grants Management staff has a wealth of experience in applying for and managing federal programs, state projects, and competitive grants. Our staff works closely with educators and administrators to take their ideas and refine them into compliant, approvable grant projects that are easy to track and manage through accounting software.

Main Contact:

Caroline Brackley
Phone: (480) 699-4458

Mohave Contract:

22J-PGPC-1216

Sunny Path Associates, Inc.

Sunny Path Associates, Inc. offers business services consulting with a focus on procurement and finance.

Sunny Path Associates, LLC has been shedding light on public procurement since 2018. We are a procurement consulting firm that provides support and training to promote compliance, knowledge and strategic value in government contracting. Our firm facilitates the entire procurement cycle – from pre-solicitation functions through contract award and beyond – as well as everything in between. Sunny Path provides guidance to clients in need of a little or a lot of procurement and finance help with a level of involvement driven by their needs.
Main Contact:

Missy Mudry
Phone: (480) 842-9088

Mohave Contract:

22J-SNPA-1216

Southwest Education Consulting Associates Inc., SWECA Inc.

SWECA Inc. offers business services consulting, human resources consulting and grant writing.

Southwest Educational Consulting Associates (SWECA Inc.) provides clients with organization and program evaluation, grant writing services, financial consultation, human capital, operations support, and strategic planning. Each SWECA associate has over fifteen years of recognized and successful experience in their area of expertise.

SWECA associates have successfully supported clients in the areas of:

  • Educational Services: Educational program planning has ranged from pre-school and family literacy to college and career placement; professional development, mentoring, curriculum audits; school assessments; program evaluation; and school and program improvement efforts.
  • Administrative Services: Strategic planning and administrative team and governing board development; organizational policies and procedures development; and organizational audits.
  • Business Office Management and Support: Budget preparation and assistance, payroll, procurement, expenditure processing and monitoring, and federal and state financial reporting.
  • Human Resources: Personnel audits; salary, time, and leave analysis; personnel recruitment; and mentoring of personnel.
  • Grant Writing: Discretionary moneys have funded new facility construction, remodeling, pre K-grade 12 educational programming, post-secondary programs, workforce development, parenting and adult education. Several clients have used funding as venture capital to start-up and establish new and creative programs.

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Main Contact:

Michael Hughes
Phone: (602) 300-3056

Mohave Contract:

22J-SWECA-1216

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