Consolidation and Regionalization
Sustainability
Public or private facilities that discharge to rivers, lakes or streams must have discharge permits. Water boards regulate discharges and stormwater runoff.
A federal rollback of vehicle emissions and a revoke of climate change plans may not stop an army of mayors and their local partners from persisting.
How cities, counties and towns can use agreements and alliances or merge governments and workforces to save money, improve services and better compete.
A recent study of Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, revealed consolidating police services in the region could save as much as $18.2 million.
Transit experts are now looking to public-private partnerships to create smarter, more efficient transportation networks based on data analytics
The mayor of Gary, Indiana, is proposing an employee consolidation plan that aims to reduce overall costs and free up money for workforce raises
Mississippi school districts stand to save more than $200 million a year if inefficient contracts are eliminated and shared services are embraced for certain roles
Oswego, Yorkville and Montgomery plan to share some services in the future
Katy city officials have engineered a tax assessment and collection system they say will save the city money while being more convenient for taxpayers
The city, long divided into black and white neighborhoods, is asking affluent counties to pitch in
Efficiency with the lure of budget savings has local officials investigating creating a “Combined Regional 911 Dispatch Center”
North Wildwood and Wildwood Crest have agreed to share a municipal court administrator to save money
The goal of the podcast is to showcase the benefits associated with educational shared services in New Jersey communities
Cities are experimenting with ways to share services and consolidate operations to cut costs, improve efficiency and make better use of available resources
Sheriff’s offices in Columbia and Greene counties and the Hudson Police Department have announced they are teaming up to better serve the community
Two southern Vermont communities are considering consolidating police, fire and rescue services
Vermont passed a unified school district initiative that has strengthened counties with declining enrollment
At a Township Council meeting, residents voiced opposition to a police department consolidation proposal
Predicting $27 million annual savings in three years, Dutchess County Government successfully submitted a comprehensive Government Efficiency Plan
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