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Confronting Fiscal Stress In Municipal Governments: Support By Michigan Residents For Eight Common Strategies, Jered Carr
Working Group on Interlocal Services Cooperation
This report discusses findings from a survey of 660 randomly selected Michigan residents in winter 2007. The survey examined attitudes of Michigan residents toward eight strategies to resolving situations where current revenues are inadequate to support local services at past levels. The strategies examined fall into two broad categories. The first set (tax increases, state and federal aid) seeks to increase local revenues available to support services at previously existing levels and quality. The second set of strategies focus on reducing the costs of providing services with the objective of maintaining previous levels at a lower cost. This set includes …
Explaining Horizontal And Vertical Cooperation On Public Services In Michigan: The Role Of Local Fiscal Capacity, Jered B. Carr, Elisabeth R. Gerber, Eric W. Lupher
Explaining Horizontal And Vertical Cooperation On Public Services In Michigan: The Role Of Local Fiscal Capacity, Jered B. Carr, Elisabeth R. Gerber, Eric W. Lupher
Working Group on Interlocal Services Cooperation
Michigan local governments engage in a wide range of cooperative activities. Little is known, however, about what factors motivate local governments to engage in intergovernmental cooperation and how local government officials choose among various forms of collaboration. We develop and test a theory of intergovernmental cooperation that explains differences in the factors that lead local governments to engage in horizontal cooperation with other local units versus vertical cooperation with county or state governments. Our primary focus is on fiscal capacity: we hypothesize that limited fiscal capacity leads many local governments, especially townships, to work collaboratively with state or county actors …
Justifying Interlocal Cooperation: Feasibility Studies, Financing And Cost Allocation, Art Holdsworth
Justifying Interlocal Cooperation: Feasibility Studies, Financing And Cost Allocation, Art Holdsworth
Working Group on Interlocal Services Cooperation
This White Paper overviews the obstacles and benefits to interlocal collaboration on public services. A major emphasis is placed on understanding the preparation of feasibility studies and the issues involved in allocating the costs of shared services among communities.
The Business Case For Interlocal Cooperation, Art Holdsworth
The Business Case For Interlocal Cooperation, Art Holdsworth
Working Group on Interlocal Services Cooperation
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Which Local Governments Cooperate On Public Safety?: Lessons From Michigan, Jered B. Carr, Kelly Leroux
Which Local Governments Cooperate On Public Safety?: Lessons From Michigan, Jered B. Carr, Kelly Leroux
Working Group on Interlocal Services Cooperation
Despite the increased interest in voluntary services cooperation, little is known about the factors that encourage local governments to enter into collaborative services arrangements with each other. This paper addresses this question through an analysis of interlocal contracting arrangements for police and fire services reported by 464 local governments in Michigan. While the contracting of public services is increasing common in local governments across the country, collaborations on police and fire services have proved far more difficult to achieve. Public safety contracting presents a dilemma for public managers. On one hand, local governments devote a substantial part of their budgets …
Patterns Of Interlocal Services Collaboration: A Preliminary Analysis, Jered B. Carr
Patterns Of Interlocal Services Collaboration: A Preliminary Analysis, Jered B. Carr
Working Group on Interlocal Services Cooperation
Presentation of preliminary findings of the Citizens Research Council of Michigan's survey of public services arrangements in Michigan.
Catalog Of Local Government Services In Michigan, Eric Lupher
Catalog Of Local Government Services In Michigan, Eric Lupher
Working Group on Interlocal Services Cooperation
The Citizens Research Council announces the release of the Catalog of Local Government Services. The Catalog is the result of a survey sent to the governments of 670 counties, cities, villages, and counties in 24 Michigan counties. The surveys asked which services are provided to residents of each community, and if the services are provided, whether they are provided by the units themselves, through cooperative arrangements, by another unit, or by contract. Responses were received from about 70 percent of the units contacted. The data show that Michigan cities, villages, and townships cannot be characterized in simple terms. The menu …