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Interlocal Advisory Center
Suggestions
to further Intra and Interlocal Cooperation
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Arrange periodic
meetings with colleagues at the board of education, utilities
authority, etc. to review current operations and identify
ways in which you can increase cooperation.
Arrange periodic
meetings with neighboring municipal leaders to discuss and
investigate opportunities to initiate cooperation or cooperate
more.
Discuss with
your school district and other internal (within the municipality)
common functions both perform such as
- Facilities
and ground maintenance,
- Field maintenance,
- Snow and
ice control,
- Landscaping
services,
- Payroll
and benefits administration,
- Purchasing
- Information
technology – voice and data communication.
- When a vacancy
in a key municipal position occurs, examine the opportunities
to redesign the service and its administration.
- Must
the position be full time?
- Can you
use a job-sharing model to fill the position?
- Can you
share the service with or buy it from another municipality?
- Review the
status of your purchasing system.
- Are you
using cooperative purchasing opportunities to the
maximum extent possible?
- Are you
comparing prices of various cooperative purchasing
alternatives to choose the best one and assure the
best price?
- Are you
quantifying your purchasing needs and guaranteeing
a vendor a minimum quantity to obtain the best possible
price?
- Through
a commodity resale agreement, are you offering this
great price to other municipal agencies such as first
aid squads, fire districts or the board of education?
To access
the League’s advisory service on Interlocal Service
Cooperation and Management Advisory Service visit http://www.njslom.org/services_interlocal.html. |
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