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CONSOLIDATION/SHARED SERVICES STUDY

Consolidation of Local Governmental Units and Shared Services

At the 53rd Biennial Convention, the delegates adopted a new study of up to two years on the consolidation of governmental units and the sharing of governmental services.
Justification of the Study (May 2009)

Bibliography

Consensus Questions

Discussion Guide and Consensus Questions
Consensus Questions Only

League Materials

CONSOLIDATING LOCAL GOVERNMENT
Noreen Fisher, Chair, LWVNYS Government Consolidation Committee. (Full Report)
(November 2009)

Update from State Study Committee
(September 2009)

Non-League Materials

Local Government Reform Presentation
John Clarkson, Former Executive Director, Lundine Commission May 2009

A Century of Debate about Regionalism and Metropolitan Government
Margaret Weir, University of California, Berkeley, September 2004

Shared Municipal Services
NYS Bar Association Government, Law and Policy Journal, Winter 2007

Print-Ready Voter Articles

CONSOLIDATING LOCAL GOVERNMENT

Noreen Fisher, Chair, LWVNYS Government Consolidation Committee. November 2009.
Print-ready 4 page article describing Lundine Commission Report recommendations, summary of the Attorney Generals’ recently enacted bill, and other consolidation/dissolution issues.

CONSOLIDATING LOCAL GOVERNMENT
CONSOLIDATING LOCAL GOVERNMENT
Noreen Fisher, Chair, LWVNYS Government Consolidation Committee. November 2009.
Print-ready 2 ½ page article describing scope of study and structure of New York State’s governmental units.

CONSOLIDATING LOCAL GOVERNMENT
CONSOLIDATING LOCAL GOVERNMENT
Noreen Fisher, Chair, LWVNYS Government Consolidation Committee. November 2009.
Print-ready 7 page article describing rational for study, structures of governmental units, Lundine Commission Report recommendations, summary of the Attorney Generals’ recently enacted bill and other consolidation/dissolution issues.