The Challenge of Local Partnerships: The Report of the Governor's Task Force on Local Partnerships. Retrieved from https://doi.org/doi:10.7282/T36T0M6C
DescriptionThe Governor's Task Force on Local Partnerships was charged with "Finding ways for New Jersey's Local Governments to ease property tax burden by pooling resources and sharing services." In order This report recommends that the following actions be taken to advance local partnerships in the state: 1) Establish by Executive Order a network of state agencies which routinely work with local government on various service issues. 2) Provide via network, an expanded range of technical assistance to communities, relating to fiscal, administrative and functional aspects of joint services. 3) Provide financial incentives to local governments for initiating joint service agreements, including: (a) funds for study and implementation grants to local governments, authorized in the Interlocal Services Aid Act, and requested by the Department of Community Affairs for Fy'93 and a higher level for the following year; (b) Incentive bonuses for interlocal and regional services in existing state aid programs. 4) Initiate pilot demonstrations studies in representative function and regions of the state in order to test the efficacy of, and develop models for, implementing interlocal and regional services. 5) Accord the highest priority to a special examination, under the leadership pf the Attorney General, of interlocal services in the law enforcement function. 6) Strengthen the regional and interlocal role of county government.
Data Life Cycle Event(s) Type: Cataloging Date: 1999-11-18 00:00:00.0 Creator: Collins, Elizabeth
Organization NameNew Jersey Environmental Digital Library
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