Community Compact Regional/Shared Services

Introduction

Congratulations on successfully obtaining approval of your Commonwealth Community Compact. You are receiving this survey because you chose as one of your best practices Regional/Shared Services.

CMRPC proposes to work with the towns in our region that have indicated a desire to regionalize or share services as a way to create service improvements, create productive partnerships, and realize cost efficiencies. The following strategy will be employed to most effectively assist the towns collectively.

1. CMRPC will develop a survey of community leaders and town executives to gauge interest and to assess each town's preference and/or opportunities for regionalization or shared services

2. CMRPC will then analyze and summarize the survey

3. CMRPC will research successful models that might address the identified areas of desired regionalization/shared services.

4. Working with the participating communities will work to develop a set of recommendations for each town.

5. CMRPC will work with participating communities and other to draft Memorandums of Understanding, formalize partnership agreements, draft requests for proposals and other appropriate tools that lead to successful regional solutions to identified challenges.

We believe there is tremendous value in collaborative problem solving and while many of the tasks above will happen with each specific town, joint strategy and sharing meetings are planned for the communities to share their challenges and problem solve together.

The survey is short. Please complete the survey by March 11 including your availability to attend a meeting of the participating towns.

Thanks again for pursuing municipal collaboration. CMRPC is eager to help.

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* 1. Please help us understand who is completing this survey

Name

Municipality

Address

Address 2

City/Town

State/Province

ZIP/Postal Code

Email Address

Phone Number

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* 2. What is your role with the municipality?

Town Administrator/Manager/Executive Secretary

Board of Selectmen

Other (please specify)

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* 3. What is your preferred title?

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* 4. Please review the following topics and indicate your town's perpspective with regard to sharing or regionalizing for that topic

Other (please specify)

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* 5. Are you currently in discussion regarding sharing or regionalizing on any topic? If so about what? With whom? Please provide a brief summary.

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* 6. Procurement. Which of the following goods or services would you consider procuring with another town or through another agency such as CMRPC?

	Already procure this with another municipality or agency	Highly desirable to procure this jointly	Would consider procuring jointly	Would not procure this jointly
Computing and Telecommunication Devices	Computing and Telecommunication Devices Already procure this with another municipality or agency	Computing and Telecommunication Devices Highly desirable to procure this jointly	Computing and Telecommunication Devices Would consider procuring jointly	Computing and Telecommunication Devices Would not procure this jointly
Electricity	Electricity Already procure this with another municipality or agency	Electricity Highly desirable to procure this jointly	Electricity Would consider procuring jointly	Electricity Would not procure this jointly
Emergency Medical Support Supplies	Emergency Medical Support Supplies Already procure this with another municipality or agency	Emergency Medical Support Supplies Highly desirable to procure this jointly	Emergency Medical Support Supplies Would consider procuring jointly	Emergency Medical Support Supplies Would not procure this jointly
Energy Efficient Technology	Energy Efficient Technology Already procure this with another municipality or agency	Energy Efficient Technology Highly desirable to procure this jointly	Energy Efficient Technology Would consider procuring jointly	Energy Efficient Technology Would not procure this jointly
Fuel Oil/Propane/Diesel/Gasoline	Fuel Oil/Propane/Diesel/Gasoline Already procure this with another municipality or agency	Fuel Oil/Propane/Diesel/Gasoline Highly desirable to procure this jointly	Fuel Oil/Propane/Diesel/Gasoline Would consider procuring jointly	Fuel Oil/Propane/Diesel/Gasoline Would not procure this jointly
General Office Supplies	General Office Supplies Already procure this with another municipality or agency	General Office Supplies Highly desirable to procure this jointly	General Office Supplies Would consider procuring jointly	General Office Supplies Would not procure this jointly
Narcan	Narcan Already procure this with another municipality or agency	Narcan Highly desirable to procure this jointly	Narcan Would consider procuring jointly	Narcan Would not procure this jointly
Road Salt/Highway Materials	Road Salt/Highway Materials Already procure this with another municipality or agency	Road Salt/Highway Materials Highly desirable to procure this jointly	Road Salt/Highway Materials Would consider procuring jointly	Road Salt/Highway Materials Would not procure this jointly
Vehicles	Vehicles Already procure this with another municipality or agency	Vehicles Highly desirable to procure this jointly	Vehicles Would consider procuring jointly	Vehicles Would not procure this jointly

Other (please specify)

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* 7. Meeting Date. Please check the dates that you are available to attend.

	10 am-12	12 pm - 2pm	2pm- 4pm	4pm - 6pm	6pm-8pm
March 15	March 15 10 am-12	March 15 12 pm - 2pm	March 15 2pm- 4pm	March 15 4pm - 6pm	March 15 6pm-8pm
March 16	March 16 10 am-12	March 16 12 pm - 2pm	March 16 2pm- 4pm	March 16 4pm - 6pm	March 16 6pm-8pm
March 21	March 21 10 am-12	March 21 12 pm - 2pm	March 21 2pm- 4pm	March 21 4pm - 6pm	March 21 6pm-8pm
March 22	March 22 10 am-12	March 22 12 pm - 2pm	March 22 2pm- 4pm	March 22 4pm - 6pm	March 22 6pm-8pm
March 24	March 24 10 am-12	March 24 12 pm - 2pm	March 24 2pm- 4pm	March 24 4pm - 6pm	March 24 6pm-8pm

Thank you. If you have additional comments or feedback, please do not hesitate to contact Trish Settles, Manager of Municipal Collaboration at tsettles@cmrpc.org or 508 459 3320.

Again we look forward to working with you to develop and implement best practices for CMRPC communities.

	Already regionalize or share with regard to this topic	Highly desirable to regionalize or share with regard to this topic	Would consider regionalizing or sharing with regard to this topic	Not at all desirable to regionalize or share with regard to this topic
Advanced Life Support Services	Advanced Life Support Services Already regionalize or share with regard to this topic	Advanced Life Support Services Highly desirable to regionalize or share with regard to this topic	Advanced Life Support Services Would consider regionalizing or sharing with regard to this topic	Advanced Life Support Services Not at all desirable to regionalize or share with regard to this topic
Animal Control	Animal Control Already regionalize or share with regard to this topic	Animal Control Highly desirable to regionalize or share with regard to this topic	Animal Control Would consider regionalizing or sharing with regard to this topic	Animal Control Not at all desirable to regionalize or share with regard to this topic
Assessing	Assessing Already regionalize or share with regard to this topic	Assessing Highly desirable to regionalize or share with regard to this topic	Assessing Would consider regionalizing or sharing with regard to this topic	Assessing Not at all desirable to regionalize or share with regard to this topic
Building Inspection	Building Inspection Already regionalize or share with regard to this topic	Building Inspection Highly desirable to regionalize or share with regard to this topic	Building Inspection Would consider regionalizing or sharing with regard to this topic	Building Inspection Not at all desirable to regionalize or share with regard to this topic
Conservation Agent	Conservation Agent Already regionalize or share with regard to this topic	Conservation Agent Highly desirable to regionalize or share with regard to this topic	Conservation Agent Would consider regionalizing or sharing with regard to this topic	Conservation Agent Not at all desirable to regionalize or share with regard to this topic
Council on Aging/Senior Services	Council on Aging/Senior Services Already regionalize or share with regard to this topic	Council on Aging/Senior Services Highly desirable to regionalize or share with regard to this topic	Council on Aging/Senior Services Would consider regionalizing or sharing with regard to this topic	Council on Aging/Senior Services Not at all desirable to regionalize or share with regard to this topic
Dispatch	Dispatch Already regionalize or share with regard to this topic	Dispatch Highly desirable to regionalize or share with regard to this topic	Dispatch Would consider regionalizing or sharing with regard to this topic	Dispatch Not at all desirable to regionalize or share with regard to this topic
Emergency Management Staffing/Services/Equipment	Emergency Management Staffing/Services/Equipment Already regionalize or share with regard to this topic	Emergency Management Staffing/Services/Equipment Highly desirable to regionalize or share with regard to this topic	Emergency Management Staffing/Services/Equipment Would consider regionalizing or sharing with regard to this topic	Emergency Management Staffing/Services/Equipment Not at all desirable to regionalize or share with regard to this topic
Fire Department Staffing/Services/Equipment	Fire Department Staffing/Services/Equipment Already regionalize or share with regard to this topic	Fire Department Staffing/Services/Equipment Highly desirable to regionalize or share with regard to this topic	Fire Department Staffing/Services/Equipment Would consider regionalizing or sharing with regard to this topic	Fire Department Staffing/Services/Equipment Not at all desirable to regionalize or share with regard to this topic
Geographic Information Services	Geographic Information Services Already regionalize or share with regard to this topic	Geographic Information Services Highly desirable to regionalize or share with regard to this topic	Geographic Information Services Would consider regionalizing or sharing with regard to this topic	Geographic Information Services Not at all desirable to regionalize or share with regard to this topic
Health Agent	Health Agent Already regionalize or share with regard to this topic	Health Agent Highly desirable to regionalize or share with regard to this topic	Health Agent Would consider regionalizing or sharing with regard to this topic	Health Agent Not at all desirable to regionalize or share with regard to this topic
Housing Planning Services	Housing Planning Services Already regionalize or share with regard to this topic	Housing Planning Services Highly desirable to regionalize or share with regard to this topic	Housing Planning Services Would consider regionalizing or sharing with regard to this topic	Housing Planning Services Not at all desirable to regionalize or share with regard to this topic
Human Resources/Personnel Services	Human Resources/Personnel Services Already regionalize or share with regard to this topic	Human Resources/Personnel Services Highly desirable to regionalize or share with regard to this topic	Human Resources/Personnel Services Would consider regionalizing or sharing with regard to this topic	Human Resources/Personnel Services Not at all desirable to regionalize or share with regard to this topic
Information Technology (IT) Services	Information Technology (IT) Services Already regionalize or share with regard to this topic	Information Technology (IT) Services Highly desirable to regionalize or share with regard to this topic	Information Technology (IT) Services Would consider regionalizing or sharing with regard to this topic	Information Technology (IT) Services Not at all desirable to regionalize or share with regard to this topic
Infrastructure/Water/Sewer Services/Compliance	Infrastructure/Water/Sewer Services/Compliance Already regionalize or share with regard to this topic	Infrastructure/Water/Sewer Services/Compliance Highly desirable to regionalize or share with regard to this topic	Infrastructure/Water/Sewer Services/Compliance Would consider regionalizing or sharing with regard to this topic	Infrastructure/Water/Sewer Services/Compliance Not at all desirable to regionalize or share with regard to this topic
Police Department Staffing/Services/Equipment	Police Department Staffing/Services/Equipment Already regionalize or share with regard to this topic	Police Department Staffing/Services/Equipment Highly desirable to regionalize or share with regard to this topic	Police Department Staffing/Services/Equipment Would consider regionalizing or sharing with regard to this topic	Police Department Staffing/Services/Equipment Not at all desirable to regionalize or share with regard to this topic
Public Housing Management/Services	Public Housing Management/Services Already regionalize or share with regard to this topic	Public Housing Management/Services Highly desirable to regionalize or share with regard to this topic	Public Housing Management/Services Would consider regionalizing or sharing with regard to this topic	Public Housing Management/Services Not at all desirable to regionalize or share with regard to this topic
Public Works Staffing/Services/Equipment	Public Works Staffing/Services/Equipment Already regionalize or share with regard to this topic	Public Works Staffing/Services/Equipment Highly desirable to regionalize or share with regard to this topic	Public Works Staffing/Services/Equipment Would consider regionalizing or sharing with regard to this topic	Public Works Staffing/Services/Equipment Not at all desirable to regionalize or share with regard to this topic
Recreation Department	Recreation Department Already regionalize or share with regard to this topic	Recreation Department Highly desirable to regionalize or share with regard to this topic	Recreation Department Would consider regionalizing or sharing with regard to this topic	Recreation Department Not at all desirable to regionalize or share with regard to this topic
School District	School District Already regionalize or share with regard to this topic	School District Highly desirable to regionalize or share with regard to this topic	School District Would consider regionalizing or sharing with regard to this topic	School District Not at all desirable to regionalize or share with regard to this topic
Social Services	Social Services Already regionalize or share with regard to this topic	Social Services Highly desirable to regionalize or share with regard to this topic	Social Services Would consider regionalizing or sharing with regard to this topic	Social Services Not at all desirable to regionalize or share with regard to this topic
Town Administration	Town Administration Already regionalize or share with regard to this topic	Town Administration Highly desirable to regionalize or share with regard to this topic	Town Administration Would consider regionalizing or sharing with regard to this topic	Town Administration Not at all desirable to regionalize or share with regard to this topic
Town Planning/Community Development	Town Planning/Community Development Already regionalize or share with regard to this topic	Town Planning/Community Development Highly desirable to regionalize or share with regard to this topic	Town Planning/Community Development Would consider regionalizing or sharing with regard to this topic	Town Planning/Community Development Not at all desirable to regionalize or share with regard to this topic
Treasurer/Collector/Accounting	Treasurer/Collector/Accounting Already regionalize or share with regard to this topic	Treasurer/Collector/Accounting Highly desirable to regionalize or share with regard to this topic	Treasurer/Collector/Accounting Would consider regionalizing or sharing with regard to this topic	Treasurer/Collector/Accounting Not at all desirable to regionalize or share with regard to this topic
Veterans Services	Veterans Services Already regionalize or share with regard to this topic	Veterans Services Highly desirable to regionalize or share with regard to this topic	Veterans Services Would consider regionalizing or sharing with regard to this topic	Veterans Services Not at all desirable to regionalize or share with regard to this topic