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passing\nResource Sharing\nStaff\nPolice\nMutual Aid fosters greater efficiency\nBetter coverage and broader attention to crime follow-up\nGreater availability of resources and opportunities & more technical assistance\nFlexibility to meet emergencies or special events such as community festivals & ability to request additional staff when necessary\nMore information sharing, including best practices\nCost savings, particularly through reduced capital investment\nBetter traffic control\nReduction of risk\nAbility to offer additional services to a community not feasible on one’s own\nFire Protection\nStrong support in dealing with emergencies or large events\nStaffing and training benefits\nMutual aid necessary for multiple calls or times when ambulances are already in service\nBetter coordination of efforts\nBetter response to major fires\nCost savings\nBetter safety overall\nIncreased availability of inspectors, resulting in a larger available talented inspector pool\nLowers worker cost structure & gives villages greater flexibility to structure service costs to meeting building activity demands\nManagement/Administration\nInsurance cooperatives provide training and services to mitigate risk that are not provided by traditional insurance companies\nCooperatives also respond to needs that private vendors would not fulfill\nBetter information & best practice sharing\nImproved coordination with local taxing bodies so as to provide more comprehensive service\nHigher quality service and greater variety of options for the locality, its employees, and the community as a whole at a lower cost\nAbility to appoint extremely knowledgeable staff to run insurance pools\nCost savings through economies of scale & from eliminating the need for each municipality to hire extra personnel to provide the services, thereby eliminating long term employee benefit costs\nEquipment\nTechnology\nGreater stable of innovation and specialization\nSharing part time employees allows for a higher caliber of part time employees\nStandardization & better strategic planning\nIntergovernmental cooperation & sharing of best practices\nCost savings\nPooled infrastructure & reduced capital expenses\nBetter access to expert resources, particularly through the GIS Consortium\nGreater information sharing and access to uses for technological services (especially GIS) that multiple other communities have done\nImmediate access to data layers and a breadth of support through the GIS Consortium that can be unaffordable to provide in-house\nServices\nSewage Treatment\nAbility to share a Class I Operator\nBetter regulatory compliance\nGreater geographical choice: tying the service to where the topography of the land allows for sewer flow to follow gravity eliminates the need for expensive mechanical lifting stations\nSignificant operating cost savings\nPublic Works Operations\nAvoid redundant costs to taxpayers\nGreater capacity for equipment\nAdditional support in emergencies, severe weather events, or when equipment is out of service\nReduced capital infrastructure expenses\nGreater efficiency\nReduced equipment maintenance\nCost savings\nIncreased idea, innovation, & best practice sharing\nBetter maintenance\nImproved communication and coordination of efforts\nDrinking Water Treatment and Delivery\nLower costs by outsourcing to another town through (1) eliminating capital infrastructure costs necessary for buying & maintaining facilities and (2) eliminating production and personnel costs\nRevenue from providing water to another municipality\nConnections for backup water supply allow for flexibility for both fire flow and water system maintenance\nBack-up capability in serious emergencies when a fire incident may drain the towers or when a water treatment plant or well malfunctions\nImproved quality of water & services\nGreater efficiency\nBetter water source (ex. 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