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Type: |
Joint
Purchase of Facility |
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Jackson City/County
Facilities Study Committee |
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Agency, Counties or
Groups involved in the process: |
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Why did you
collaborate on this effort? |
Met
over two years to assess the condition of current city and county facilities,
including county public service departments, city library and senior center;
to assess current and future city and county needs; and develop a
recommendation focused on creating a joint city/county facility that would
incorporate sharing spaces. |
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Keys to success /
challenges / lessons learned / advice to others: |
Financial
savings - for example, both have need for meeting spaces that could be
fulfilled by a joint space that is better utilized Better
service - "one stop shopping" - for example, seniors who come to
senior dining could also stop at Public Health for blood pressure check, or
at Veteran Services, or at Library. |
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What have been the
outcomes to-date? |
Although
there have been many challenges to the project for various reasons, there
seems to be general consensus that the city and county working together is a
good idea. |
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Resources: |
We are
close to submitting our final recommendation to the |
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For more information, |
Janice
Fransen, |
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Type: |
Joint
Purchase of Facility |
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Agency, Counties or
Groups involved in the process: |
City
of |
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Why did you
collaborate on this effort? |
Meeker
County's |
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Keys to success /
challenges / lessons learned / advice to others: |
Save
money and improve communications |
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What have been the
outcomes to-date? |
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Resources: |
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For more information, |
Paul
Virnig, |