Projects – Government Operations & Efficiency
Government Operations & Efficiency
Laberge Group Assists Villages through the Dissolution Process
Villages of Macedon and Port Henry File Citizen-Initiated Village Dissolution Petition Laberge Group was retained by the Village of Macedon and the Village of Port Henry to assist them with their dissolution processes. The Village of Macedon held a referendum to...
Community Needs Assessment. City of Port Jervis, New York
The City of Port Jervis retained Laberge Group to develop a Community Needs Assessment as part of the Port Jervis Community Development Strategic Plan. The Community Needs Assessment was conducted to define the extent of community needs and to examine the root causes...
Shared Services Feasibility Study Tarrytown Schools
The Villages of Tarrytown and Sleepy Hollow, along with the Public Schools of the Tarrytowns, contracted the Laberge Group to complete the Tri-Agency Recreation Feasibility Study on Shared Services. Due to their close proximity and the extensive current sharing of...
Police Department Consolidation Study Chester NY
Laberge Group was retained by the Town and Village of Chester to develop a Police Consolidation Feasibility Study. The study will aid the municipalities in determining the: Common interests of the town and village and how they can together provide essential public...
Police Department Consolidation Feasibility Study, West and East Goshen, & Westtown, Pennsylvania
Laberge Group was retained by West Goshen, East Goshen, and Westtown, Chester County, Pennsylvania to develop a Police Department Consolidation Feasibility Study. The study will aid the municipalities in determining the: Common interests of the town and village and...
Dissolution Plan. Village of Bloomingburg, New York
The electorate of the Village of Bloomingburg submitted a petition for dissolution in accordance with Article 17-A of the General Municipal Law. Recognizing the emotional and sensitive nature of the Village of Bloomingburg’s petition for dissolution, Laberge Group...
Dissolution Plan. Village of Salem, New York
The electorate of the Village of Salem submitted a petition for dissolution in accordance with Article 17-A of the General Municipal Law. In a voter-initiated process, the full detailed plan for dissolution is not required prior to the referendum, but the Village...
Chemung County’s Shared Highway Services Hybrid Approach
In an era of declining municipal revenues and rising fixed costs, the importance of effectively managing the delivery of municipal services cannot be overstated. This is especially true of highway services, which encompass both significant human capital resources and...
Shared Public Services Reduce Local Municipal Costs
Part of this historically higher rate of taxation is due to the fact that New York has many more local governments and agencies than most states. In fact, New York has more than 10 percent of its working population occupying local government positions, compared to the...
Moving the Barometer: Overcoming Barriers to Shared Services in Local Government
Every level of government in New York State is responding to the repercussions of a slow economic recovery, forced to develop municipal budgets that must account for unfunded mandates and increasing demand for quality services, all while keeping the budget under the...
DPW Shared Services Feasibility StudyDobbs Ferry & Hastings-on-Hudson
DPW Shared Services/Consolidation Feasibility Study Laberge Group was retained by the villages of Dobbs Ferry and Hastings-on-Hudson to develop a Shared Services/Consolidation Feasibility Study. The purpose of the Study was to evaluate the way DPW services are...
Shared Fuel Consolidation Services Study Phase III Hamilton County, NY
The Hamilton County Consolidation Study is the third and final phase of the County managed the shared fuel delivery project. This will allow all municipalities, agencies and stakeholders within Hamilton County to obtain fuel from strategically positioned County...