Do you have any suggestions for possible solutions to these common problems that local governments encounter when attempting to implement shared service agreements?


  • Conscientiously review the feasibility issues regarding personnel, financial, capital and other resources to assure their accuracy and reasonableness.
  • Document your experiences with the first joint service to clearly and objectively determine if the action was financially or operationally successful, in other words, it met expectations.
  • Include the affected employees in the process from the beginning and all along the way.
  • Show that sharing can work by choosing service units that are ripe for joint administration as early success stories.

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1. How difficult is it for local governments to share services?
2. What are some of the steps that local governments should take when exploring the possibility of sharing services?
3. Why is a feasibility study important? Are there any steps that should be taken before implementing a feasibility study?
4. What are some common problems that local governments encounter when attempting to implement shared service agreements?
5. Do you have any suggestions for possible solutions to these common problems that local governments encounter when attempting to implement shared service agreements?
6. Are there any negatives to sharing services?
7. That said, what are the benefits to sharing services?