| County |
Case Descriptions |
Forms of Restructuring |
Specific Services Affected |
| Clinton County |
Case 1: Landfill |
privatization - Contracting out to private for-profit sector |
operations |
| Dutchess County |
Case 1: Intermunicipal Purchasing Cooperative |
intermunicipal cooperation - purchasing cooperative |
purchase of both goods and services |
| Dutchess County |
Case 3: Mental Health Services |
privatization with non-profit sector |
mental health services |
| Dutchess County |
Case 2: Highway Paint Stripping |
privatization |
paint stripping of all county roads |
| Erie County |
Case 1: Convention Center |
intermunicipal cooperation - the county took over convention center from City of Buffalo |
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| Erie County |
Case 4: Provide Funds to the City of Buffalo or snow removal and highway repair |
intermunicipal cooperation |
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| Erie County |
Case 3: Consolidation of Senior Van Services, Disabled Advocacy, Substance Abuse, and Youth Services with the City of Buffalo |
intermunicipal cooperation |
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| Erie County |
Case 2: Bennett Beach |
intermunicipal cooperation - the county is in the process of taking over Bennett Beach from the City of Buffalo |
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| Genesee County |
Case 2: Airport |
reverse privatization - cessation of f.b.o. (fixed base operator) private sector |
airport operation and fuel service |
| Genesee County |
Case 1: health benefits plan |
reverse privatization - self-funded hospitalization rather than BC/BS |
medical, dental, prescription for employees |
| Genesee County |
Case 3: Meals on Wheels/Nutrition Program - Office of Aging |
privatization - private contract |
co. kitchen shutdown |
| Herkimer County |
Case 1: Privatize our Medicaid Transportation Program |
privatization |
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| Jefferson County |
Case 2: MetroJefferson Dog Shelter |
internal restructuring - consolidated shelter and service through contract |
dog control |
| Jefferson County |
Case 1: Snow Removal - Co. Highway System |
intermunicipal cooperation - renegotiated contracts |
highways |
| Livingston County |
Case 1: Takeover by County of Non-profit Aging Services |
reverse privatization - agency made part of co. govt. |
all traditional OFA services |
| Livingston County |
Case 2: Privatization of Nursing Home Food Services |
privatization of former County Services |
food service |
| Livingston County |
Case 2: Formation of County Water & Sewer Authority |
internal restructuring |
water and sewer services |
| Livingston County |
Case 1: Food Service at Nursing Homes |
privatization - food services at two co. nursing homes privatized |
food service at co. homes; Office of Aging |
| Ontario County |
Case 1: Construction of Joint Fueling Facility |
intermunicipal cooperation |
fleet fueling |
| Ontario County |
Case 2: Joint Negotiation of Electric Rates |
intermunicipal cooperation |
electric rates |
| Oswego County |
Case 3: Medicaid Managed Care |
privatization |
Medicaid funded health services |
| Oswego County |
Case 2: Human Services Agency Consolidation |
internal restructuring - merger between two county depts. |
social services; employment and training |
| Oswego County |
Case 1: Consolidation of Administrative Oversight for Human Services |
internal restructuring - administrative consolidation |
Health and Human Services |
| Otsego County |
Case 3: Ownership and/or Operation of Co. Nursing Home |
privatization |
co. nursing home |
| Otsego County |
Case 2: Public Transportation System |
privatization |
public transportation of co. residents, excluding City of Oneita |
| Otsego County |
Case 1: Transportation of non-emergency Medicaid recipients |
privatization |
transportation of clients |
| Putnam County |
Case 1: Co. Data Processing Outsourcing Project |
privatization |
centralized and decentralized data processing services |
| Schuyler County |
Case 1: County Attorney's Office |
internal restructuring - combine county/social services attorney - bring in house |
county legal services |
| Schuyler County |
Case 2: Civil Service/Personnel |
internal restructuring - go to a personnel officer - eliminate commission |
personnel |
| Schuyler County |
Case 3: Youth Bureau/Grants Writing |
internal restructuring - decrease youth bureau director to 1/2 time and add 1/2 time grants writer |
children's services; other human services |
| Schuyler County |
Case 4: Planning Services |
intermunicipal cooperation - contract with S.C. Cornell Cooperative Ext. for planning |
planning services |
| Schuyler County |
Case 5: Consolidated Health Services |
internal restructuring - combine public and mental health under our administration |
public health; home health; mental health |
| Steuben County |
Case 2: Highway Work |
privatization - contracting out highway work |
road restoring |
| Steuben County |
Case 1: Worker's Compensation Pool/Claims Processing |
intermunicipal cooperation - third party administrator |
county and township worker's comp |
| Steuben County |
Case 1: Worker's Compensation Program |
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| Tompkins County |
Case 3: Recycling & Solid Waste Center Management |
privatization |
recycling/waste handling and processing |
| Tompkins County |
Case 1: Transit Consolidation |
intermunicipal cooperation - two municipal and two non-profit transit systems merged |
transit (bus) |
| Tompkins County |
Case 2: Bridge Repair/Replacement |
intermunicipal cooperation - use of state bridge $ by county highway division |
bridge repair |
| Town of Alexandria |
Case 1: Fuel Depot |
intermunicipal cooperation - working with school district to create fuel depot |
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| Town of Alexandria |
Case 2: Snow and Ice Contracts |
intermunicipal cooperation |
plowing state and county roads |
| Town of Allegany |
Case 2: Constitution Ave. |
intermunicipal cooperation - new road (cooperative effect)-3 municipalities |
water; sewer; transportation |
| Town of Allegany |
Case 1: Allegany-Limestone School District |
intermunicipal cooperation |
fuel depot |
| Town of Allegany |
Case 3: 28th Street |
intermunicipal cooperation - extend existing street |
transportation |
| Town of Andover |
Case 1: Town Ownership of Ambulances |
privatization |
ambulance service |
| Town of Aurora |
Case 2: Emergency Dispatching - 9 communities |
intermunicipal cooperation |
emergency dispatching - it is a joint venture with 9 towns to have a single police and fire dispatch unit |
| Town of Aurora |
Case 3: Court System |
intermunicipal cooperation |
Town court/Village court |
| Town of Aurora |
Case 1: Town ofAurora/Village of E.Aurora Dog Control Service |
intermunicipal cooperation |
dog control |
| Town of Berlin |
Case 1: Solid Waste |
reverse privatization - withdrew from Eastern Rens. Co. Solid Waste Management Authority |
all solid waste (MSW, recyclables, etc...) |
| Town of Bethlehem |
Case 3: Road Striping |
privatization |
intermunicipal cooperation to privatization |
| Town of Bethlehem |
Case 6: Cleaning Service |
privatization |
cleaning of Town Hall |
| Town of Bethlehem |
Case 5: Recycling |
intermunicipal cooperation |
sponsor annual household hazardous waste (HHW) day |
| Town of Bethlehem |
Case 4: Fleet Repairs |
intermunicipal cooperation |
fleet repairs |
| Town of Bethlehem |
Case 1: Advanced Life Support Program |
intermunicipal cooperation |
emergency medical response |
| Town of Bethlehem |
Case 2: Cooperative Economic Development |
intermunicipal cooperation |
economic development |
| Town of Bovina |
Case 1: Common Radio Receptor Station with Another Town |
intermunicipal cooperation |
highway communications |
| Town of Brighton (MonroeCo.) |
Case 3: Town ofBrighton/Bright. Central School District Joint Purchasing Agreement |
intermunicipal agreement - coop. purchasing |
purchase of commodities and services |
| Town of Brighton (MonroeCo.) |
Case 1: Town ofBrighton/City ofRochester Assessment Services Program |
intermunicipal cooperation - coop. work agreement |
assessment: valuation , data collection, reporting |
| Town of Brighton (MonroeCo.) |
Case 2: Town ofBrighton/City ofRochester Building Inspection and Plan Review Program |
intermunicipal cooperation - coop. work agreement |
building plan review and inspection |
| Town of Caledonia |
Case 2: Board of Fire Commissioners |
intermunicipal cooperation - rural commission combined with Village |
fire service and maintenance |
| Town of Caledonia |
Case 1: Planning Board |
intermunicipal cooperation - Village and Town Planning Boards combined |
Planning |
| Town of Candor |
Case 2: Consolidated Fueling Facility |
intermunicipal cooperation - town, village, fire company, school district |
fueling of all school, fire, municipal vehicles |
| Town of Candor |
Case 1: Consolidated Assessor Agreement |
intermunicipal cooperation - 2 towns using one assessor |
property tax assessment |
| Town of Castile |
Case 1: Wyoming County Contract for Solid Waste Collection |
privatization - contract with private industry |
solid waste collection |
| Town of Castile |
Case 2: Joint Purchase of Equipment for Public Works |
intermunicipal cooperation - municipal agreement |
shared cost of specific equipment |
| Town of Cherry Creek |
Case 1: Salt Brine for Roads |
intermunicipal cooperation |
salt brine for roads |
| Town of Cherry Creek |
Case 2: Support Functions |
intermunicipal cooperation |
support functions |
| Town of Clifton Park |
Case 2: Town-wide Payroll Services |
privatization |
all related payroll services |
| Town of Clifton Park |
Case 5: Water/Sewer Cooperative Services |
intermunicipal cooperation |
water/sewer |
| Town of Clifton Park |
Case 4: Senior Transportation |
privatization |
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| Town of Clifton Park |
Case 3: Vehicle Maintenance |
intermunicipal cooperation |
all basic maintenance |
| Town of Clifton Park |
Case 1: Ice Arena |
privatization |
comprehensive management |
| Town of East Bloomfield |
Case 1: Emergency Services |
intermunicipal cooperation |
sharing of equipment, labor |
| Town of East Bloomfield |
Case 2: Boughton Park Purchase |
intermunicipal cooperation |
purchase of 330 acres for park |
| Town of Edinburg |
Case 1: Northern Towns Economic Development Project |
intermunicipal cooperation (agreement with NFP) |
economic development |
| Town of Gardiner |
Case 3: Assesors' Records |
reverse privatization - transfer from county computer to personal computer |
Real Property Information Systems |
| Town of Gardiner |
Case 2: Sewer System Operations |
privatization - contracted out to private contractor |
sewer plant and system operations |
| Town of Gardiner |
Case 1: Recycling/Solid Waste Transfer Station Operations |
privatization - contracted out to private contractor |
recycling and solid waste transfer operations |
| Town of Hamburg |
Case 1: Planning Dept. |
privatization - contract service out |
town planning |
| Town of Hamburg |
Case 2: Highway - Building and Grounds |
internal restructuring |
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| Town of Hopewell |
Case 1: Tax Collector |
intermunicipal cooperation - the town clerk is now the town tax collector |
tax collection |
| Town of Hopewell |
Case 2: Transportation of Recycle Material |
intermunicipal cooperation |
refuse program |
| Town of Indian Lake |
Case 1: Consolidation (3 town landfill) |
intermunicipal cooperation - solid waste contract |
solid waste disposal |
| Town of Java |
Case 2: D.S.S. Job Training |
privatization |
job training - jobs - D.S.S. |
| Town of Java |
Case 1: Human Services (HEAP, etc.) |
privatization |
HEAP - Section 8 housing - CAC |
| Town of Lenox |
Case 4: Health (Madison Co. Health Dept.) |
intermunicipal cooperation - County took over |
health complaints |
| Town of Lenox |
Case 1: Sewer Agreement |
intermunicipal cooperation - agreement among 5 municipalities |
sewage treatment plant |
| Town of Lenox |
Case 2: Greater Lenox Ambulance |
intermunicipal cooperation - contractual |
emergency health |
| Town of Lenox |
Case 3: Snow Removal |
intermunicipal cooperation - cooperative contract |
snow removal |
| Town of Minetto |
Case 1: Public Works Consolidation |
intermunicipal cooperation - agreement to share equipment and services |
road repairs and paving |
| Town of New Lisbon |
Case 1: Operation of Transfer Station - Solid Waste |
cessation - closed station |
citizens had to find private hauler |
| Town of New Scotland |
Case 2: Water Districts |
intermunicipal cooperation; Specific Services Affected ; water for Swift Rd. & Font Grove Rd. |
1990 |
| Town of New Scotland |
Case 1: Solid Waste/Recycling |
privatization |
refuse pick-up |
| Town of Ossining |
Case 4: Veteran's Park |
intermunicipal cooperation - IMA-village and town |
village owns - town maintains |
| Town of Ossining |
Case 3: Comptroller-Data Processor |
intermunicipal cooperation - IMA-village and town |
finance and data processing consolidation |
| Town of Ossining |
Case 2: Town/Village Clerk |
intermunicipal cooperation - IMA-village and town |
consolidates clerk duties |
| Town of Ossining |
Case 1: Recreation Program |
intermunicipal cooperation - IMA-Recreation |
consolidates town and village programs |
| Town of Oswegatchie |
Case 1: Joint Purchase of Equipment |
intermunicipal cooperation - joint purchase of equipment |
paver; rollers |
| Town of Oswegatchie |
Case 3: Joint Activity - Code Enforcement |
intermunicipal cooperation |
NYS fire and building code |
| Town of Oswegatchie |
Case 2: Coordinated Assessing Unit |
intermunicipal cooperation |
coordinated assessing unit |
| Town of Pendleton |
Case 1: Garbage Consortium, Includes 7 towns |
intermunicipal cooperation - consolidated bidding on waste and recycling collection |
garbage and recyclables collected |
| Town of Penfield |
Case 2: Joint Development of a Drug and Alcohol Testing Policy |
intermunicipal cooperation - joint production |
Town Highway Superintendents in Monroe County worked together (through their association) to develop a Drug and Alcohol Testing Policy that would meet a U.S. Dept. of Transportation mandate and that could be adopted by all of the Towns in Monroe County |
| Town of Penfield |
Case 10: State Revolving Fund |
intermunicipal cooperation - cooperation investment of funds |
funding for public works projects throughout the state is provided from an investment pool of the towns' municipal bonds. The pool lowers risk and administration costs, which in turn lowers the interest rate for loans made from the pool to municipalities |
| Town of Penfield |
Case 11: Purchase of Street Lights |
reverse privatization - service and assets transferred from a utility to a municipality |
most street lights in the Town are leased from and maintained by the utility. The Town is in the process of purchasing street lights and taking over their maintenance |
| Town of Penfield |
Case 9: Geographic Information Systems |
joint production of service |
County Planning supplied the Town with digital base map and environmental mapping, which Penfield is entering into its own GIS. The Town is in turn updating and editing those maps for the County. |
| Town of Penfield |
Case 8: Irondequoit Bay Area Sewers |
intermunicipal cooperation - joint production of service |
the cost of hiring a consultant engineer to design and supervising construction of two contiguous projects were shared by the partners |
| Town of Penfield |
Case 7: Testing of Low Maintenance Turf and Integrated Pest Management (IPM) Methods |
privatization - cooperation with a private non-profit agency |
testing of low maintenance varieties of turf and new IPM strategies. The studies were set up by the private agency. The Town provided land, helped establish test plots of turf and gathered data for both studies. The Town also helped run educational seminars to present the results |
| Town of Penfield |
Case 6: Storm Water Management Project |
intermunicipal cooperation - cooperation with another public agency; privatization - cooperation with a private company |
design and construction of a first flush storm water management pond for a commercial area that drains directly into Irondequoit Creek. The county designed the project and secured the grants to pay for it. The private company provided the land (behind the plaza). The Town did most of the construction work, except for one subcontract that was paid in exchange for the fill generated by the new pond, which will be used in a new park area. |
| Town of Penfield |
Case 5: Maintenance and Development of School District's Athletic Fields |
intermunicipal cooperation - joint production of service |
the Town shares equipment and resources with the school district, including exchanging mechanical equipment parts. The Town also cooperated with the school district to purchase land for an athletic field |
| Town of Penfield |
Case 4: Evergreen Tree Removal and Transplantation |
intermunicipal cooperation - cooperation with other public agencies; privatization - cooperation with private companies |
Penfield has hundreds of evergreen trees to be cleared from a new park. The trees were given to other towns, County agencies and two private clubs that cooperated in this effort. Some of the towns helped dig up trees, and all of the towns and the county transplanted trees to their own lands. The private clubs hired special equipment and labor to dig up the largest trees - some were transplanted to the clubs, and some were moved to other locations within the new park at no cost to the town |
| Town of Penfield |
Case 3: East Penfld. Watermain Extension Project |
intermunicipal cooperation - contracting out to another governmental unit |
the Town has hired the Monroe County Water Authority to engineer the extension of watermains into outlying areas of the Town. The Water Authority will also supervise construction |
| Town of Penfield |
Case 1: Recycling Center |
intermunicipal cooperation - joint production |
Penfield operates a recycling center for Monroe County that serves the eastern portion of the county. Refuse was transported from this facility to Monroe County's central processing center by a private contractor. In 1995, the Town purchased dumpsters that are compatible with the County trucks, so the County took over moving refuse to the processing center. |
| Town of Perinton |
Case 1: Joint Fueling Facility |
intermunicipal cooperation - joint production of services |
fueling sites for municipal vehicles |
| Town of Plattekill |
Case 1: Assessing Services Shared |
intermunicipal cooperation |
assessor services |
| Town of Plattekill |
Case 3: Sale of Transfer Station |
privatization - sale of town property and relinquishing town service to private sector |
solid waste collection; recycling |
| Town of Plattekill |
Case 2: Privatization of Transfer Station |
privatization - contract between for-profit company and the Town |
operation of transfer station; solid waste |
| Town of Plattsburgh |
Case 1: Ambulance |
intermunicipal cooperation (agreement) |
ambulance service |
| Town of Pompey |
Case 2: Comp. Ins. by PERMA |
intermunicipal cooperation - coop group |
health, physical stress, return to work, safety, etc... |
| Town of Pompey |
Case 1: Health Insurance Program for full-time employees |
intermunicipal cooperation - coop program with other entities |
health insurance |
| Town of Queensbury |
Case 3: Assessor's Office (under consideration) |
intermunicipal cooperation - combine office with City of GlensFalls |
assessments |
| Town of Queensbury |
Case 1: Human Resources |
privatization - contract with private consultant |
personnel services |
| Town of Queensbury |
Case 2: Data Processing |
privatization - contract with private business |
data processing hardware/software support |
| Town of Rochester |
Case 1: Payroll/Bookkeeping |
reverse privatization - contracting in |
payroll/bookkeeping |
| Town of Rochester |
Case 3: Solid Waste/Recycling |
intermunicipal cooperation |
solid waste; recycling |
| Town of Rochester |
Case 2: Snow Plowing/Paving |
privatization |
snow plowing/paving |
| Town of Salamanca |
Case 1: Road Construction |
privatization - contracted engineer |
road construction |
| Town of Salina |
Case 3: Town Highway Purchase of Gasoline for Fire Depts. |
internal restructuring - consolidating government services |
gasoline purchase for fire departments |
| Town of Salina |
Case 1: Water District |
intermunicipal cooperation - contract with OnondagaCo. Water Authority |
water service - approx. 90% of town |
| Town of Salina |
Case 4: Town Highway and Village Highway |
intermunicipal cooperation |
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| Town of Salina |
Case 2: Consolidated Ambulance District |
privatization |
ambulance service to SalinaTown residents |
| Town of Schroon |
Case 1: Town ofSchroon Assume Prescription Drug Program |
reverse privatization - do all paperwork and underwrite 20% co-payment |
prescription drug program |
| Town of Schroon |
Case 2: Highway Department (Sand & Gravel) |
intermunicipal cooperation - joined with two towns to truck materials |
highway efficiency |
| Town of Stuyvesant |
Case 1: Plowing of County Highway within Town Boundaries |
intermunicipal cooperation |
county highway (3.5 miles) |
| Town of Stuyvesant |
Case 2: "Pending" Shared of a Backhoe Between Town ofStuyvesant and Village of Kinderhook |
intermunicipal cooperation - equipment |
highway, general, budget |
| Town of Trenton |
Case 4: Zoning Enforcement |
intermunicipal cooperation - contracting other governments business |
zoning enforcement |
| Town of Trenton |
Case 3: Dog Control |
intermunicipal cooperation - contracting other governments business |
dog control |
| Town of Trenton |
Case 1: Fuel Purchases |
intermunicipal cooperation - purchasing |
fuel purchases |
| Town of Trenton |
Case 5: Recreation Programs |
intermunicipal cooperation - joint production of service |
recreation programs |
| Town of Trenton |
Case 2: Codes Enforcement |
intermunicipal cooperation - contracting other governments Business |
codes enforcement |
| Town of Walworth |
Case 1: Water Service |
intermunicipal cooperation - four towns consolidated water dept. under umbrella of WCWSA |
purchase, transmission, distribution of water; service and maintenance |
| Town of Westville |
Case 1: Changed Hospital/Medical Insurance to Private Concern |
privatization - from FranklinCo. self insurance to Blue Cross/Blue Shield |
med./hosp. for employees |
| Town of Wheatland |
Case 1: Town/Village Contract for Public Works |
intermunicipal cooperation |
paving; sewer district maintenance; handling of ice control material |
| Town of Whitestown |
Case 1: Health Insurance Carrier was Changed for Town Employees |
(internal restructuring?) |
health insurance |
| Town of York |
Case 1: Hot Asphalt Paving |
privatization - contracting out work |
road paving |
| Town of York |
Case 2: GLY Joint Board |
intermunicipal cooperation - intermunicipal agreement to review solid waste proposal |
local permit process |
| Town of York |
Case 3: Return of Snow and Ice Removal on State Roads to N.Y.S. |
intermunicipal cooperation - did not renew contract |
snow and ice removal |
| Town of York |
Case 4: Recycling Center/Transfer Station |
privatization |
solid waste disposal |
| Ulster County |
Case 1: Inmate Commissary |
privatization - contracting out to private for-profit |
access to commissary by jail inmates |
| Ulster County |
Case 3: Maintenance of County Roads in the Town of Hardenburgh |
intermunicipal cooperation - contracting out to another govt. |
snow and ice removal |
| Ulster County |
Case 2: Night Security at the Infirmary |
privatization - contracting out to private for-profit sector |
security services at the infirmary |
| Ulster County |
Case 6: Occupational Therapy at the Infirmary |
reverse privatization - taken back from for-profit |
occupational therapy |
| Ulster County |
Case 5: Garbage Pick-up County Offices |
privatization - contracting out to private not for-profit |
garbage collection |
| Ulster County |
Case 4: Police Services for Town of Kingston |
intermunicipal cooperation - contracting in another government business |
police services for the Town of Kingston |
| Wyoming County |
Case 1: Community Action |
privatization |
weatherization, Section 8 |
| Wyoming County |
Case 2: JTPA (Job Training) |
privatization |
jobs (D.S.S.); OTEO |
