Town of Elizabethtown (population 1163)
Name of service/government operation: Elizabethtown & Lewis transfer station (dump)
Form of sharing: share expenses in running the facility
Services affected: garbage collection
Year started: 1991
Partners: Towns of Elizabethtown & Town of Lewis
Primary goal(s)/motivation(s): reduce costs and meet state environmental requirements
What planning process preceded the sharing? I do not know
What governance structures and/or agreements are required to maintain this agreement? Town Councils of both towns
Challenges: trying to find a fair way of sharing costs
Benefits: reduced costs
Impact on budget: Its better than trying to pay all the bills by ourselves
Impact on labor: none
Impact on service: one central place to take trash
Key contact: Margaret Bartley Town supervisor