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Shared Municipal Service Incentive (SMSI) Program Grants Announced

by: robert.harding

Thu May 01, 2008 at 16:05:03 PM EDT


Governor David Paterson announced today that 67 grants totaling $13.7 million will be awarded to municipalities throughout the state to improve local government efficiency.

Governor David A. Paterson today announced the recipients of 67 grants totaling $13.7 million that will help improve efficiency and lead to savings for taxpayers through partnerships among local governments. The grants will be awarded under the Shared Municipal Services Incentive (SMSI) program, which reduces the cost of local government by providing technical assistance and competitive grants to municipalities for the development of projects that will trim costs and promote shared services among two or more localities. Grants will be used to purchase a new shared public works facility, shared equipment for infrastructure and highway maintenance, evaluate condition and potential improvement for parks and recreational resources as well as upgrades to water supply and distribution systems.

Declining populations in certain regions of the state have left some communities with a governmental infrastructure which cannot be adequately supported. The need to reduce the cost of government has come into increasing focus in the recent fiscal crisis. The Governor has made it clear that spending growth must be reduced significantly because the state is facing rising out-year deficits.

"The high cost of government has become an impediment to economic growth in many regions in New York State," said Governor Paterson. "I am very pleased to award these grants to forward-looking governments that recognize the need to do more with less during these fiscally challenging times. The programs we are funding today demonstrate that significant cost savings are possible, if we think creatively and act diligently."

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The full list also can be seen below the fold.  

robert.harding :: Shared Municipal Service Incentive (SMSI) Program Grants Announced
Grant Awards totaling $13,695,461.25

Village of Lyndonville - $34,010.93
The Village of Lyndonville and the Town of Yates will work cooperatively to conduct a study to examine the potential cost savings, efficiency and improved levels of service associated with consolidating service delivery and potentially merging the two municipalities into a single entity.

Holley-Central School district - $32,385.15
The Holley-Central School District, the Town of Murray, and the Village of Holley are considering the consolidation of their three existing transportation facilities into one new facility to be built on either new or existing school district property in the Village of Holley.  The town and the village need more office and meeting space for their town functions, the town needs a larger repair/maintenance facility, and the school district's facilities are so deteriorated and inadequate that construction of a new facility is critical.  To decide if a shared facility would be beneficial to all parties they propose to hire a consultant to conduct a feasibility study, including a needs assessment, analysis of the results of sharing a new facility, along with a preliminary design for a new facility.

Orleans County - $43,470.00
The Orleans County Soil & Water Conservation District (SWCD) and County Highway Department will work with ten Towns to clean out waterways which have been identified in the "Flood Mitigation Prioritization Plan Orleans County, New York".  The purchase of a brush cutting attachment installed on the County excavator will enable the County to help these ten towns in a more productive manner by taking out the debris and growth in waterways that cause blockages with minimal disturbance to the ground which is also good for the environment.

Town of East Bloomfield - $336,204.71
The following highway maintenance equipment will be purchased for use by all of the named applicants:  mowing machine, one ton dump truck with snow plow, bucket truck and motor grader.  Project will also include an amendment to an existing inter-municipal agreement to more formally define the participant's commitment to cooperatively purchase and maintain equipment as well as share services related to highway maintenance.

City of Port Jervis - $386,400.00
The cities of Port Jervis and Middletown in Orange County, New York will enter into an inter-municipal agreement for the joint acquisition and shared use of capital equipment. The proposed equipment, a combination sewer jet/catch basin cleaner and trailer mounted camera/rover, will enable these communities to monitor, clean, repair and maintain their storm water and sanitary sewer systems.  This investment in new and upgraded equipment and new technology will assist in substantial cost savings, increased operating efficiency and reduced labor output in the maintenance of critical infrastructure.

Hamilton-Fulton-Montgomery BOCES - $38,640.00
This grant will fund the start-up costs of a central business office for the Canajoharie, Mayfield, Piseco, and Wells school districts.  The central business office will perform all business office functions and replace the business office in each individual district.  It is anticipated that other component districts of the HFM BOCES will also join the central business office in the future.

City of Batavia - $93,670.12
The City and Town of Batavia will work cooperatively to retain to conduct a study to examine in detail the potential cost savings, efficiency and improved levels of service associated with consolidating service delivery and potentially merging the two municipalities into a single entity.  An advisory committee of elected and appointed officials, business representatives and the public will be appointed to work with a technical committee of municipal employees and the consultant to carry out the study.

Sherill Central School District - $79,984.80
The Verona-Verona-Sherill Central School District, the Towns of Vernon and Verona and the City of Sherill will conduct a study examining the feasibility of forming a health consortium. The study will evaluate existing demographic data and claims, history for the 552 current employees as well as the costs and plan structures of multiple insurance carriers. The study will yield recommendations to maximize benefits to the municipalities, the affected employees and, ultimately, the taxpayers who financially support municipal and school operations.

Town of Newstead - $386,400.00
The Town of Newstead and Village of Akron in Erie County plan to implement the study recommendation of building a shared highway facility.  By constructing a joint highway facility, Newstead and Akron will save taxpayer dollars, conserve resources, streamline and improve efficiency of operations, and instill a sense of pride and teamwork in the community.

Village of Ellisburg - $386,400.00
The Village and Town of Ellisburg will eliminate a storage tank and ground water source redundancy through a shared municipal ground water source, storage and transmission main system, and will provide much needed new service to the Village of Ellisburg and improved service to the Town of Ellisburg.  The Village of Ellisburg will contract with the Town of Ellisburg's existing water department to share operations and maintenance of the tank and distribution system, thereby eliminating the need to create a Village water department.

Tioga County - $115,920.00
Ten Tioga County Towns and Villages in cooperation with Tioga County will study which areas of additional cooperation or consolidation of Highway services, throughout Tioga County, could provide savings without sacrificing services.  Questions such as which entity could be most efficiently snowplowing roads along with if there could be savings by consolidating highway services between towns and villages or towns and the county or between a number of the smaller towns will be studied.  Additional sharing of equipment at the County level will also be explored.

Lyons Central School District - $101,719.80
In Wayne County, the Town and Village of Lyons and the Lyons Central School District propose to expand their joint fuel/maintenance facility by adding a 60' by 144' storage barn for weather sensitive equipment and materials that are currently left outside and are corroding or are subject to theft.  This includes mowers, snow blowers water main components (e.g. pipes), signs, rollers, spreader shields, plows and wings, graders and water tanks.

Town of Boston - $217,350.00
The Town of Boston, in collaboration with the Towns of Collins, Colden, Concord, and Eden will purchase a street sweeper, and hydro-seeder to be used for standard highway operations, which will be jointly owned by the five municipalities.  The project will achieve municipal cost savings and property tax relief.  These five highway departments will share the cost, maintenance and use of this expensive, specialized highway equipment.

Town of Evans - $125,772.23
The Town of Evans is consolidating the Village of Angola Police Department with the Town of Evans Police Department to create one Town of Evans Police Department. An assessment of the impact of merging the Village of Angola and Town of Evans Police Department, conducted by the Center for Governmental Research in 2003, concluded that a new town/village police department would achieve efficiencies that would result in a "true net deduction of overall costs to the community."

Otsego County - $304,290.00
The County of Otsego will contract with an engineering firm for the design phase of an emergency services telecommunications system (ESTS).  The intent of this project is to consolidate the various communications systems separately maintained by the co-applicants while upgrading the existing 30 year old ESTS and to provide previously unrealized levels of interoperability to emergency first responders in all municipalities of the county.

Otsego Northern Catskills BOCES - $216,651.78
The project provides data backup, electronic communication archiving and disaster recovery to ONC BOCES and ten participating school districts.

Town of Shelter Island - $213,003.00
The Town of Shelter Island, the Village of Dering Harbor and the Shelter Island School District will implement their Shared Fueling Facility project, which will replace and relocate the aging and inadequate fueling facility to the town's new Highway barn and begin a shared fueling purchasing arrangement. This project will result in significant cost savings for taxpayers, through a reduced per gallon cost for fuel, through accurate record-keeping and more efficient operation of the fuel dispensing facility.

Village of Tarrytown - $130,410.00
The Villages of Tarrytown and Sleepy Hollow and The Public Schools of the Tarrytowns will conduct a feasibility study to evaluate the current conditions in each respective parks and recreation departments.  The intent of the study is to identify cost savings, increased revenue and efficiencies that may be realized through shared services.  Anticipated outcomes of this study may range from group purchasing to combined parks and recreation departments.

Cayuga County - $244,969.87
The County of Cayuga and Town of Sempronius will enact an intermunicipal agreement to construct a shared salt storage facility and to undertake shared delivery of highway services in order to improve the efficiency of material storage and highway operations in southern Cayuga County.  The proposed project will result in sustained cost savings for both the County and town by 1) reducing staff hours and vehicle usage for winter roadway maintenance as a result of strategic shared resource allocation and increased product performance; 2) reducing loss of highway materials to the elements; and 3) increasing performance of highway materials by reducing contamination from foreign substances.

City of Batavia - $259,274.40
The City of Batavia and Genesee County are merging the Batavia police information system and the Batavia dispatch operations into a county-wide unified dispatch and information system.

City of Geneva - $34,776.00
The Finger Lakes Twin Cities of Geneva and Canandaigua will undertake a study to evaluate existing health insurance costs and benefits for local government employees and to implement an alternative health insurance model designed to contain future increases in health care premiums.  The consultant will study the feasibility of forming a health insurance consortium between the cities and other local municipalities.  The goal is to manage costs and provide our workforces with a quality health benefit program that is sustainable for the long term.

Chemung County - $173,880.00
In cooperation with Chemung County's Town, Village, and City governments, Chemung County will engage professional consultant services throughout the County.  The study will provide comprehensive information about existing firefighting levels of service, costs, and needs as well as recommendations for future improvements to be achieved through intermunicipal service sharing agreements.

Village of Johnson City - $193,200.00
The Village of Johnson City received a petition from residents to dissolve the Village.  The Village will hire a consultant(s) to work with the study committee to conduct the analysis and report required under Article 19 of the Village Law and to develop a proposed dissolution plan to be presented to the voters.

Village of Silver Creek - $96,600.00
The Village of Silver Creek and Silver Creek Central School District will enter into an agreement for clearing snow and applying deicing materials to roadways, access roads, and parking facilities located within the Village.  The Village will oversee the construction of a pre-engineered facility on Village property suitable for the proper storage of highways deicing materials (road salt, sand, etc.)

Town of Palmyra - $449,792.78
The Towns of Palmyra, Macedon and Walworth and the Village of Palmyra will jointly purchase and share an aerial lift truck, a vacuum truck and a wheeled excavator. The municipalities will share use of the vacuum truck to clean catch basins and streets and roadways, and the aerial lift truck for maintaining trees, street lights and traffic signals and building maintenance. The Town and Village of Palmyra will share the excavator for maintaining roadside drainage ditches, reconstructing streets and roadways, repairing water and sewer mains and other work tasks involving excavation.

Town of North Castle - $372,967.77
The Town of North Castle, in conjunction with the Byram Hills Central School District, will purchase an automated wash bay to be used by both the Town and School District to wash vehicles.  The town and school district are currently washing vehicles by hand, which is time consuming and cost ineffective.

Monroe County - $185,955.00
Monroe County and 17 towns within the County will purchase specialized highway equipment. The County and the towns have identified the need to purchase a self-propelled road widener machine and a rubber tired roller to repair and improve the maintenance of road shoulders.

Town of Clarkson - $173,536.10
The Towns of Clarkson, Hamlin, Parma and Sweden, will collaborate to purchase a Johnston Allianz VT-650 Vacuum Street Sweeper.  This machine, which will replace broken-down equipment, will be shared by each Town's Highway Department and used to clean and sanitize all Town roads.

Chautauqua County - $173,880.00
All municipalities in Chautauqua County along with the County of Chautauqua have agreed to pursue a comprehensive review of all County, Town, City and Village roads throughout the County.  The desire is to determine how the existing highways are maintained, cleared of snow and ice, repaired or replaced and what model would accomplish this work in the most effective manner possible.  With the push for consolidation, a professional analysis of this critical service is mandatory before any discussion is possible for the future of consolidation, regionalism or merger can be accomplished.

Schuyler County - $483,000.00
Schuyler County government, in partnership with the Watkins Glen School District, the Town of Dix and the Village of Watkins Glen will construct a shared public works facility.  This collaborative initiative will provide central administration to the delivery of public works and increase operational capacities among participants.

Clyde-Savannah Central School District - $117,803.70
Our Clean Sweep project involves the purchase and use of a street sweeper, leaf vacuum and diesel front mower with a material collection system, snow blower and rotary broom to improve the appearance of the village and school grounds, prevent the clogging of storm/street sewers, decrease the erosion of concrete sidewalks, improve pedestrian safety and improve the efficiency of the village and school district maintenance staff. Recent efforts have been made to restore the downtown core of Clyde. It is a community quest to return Clyde to an era of storefront awnings and civic pride, with the Erie Canal once again becoming the focus of the community.

Oneida County - $260,820.00
Oneida County will purchase a costly piece of specialized highway equipment that will be shared with the 43 communities that are part of the Oneida County Public Works Shared Services Program. This project expands upon other purchases of costly, specialized equipment as the county and its partners move toward a system of centralized equipment purchases for costly, specialized equipment that communities should not be spending money on or renting for themselves.

Tompkins County - $82,245.24
Tompkins County and its 16 municipalities, are working together through the Tompkins County Council of governments, to document and evaluate existing water and sewer infrastructure countywide, and prepare conceptual water and sewer plans with a focus on the rural centers.  It is expected that this initiative will achieve cost savings and increased efficiency through shared services and increased density of housing development.  It will also support key economic goals of development of new housing supply and revitalization of commercial centers to reduce the cost of doing business.

Village of Herrings - $386,400.00
The Villages of Herrings and Deferiet each currently operate water supply and distribution systems that are in need of significant upgrades to provide high quality water service and sufficient water quantity to their residents.  This project combines the needs of each Village into a single affordable project benefiting the users in both Villages.  The proposed project includes the demolition of the existing Village water storage tanks, construction of a new water storage tank, replacement of portions of the distribution system along with Villages of Herrings and Deferiet, water treatment plant upgrades, new remote read meters and the installation of additional fire hydrants.

Montgomery County - $52,164.00
The project is the provision of shared health insurance services between Montgomery County and the City of Amsterdam through the Montgomery County Health Insurance Trust.  This will eliminate duplication of services between the City and the County.  Eventually, it is expected that the Town of Amsterdam, Fulton Montgomery County Community College and other public entities will join this Health Insurance Trust.

Niagara County - $209,364.08
Niagara County and Erie County are expanding their shared GIS services by offering a suite of online GIS and parcel lookup tools to municipalities in each County.  Through this grant, the proposed project will offer hardware and software, consulting and GIS web mapping services specific to each municipality.  The project will allow the public to review and compare their assessment and other information with similar properties, thereby increasing employee efficiency and significantly improving public access to information.

Town of Cuba - $234,781.19
The Town of Cuba, the Village of Cuba and the County of Allegany, propose the construction of a shared salt storage facility which will adequately house the de-icing materials necessary to treat Town, County and Village roads in Cuba.  Public safety and environmental benefits will be seen by the curtailment of delays in de-icing operations and diminished contamination due to runoff from the Town and Village uncovered salt/sand stockpiles.

Orange County - $357,323.40
The Mid-County Study Group was initiated in the summer of 2006 by the Orange County Executive and the Orange County Planning Department as a means to organize a sub-region discussion or alliance on municipal infrastructure and land use needs and potential county roles to meet shared needs. As a leading "smart growth" initiative and recipient of a NYS Department of State technical assistance grant, the Mid-County Study Group was encouraged to apply for funding for an inter-municipal water supply feasibility study to investigate ground water supply and possible distribution of groundwater from county and municipal owned lands including the Indigot and Dwaarkill site.

Town of Richland - $386,400.00
This Emergency Interconnection project includes the installation of approximately 3,000 feet of 8-inch water main between the Town of Richland Water District No. 2, Section 1 and the existing Village of Pulaski Water System.  The project also includes a Central Water Works Facility that would act as a shared municipal water works building to facilitate the sharing of Town and Village water personnel, equipment, materials and tools.  The implementation of these facilities would lead to greater municipal cooperation and the potential for a combined and shared water system, personnel and equipment.

Town of Russia - $579,600.00
The Town of Russia will provide improved shared municipal highway services by constructing a new highway garage and salt storage facility on property owned by the Town of Russia.  Specific improvements would include construction of a new 11,200 SF garage and 9,600 SF salt storage facility, an asphalt access drive with 14 spaces for employee and visitor parking, an angular stone (gravel) driveway for separate access to the salt storage shed, and associated site improvements.

Village of Kinderhook - $355,336.34
The Village of Kinderhook requires a municipal wastewater system.  An engineering study was completed and recommends Kinderhook connect to the Village of Valatie's wastewater treatment system rather than construction of a new facility due to the cost savings of this approach.  The project will include construction of a wastewater collection system within the Village of Kinderhook, a sewer pump station and forcemain to Valatie and improvements at the Valatie Wastewater Treatment Plant as required to accept additional flows.

Town of New Albion - $242,132.73
The Town of New Albion and Village of Cattaraugus will share a salt/sand storage facility.

Village of Youngstown - $41,426.91
The Village of Youngstown in cooperation with the Town of Porter will conduct a feasibility study to examine consolidating service delivery and potentially merging the Village's Department of Public Works and the Town's Highway Department.

North Greenbush Fire District - $23,256.45
Fire Protection in the Town of North Greenbush is provided by North Greenbush Fire District #1 (Wynantskill Fire Company) and the Defreestville Fire Protection District (Defreestville Fire Company).  This project will entail the dissolution of the Defreestville Fire Protection District and expand the North Greenbush Fire District #1 to encompass the entire town, thus consolidating fire protection to a single municipal entity.  This dissolution/consolidation action will benefit all residents of the town by providing more cost efficient fire protection and a reduction in municipal costs.

Village of Speculator - $28,690.20
Village of Speculator was petitioned to hold a referendum on dissolving the Village and merging it with the Town of Lake Pleasant.  The Village of Speculator hired the Center for Government Research (CGR) to produce a study summarizing the advantages and disadvantages of dissolution, taking into account the perspectives of service, cost, and tax impact of potential changes.  The Village presented information to voters to encourage informed decision making about the most efficient and effective way to deliver municipal services.

City of Watertown - $86,940.00
The Greater Watertown Water Quality Improvement Project involves the evaluation of the greater Watertown water distribution system and the study of different options to control potentially harmful disinfection byproducts that are formed during the water treatment process.  This project represents a continuing effort on the part of the City of Watertown and the Town of Watertown to work cooperatively and effectively with each other and with the surrounding communities connected to the City's water distribution system.  The project is designed to address a growing concern regarding disinfection byproducts, develop cost effective solutions for addressing this issue and to improve the overall quality and safety of the drinking water for all municipalities connected to this regional facility.

City of Mechanicville - $339,935.40
The City of Mechanicville and Village of Stillwater propose to evaluate options to consolidate their municipal water supply and distribution systems.  The communities need to evaluate water supply/treatment alternatives, organize for consolidation, and establish a singular entity for the operation of a regional water treatment and supply system.

Village of Saranac Lake - $152,145.00
The current form of government in the Saranac Lake area is unsustainable due to the increasing cost of providing government services.  The Town of Harrietstown and the Village of Saranac Lake are taking the lead to study the creation of a coterminous town-village government will result in long term savings to taxpayers and improved service delivery.

Chemung County - $304,290.00
Chemung County will provide organizational, coordinative, and technical support to the Chemung County Advisory Board during the Board's examination of opportunities for increased sharing of highways, maintenance services and equipment.  The Board consists of the chief elected officials of the Towns of Big Flats, Catlin, Elmira, Horseheads, Southport, and Veteran, the Village of Horseheads, and Chemung County.

Town of North Hempstead - $48,300.00
The Town of North Hempstead will install 'Great Net' a web-based intranet platform that would link all villages on the Great Neck Peninsula, the Town of North Hempstead, special districts, fire districts, OEM, and more, all on one common space.  There are two main components, the first being an internet site for the public with a peninsula wide calendar, health or safety warnings, school closings, or any other important information.  The second component is a secure web-based intranet for village officials and special district officers to have a real time communication platform for shared services, discussion forums, emergency planning, or other issues that need a rapid communication facility.

Ulster County - $260,820.00
Ulster County, with co-applicants City of Kingston, and Town of Denning, Hardenburgh, Hurley, Marbletown, Marlborough, Rosendale, Saugerties, Wawarsing, and Ulster will develop a shared municipal services feasibility study whose outcomes, upon implementation, will benefit Ulster County governments and the residents they serve by reducing duplicate layers of local government while encouraging fiscal savings for municipalities and taxpaying residents.  The Ulster County-wide Shared Service feasibility Study and Implementation Plan will research, identify and review the municipal services provided by the County and duplicated by each of the participating Co-applicants with a focus on shared highway services and, where feasible, potential for consolidation of court programs.  From this information an informative analysis will be completed that identifies areas where combining either space, service, departments, or employees would result in positive outcomes including a cost savings for one or more of the municipalities and/or an increase in the quality and amount of service delivery.

Town of Nichols - $43,470.00
The Town and Village of Nichols and the Town and Village of Owego will evaluate the conditions in each respective wastewater treatment plant (WWTP) including:  age, capacity, service area, compliance with environmental regulations, chronic deficiencies (i.e. inflow and infiltration) and various plant strengths.  The intent of the study is to identify opportunities for efficiencies and cost savings realized through shared services and/or consolidation of services.

City of Rensselaer - $386,400.00
The City of Rensselaer and the Town of East Greenbush will construct a new ten million gallon water tank to replace the failing four million water tank.  The existing tank is in poor condition due to structural deterioration, lead paint contamination and age.  The current tank does not have sufficient capacity for emergency storage or the ability to accommodate future growth in either community.

Lowville Academy & Central School District - $34,776.00
Lowville Academy and Central School will work with the Village of Lowville, the Town of Lowville, and in consultation with the NYS Department of Transportation, to study the opportunities in developing a shared garage and maintenance facility. These organizations, along with the County of Lewis, have individual garage facilities within a one-mile radius in Lowville. The study will evaluate the need, space requirements, locations, services to be shared and intermunicipal agreements necessary to develop such a facility.

Village of Bath - $276,276.00
The Village of Bath will construct a deicing salt/sand storage facility with the Town of Bath, the Town of Savona and the Bath Central School District. The Village and the Town of Bath currently store deicing salt and sand outside at their respective Public Works Facilities, which are located across the street from each other in the Village of Bath. The construction of a new 9600 square foot joint salt/sand storage facility is proposed to eliminate groundwater contamination, minimize the higher costs of maintaining two separate compliant facilities, reduce the costs of maintaining outside storage of sand and salt and improve the soil and water quality within the Cohocton River Watershed.

Village of Mount Morris - $66,627.92
The Village and Town of Mount Morris will purchase two vehicle hoists to share for vehicle maintenance.  The Village will also consolidate their fueling facilities and install an automated fuel control device at the site of the current Town Highway Department fueling facility.

Herkimer County - $121,716.00
Herkimer County has one of the largest road systems in New York State.  The municipalities in Herkimer County will work to do a detailed inventory of facilities, equipment, machinery and manpower of the 31 highway departments. With a county of 1411 square miles, it is imperative that they investigate the possibility of creating satellite districts that will serve all of our municipalities instead of the 30 current facilities.

Town of Glenville - $579,600.00
The Glenville/Clifton Park Joint Sewer Project is a collaborative effort that will provide cost effective sanitary sewer service to a public elementary school and currently unserved residents in both communities, improve local water quality, and replace antiquated sewer systems.  The municipalities will enter into an intermunicipal agreement where sewer service, treatment, operation, maintenance and repairs will be shared.

Town of Sherman - $288,206.10
The Town and Village of Sherman would like to build a new highway building to be shared by both municipalities.  A new shared facility has the potential of eliminating the use of 2 structurally questionable buildings, another smaller garage, and two offices located in two separate buildings, while reducing operating costs and lending further to ongoing efforts of shared services.

Village of Newark - $134,291.39
The Village of Newark, Town of Arcadia and the Newark Central School District propose to jointly purchase and share an aerial lift truck and a soil screener. The aerial truck will be used by the Village and Town to trim trees and maintain street lights, parking lot lights and traffic signals, and by the school district to maintain school parking lot and tennis court lights. The soil screener will be used to remove rocks and debris from topsoil the Town and Village will produce by composting yard waste and leaves with their spoils which will be used by the Town, Village and School District.

Town of Westport - $579,600.00
The Town of Westport will construct a "shared services" facility consisting of municipal offices, and a Department of Public Works (DPW), Fire District and School District storage and maintenance facility with a shared fuel pumping station to be located behind the existing DPW facility on vacant land currently owned by the municipality.  Municipal officials realize that a combination facility will result in substantial cost savings, and will provide for more efficient delivery of services.

Village of West Carthage - $52,164.00
The Village of West Carthage in conjunction with the Village of Carthage will explore opportunities for cost sharing benefits and enhanced service provision in forming a full-time shared police department through a feasibility study.  The proposed project will build upon recommendations outlined in the 1999 Management Study and is expected to identify local police enforcement issues/concerns, options and alternatives to address local need, document the implications of cost sharing and tax assessment and develop implementation strategies to guide next steps.

Village of Ossining - $28,690.20
The Village and Town of Ossining, with the Miachaelian Institute of Pace University, will study shared services and cooperative agreements between the Town and Village of Ossining, two municipalities that have a long and fruitful history of sharing municipal services.  The study will review existing agreements in order to improve their efficacy and suggest opportunities for new shared services and cooperation, including an examination of sharing personnel and new equipment purchases in the highway, building and police departments.

Franklin County - $260,820.00
Franklin County and other municipalities within Franklin County will purchase of an asphalt paver. This grant will ensure the continuation of the existing county wide shared paving program. This program saves taxpayers thousands of dollars every year, while at the same time stretching funding dollars to improve road safety.

Town of Greenburgh - $75,855.15
The study will: describe the services provided by the village and town police departments and identify those that could be provided more efficiently and economically through a sharing and/or consolidation of services; and recommend a detailed course of action to implement the preferred alternative.

Town of Pawling - $52,164.00
The SMSI grant will be used to underwrite a feasibility study that will yield detailed analyses of the fleet maintenance needs of the three jurisdictions as well as functional specifications and building schema for the development of Shared Vehicle Maintenance Facility.  The feasibility study will address all relevant issues and specifically identify project costs and anticipated savings.

Village of Lewiston - $79,115.40
The Village of Lewiston in cooperation with the Town of Lewiston will conduct a feasibility study to examine in detail the potential cost savings, the efficiency and improve the level of service associated with consolidating service delivery and potentially merging the two municipalities into a single entity.

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