City of Santa Barbara, CA Succession Program
    Recognizing that there will be a major turnover in management in the next five to ten years, the City's Executive Management Team explored several strategies to plan for the continuation of a high performance organization through a commitment to sustained initiatives that engage outside the box thinking to attract, develop, and retain needed talent in the City of Santa Barbara.

    In the end, the team produced six strategies which form the City’s “Succession Program.”

Regionalism

In an era of shrinking revenues and increased service demands, local governments must look to their neighbors, states, and the federal government to meet their service demands without breaking the bank. This section highlights several successful intergovernmental partnerships and collaborations that led to cost savings and service improvements. Documents in this section cover a wide range of intergovernmental programs, such as partnerships for serving military bases, zoning cooperation agreements between cities and counties, and regional community development.


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Local Government Innovations

Collaborative Health Insurance Purchasing: City of Bryan, City of College Station, and Brazos County, Texas, Case Study Year: 2005; Pages: 60.
Local Government Partnerships for Serving Military Bases: Monterey, California, Case Study Year: 2005; Pages: 28.
Major-Crime Task Force Year: 2004;
Economic Alliance Brings Business to Region Year: 2004;
Shared Training Program for City and County Employees Year: 2004;
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Sample Government Documents

Shared Services Report Year: 2006; Pages: 18.
Intermunicipal Agreement for Assessing Services Year: 2006; Pages: 6.
Waiver of Permit Fees Ordinance Year: 2006; Pages: 3.
Zoning Cooperation Agreement Between City and University Year: 2006; Pages: 11.
City-County Service Sharing Team Reports Year: 2005;
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Reports and Articles

Obama and the Cities Year: 2009; Pages: 7.
Virginia Regional Performance Consortium Created Year: 2006;
Opening the Gate: Using Neighborhoods to Create Community Year: 2006; Pages: 12.
2006 Program Excellence Award Nomination for Strategic Leadership and Governance: Cooperative City-County Partnership Year: 2006; Pages: 5.
Opening the Gate: Using Neighborhoods to Create Community Year: 2006; Pages: 19.
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Awards

2002 Program Excellence Award for Outstanding Partnerships: Intergovernmental Cooperation: Rogue Valley Public Service Academy Program Year: 2002; Pages: 1.
1990 Public Safety Program Excellence Award in Memory of William H. Hansell, Sr. (Populations Greater than 20,000) Year: 1990; Pages: 2.

Case Studies

Implementing Welfare Eligibility Software Year: 2005;
Southeast Area Drug Operations Group Year: 2005;
2005 ICMA Program Excellence Award for Intergovernmental Cooperation: eCityGov Alliance Year: 2005; Pages: 2.
Interconnecting Radio Systems Year: 2004;
Municipalities Work Jointly to Ensure Power Cable Buried Year: 2004;
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