Modern transportation and communication have forever altered the environment in which local governmental operates. New opportunities for intergovernmental cooperation, coordination, collaboration, and consolidation hold the potential for improved public services at a reduced cost.

The Orleans County Chamber of Commerce believes immediate progress in this area can be made. Opportunities exist in the following areas:

1. Increasing cooperation between jurisdictions on issues of common interest.

2. Reducing the duplication of services.

3. Sharing services and equipment.

4. Pooling purchases to receive volume pricing.

   The Chamber urges local officials to seek out and take advantage of these opportunities to save the taxpayers’ money. The Chamber offers its assistance to help bring jurisdictions together, to discuss the benefits this organization has seen from its own merger, and to help promote these efforts to the business community and the general public.