Regional Services & Municipal Collaboration
CMRPC develops, and at times, implements regional approaches to problems shared by Southern Worcester county municipalities such as
• Coordination and sponsorship of workshops and seminars on topics of interest to local officials such as municipal law, ethics, sexual harassment, planning and zoning issues, and electric utility deregulation;
• Assistance to officials and members of the public in research and technical matters; and provides staff support to the Municipalities Organized for Regional Effectiveness (MORE) a non-profit established to assist our municipalities with a number of tasks including bulk purchasing.
• Provision of data and geographic information and analysis
Municipal officials of member communities who would like to explore possibilities for staff support for regional associations, meetings, or workshops are invited to contact our office.
OUR WORK AREAS
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♦ Regional and Shared Services Models
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♦ Joint Procurement and Shared Services
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♦ Regional Dialogues
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♦ Disaster Planning
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♦ Regional Brownfield Planning
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♦ Affiliated Organizations
Other Statewide or Regional Efforts
Regional and Shared Services Models
CMRPC is surveying Selectboards, Town Managers, Town Administrators, Executive Secretaries, and community leaders to gauge interest and to assess each town's preferences and/or opportunities for shared services or joint procurement of goods and services. When a community reaches out to us about regionalizing a service, we use these survey results to inform our matchmaking efforts. Your response will also guide which procurement programs we’ll pursue and how CMRPC builds its capacity to better serve our region.
Commonwealth Community Compact Regional or Shared Services (2016)
Berlin-Boylston Public Schools Regionalization Feasibility Study 2014, (August 29, 2014)
Charlton-Leicester-Spencer Regional EMS/ALS Shared Services Report, (December 31, 2013)
Joint Procurement and Shared Services Public Notices
• Our annual Fuel Bid procures Diesel Fuel, Unleaded Gas, Propane, and Fuel (Heating) Oil for over 20 participating communites.
• FY19 Fuel Oil, Diesel, Unleaded Gas, and Propane Summaries and Awards (Addendum 1)
• We procure Auctioneer Services for towns looking to sell town owned property and property taken for the nonpayment of taxes.
• A prequalified pool of Human Resources firms offer a menu of HR services like job descriptions, compensation studies, and personell policy review.
Regional Dialogues, Workshops
Regional Economic Development Conversations (2016)
Regional Planning Board Discussions
Planner's Forum
Regional Historical Workshops (2016)
Mill Redevelopment Workshops (2015)
Lost Villages Scenic Byway (Route 122) (ongoing)
Regional Agricultural Economic Development
Disaster Planning
Chemical Safety and Resiliency Planning
Affilliated Organizations
Resources
Massachusetts Shared Service Manual: A Toolkit for Regionalization Best Practices for City and Town Officials, MARPA, January, 2013.