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Lean Government Conference 2012
Save the date! September 19, 2012, Holiday Inn, Stevens Point, WI.

We are currently looking for sponsors who wish to be in front of over 200 local and state government decisionmakers wanting to improve the way their units of government work. Contact exec_dir@localgovinstitute.org for more information.

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Case Studies of Local Government Collaboration, Cooperation, Service Consolidation

A Roadmap For Government Transformation
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Local Government Reform Initiatives
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Planning for Energy Independence: An Overview of the 2010 Energy Independent Communities Planning Grant Program
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Case Studies of Cooperation, Sharing or Consolidation
We are looking for examples of local governments working together to reduce costs, improve services, or to better address regional issues. Go here to report an example or learn more.

Planning for Energy Independence: An Overview of the 2009 Energy Independent Communities Planning Grant Program
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Leadership Training Opportunities
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LGI Webinar Series

Webinar 1: "Establishing a Forum for Collaboration"

Friday, April 20, 2012 at 12:00 pm

The first webinar of the 2012 LGI Webinar Series focused on the initial step to finding opportunities for collaboration - getting units of goverment together to talk about it. The webinar featured three speakers who shared their experiences with local forums that were established specifically to promote inter-government cooperation and collaboration.

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Developing Public-Private Relationships

March 28, 2012 – 8:30 am – 3:15 pm, Pyle Center, Madison. Cost: $128.

In this workshop we identify the changing role of government in our communities, explore the foundations of an effective partnership, discuss the conditions that are most conducive to public-private partnerships, and explore a variety of alternative strategies to government service delivery. We look at examples of public-private partnerships and you identify prospective public-private partnerships for your agency. Click here for more info.

Extreme Government Makeover Workshop

Lean Government Conference
October 10, 2011
Monona Terrace, Madison, WI

The Local Government Institute of Wisconsin, in partnership with the Wisconsin Center for Performance Excellence, put on this one day conference for state and local government officials that focused on tools and principles to improve quality, cost effectiveness, service delivery and responsiveness to the public.
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Doing More with Less: Collaborative Leadership for Servicy Delivery Workshop
The Local Government Institute of Wisconsin, in partnership with the UW - Extension's Local Government Center, hosted a leadership workshop designed for local government leaders on April 28, 2011 at eleven sites across the state.
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Wed, 05/18/2011 - 12:40pm — Executive Director

The Joint Legislative Committee today introduced three bills, the ideas for which can be traced to LGI's 2010 study Roadmap for Government Transformation.

AJR-41 relates to a constitutional amendment allowing differential tax levy rates within a jurisdiction.
AB-138 relates to repealing maintenance of effort for emergency services.
AB-140 relates to exempting expenditures from levy limits related to service consolidation or cooperation.

LGI promoted these ideas to the Special Committee on Local Service Consolidation, which became recommendations by the Special Committee to the Joint Legislative Committee. The JLC accepted the recommendations and prepared the legislation.