Government Consolidation Suggestion Comes Up Again
There are three main government entities in our area: the City of Spokane, Spokane County, and the City of Spokane Valley. That mean each entity has a team of accountants, and each has a team of engineers, and each has a bevy of planners and attorneys, etc. But what if the three were to consolidate? It would mean some layoffs, but it may also mean that a lot of functions would no longer be duplicated among the three jurisdicitons.
Here's more on the suggestion from the Spokesman-Review. What's your opinion on consolidating local government agencies?
About SRTC
SRTC is the federally designated Metropolitan Planning Organization (MPO) for Spokane County. Urbanized areas with populations exceeding 50,000 people are required to have an MPO. SRTC was formed to address the county's transportation planning needs. It provides coordination in planning between the public, cities, small towns, the county, the state, transit providers, and tribes.
SRTC offers services including transportation monitoring, transportation modeling, census information analysis, travel demand forecasting, historical traffic count analysis, geographic information systems, and trip generation rates.
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