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Washington County executive pitches expanded shared services to cut redundancy and lower costs
Summary
County Executive Josh Shulman outlined long-running efforts to expand shared services with municipalities — citing a public-health merger with Ozaukee County, claimed multi‑million-dollar savings and plans to pursue partnerships on road projects, IT/GIS, and fire/EMS to reduce taxpayer costs.
County Executive Josh Shulman used a recent WASHCO Weekly episode to lay out Washington County’s ongoing push to expand shared services with towns, villages and cities across the county.
Shulman said the goal is to "make government a little smaller, a little smarter, a little bit more cost efficient and effective for you," and urged municipalities to consider joint approaches on everything from road maintenance to IT and emergency services. He said statutes allow such cooperation and described the work as focused on reducing redundancy and lowering costs for taxpayers.
As an example of consolidation, Shulman…
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