Feasibility of a Certified Regional Code Enforcement/Local Plumbing Inspector Program, Report on the feasibility of the creation of a Certified Regional Code enforcement officer (CEO) and Licensed Plumbing Inspector (LPI) program in northern Maine. Prepared by the Northern Maine Development Commission, August 2007.
Shared Staffing, Report on the feasibility of shared code enforcement services provided by the Androscoggin Valley Council of Governments. Prepared by AVCOG, October 2006.
Fund for the Efficient Delivery of Local and Regional Services 2008 Annual Report, Prepared by the Department of Administrative and Financial Services for the Joint Standing Committee on State and Local Government and the Intergovernmental Advisory Commission, October 2008 (PDF 202 KB)
A Case for Cooperation: Making Connections to Improve Education for All Maine Students, Maine Children’s Alliance website, August 2006
Blueprint for Maine, Maine Intergovernmental Advisory Commission, December 2006 (PDF 193KB)
Facilitating Government Cooperation. This report was prepared for the Legislature’s State and Local Government Committee in accordance with PL 2004, Resolve 130. The report outlines the progress and status of state agencies implementation of Resolve 130, which directs agencies to establish a process whereby municipalities can file statutorily-required state reports jointly when they are involved in a regional effort. January 2007 (PDF 465KB)
Fund for the Efficient Delivery of Local and Regional Services, Final Report Prepared by the Maine Development Foundation and submitted to the Department of Administrative and Financial Services, the report details the state’s investment in 26 pilot collaborative projects implemented during 2005-2007. October 2007 (PDF 992KB)
Fund for the Efficient Delivery of Local and Regional Services 2007 Annual Report, Prepared by the Department of Administrative and Financial Services for the Joint Standing Committee on State and Local Government and the Intergovernmental Advisory Commission, October 2007 (PDF 123 KB)
Joining Forces on Solid Waste Management: Regionalization is Working in Rural and Small Communities, EPA, October 1994 (PDF 1.29MB)
Maine Center for Economic Policy article, Regional Councils Should Take the Lead by Kenneth Young, February 2005 (PDF 41KB)
Municipal Restructuring in Québec: Some Lessons for Maine, by David Whiry, Maine Policy Review, Fall 2006 (PDF 1.22MB)
"Place and Prosperity", Prepared by the State Planning Office for the Governor’s Council on Maine’s Quality of Place June 2007 (PDF 180KB)
Proposal to Reduce the Cost of Government Through Reform of Governmental Relations, Task Force on Intergovernmental Structure Final Report, November 1997 (PDF 777KB)
Regionalism, New England Style, by Evan D. Richert, Maine Center for Economic Policy, June 2003 (PDF 38KB)
Regionalization: What is the best form of local government for the future of Maine, by Leadership Maine's Lamda Lions, May 2004 (PDF 151KB)
Shared Assessing, by Alan Elliott, Maine Townsman, February 2005 (PDF 386KB)
The Learning State: Maine Schooling in the 21st Century, Report of the Select Panel on Revisioning Education in Maine, draft, undated (PDF 250KB)
Weighing Pros & Cons of Regionalized Assessing by Douglas Rooks, Maine Townsman, February 2007 (PDF 27KB)
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