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Mr. Nelson Fialho/Mr. David Haglund Page 26 Preliminary Issues Assessment of Potential Colocation of Maintenance Facilities Interview with MCPS Executive Director of Finance and Operations Andy Hawkins Mr. Hawkins emphasized that although they are housed in the city Public Works Compound, MCPS and city maintenance operations remain separate, an arrangement he feels suits both agencies. Sharing a facility but operating independently allows staff from MCPS and the city to build productive relationships with one another while still being able to prioritize assignments and responsibilities to suit their respective organizations. Mr. Hawkins believes the attitude of city and MCPS maintenance staff is very posi tive and supportive, with each willing to accommodate the other (sharing tools, assisting with small projects) when needed. The current financial arrangement at the compound was viewed by Mr. Hawkins as beneficial to MCPS. He noted that when the city proposed increasing the hourly rate charged for city staff to maintain school buses, there was resistance from the school board. MCPS staff explored alternatives and found the city was charging less than other service providers in the community, satisfying the board’s concerns. The board’s position is that the city should not be making a “profit” from providing services to the district and the city accommodates that concern by providing documentation to justify the charges. Mr. Hawkins noted that MCPS was the only district he had worked for (in a 25+ year career) that shared a maintenance facility, but agreed with Mr. Pate that the arrangement worked well. Source: City of Manassas administrative record; interview with City Manager Patrick Pate and interview with MCPS Executive Director of Finance and Operations Andy Hawkins. CASE STUDY 3 Agencies: City of Corning and Corning-Painted Post School District (New York) Project: Consolidated Fleet Maintenance Facility Feasibility Study Background The State of New York administers a Local Government Efficiency (LGE) Program that provides technical assistance and competitive grants to local governments for the development of projects that will achieve savings and improve municipal efficiency through shared services, cooperative agreements, mergers, consolidations and dissolutions. The program’s objec tive is to control costs while maintaining the quality service delivery provided by New York’s local governments. In 2008, both the City of Corning (City) and Corning-Painted Post School District (District) had outgrown their aging (50+ years old), undersized and inefficient fleet maintenance facilities. The District proposed the agencies cosponsor an application for an LGE grant to fund a feasibility study to update, expand and consolidate the two facilities. The $22,500 grant was awarded in 2009, with the City and District sharing the required 10% local match.