The SCBP Shared Services Coordinating Council is comprised of county, municipal and school officials, and serves as a steering committee to plan and implement cooperative programs that will result in significant taxpayer savings.

The overall goal is to establish substantial and long-term shared services agreements throughout Somerset County and neighboring areas, to reduce the cost of local government to the taxpayer, to enhance the quality of education, and to improve the availability and efficiency of government services.

Download 2006 Shared Services Report.

Goals:

• To work with Somerset County government, the municipalities, the school districts and the business community toward a strong program of tax stabilization and government efficiency.
  
  
• Continued development and implementation of a countywide Geographic Information System in cooperation and partnership with the NJ State Office of GIS.
  
  
• Coordinated, countywide planning for community health, safety and emergency preparedness.
  
  
• Establishment of a voluntarily coordinated approach toward planning, developing and sharing services in the core centers of Somerset County.
  
  
• Cooperation and coordination with other government agencies and business organizations to promote shared services on a state-wide basis and to press for continuing sources of state funding to support local shared services initiatives.