Promote the consolidation of services and cost-sharing with surrounding municipalities, where possible

Past ini­tia­tives such as Solar­ize Somers-New Cas­tle and Com­mu­ni­ty Choice aggre­ga­tion have demon­strat­ed that aggre­gat­ing the Town’s pur­chas­ing pow­er with that of sur­round­ing munic­i­pal­i­ties can result in low­er prices for qual­i­ty goods and ser­vices that ben­e­fit the res­i­dents of New Cas­tle. The Town should iden­ti­fy oth­er oppor­tu­ni­ties for cost-shar­ing with oth­er munic­i­pal­i­ties and pur­sue fund­ing oppor­tu­ni­ties to sup­port these efforts. In par­tic­u­lar, the town should pur­sue oppor­tu­ni­ties to cost-share in order to enhance sus­tain­abil­i­ty efforts Town-wide. The Town should work with state, coun­ty and local offi­cials to enhance coop­er­a­tive emer­gency services.