Bloomfield Township
Consolidating Police and Fire Depts
Resolution
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At their regular board meeting on Monday, April 9, the
Bloomfield Township Board of Trustees voted unanimously to
study the potential benefit of consolidating the Township
Police and Fire Departments with those of the City of
Birmingham. In Michigan’s climate of increasing financial
pressures on local governments, consolidation is seen as
potentially being a significant way of reducing costs while
maintaining – and possibly even enhancing – services.
"We want to control costs without compromising critical
services," said Township Supervisor Dave Payne. "Consolidation
of some services may be one way to achieve efficiencies in
operations while stabilizing costs and keeping service levels
high."
Supervisor Payne and Birmingham’s City Manager Tom Markus,
have jointly developed a preliminary concept proposal and have
recognized the merit of studying it further. They have asked
their police and fire chiefs to explore ways it could be
successfully implemented. The resolution passed by the
Bloomfield Township Board of Trustees directs the
administrative staffs of both communities to prepare an
agreement to study and recommend a course of action to their
respective governing bodies.
Payne and Markus have noted that Bloomfield Township and
the City of Birmingham are natural partners in such an
endeavor. The two communities are both in sound financial
condition and share a common boundary and similar
demographics. There is a long established history of working
well together over the years. Many of the Township’s
neighborhoods are served by Birmingham Public Schools. The
police and fire departments are similar in their
organizational management and participate in the same mutual
aid organization. Both municipalities fall under the
jurisdiction of the 48th District Court.
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