Cloquet Area Fire District - City of Cloquet; Perch Lake Township; City of Scanlon; Fond du Lac Band of Lake Superior Chippewa
Collaborative Fire & EMS Provision (SR) / This collaborative provision of Fire and EMS initially came from a study done by ESCI in 2006. Perch Lake Township and the City of Cloquet started with a joint powers agreement for fire and EMS, which led to work at the legislature in 2009 with the Special Taxing District Language effective January 1, 2010. A contract with the sovereign nation of Fond du Lac was signed for fire suppression in 2010 and the City of Scalon in 2011. The Incident Command System now has 58 fire personnel working out of 3 stations, which has saved 250,000 and improved service to all of our citizens.
City of Eagan
Eagan 150th Anniversary Food and Fund Drive (SR) / When the City of Eagan set out to celebrate 150 years since its founding, the Eagan 150th Anniversary Executive Board recognized there weremany families struggling to meet their basic needs. With this in mind, the Executive Board embarked on a remarkable goal of rallying the entire community to serve hungry families by raising food and funds for two local food shelves.
City of Excelsior
Parking Impact Fee (SR) / Excelsior’s downtown has a long tradition of being destination. As the popularity of the community grew and municipal parking approached capacity, City leaders concluded that the City's small tax base could not afford additional parking and that property owners would have to provide their own parking. The City created a parking impact fee ordinance which allows properties to satisfy the parking requirements by paying an annual parking impact fee in lieu of providing parking. The annual fee will be deposited into a fund and used to acquire and develop any future municipal parking space.
City or Rosemount
One Book One Rosemount (SR) / The Rosemount Community Leaders group wanted to do something in our Rosemount that could bring people together to focus on a common goal of bettering our community. We chose to reinforce a sense of community by collaborating, publicizing and focusing efforts to promote one book title to the residents of Rosemount to promote literacy. We worked to involve community leaders, schools, churches, families and teens by choosing a book that would have intergenerational appeal.
City of Maplewood, City of North Saint Paul
Recreation Programming Joint Powers Agreement between Maplewood and North Saint Paul (SR) / The Cities of Maplewood and North St. Paul have collaborated in the area of Parks and Recreation. Specifically, the Cities signed a Joint Powers Agreement for the City of Maplewood to provide recreational programming for North St. Paul including their Community Center and Parks. The collaboration has led to new offerings for North St. Paul and Maplewood residents at a fraction of the existing cost by using the economies of scale that exist between both communities.
Award Key:
SR– Service Redesign
LGIA County Winners 2010-11Anoka County Emergency Management
Anoka County Emergency Management Paid On Call Program (SR) / The nature of emergency management involves the capability to respond to emergencies and disasters on a typical 24/7/365 days a year response model. The solution is drawn from previous experience as a Paid on Call Firefighter. Essentially by adopting a similar staffing system is used by the majority of fire departments we are able to achieve needed staff enhancements for the department. When the ‘call’ goes outthese paid on call staff come to provide quick and effective support to their department. This system is a first for Minnesota and potentially the country.
Crow Wing County Sanitary Landfill
Crow Wing County Landfill Gas Fueled Boiler (SR) / To take advantage of Landfill Gas (LFG) generation, the County has voluntarily installed an active gas collection and control system for energy recovery and to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. This concept of collecting LFG for benefit through enhanced generation via leachate recirculation is referred to as Recirculation to Energy (RTE). Collected LFG is sent to a heat recovery boiler. The boiler is used to heat both a maintenance shop and a heavy equipment storage building onsite.
Anoka County Human Services
Upfront Services to Keep Families Together (SR) / Anoka County has shifted from a court-centered, no-risk model in addressing child protection issues to a safety model, with impressive results. The county has witnessed a turnaround in recidivism and skyrocketing out-of-home placement costs in just two years. Costs dropped $1,117,000 over two years. The number of children in placement fell 27 percent. Families are better served. Trained staff work with the families, focusing on their strengths and building plans that focus on child safety.
Olmsted County
W82GO (SR) / Olmsted County developed the weight loss program,W82GO (pronounced Weight to Go), for adults on the Olmsted County Employees’ Health Plan. The program provides a connection to dieticians, fitness trainers and a nurse care manager. Participants learn what they can do to live healthier and take away knowledge and tools that can be used for life.
Award Key:
SR – Service Redesign
LGIA School District Winners 2010-2011TIES, Bloomington School District, Hennepin County Juvenile Court, the Bloomington, Brooklyn Center and Intermediate 287 School Districts
Dropout (SR) / Reducing the 35 percent dropout rate in Hennepin County is the central goal of collaboration among Hennepin County Juvenile Court, the Bloomington, Brooklyn Center and Intermediate 287 school districts, and TIES. A new process for school districts to share real-time, online information with juvenile court services about student attendance, academic performance and behavior is increasing student accountability and reducing at-risk behaviors, as well as saving staff time previously spent collecting information that is now available instantly.
Southwest/West Central Service Cooperative
Flexible Learning Year-FLY (SR) / Improving Student Achievement Initiative is a consortium of 25 school districts in southwest Minnesota who collaborate for a flexible learning year. Known as the “FLY”, this consortium has banded together to create an initiative being replicated throughout Minnesota. A collaborative effort like nothing seen before, these districts have agreed on common staff development dates, contributed funds for joint activities, and committed staff time for meetings/workshops—a plan no district could have done on their own.
Southeast Service Cooperative
Mobile Science Lab - Connecting Classrooms and Careers (SR) / The Mobile Science Lab Program is a collaboration of the Southeast Service Cooperative, Mayo Clinic, and Rochester Area Math Science Partnership, with funding from HealthForce MN, Southern MN Initiative Foundation, Workforce Development Inc, Winona State University, AgStar Fund for Rural America, and the MN Agricultural Education Leadership Council. We have deployed two traveling trailers with equipment and supplies to conduct molecular biology and agricultural bioscience experiments in high school classrooms, supporting the training that teachers receive in the Mayo Clinic Educator Academies.
Lakes Country Service Cooperative: ISD #926
Shared Financial Services (SR) / Building upon a proven 25 year history of providing shared services, our advisory team of school leaders began to examine the possibility of providing financial services with tremendous quality while maintaining value. Beginning in the fall of 2009, LCSC now provides financial management and assistance to several school districts and other non-profit entities. These services range from full scale financial management for three school districts (Perham-Dent, Hawley and Campbell-Tintah) to payroll, grant management, fiscal hosting or a number of other temporary services for our members.
Award Key:
SR – Service Redesign