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Local governments in Illinois pool their purchasing power
Facing a national economic downturn and a fiscal crisis in Illinois, local governments in Cook and Lake Counties, primarily north of Chicago, are combining municipal contracts to maximize their spending power.
Instead of seeking contactors separately to do work common to all municipalities, administrators in 30 or so city and village governments have joined together in a concept they call the Municipal Partnering Initiative (MPI).
Facing a national economic downturn and a fiscal crisis in Illinois, local governments in Cook and Lake counties, primarily north of Chicago, are combining municipal contracts to maximize their spending power. Instead of seeking contactors separately to do work common to all municipalities, administrators in 30 or so city and village governments have joined together in a concept they call the Municipal Partnering Initiative (MPI). The initiative began in 2010 when Glenview, Ill., invited 18...
