Six Lansing-area jurisdictions shared the spotlight at the
Michigan Municipal League’s Region 2 Community Excellence Award (CEA) for their winning project, Metro Connection: A Greater Lansing Shared Services Fire Initiative.
“This project was about finding ways to share policies and procedures that improve the effectiveness of our city’s emergency response teams,” stated
City of East Lansing Mayor Nathan Triplett. “Many would be surprised about how differently area fire departments respond to emergencies.”
Participating fire departments included the cities of Lansing and East Lansing, Meridian, Lansing, Delta and Delhi Township.
“This project is unique to the competition in that it is a collaboration between Lansing-area jurisdictions and not a brick and mortar business innovation,” emphasized Triplett. “It’s also a great example of how municipalities can provide high quality public services with significant budget constraints.”
The joint project received top honors at the League’s 2014 Capital Conference and will now go on to compete for the statewide CEA title in Marquette on October 14-17, 2014.
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