Does it seem counterintuitive that the Intergovernmental Planning Task Force would conclude that Guilford County “can’t count on” cost savings and efficiencies from merging departments?

Marlene Sanford is chairwoman of the Intergovernmental Planning Task Force, which has been studying a merger since April. She’s also president of the Triad Real Estate and Building Industry Coalition. She said her task force’s study found that the county can’t count on a merger saving money or making the departments more efficient…

 

Joe Killian

Greensboro News and Record, January 8, 2010