Working
Leadership & Influence – Being a collective influence to achieve mutual goals
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- Providing better services to residents.
SCALE IS Leadership and Influence/SCALE IS Working:
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- Unified transportation plan
- Unified economic development, land use and transportation plan charter.
- Lead to SmartLink and expanded transit services
- Equipment sharing
- Directly results in better services for residents. Seems simple, but other jurisdictions don’t do this.
Intensive Residential Treatment Center
In 2018, SCALE members partnered to build an Intensive Residential Treatment Center in Savage, MN to provide short...
SCALE Legislative Efforts
In addition to shared research and cooperative legislative efforts, SCALE members also benefit from the presence of a...
First Stop Shop
The First Stop Shop (FSS) is an economic development resource housed within the Scott County Community Development...
Greater MSP
In 2011, The Itasca Group and other key stakeholders decided to make a significant contribution to growing the local...
SCALE Regional Public Safety Facility
The SCALE Regional Public Training Facility, opened in 2008, serves not only Scott and Carver Counties and the...
Smarter
Innovation & Education – Thinking outside the box to solve problems
- Saving taxpayers money (over $2M to date)
SCALE IS Innovation and Education/SCALE IS Smarter:
- Regional Public Safety Training Facility
- Each city can’t afford to do their own training facility
- SCALE University
- Provides joint training and continued education for elected officials and staff across the County
- County wide fiber optics
- Scott County is the first county to do this.
SCALE Legislative Efforts
In addition to shared research and cooperative legislative efforts, SCALE members also benefit from the presence of a...
Scott Joint Prosecution Association
Through centralizing and streamlining local prosecution efforts, the Scott Joint Prosecution initiative helped forge...
Countywide Fiber Optic
Under the auspices of SCALE, in 2007 Scott County funded and led the installation of a 90-mile countywide fiber optic...
Greater MSP
In 2011, The Itasca Group and other key stakeholders decided to make a significant contribution to growing the local...
SCALE Regional Public Safety Facility
The SCALE Regional Public Training Facility, opened in 2008, serves not only Scott and Carver Counties and the...
Together
Relationships & Partnering – Sharing resources to increase efficiencies
- Eliminating duplication
SCALE IS Relationships and Partnering/SCALE IS Together:
- Crisis/Emergency management
- Came out of a real life scenario. Enhanced communication system and network because we pool our resources.
- First Stop Shop
- Working for a common community development effort
- Social Host Ordinance
- Benefit from having everyone on same page
- Road construction funding
- Obtained letters of support which led to more funding
Elko New Market/Savage MIS
Over the last decade, Elko New Market has been the fastest growing city in Minnesota. However, they currently do not...
SCALE Legislative Efforts
In addition to shared research and cooperative legislative efforts, SCALE members also benefit from the presence of a...
Law Enforcement Radios and Dispatch
Through the partnerships and cross-jurisdictional collaboration, SCALE’s members have seen significant efficiencies...
Greater MSP
In 2011, The Itasca Group and other key stakeholders decided to make a significant contribution to growing the local...
SCALE Regional Public Safety Facility
The SCALE Regional Public Training Facility, opened in 2008, serves not only Scott and Carver Counties and the...
