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Interlocal Service Cooperation in Metropolitan Areas: The Impact of Councils of Governments

Changes in the organization and government of metropolitan areas have long been of interest to those who follow urban politics and administration. This reform orientation has frequently manifested itself in the advocacy of consolidated or regional governments.1 While success in reforming metropolitan systems has been quite limited, academics and practitioners have nonetheless continued to call for formal restructuring of metropolitan governmental systems. At the same time, municipalities have been increasingly (although perhaps unknowingly) fostering an &dquo;unstructured&dquo; governmental reform movement of their own. This movement is characterized by the use of interlocal agreements for the delivery of municipal services.2