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[In Brief] By consolidating government services under a single umbrella, waste and inefficiency can be reduced by the elimination of service duplication. [Rationale] Many metropolitan areas contain both cities and counties that provide similar or duplicate services. Sheriff's departments and police departments often cover the same geographic areas, and city parks departments often maintain lands similar to and nearby county conservation areas. By bringing those services under a single government authority, consolidated governments can reduce the administrative costs and burdens of maintaining parallel providers of duplicated services. [Factor] 
Reduced Service Duplication
Should City and County Governments Merge? | Gongol.com
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