Future services and public private partnerships

Local governments may also consider public private partnerships for the delivery of future services, for example:

•  new types of services not presently provided in the community

•  modification of existing services to provide a higher level of servicing (e.g., water treatment)

Future servicing initiatives will generally be identified in:

•  long-range financial plans

•  strategic servicing plans where these have been prepared

•  official community plans

•  servicing studies or strategies related to specific types of services

The public and other stakeholders may be more prepared to consider public private partnerships for services that are not presently provided or for modification and upgrading of existing services. This would be particularly evident in cases where the provision of new or upgraded services may not be possible or feasible under conventional service delivery.