When pursuing options for developing municipal cost-sharing agreements, the development of intermunicipal relationships is key to finding a successful solution. Municipalities involved in the development of cost-sharing agreements, must engage in dialogue, that includes negotiation, and possibly, mediation, if negotiations are in difficulty.
The AAMD&C/AUMA Rural/Urban Cost-sharing Task Force Recommended the process of mutual gains negotiation as one possible approach to negotiation.
Mediation Handbook - Intermunicipal Dispute Resolution Initiative (Alberta Municipal Affairs
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