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 | | Single purpose functional planning and regulatory organizations also were formed in metropolitan areas as a result of federal "carrots and sticks." During the 1970s these bodies proliferated, especially in metropolitan areas, covering functions such as environmental protection, law enforcement, health care, and economic development. |
 | | A third option is to expand the powers of boundary review commissions (existing in 12 states, including Michigan) to enable these bodies to conduct such periodic reviews and propose the consolidation, annexation, and dissolution of local governments experiencing economic distress or failing to meet financial or functional viability criteria. |
 | | Reorganizing counties as full-service jurisdictions for planning, problem-solving, and functional performance would require adoption of home rule charters, broadening of functional and fiscal powers, and replacement of the commission form of government with elected county executives and/or appointed county managers or chief administrative officers. |
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