This report of 190 pages looks into the following aspects of shared services as they were implemented in Carthage and West Carthage, NY near the year 2000.  As part of this report, there are sections on:

-Fire

-Police

-Highways & Streets

-Housing

-Utilities (Water/Waste Water)

-Administration

-Planning, Zoning, and Building Code

-Parks and Recreation

-Economic Development

As drawn from here.