Privatizing Government: Does It Work?

Privatizing Government: Does It Work?

Presented by:

League of Women Voters West Metro Alliance



Saturday, March 31, 2012, 9:30 am

St. Louis Park City Hall, Council Chambers, 3rd Floor

5005 Minnetonka Boulevard, St. Louis Park 55416

Public Invited

You are invited to attend a panel discussion to discuss the privatization of government services in preparation for the LWV US study consensus.



Our panelists:


Kevin Frazell has served as Director of Member Services at the League of Minnesota Cities since 1997. He has supervised the Training and Conferences, Policy Research, and Field Services divisions. He is also Secretariat officer for the Minnesota City/County Management Association and works with the Minnesota Mayor’s Association.

Prior to joining the League Kevin had a 20-year career in city management, serving as City Administrator for Cottage Grove and Mendota Heights, as well as Assistant to the City Manager in Coon Rapids.

Dennis Feller has served as Finance Director for the City of Lakeville for more than three decades. In this role he has been an active participant and promoter of maximizing government efficiencies through government and private sector partnerships. Some of the notable partnerships include the Dakota Communications Center, Lakeville Arenas and ALF Ambulance. He also brings to the discussion experience as it relates to contracting government services to the private sector.

Does privatization result in lower cost and/or more efficient delivery of government service? The answer is – "it depends…" Evaluation of whether a service is best provided by government, the private sector or combination thereof is dependent on a number of factors. The session will focus on the broad spectrum of the different types of privatization and the potential public policy issues. City of Lakeville Dennis Feller will provide a case study involving an analysis of ALF Ambulance delivery of services as it relates to the privatization debate to illustrate the salient factors in the decision making process.

The purpose of the LWV US study is to identify policies and parameters that should be considered when any governmental entity is planning to undertake some type of privatization process - http://www.lwv.org/content/leaders-guide-privatization-study-consensus



Sponsored by the LWV West Metro Alliance: Brooklyn Park/Osseo/Maple Grove, Crystal/New Hope/E. Plymouth, Golden Valley, Minnetonka/Eden Prairie/Hopkins,

St. Louis Park, South Tonka and Wayzata/Plymouth.