Emergency Management
In September 2007, Gloucester County was the first in New Jersey to launch a regionalized county-based EMS program. Gloucester County EMS has saved the participating municipalities $2.6 million in avoided costs and markedly improved services through quicker response times, a crucial factor in this life saving responsibility. Gloucester County has been providing dispatching services for fire departments and EMS since the 1980’s and in 2000 began dispatching police for many municipalities. Today the county provides dispatching for all 24 municipalities and numerous other law enforcement agencies. County Education Services
Since 2001, Gloucester County Special Services School District (GCSSSD) and Gloucester County Institute of Technology (GCIT) have been sharing an administration, equipment, facilities and other staff. This year they will also share a school board. The combined administrations of these school districts operate the county’s full-time technical school, an alternative school, the Bankbridge Special Services Schools for special needs and multiply-disabled students grades K – 12, and our new Bankbridge Development Center, a school designed specially for children with Autism. Stormwater Management
In 2004, when NJDEP issued requirements for stormwater management to all municipalities, Gloucester County created a regionalized program where the county and its 24 municipalities worked together to eliminate the duplicative efforts of separate stormwater plans, equipment, materials and buildings. Other Initiatives
For many years, the citizens of Gloucester County have enjoyed regionalized health services, animal control and a library system. Furthermore, Gloucester County has also joined with other counties on shared services such as the merger of the Gloucester/Camden/Salem Medical Examiners. On the Horizon
Gloucester County continues to look for cost-saving measures. Currently, the county is exploring implementing a county-wide Tax Assessors office, seeking to eliminate the need for costly revaluations to be done town by town and to create a fair assessment system where every town would be at 100% of true assessed value 100% of the time.
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