Only by doing so will the state provide the quality of life its citizens, now and in the future, deserve. The Commission therefore concludes that Wisconsin ought to encourage local self government while developing aggressive regional service delivery and economic development. Citizens can maintain their close links to local governments while benefiting from the efficiencies and growth that flow from truly regional thinking and action. Regionalism through performance contracts. Moreover, the Commission concludes that the best way of structuring regional service delivery is through performance contracts.
Governments can decide which services they want to provide.
They can then purchase those services from another level of government, from a neighboring government, from a private company, or from or a nonprofit organization. This performance contract system offers greater efficiency, by encouraging the purchasers of services to deal with the providers who can do the job best. It offers greater performance, by focusing on results achieved instead of money spent. It offers greater accountability, by specifying who produces what. Wisconsin, of course, already has regional governments, called counties.