Privatization Concerns . . . . Before Your Community Privatizes. . . . . Consider This . . . . . . . May Depend On It . . In most cases, management decisions are influenced by the effects it's decisions have on profit margin. Is only committed to the length of it's contract terms and may have obligations with other jurisdictions.
Taxpayers control budget, expenditures, and overhead.
Subject to the whims of the owners, stockholders and marketplace. Accountable and open to public scrutiny. Usually trained in emergency management. Private company with no requirements to disclose anything publicly. Not necessarily trained in emergency management.