The report is the culmination of a study undertaken by Tantus Solutions Group on behalf of the RMA to examine the financial and non-financial impacts of municipal dissolution on the absorbing municipality. The study includes a series of observations and recommendations.
The study identified many areas of improvement in terms of how absorbing municipalities can be better supported financially and in terms of administrative and capacity-building support following a dissolution. It also examines changes to the viability review process to better consider the potential impacts of dissolution on the absorbing municipality and improve infrastructure and financial data disclosed during the review.