Schoharie County, NY and the Town of Blenheim, NY developed and received a Local Government Efficiency Grant in 2009 to study ways to improve the delivery of highway services in Schoharie County. The grant request was driven in part by a 2004 economic study in which the County was encouraged to consider consolidation of services as a means to reduce the tax burden on county residents. The County developed a highway services study committee with representatives from most towns to help guide the study process. The emphasis of the study was to identify ways of increasing greater efficiency in the county.