In the wake of severe budget constraints for the 2010-2011 fiscal year, the City of Manistee, Michigan began exploring ways to save money through consolidation of city services. Among the first candidates for consolidation were the city's fire, police and EMS services. This document was created and presented to the Manistee City Council to lay out the background and recent history of the fire and police departments, the financial problems facing the city and the need for consideration of consolidated services across the city government if these challenges are to be met. The presentation gives 7 options for the council concerning fire, police and EMS consolidation: keeping the status quo, administrative consolidation, partial or hybrid consolidation, full consolidation, regionalization of fire/EMS services, contracting out police services and alternative regional approaches.