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interlocal

interlocal

8.1
Happening between nearby towns and cities
  • adjective
  • /ˌɪntərˈloʊkəl/
translation icon : interlocal
  • In 1990, BBBLENS was formed as a cooperative by interlocal agreement to manage the biosolids produced at five wastewater treatment facilities.
  • interlocal inequality

Examples

  • The next step is to create interlocal agreements and form a board of directors for HCRP, she adds.

    Academic text (1996)
  • Exclusionary zoning, as I have discussed earlier, leads to sprawl, interlocal fiscal inequalities, de facto racial segregation, and other problems.

    Academic text (2016)
  • Its alignment has been approved by the City Council; the interlocal agreement between Sound Transit and Seattle is secure, and construction begins next month.

    Blog text (16)
  • A system committed to local autonomy, in other words, must also tolerate some degree of interlocal inequality.

    Academic text (2016)
  • Because they executed an interlocal agreement with the City of Seattle to build it, and it will have Seattle Streetcar branding.

    Blog text (16)
  • The best way to minimize this risk is not to presume that one can fashion an effective national government to which various local power centers will yield, but to work out interlocal coalitions, treaties, and agreements.

    Academic text (2011)
  • The result is that the state is able to deflect responsibility for the interlocal inequalities it creates by making them appear as voluntary choices by parochial municipalities.

    Academic text (2016)
  • The Sedgwick County Area Educational Services Interlocal Cooperative, which serves nine small school districts around Wichita, recently hired an autism specialist and established a team that meets monthly to coordinate autism services and respond to concerns.

    Blog text (18)
  • Practically speaking, one of the most important consequences of the organic/artificial divide is that it disguises interlocal fiscal inequalities and de facto racial segregation by making them appear to be the product of voluntary choices by "organic" communities rather than policy decisions imposed by the state.

    Academic text (2016)
  • The Hutto City Council has approved an interlocal agreement with the Hutto Independent School District for facility maintenance services.

Synonyms

intercommunal
vsinterlocal
1 6.9

Relating to events or contacts between different communities

adds local government involvement as well as ordinary community ties
intermunicipality
vsinterlocal
  • Formal
8.0

Shared by two or more towns

is about local governments or communities generally rather than only municipalities
intercounty
vsinterlocal
  • UK
5.1

Happens between two or more counties

includes relations among local governments or communities beyond just counties
interdistrict
vsinterlocal
5.3

Happening between two or more districts

covers interactions among local governments or communities not limited to districts
intercommunity
vsinterlocal
5.6

Happening between different communities or groups

also covers formal local governments, not only informal community relations
translocal
vsinterlocal
  • Specialized
8.1

Connecting people in different places to share ideas or work together

focuses specifically on relations among local governments or communities rather than broad links

Surface Forms

interlocal positive

Morphology

interlocal = local (transparent) = inter + local

The meaning is directly compositional: 'inter-' means between and 'local' refers to local governments or communities.

Etymology

Interlocal comes from the parts inter- ('between') and local ('place' or 'community'), like in interstate. So interlocal describes something that happens 'between' two or more local governments or communities.