Question 05d Thinking about the next fiscal year, which action has your jurisdiction taken or is likely to take regarding reliance on "rainy day" funds? Survey Spring 2015 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Finances, fiscal health, Fiscal health/stress Question 05e Thinking about the next fiscal year, which action has your jurisdiction taken or is likely to take regarding the number of services provided? Survey Spring 2015 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Services, Service provision, Service spending Question 05f Thinking about the next fiscal year, which action has your jurisdiction taken or is likely to take regarding actual public safety spending? Survey Spring 2015 Categories Public safety, Services, Finance Budget and Operations, Finances, Service spending Question 05g Thinking about the next fiscal year, which action has your jurisdiction taken or is likely to take regarding actual infrastructure spending? Survey Spring 2015 Categories Finances, Service spending, Infrastructure, Services, Finance Budget and Operations Question 05h Thinking about the next fiscal year, which action has your jurisdiction taken or is likely to take regarding actual human services spending? Survey Spring 2015 Categories Services, Finance Budget and Operations, Service provision, Finances, Service spending, Human services Question 05i Thinking about the next fiscal year, which action has your jurisdiction taken or is likely to take regarding actual general government operations spending? Survey Spring 2015 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Service provision, Finances, Service spending, General operations Question 05j Thinking about the next fiscal year, which action has your jurisdiction taken or is likely to take regarding funding for economic development programs? Survey Spring 2015 Categories Economic Development, Development funding, Finances, Development program funding Question 05k Thinking about the next fiscal year, which action has your jurisdiction taken or is likely to take regarding the amount of debt? Survey Spring 2015 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, fiscal health, Finances, Debt Question 05l Thinking about the next fiscal year, which action has your jurisdiction taken or is likely to take regarding the sale of public assets? Survey Spring 2015 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Service provision, Services, Revenue, Revenues, Privatization Question 05m Thinking about the next fiscal year, which action has your jurisdiction taken or is likely to take regarding privatizing or contracting out of services? Survey Spring 2015 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Service provision, Finances, Services, Privatization Question 05n Thinking about the next fiscal year, which action has your jurisdiction taken or is likely to take regarding the number and/or scope of interlocal agreements or other cost-sharing plans with other governments? Survey Spring 2015 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Governmental Relations, Intergovernmental cooperation, Level of collaboration Question 05o Thinking about the next fiscal year, which action has your jurisdiction taken or is likely to take regarding your jurisdiction's workforce hiring? Survey Spring 2015 Categories Size of workforce, Workforce, Finance Budget and Operations, Workforce conditions Question 05p Thinking about the next fiscal year, which action has your jurisdiction taken or is likely to take regarding your jurisdiction's workforce layoffs? Survey Spring 2015 Categories Size of workforce, Workforce, Workforce conditions, Finance Budget and Operations Question 05q Thinking about the next fiscal year, which action has your jurisdiction taken or is likely to take regarding your jurisdiction's workforce layoffs? Survey Spring 2015 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Workforce, Size of workforce, Workforce conditions Question 05r Thinking about the next fiscal year, which action has your jurisdiction taken or is likely to take regarding your jurisdiction's workforce layoffs? Survey Spring 2015 Categories Workforce, Finance Budget and Operations, Employee compensation, Pay rates and wages Question 05s Thinking about the next fiscal year, which action has your jurisdiction taken or is likely to take regarding your jurisdiction's workforce layoffs? Survey Spring 2015 Categories Workforce, Finance Budget and Operations, Employee compensation, Fringe benefits Question 05t Thinking about the next fiscal year, which action has your jurisdiction taken or is likely to take regarding employees' share of contributions to retirement funds? Survey Spring 2015 Categories Pensions, Employee compensation, Finance Budget and Operations, Workforce Question 05u Thinking about the next fiscal year, which action has your jurisdiction taken or is likely to take regarding retirees' share of premiums, deductibles and/or co-pays on health insurance? Survey Spring 2015 Categories Workforce, Finance Budget and Operations, Employee compensation, Fringe benefits Question 06 When does your jurisdiction's fiscal year end? Survey Spring 2015 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Finances, Fiscal year Question 07a Thinking about your jurisdiction's last fiscal year, were general fund revenues higher or lower than what they were projected to be in its originally adopted general fund budget? Survey Spring 2015 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Finances, fiscal health, General fund balance, Revenue Question 07b Thinking about your jurisdiction's last fiscal year, were general fund expenditures higher or lower than what they were projected to be in its originally adopted general fund budget? Survey Spring 2015 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Finances, fiscal health, General fund balance, Spending Question 08 Different local jurisdictions manage their unreserved general fund balances in different ways depending on their specific circumstances. Despite these differences, we're interested in tracking overall changes in these balances over time. Approximately what was your jurisdiction's unreserved/unassigned general fund balance as a percentage of general fund expenditures at the end of its last fiscal year? Survey Spring 2015 Categories General fund balance, fiscal health, Finance Budget and Operations, Finances Question 09 Thinking about your jurisdiction's fiscal needs, overall, do you consider your jurisdiction's unreserved general fund balance to be too high, about right, or too low? Survey Spring 2015 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, General fund balance, Finances, fiscal health Question 10 In your opinion, is your jurisdiction's cash flow and its ability to pay bills in a timely manner a significant fiscal problem, somewhat of a problem, not much of a problem, or not a problem at all? Survey Spring 2015 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Finances, fiscal health, cash flow, Fiscal health/stress Question 11b Thinking about the overall fiscal stress of your jurisdiction today and what you expect it to be down the road - including any future financial obligations it may have - on a scale from 1 to 10, where 1 is the best: perfect fiscal health and 10 is the worst: fiscal crisis, how would you rate your jurisdiction's overall fiscal stress as you expect it to be five years from now? Survey Spring 2015 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Finances, fiscal health, Fiscal health/stress Pagination First page first Previous page previous Page 1 Current page 2 Page 3 Page 4 Page 5 Page 6 Next page next Last page last
Question 05e Thinking about the next fiscal year, which action has your jurisdiction taken or is likely to take regarding the number of services provided? Survey Spring 2015 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Services, Service provision, Service spending Question 05f Thinking about the next fiscal year, which action has your jurisdiction taken or is likely to take regarding actual public safety spending? Survey Spring 2015 Categories Public safety, Services, Finance Budget and Operations, Finances, Service spending Question 05g Thinking about the next fiscal year, which action has your jurisdiction taken or is likely to take regarding actual infrastructure spending? Survey Spring 2015 Categories Finances, Service spending, Infrastructure, Services, Finance Budget and Operations Question 05h Thinking about the next fiscal year, which action has your jurisdiction taken or is likely to take regarding actual human services spending? Survey Spring 2015 Categories Services, Finance Budget and Operations, Service provision, Finances, Service spending, Human services Question 05i Thinking about the next fiscal year, which action has your jurisdiction taken or is likely to take regarding actual general government operations spending? Survey Spring 2015 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Service provision, Finances, Service spending, General operations Question 05j Thinking about the next fiscal year, which action has your jurisdiction taken or is likely to take regarding funding for economic development programs? Survey Spring 2015 Categories Economic Development, Development funding, Finances, Development program funding Question 05k Thinking about the next fiscal year, which action has your jurisdiction taken or is likely to take regarding the amount of debt? Survey Spring 2015 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, fiscal health, Finances, Debt Question 05l Thinking about the next fiscal year, which action has your jurisdiction taken or is likely to take regarding the sale of public assets? Survey Spring 2015 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Service provision, Services, Revenue, Revenues, Privatization Question 05m Thinking about the next fiscal year, which action has your jurisdiction taken or is likely to take regarding privatizing or contracting out of services? Survey Spring 2015 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Service provision, Finances, Services, Privatization Question 05n Thinking about the next fiscal year, which action has your jurisdiction taken or is likely to take regarding the number and/or scope of interlocal agreements or other cost-sharing plans with other governments? Survey Spring 2015 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Governmental Relations, Intergovernmental cooperation, Level of collaboration Question 05o Thinking about the next fiscal year, which action has your jurisdiction taken or is likely to take regarding your jurisdiction's workforce hiring? Survey Spring 2015 Categories Size of workforce, Workforce, Finance Budget and Operations, Workforce conditions Question 05p Thinking about the next fiscal year, which action has your jurisdiction taken or is likely to take regarding your jurisdiction's workforce layoffs? Survey Spring 2015 Categories Size of workforce, Workforce, Workforce conditions, Finance Budget and Operations Question 05q Thinking about the next fiscal year, which action has your jurisdiction taken or is likely to take regarding your jurisdiction's workforce layoffs? Survey Spring 2015 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Workforce, Size of workforce, Workforce conditions Question 05r Thinking about the next fiscal year, which action has your jurisdiction taken or is likely to take regarding your jurisdiction's workforce layoffs? Survey Spring 2015 Categories Workforce, Finance Budget and Operations, Employee compensation, Pay rates and wages Question 05s Thinking about the next fiscal year, which action has your jurisdiction taken or is likely to take regarding your jurisdiction's workforce layoffs? Survey Spring 2015 Categories Workforce, Finance Budget and Operations, Employee compensation, Fringe benefits Question 05t Thinking about the next fiscal year, which action has your jurisdiction taken or is likely to take regarding employees' share of contributions to retirement funds? Survey Spring 2015 Categories Pensions, Employee compensation, Finance Budget and Operations, Workforce Question 05u Thinking about the next fiscal year, which action has your jurisdiction taken or is likely to take regarding retirees' share of premiums, deductibles and/or co-pays on health insurance? Survey Spring 2015 Categories Workforce, Finance Budget and Operations, Employee compensation, Fringe benefits Question 06 When does your jurisdiction's fiscal year end? Survey Spring 2015 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Finances, Fiscal year Question 07a Thinking about your jurisdiction's last fiscal year, were general fund revenues higher or lower than what they were projected to be in its originally adopted general fund budget? Survey Spring 2015 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Finances, fiscal health, General fund balance, Revenue Question 07b Thinking about your jurisdiction's last fiscal year, were general fund expenditures higher or lower than what they were projected to be in its originally adopted general fund budget? Survey Spring 2015 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Finances, fiscal health, General fund balance, Spending Question 08 Different local jurisdictions manage their unreserved general fund balances in different ways depending on their specific circumstances. Despite these differences, we're interested in tracking overall changes in these balances over time. Approximately what was your jurisdiction's unreserved/unassigned general fund balance as a percentage of general fund expenditures at the end of its last fiscal year? Survey Spring 2015 Categories General fund balance, fiscal health, Finance Budget and Operations, Finances Question 09 Thinking about your jurisdiction's fiscal needs, overall, do you consider your jurisdiction's unreserved general fund balance to be too high, about right, or too low? Survey Spring 2015 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, General fund balance, Finances, fiscal health Question 10 In your opinion, is your jurisdiction's cash flow and its ability to pay bills in a timely manner a significant fiscal problem, somewhat of a problem, not much of a problem, or not a problem at all? Survey Spring 2015 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Finances, fiscal health, cash flow, Fiscal health/stress Question 11b Thinking about the overall fiscal stress of your jurisdiction today and what you expect it to be down the road - including any future financial obligations it may have - on a scale from 1 to 10, where 1 is the best: perfect fiscal health and 10 is the worst: fiscal crisis, how would you rate your jurisdiction's overall fiscal stress as you expect it to be five years from now? Survey Spring 2015 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Finances, fiscal health, Fiscal health/stress Pagination First page first Previous page previous Page 1 Current page 2 Page 3 Page 4 Page 5 Page 6 Next page next Last page last
Question 05f Thinking about the next fiscal year, which action has your jurisdiction taken or is likely to take regarding actual public safety spending? Survey Spring 2015 Categories Public safety, Services, Finance Budget and Operations, Finances, Service spending Question 05g Thinking about the next fiscal year, which action has your jurisdiction taken or is likely to take regarding actual infrastructure spending? Survey Spring 2015 Categories Finances, Service spending, Infrastructure, Services, Finance Budget and Operations Question 05h Thinking about the next fiscal year, which action has your jurisdiction taken or is likely to take regarding actual human services spending? Survey Spring 2015 Categories Services, Finance Budget and Operations, Service provision, Finances, Service spending, Human services Question 05i Thinking about the next fiscal year, which action has your jurisdiction taken or is likely to take regarding actual general government operations spending? Survey Spring 2015 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Service provision, Finances, Service spending, General operations Question 05j Thinking about the next fiscal year, which action has your jurisdiction taken or is likely to take regarding funding for economic development programs? Survey Spring 2015 Categories Economic Development, Development funding, Finances, Development program funding Question 05k Thinking about the next fiscal year, which action has your jurisdiction taken or is likely to take regarding the amount of debt? Survey Spring 2015 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, fiscal health, Finances, Debt Question 05l Thinking about the next fiscal year, which action has your jurisdiction taken or is likely to take regarding the sale of public assets? Survey Spring 2015 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Service provision, Services, Revenue, Revenues, Privatization Question 05m Thinking about the next fiscal year, which action has your jurisdiction taken or is likely to take regarding privatizing or contracting out of services? Survey Spring 2015 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Service provision, Finances, Services, Privatization Question 05n Thinking about the next fiscal year, which action has your jurisdiction taken or is likely to take regarding the number and/or scope of interlocal agreements or other cost-sharing plans with other governments? Survey Spring 2015 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Governmental Relations, Intergovernmental cooperation, Level of collaboration Question 05o Thinking about the next fiscal year, which action has your jurisdiction taken or is likely to take regarding your jurisdiction's workforce hiring? Survey Spring 2015 Categories Size of workforce, Workforce, Finance Budget and Operations, Workforce conditions Question 05p Thinking about the next fiscal year, which action has your jurisdiction taken or is likely to take regarding your jurisdiction's workforce layoffs? Survey Spring 2015 Categories Size of workforce, Workforce, Workforce conditions, Finance Budget and Operations Question 05q Thinking about the next fiscal year, which action has your jurisdiction taken or is likely to take regarding your jurisdiction's workforce layoffs? Survey Spring 2015 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Workforce, Size of workforce, Workforce conditions Question 05r Thinking about the next fiscal year, which action has your jurisdiction taken or is likely to take regarding your jurisdiction's workforce layoffs? Survey Spring 2015 Categories Workforce, Finance Budget and Operations, Employee compensation, Pay rates and wages Question 05s Thinking about the next fiscal year, which action has your jurisdiction taken or is likely to take regarding your jurisdiction's workforce layoffs? Survey Spring 2015 Categories Workforce, Finance Budget and Operations, Employee compensation, Fringe benefits Question 05t Thinking about the next fiscal year, which action has your jurisdiction taken or is likely to take regarding employees' share of contributions to retirement funds? Survey Spring 2015 Categories Pensions, Employee compensation, Finance Budget and Operations, Workforce Question 05u Thinking about the next fiscal year, which action has your jurisdiction taken or is likely to take regarding retirees' share of premiums, deductibles and/or co-pays on health insurance? Survey Spring 2015 Categories Workforce, Finance Budget and Operations, Employee compensation, Fringe benefits Question 06 When does your jurisdiction's fiscal year end? Survey Spring 2015 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Finances, Fiscal year Question 07a Thinking about your jurisdiction's last fiscal year, were general fund revenues higher or lower than what they were projected to be in its originally adopted general fund budget? Survey Spring 2015 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Finances, fiscal health, General fund balance, Revenue Question 07b Thinking about your jurisdiction's last fiscal year, were general fund expenditures higher or lower than what they were projected to be in its originally adopted general fund budget? Survey Spring 2015 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Finances, fiscal health, General fund balance, Spending Question 08 Different local jurisdictions manage their unreserved general fund balances in different ways depending on their specific circumstances. Despite these differences, we're interested in tracking overall changes in these balances over time. Approximately what was your jurisdiction's unreserved/unassigned general fund balance as a percentage of general fund expenditures at the end of its last fiscal year? Survey Spring 2015 Categories General fund balance, fiscal health, Finance Budget and Operations, Finances Question 09 Thinking about your jurisdiction's fiscal needs, overall, do you consider your jurisdiction's unreserved general fund balance to be too high, about right, or too low? Survey Spring 2015 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, General fund balance, Finances, fiscal health Question 10 In your opinion, is your jurisdiction's cash flow and its ability to pay bills in a timely manner a significant fiscal problem, somewhat of a problem, not much of a problem, or not a problem at all? Survey Spring 2015 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Finances, fiscal health, cash flow, Fiscal health/stress Question 11b Thinking about the overall fiscal stress of your jurisdiction today and what you expect it to be down the road - including any future financial obligations it may have - on a scale from 1 to 10, where 1 is the best: perfect fiscal health and 10 is the worst: fiscal crisis, how would you rate your jurisdiction's overall fiscal stress as you expect it to be five years from now? 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Question 05g Thinking about the next fiscal year, which action has your jurisdiction taken or is likely to take regarding actual infrastructure spending? Survey Spring 2015 Categories Finances, Service spending, Infrastructure, Services, Finance Budget and Operations Question 05h Thinking about the next fiscal year, which action has your jurisdiction taken or is likely to take regarding actual human services spending? Survey Spring 2015 Categories Services, Finance Budget and Operations, Service provision, Finances, Service spending, Human services Question 05i Thinking about the next fiscal year, which action has your jurisdiction taken or is likely to take regarding actual general government operations spending? Survey Spring 2015 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Service provision, Finances, Service spending, General operations Question 05j Thinking about the next fiscal year, which action has your jurisdiction taken or is likely to take regarding funding for economic development programs? Survey Spring 2015 Categories Economic Development, Development funding, Finances, Development program funding Question 05k Thinking about the next fiscal year, which action has your jurisdiction taken or is likely to take regarding the amount of debt? Survey Spring 2015 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, fiscal health, Finances, Debt Question 05l Thinking about the next fiscal year, which action has your jurisdiction taken or is likely to take regarding the sale of public assets? Survey Spring 2015 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Service provision, Services, Revenue, Revenues, Privatization Question 05m Thinking about the next fiscal year, which action has your jurisdiction taken or is likely to take regarding privatizing or contracting out of services? Survey Spring 2015 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Service provision, Finances, Services, Privatization Question 05n Thinking about the next fiscal year, which action has your jurisdiction taken or is likely to take regarding the number and/or scope of interlocal agreements or other cost-sharing plans with other governments? Survey Spring 2015 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Governmental Relations, Intergovernmental cooperation, Level of collaboration Question 05o Thinking about the next fiscal year, which action has your jurisdiction taken or is likely to take regarding your jurisdiction's workforce hiring? Survey Spring 2015 Categories Size of workforce, Workforce, Finance Budget and Operations, Workforce conditions Question 05p Thinking about the next fiscal year, which action has your jurisdiction taken or is likely to take regarding your jurisdiction's workforce layoffs? Survey Spring 2015 Categories Size of workforce, Workforce, Workforce conditions, Finance Budget and Operations Question 05q Thinking about the next fiscal year, which action has your jurisdiction taken or is likely to take regarding your jurisdiction's workforce layoffs? Survey Spring 2015 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Workforce, Size of workforce, Workforce conditions Question 05r Thinking about the next fiscal year, which action has your jurisdiction taken or is likely to take regarding your jurisdiction's workforce layoffs? Survey Spring 2015 Categories Workforce, Finance Budget and Operations, Employee compensation, Pay rates and wages Question 05s Thinking about the next fiscal year, which action has your jurisdiction taken or is likely to take regarding your jurisdiction's workforce layoffs? Survey Spring 2015 Categories Workforce, Finance Budget and Operations, Employee compensation, Fringe benefits Question 05t Thinking about the next fiscal year, which action has your jurisdiction taken or is likely to take regarding employees' share of contributions to retirement funds? Survey Spring 2015 Categories Pensions, Employee compensation, Finance Budget and Operations, Workforce Question 05u Thinking about the next fiscal year, which action has your jurisdiction taken or is likely to take regarding retirees' share of premiums, deductibles and/or co-pays on health insurance? Survey Spring 2015 Categories Workforce, Finance Budget and Operations, Employee compensation, Fringe benefits Question 06 When does your jurisdiction's fiscal year end? Survey Spring 2015 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Finances, Fiscal year Question 07a Thinking about your jurisdiction's last fiscal year, were general fund revenues higher or lower than what they were projected to be in its originally adopted general fund budget? Survey Spring 2015 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Finances, fiscal health, General fund balance, Revenue Question 07b Thinking about your jurisdiction's last fiscal year, were general fund expenditures higher or lower than what they were projected to be in its originally adopted general fund budget? Survey Spring 2015 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Finances, fiscal health, General fund balance, Spending Question 08 Different local jurisdictions manage their unreserved general fund balances in different ways depending on their specific circumstances. Despite these differences, we're interested in tracking overall changes in these balances over time. Approximately what was your jurisdiction's unreserved/unassigned general fund balance as a percentage of general fund expenditures at the end of its last fiscal year? Survey Spring 2015 Categories General fund balance, fiscal health, Finance Budget and Operations, Finances Question 09 Thinking about your jurisdiction's fiscal needs, overall, do you consider your jurisdiction's unreserved general fund balance to be too high, about right, or too low? Survey Spring 2015 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, General fund balance, Finances, fiscal health Question 10 In your opinion, is your jurisdiction's cash flow and its ability to pay bills in a timely manner a significant fiscal problem, somewhat of a problem, not much of a problem, or not a problem at all? Survey Spring 2015 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Finances, fiscal health, cash flow, Fiscal health/stress Question 11b Thinking about the overall fiscal stress of your jurisdiction today and what you expect it to be down the road - including any future financial obligations it may have - on a scale from 1 to 10, where 1 is the best: perfect fiscal health and 10 is the worst: fiscal crisis, how would you rate your jurisdiction's overall fiscal stress as you expect it to be five years from now? 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Question 05h Thinking about the next fiscal year, which action has your jurisdiction taken or is likely to take regarding actual human services spending? Survey Spring 2015 Categories Services, Finance Budget and Operations, Service provision, Finances, Service spending, Human services Question 05i Thinking about the next fiscal year, which action has your jurisdiction taken or is likely to take regarding actual general government operations spending? Survey Spring 2015 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Service provision, Finances, Service spending, General operations Question 05j Thinking about the next fiscal year, which action has your jurisdiction taken or is likely to take regarding funding for economic development programs? Survey Spring 2015 Categories Economic Development, Development funding, Finances, Development program funding Question 05k Thinking about the next fiscal year, which action has your jurisdiction taken or is likely to take regarding the amount of debt? Survey Spring 2015 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, fiscal health, Finances, Debt Question 05l Thinking about the next fiscal year, which action has your jurisdiction taken or is likely to take regarding the sale of public assets? Survey Spring 2015 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Service provision, Services, Revenue, Revenues, Privatization Question 05m Thinking about the next fiscal year, which action has your jurisdiction taken or is likely to take regarding privatizing or contracting out of services? Survey Spring 2015 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Service provision, Finances, Services, Privatization Question 05n Thinking about the next fiscal year, which action has your jurisdiction taken or is likely to take regarding the number and/or scope of interlocal agreements or other cost-sharing plans with other governments? Survey Spring 2015 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Governmental Relations, Intergovernmental cooperation, Level of collaboration Question 05o Thinking about the next fiscal year, which action has your jurisdiction taken or is likely to take regarding your jurisdiction's workforce hiring? Survey Spring 2015 Categories Size of workforce, Workforce, Finance Budget and Operations, Workforce conditions Question 05p Thinking about the next fiscal year, which action has your jurisdiction taken or is likely to take regarding your jurisdiction's workforce layoffs? Survey Spring 2015 Categories Size of workforce, Workforce, Workforce conditions, Finance Budget and Operations Question 05q Thinking about the next fiscal year, which action has your jurisdiction taken or is likely to take regarding your jurisdiction's workforce layoffs? Survey Spring 2015 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Workforce, Size of workforce, Workforce conditions Question 05r Thinking about the next fiscal year, which action has your jurisdiction taken or is likely to take regarding your jurisdiction's workforce layoffs? Survey Spring 2015 Categories Workforce, Finance Budget and Operations, Employee compensation, Pay rates and wages Question 05s Thinking about the next fiscal year, which action has your jurisdiction taken or is likely to take regarding your jurisdiction's workforce layoffs? Survey Spring 2015 Categories Workforce, Finance Budget and Operations, Employee compensation, Fringe benefits Question 05t Thinking about the next fiscal year, which action has your jurisdiction taken or is likely to take regarding employees' share of contributions to retirement funds? Survey Spring 2015 Categories Pensions, Employee compensation, Finance Budget and Operations, Workforce Question 05u Thinking about the next fiscal year, which action has your jurisdiction taken or is likely to take regarding retirees' share of premiums, deductibles and/or co-pays on health insurance? Survey Spring 2015 Categories Workforce, Finance Budget and Operations, Employee compensation, Fringe benefits Question 06 When does your jurisdiction's fiscal year end? Survey Spring 2015 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Finances, Fiscal year Question 07a Thinking about your jurisdiction's last fiscal year, were general fund revenues higher or lower than what they were projected to be in its originally adopted general fund budget? Survey Spring 2015 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Finances, fiscal health, General fund balance, Revenue Question 07b Thinking about your jurisdiction's last fiscal year, were general fund expenditures higher or lower than what they were projected to be in its originally adopted general fund budget? Survey Spring 2015 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Finances, fiscal health, General fund balance, Spending Question 08 Different local jurisdictions manage their unreserved general fund balances in different ways depending on their specific circumstances. Despite these differences, we're interested in tracking overall changes in these balances over time. Approximately what was your jurisdiction's unreserved/unassigned general fund balance as a percentage of general fund expenditures at the end of its last fiscal year? Survey Spring 2015 Categories General fund balance, fiscal health, Finance Budget and Operations, Finances Question 09 Thinking about your jurisdiction's fiscal needs, overall, do you consider your jurisdiction's unreserved general fund balance to be too high, about right, or too low? Survey Spring 2015 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, General fund balance, Finances, fiscal health Question 10 In your opinion, is your jurisdiction's cash flow and its ability to pay bills in a timely manner a significant fiscal problem, somewhat of a problem, not much of a problem, or not a problem at all? Survey Spring 2015 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Finances, fiscal health, cash flow, Fiscal health/stress Question 11b Thinking about the overall fiscal stress of your jurisdiction today and what you expect it to be down the road - including any future financial obligations it may have - on a scale from 1 to 10, where 1 is the best: perfect fiscal health and 10 is the worst: fiscal crisis, how would you rate your jurisdiction's overall fiscal stress as you expect it to be five years from now? Survey Spring 2015 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Finances, fiscal health, Fiscal health/stress Pagination First page first Previous page previous Page 1 Current page 2 Page 3 Page 4 Page 5 Page 6 Next page next Last page last
Question 05i Thinking about the next fiscal year, which action has your jurisdiction taken or is likely to take regarding actual general government operations spending? Survey Spring 2015 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Service provision, Finances, Service spending, General operations Question 05j Thinking about the next fiscal year, which action has your jurisdiction taken or is likely to take regarding funding for economic development programs? Survey Spring 2015 Categories Economic Development, Development funding, Finances, Development program funding Question 05k Thinking about the next fiscal year, which action has your jurisdiction taken or is likely to take regarding the amount of debt? Survey Spring 2015 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, fiscal health, Finances, Debt Question 05l Thinking about the next fiscal year, which action has your jurisdiction taken or is likely to take regarding the sale of public assets? Survey Spring 2015 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Service provision, Services, Revenue, Revenues, Privatization Question 05m Thinking about the next fiscal year, which action has your jurisdiction taken or is likely to take regarding privatizing or contracting out of services? Survey Spring 2015 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Service provision, Finances, Services, Privatization Question 05n Thinking about the next fiscal year, which action has your jurisdiction taken or is likely to take regarding the number and/or scope of interlocal agreements or other cost-sharing plans with other governments? Survey Spring 2015 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Governmental Relations, Intergovernmental cooperation, Level of collaboration Question 05o Thinking about the next fiscal year, which action has your jurisdiction taken or is likely to take regarding your jurisdiction's workforce hiring? Survey Spring 2015 Categories Size of workforce, Workforce, Finance Budget and Operations, Workforce conditions Question 05p Thinking about the next fiscal year, which action has your jurisdiction taken or is likely to take regarding your jurisdiction's workforce layoffs? Survey Spring 2015 Categories Size of workforce, Workforce, Workforce conditions, Finance Budget and Operations Question 05q Thinking about the next fiscal year, which action has your jurisdiction taken or is likely to take regarding your jurisdiction's workforce layoffs? Survey Spring 2015 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Workforce, Size of workforce, Workforce conditions Question 05r Thinking about the next fiscal year, which action has your jurisdiction taken or is likely to take regarding your jurisdiction's workforce layoffs? Survey Spring 2015 Categories Workforce, Finance Budget and Operations, Employee compensation, Pay rates and wages Question 05s Thinking about the next fiscal year, which action has your jurisdiction taken or is likely to take regarding your jurisdiction's workforce layoffs? Survey Spring 2015 Categories Workforce, Finance Budget and Operations, Employee compensation, Fringe benefits Question 05t Thinking about the next fiscal year, which action has your jurisdiction taken or is likely to take regarding employees' share of contributions to retirement funds? Survey Spring 2015 Categories Pensions, Employee compensation, Finance Budget and Operations, Workforce Question 05u Thinking about the next fiscal year, which action has your jurisdiction taken or is likely to take regarding retirees' share of premiums, deductibles and/or co-pays on health insurance? Survey Spring 2015 Categories Workforce, Finance Budget and Operations, Employee compensation, Fringe benefits Question 06 When does your jurisdiction's fiscal year end? Survey Spring 2015 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Finances, Fiscal year Question 07a Thinking about your jurisdiction's last fiscal year, were general fund revenues higher or lower than what they were projected to be in its originally adopted general fund budget? Survey Spring 2015 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Finances, fiscal health, General fund balance, Revenue Question 07b Thinking about your jurisdiction's last fiscal year, were general fund expenditures higher or lower than what they were projected to be in its originally adopted general fund budget? Survey Spring 2015 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Finances, fiscal health, General fund balance, Spending Question 08 Different local jurisdictions manage their unreserved general fund balances in different ways depending on their specific circumstances. Despite these differences, we're interested in tracking overall changes in these balances over time. Approximately what was your jurisdiction's unreserved/unassigned general fund balance as a percentage of general fund expenditures at the end of its last fiscal year? Survey Spring 2015 Categories General fund balance, fiscal health, Finance Budget and Operations, Finances Question 09 Thinking about your jurisdiction's fiscal needs, overall, do you consider your jurisdiction's unreserved general fund balance to be too high, about right, or too low? Survey Spring 2015 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, General fund balance, Finances, fiscal health Question 10 In your opinion, is your jurisdiction's cash flow and its ability to pay bills in a timely manner a significant fiscal problem, somewhat of a problem, not much of a problem, or not a problem at all? Survey Spring 2015 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Finances, fiscal health, cash flow, Fiscal health/stress Question 11b Thinking about the overall fiscal stress of your jurisdiction today and what you expect it to be down the road - including any future financial obligations it may have - on a scale from 1 to 10, where 1 is the best: perfect fiscal health and 10 is the worst: fiscal crisis, how would you rate your jurisdiction's overall fiscal stress as you expect it to be five years from now? 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Question 05j Thinking about the next fiscal year, which action has your jurisdiction taken or is likely to take regarding funding for economic development programs? Survey Spring 2015 Categories Economic Development, Development funding, Finances, Development program funding Question 05k Thinking about the next fiscal year, which action has your jurisdiction taken or is likely to take regarding the amount of debt? Survey Spring 2015 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, fiscal health, Finances, Debt Question 05l Thinking about the next fiscal year, which action has your jurisdiction taken or is likely to take regarding the sale of public assets? Survey Spring 2015 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Service provision, Services, Revenue, Revenues, Privatization Question 05m Thinking about the next fiscal year, which action has your jurisdiction taken or is likely to take regarding privatizing or contracting out of services? Survey Spring 2015 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Service provision, Finances, Services, Privatization Question 05n Thinking about the next fiscal year, which action has your jurisdiction taken or is likely to take regarding the number and/or scope of interlocal agreements or other cost-sharing plans with other governments? Survey Spring 2015 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Governmental Relations, Intergovernmental cooperation, Level of collaboration Question 05o Thinking about the next fiscal year, which action has your jurisdiction taken or is likely to take regarding your jurisdiction's workforce hiring? Survey Spring 2015 Categories Size of workforce, Workforce, Finance Budget and Operations, Workforce conditions Question 05p Thinking about the next fiscal year, which action has your jurisdiction taken or is likely to take regarding your jurisdiction's workforce layoffs? Survey Spring 2015 Categories Size of workforce, Workforce, Workforce conditions, Finance Budget and Operations Question 05q Thinking about the next fiscal year, which action has your jurisdiction taken or is likely to take regarding your jurisdiction's workforce layoffs? Survey Spring 2015 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Workforce, Size of workforce, Workforce conditions Question 05r Thinking about the next fiscal year, which action has your jurisdiction taken or is likely to take regarding your jurisdiction's workforce layoffs? Survey Spring 2015 Categories Workforce, Finance Budget and Operations, Employee compensation, Pay rates and wages Question 05s Thinking about the next fiscal year, which action has your jurisdiction taken or is likely to take regarding your jurisdiction's workforce layoffs? Survey Spring 2015 Categories Workforce, Finance Budget and Operations, Employee compensation, Fringe benefits Question 05t Thinking about the next fiscal year, which action has your jurisdiction taken or is likely to take regarding employees' share of contributions to retirement funds? Survey Spring 2015 Categories Pensions, Employee compensation, Finance Budget and Operations, Workforce Question 05u Thinking about the next fiscal year, which action has your jurisdiction taken or is likely to take regarding retirees' share of premiums, deductibles and/or co-pays on health insurance? Survey Spring 2015 Categories Workforce, Finance Budget and Operations, Employee compensation, Fringe benefits Question 06 When does your jurisdiction's fiscal year end? Survey Spring 2015 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Finances, Fiscal year Question 07a Thinking about your jurisdiction's last fiscal year, were general fund revenues higher or lower than what they were projected to be in its originally adopted general fund budget? Survey Spring 2015 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Finances, fiscal health, General fund balance, Revenue Question 07b Thinking about your jurisdiction's last fiscal year, were general fund expenditures higher or lower than what they were projected to be in its originally adopted general fund budget? Survey Spring 2015 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Finances, fiscal health, General fund balance, Spending Question 08 Different local jurisdictions manage their unreserved general fund balances in different ways depending on their specific circumstances. Despite these differences, we're interested in tracking overall changes in these balances over time. Approximately what was your jurisdiction's unreserved/unassigned general fund balance as a percentage of general fund expenditures at the end of its last fiscal year? Survey Spring 2015 Categories General fund balance, fiscal health, Finance Budget and Operations, Finances Question 09 Thinking about your jurisdiction's fiscal needs, overall, do you consider your jurisdiction's unreserved general fund balance to be too high, about right, or too low? Survey Spring 2015 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, General fund balance, Finances, fiscal health Question 10 In your opinion, is your jurisdiction's cash flow and its ability to pay bills in a timely manner a significant fiscal problem, somewhat of a problem, not much of a problem, or not a problem at all? Survey Spring 2015 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Finances, fiscal health, cash flow, Fiscal health/stress Question 11b Thinking about the overall fiscal stress of your jurisdiction today and what you expect it to be down the road - including any future financial obligations it may have - on a scale from 1 to 10, where 1 is the best: perfect fiscal health and 10 is the worst: fiscal crisis, how would you rate your jurisdiction's overall fiscal stress as you expect it to be five years from now? Survey Spring 2015 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Finances, fiscal health, Fiscal health/stress Pagination First page first Previous page previous Page 1 Current page 2 Page 3 Page 4 Page 5 Page 6 Next page next Last page last
Question 05k Thinking about the next fiscal year, which action has your jurisdiction taken or is likely to take regarding the amount of debt? Survey Spring 2015 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, fiscal health, Finances, Debt Question 05l Thinking about the next fiscal year, which action has your jurisdiction taken or is likely to take regarding the sale of public assets? Survey Spring 2015 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Service provision, Services, Revenue, Revenues, Privatization Question 05m Thinking about the next fiscal year, which action has your jurisdiction taken or is likely to take regarding privatizing or contracting out of services? Survey Spring 2015 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Service provision, Finances, Services, Privatization Question 05n Thinking about the next fiscal year, which action has your jurisdiction taken or is likely to take regarding the number and/or scope of interlocal agreements or other cost-sharing plans with other governments? Survey Spring 2015 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Governmental Relations, Intergovernmental cooperation, Level of collaboration Question 05o Thinking about the next fiscal year, which action has your jurisdiction taken or is likely to take regarding your jurisdiction's workforce hiring? Survey Spring 2015 Categories Size of workforce, Workforce, Finance Budget and Operations, Workforce conditions Question 05p Thinking about the next fiscal year, which action has your jurisdiction taken or is likely to take regarding your jurisdiction's workforce layoffs? Survey Spring 2015 Categories Size of workforce, Workforce, Workforce conditions, Finance Budget and Operations Question 05q Thinking about the next fiscal year, which action has your jurisdiction taken or is likely to take regarding your jurisdiction's workforce layoffs? Survey Spring 2015 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Workforce, Size of workforce, Workforce conditions Question 05r Thinking about the next fiscal year, which action has your jurisdiction taken or is likely to take regarding your jurisdiction's workforce layoffs? Survey Spring 2015 Categories Workforce, Finance Budget and Operations, Employee compensation, Pay rates and wages Question 05s Thinking about the next fiscal year, which action has your jurisdiction taken or is likely to take regarding your jurisdiction's workforce layoffs? Survey Spring 2015 Categories Workforce, Finance Budget and Operations, Employee compensation, Fringe benefits Question 05t Thinking about the next fiscal year, which action has your jurisdiction taken or is likely to take regarding employees' share of contributions to retirement funds? Survey Spring 2015 Categories Pensions, Employee compensation, Finance Budget and Operations, Workforce Question 05u Thinking about the next fiscal year, which action has your jurisdiction taken or is likely to take regarding retirees' share of premiums, deductibles and/or co-pays on health insurance? Survey Spring 2015 Categories Workforce, Finance Budget and Operations, Employee compensation, Fringe benefits Question 06 When does your jurisdiction's fiscal year end? Survey Spring 2015 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Finances, Fiscal year Question 07a Thinking about your jurisdiction's last fiscal year, were general fund revenues higher or lower than what they were projected to be in its originally adopted general fund budget? Survey Spring 2015 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Finances, fiscal health, General fund balance, Revenue Question 07b Thinking about your jurisdiction's last fiscal year, were general fund expenditures higher or lower than what they were projected to be in its originally adopted general fund budget? Survey Spring 2015 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Finances, fiscal health, General fund balance, Spending Question 08 Different local jurisdictions manage their unreserved general fund balances in different ways depending on their specific circumstances. Despite these differences, we're interested in tracking overall changes in these balances over time. Approximately what was your jurisdiction's unreserved/unassigned general fund balance as a percentage of general fund expenditures at the end of its last fiscal year? Survey Spring 2015 Categories General fund balance, fiscal health, Finance Budget and Operations, Finances Question 09 Thinking about your jurisdiction's fiscal needs, overall, do you consider your jurisdiction's unreserved general fund balance to be too high, about right, or too low? Survey Spring 2015 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, General fund balance, Finances, fiscal health Question 10 In your opinion, is your jurisdiction's cash flow and its ability to pay bills in a timely manner a significant fiscal problem, somewhat of a problem, not much of a problem, or not a problem at all? Survey Spring 2015 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Finances, fiscal health, cash flow, Fiscal health/stress Question 11b Thinking about the overall fiscal stress of your jurisdiction today and what you expect it to be down the road - including any future financial obligations it may have - on a scale from 1 to 10, where 1 is the best: perfect fiscal health and 10 is the worst: fiscal crisis, how would you rate your jurisdiction's overall fiscal stress as you expect it to be five years from now? Survey Spring 2015 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Finances, fiscal health, Fiscal health/stress Pagination First page first Previous page previous Page 1 Current page 2 Page 3 Page 4 Page 5 Page 6 Next page next Last page last
Question 05l Thinking about the next fiscal year, which action has your jurisdiction taken or is likely to take regarding the sale of public assets? Survey Spring 2015 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Service provision, Services, Revenue, Revenues, Privatization Question 05m Thinking about the next fiscal year, which action has your jurisdiction taken or is likely to take regarding privatizing or contracting out of services? Survey Spring 2015 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Service provision, Finances, Services, Privatization Question 05n Thinking about the next fiscal year, which action has your jurisdiction taken or is likely to take regarding the number and/or scope of interlocal agreements or other cost-sharing plans with other governments? Survey Spring 2015 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Governmental Relations, Intergovernmental cooperation, Level of collaboration Question 05o Thinking about the next fiscal year, which action has your jurisdiction taken or is likely to take regarding your jurisdiction's workforce hiring? Survey Spring 2015 Categories Size of workforce, Workforce, Finance Budget and Operations, Workforce conditions Question 05p Thinking about the next fiscal year, which action has your jurisdiction taken or is likely to take regarding your jurisdiction's workforce layoffs? Survey Spring 2015 Categories Size of workforce, Workforce, Workforce conditions, Finance Budget and Operations Question 05q Thinking about the next fiscal year, which action has your jurisdiction taken or is likely to take regarding your jurisdiction's workforce layoffs? Survey Spring 2015 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Workforce, Size of workforce, Workforce conditions Question 05r Thinking about the next fiscal year, which action has your jurisdiction taken or is likely to take regarding your jurisdiction's workforce layoffs? Survey Spring 2015 Categories Workforce, Finance Budget and Operations, Employee compensation, Pay rates and wages Question 05s Thinking about the next fiscal year, which action has your jurisdiction taken or is likely to take regarding your jurisdiction's workforce layoffs? Survey Spring 2015 Categories Workforce, Finance Budget and Operations, Employee compensation, Fringe benefits Question 05t Thinking about the next fiscal year, which action has your jurisdiction taken or is likely to take regarding employees' share of contributions to retirement funds? Survey Spring 2015 Categories Pensions, Employee compensation, Finance Budget and Operations, Workforce Question 05u Thinking about the next fiscal year, which action has your jurisdiction taken or is likely to take regarding retirees' share of premiums, deductibles and/or co-pays on health insurance? Survey Spring 2015 Categories Workforce, Finance Budget and Operations, Employee compensation, Fringe benefits Question 06 When does your jurisdiction's fiscal year end? Survey Spring 2015 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Finances, Fiscal year Question 07a Thinking about your jurisdiction's last fiscal year, were general fund revenues higher or lower than what they were projected to be in its originally adopted general fund budget? Survey Spring 2015 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Finances, fiscal health, General fund balance, Revenue Question 07b Thinking about your jurisdiction's last fiscal year, were general fund expenditures higher or lower than what they were projected to be in its originally adopted general fund budget? Survey Spring 2015 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Finances, fiscal health, General fund balance, Spending Question 08 Different local jurisdictions manage their unreserved general fund balances in different ways depending on their specific circumstances. Despite these differences, we're interested in tracking overall changes in these balances over time. Approximately what was your jurisdiction's unreserved/unassigned general fund balance as a percentage of general fund expenditures at the end of its last fiscal year? Survey Spring 2015 Categories General fund balance, fiscal health, Finance Budget and Operations, Finances Question 09 Thinking about your jurisdiction's fiscal needs, overall, do you consider your jurisdiction's unreserved general fund balance to be too high, about right, or too low? Survey Spring 2015 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, General fund balance, Finances, fiscal health Question 10 In your opinion, is your jurisdiction's cash flow and its ability to pay bills in a timely manner a significant fiscal problem, somewhat of a problem, not much of a problem, or not a problem at all? Survey Spring 2015 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Finances, fiscal health, cash flow, Fiscal health/stress Question 11b Thinking about the overall fiscal stress of your jurisdiction today and what you expect it to be down the road - including any future financial obligations it may have - on a scale from 1 to 10, where 1 is the best: perfect fiscal health and 10 is the worst: fiscal crisis, how would you rate your jurisdiction's overall fiscal stress as you expect it to be five years from now? Survey Spring 2015 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Finances, fiscal health, Fiscal health/stress Pagination First page first Previous page previous Page 1 Current page 2 Page 3 Page 4 Page 5 Page 6 Next page next Last page last
Question 05m Thinking about the next fiscal year, which action has your jurisdiction taken or is likely to take regarding privatizing or contracting out of services? Survey Spring 2015 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Service provision, Finances, Services, Privatization Question 05n Thinking about the next fiscal year, which action has your jurisdiction taken or is likely to take regarding the number and/or scope of interlocal agreements or other cost-sharing plans with other governments? Survey Spring 2015 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Governmental Relations, Intergovernmental cooperation, Level of collaboration Question 05o Thinking about the next fiscal year, which action has your jurisdiction taken or is likely to take regarding your jurisdiction's workforce hiring? Survey Spring 2015 Categories Size of workforce, Workforce, Finance Budget and Operations, Workforce conditions Question 05p Thinking about the next fiscal year, which action has your jurisdiction taken or is likely to take regarding your jurisdiction's workforce layoffs? Survey Spring 2015 Categories Size of workforce, Workforce, Workforce conditions, Finance Budget and Operations Question 05q Thinking about the next fiscal year, which action has your jurisdiction taken or is likely to take regarding your jurisdiction's workforce layoffs? Survey Spring 2015 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Workforce, Size of workforce, Workforce conditions Question 05r Thinking about the next fiscal year, which action has your jurisdiction taken or is likely to take regarding your jurisdiction's workforce layoffs? Survey Spring 2015 Categories Workforce, Finance Budget and Operations, Employee compensation, Pay rates and wages Question 05s Thinking about the next fiscal year, which action has your jurisdiction taken or is likely to take regarding your jurisdiction's workforce layoffs? Survey Spring 2015 Categories Workforce, Finance Budget and Operations, Employee compensation, Fringe benefits Question 05t Thinking about the next fiscal year, which action has your jurisdiction taken or is likely to take regarding employees' share of contributions to retirement funds? Survey Spring 2015 Categories Pensions, Employee compensation, Finance Budget and Operations, Workforce Question 05u Thinking about the next fiscal year, which action has your jurisdiction taken or is likely to take regarding retirees' share of premiums, deductibles and/or co-pays on health insurance? Survey Spring 2015 Categories Workforce, Finance Budget and Operations, Employee compensation, Fringe benefits Question 06 When does your jurisdiction's fiscal year end? Survey Spring 2015 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Finances, Fiscal year Question 07a Thinking about your jurisdiction's last fiscal year, were general fund revenues higher or lower than what they were projected to be in its originally adopted general fund budget? Survey Spring 2015 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Finances, fiscal health, General fund balance, Revenue Question 07b Thinking about your jurisdiction's last fiscal year, were general fund expenditures higher or lower than what they were projected to be in its originally adopted general fund budget? Survey Spring 2015 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Finances, fiscal health, General fund balance, Spending Question 08 Different local jurisdictions manage their unreserved general fund balances in different ways depending on their specific circumstances. Despite these differences, we're interested in tracking overall changes in these balances over time. Approximately what was your jurisdiction's unreserved/unassigned general fund balance as a percentage of general fund expenditures at the end of its last fiscal year? Survey Spring 2015 Categories General fund balance, fiscal health, Finance Budget and Operations, Finances Question 09 Thinking about your jurisdiction's fiscal needs, overall, do you consider your jurisdiction's unreserved general fund balance to be too high, about right, or too low? Survey Spring 2015 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, General fund balance, Finances, fiscal health Question 10 In your opinion, is your jurisdiction's cash flow and its ability to pay bills in a timely manner a significant fiscal problem, somewhat of a problem, not much of a problem, or not a problem at all? Survey Spring 2015 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Finances, fiscal health, cash flow, Fiscal health/stress Question 11b Thinking about the overall fiscal stress of your jurisdiction today and what you expect it to be down the road - including any future financial obligations it may have - on a scale from 1 to 10, where 1 is the best: perfect fiscal health and 10 is the worst: fiscal crisis, how would you rate your jurisdiction's overall fiscal stress as you expect it to be five years from now? Survey Spring 2015 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Finances, fiscal health, Fiscal health/stress Pagination First page first Previous page previous Page 1 Current page 2 Page 3 Page 4 Page 5 Page 6 Next page next Last page last
Question 05n Thinking about the next fiscal year, which action has your jurisdiction taken or is likely to take regarding the number and/or scope of interlocal agreements or other cost-sharing plans with other governments? Survey Spring 2015 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Governmental Relations, Intergovernmental cooperation, Level of collaboration Question 05o Thinking about the next fiscal year, which action has your jurisdiction taken or is likely to take regarding your jurisdiction's workforce hiring? Survey Spring 2015 Categories Size of workforce, Workforce, Finance Budget and Operations, Workforce conditions Question 05p Thinking about the next fiscal year, which action has your jurisdiction taken or is likely to take regarding your jurisdiction's workforce layoffs? Survey Spring 2015 Categories Size of workforce, Workforce, Workforce conditions, Finance Budget and Operations Question 05q Thinking about the next fiscal year, which action has your jurisdiction taken or is likely to take regarding your jurisdiction's workforce layoffs? Survey Spring 2015 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Workforce, Size of workforce, Workforce conditions Question 05r Thinking about the next fiscal year, which action has your jurisdiction taken or is likely to take regarding your jurisdiction's workforce layoffs? Survey Spring 2015 Categories Workforce, Finance Budget and Operations, Employee compensation, Pay rates and wages Question 05s Thinking about the next fiscal year, which action has your jurisdiction taken or is likely to take regarding your jurisdiction's workforce layoffs? Survey Spring 2015 Categories Workforce, Finance Budget and Operations, Employee compensation, Fringe benefits Question 05t Thinking about the next fiscal year, which action has your jurisdiction taken or is likely to take regarding employees' share of contributions to retirement funds? Survey Spring 2015 Categories Pensions, Employee compensation, Finance Budget and Operations, Workforce Question 05u Thinking about the next fiscal year, which action has your jurisdiction taken or is likely to take regarding retirees' share of premiums, deductibles and/or co-pays on health insurance? Survey Spring 2015 Categories Workforce, Finance Budget and Operations, Employee compensation, Fringe benefits Question 06 When does your jurisdiction's fiscal year end? Survey Spring 2015 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Finances, Fiscal year Question 07a Thinking about your jurisdiction's last fiscal year, were general fund revenues higher or lower than what they were projected to be in its originally adopted general fund budget? Survey Spring 2015 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Finances, fiscal health, General fund balance, Revenue Question 07b Thinking about your jurisdiction's last fiscal year, were general fund expenditures higher or lower than what they were projected to be in its originally adopted general fund budget? Survey Spring 2015 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Finances, fiscal health, General fund balance, Spending Question 08 Different local jurisdictions manage their unreserved general fund balances in different ways depending on their specific circumstances. Despite these differences, we're interested in tracking overall changes in these balances over time. Approximately what was your jurisdiction's unreserved/unassigned general fund balance as a percentage of general fund expenditures at the end of its last fiscal year? Survey Spring 2015 Categories General fund balance, fiscal health, Finance Budget and Operations, Finances Question 09 Thinking about your jurisdiction's fiscal needs, overall, do you consider your jurisdiction's unreserved general fund balance to be too high, about right, or too low? Survey Spring 2015 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, General fund balance, Finances, fiscal health Question 10 In your opinion, is your jurisdiction's cash flow and its ability to pay bills in a timely manner a significant fiscal problem, somewhat of a problem, not much of a problem, or not a problem at all? Survey Spring 2015 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Finances, fiscal health, cash flow, Fiscal health/stress Question 11b Thinking about the overall fiscal stress of your jurisdiction today and what you expect it to be down the road - including any future financial obligations it may have - on a scale from 1 to 10, where 1 is the best: perfect fiscal health and 10 is the worst: fiscal crisis, how would you rate your jurisdiction's overall fiscal stress as you expect it to be five years from now? Survey Spring 2015 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Finances, fiscal health, Fiscal health/stress Pagination First page first Previous page previous Page 1 Current page 2 Page 3 Page 4 Page 5 Page 6 Next page next Last page last
Question 05o Thinking about the next fiscal year, which action has your jurisdiction taken or is likely to take regarding your jurisdiction's workforce hiring? Survey Spring 2015 Categories Size of workforce, Workforce, Finance Budget and Operations, Workforce conditions Question 05p Thinking about the next fiscal year, which action has your jurisdiction taken or is likely to take regarding your jurisdiction's workforce layoffs? Survey Spring 2015 Categories Size of workforce, Workforce, Workforce conditions, Finance Budget and Operations Question 05q Thinking about the next fiscal year, which action has your jurisdiction taken or is likely to take regarding your jurisdiction's workforce layoffs? Survey Spring 2015 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Workforce, Size of workforce, Workforce conditions Question 05r Thinking about the next fiscal year, which action has your jurisdiction taken or is likely to take regarding your jurisdiction's workforce layoffs? Survey Spring 2015 Categories Workforce, Finance Budget and Operations, Employee compensation, Pay rates and wages Question 05s Thinking about the next fiscal year, which action has your jurisdiction taken or is likely to take regarding your jurisdiction's workforce layoffs? Survey Spring 2015 Categories Workforce, Finance Budget and Operations, Employee compensation, Fringe benefits Question 05t Thinking about the next fiscal year, which action has your jurisdiction taken or is likely to take regarding employees' share of contributions to retirement funds? Survey Spring 2015 Categories Pensions, Employee compensation, Finance Budget and Operations, Workforce Question 05u Thinking about the next fiscal year, which action has your jurisdiction taken or is likely to take regarding retirees' share of premiums, deductibles and/or co-pays on health insurance? Survey Spring 2015 Categories Workforce, Finance Budget and Operations, Employee compensation, Fringe benefits Question 06 When does your jurisdiction's fiscal year end? Survey Spring 2015 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Finances, Fiscal year Question 07a Thinking about your jurisdiction's last fiscal year, were general fund revenues higher or lower than what they were projected to be in its originally adopted general fund budget? Survey Spring 2015 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Finances, fiscal health, General fund balance, Revenue Question 07b Thinking about your jurisdiction's last fiscal year, were general fund expenditures higher or lower than what they were projected to be in its originally adopted general fund budget? Survey Spring 2015 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Finances, fiscal health, General fund balance, Spending Question 08 Different local jurisdictions manage their unreserved general fund balances in different ways depending on their specific circumstances. Despite these differences, we're interested in tracking overall changes in these balances over time. Approximately what was your jurisdiction's unreserved/unassigned general fund balance as a percentage of general fund expenditures at the end of its last fiscal year? Survey Spring 2015 Categories General fund balance, fiscal health, Finance Budget and Operations, Finances Question 09 Thinking about your jurisdiction's fiscal needs, overall, do you consider your jurisdiction's unreserved general fund balance to be too high, about right, or too low? Survey Spring 2015 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, General fund balance, Finances, fiscal health Question 10 In your opinion, is your jurisdiction's cash flow and its ability to pay bills in a timely manner a significant fiscal problem, somewhat of a problem, not much of a problem, or not a problem at all? Survey Spring 2015 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Finances, fiscal health, cash flow, Fiscal health/stress Question 11b Thinking about the overall fiscal stress of your jurisdiction today and what you expect it to be down the road - including any future financial obligations it may have - on a scale from 1 to 10, where 1 is the best: perfect fiscal health and 10 is the worst: fiscal crisis, how would you rate your jurisdiction's overall fiscal stress as you expect it to be five years from now? Survey Spring 2015 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Finances, fiscal health, Fiscal health/stress Pagination First page first Previous page previous Page 1 Current page 2 Page 3 Page 4 Page 5 Page 6 Next page next Last page last
Question 05p Thinking about the next fiscal year, which action has your jurisdiction taken or is likely to take regarding your jurisdiction's workforce layoffs? Survey Spring 2015 Categories Size of workforce, Workforce, Workforce conditions, Finance Budget and Operations Question 05q Thinking about the next fiscal year, which action has your jurisdiction taken or is likely to take regarding your jurisdiction's workforce layoffs? Survey Spring 2015 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Workforce, Size of workforce, Workforce conditions Question 05r Thinking about the next fiscal year, which action has your jurisdiction taken or is likely to take regarding your jurisdiction's workforce layoffs? Survey Spring 2015 Categories Workforce, Finance Budget and Operations, Employee compensation, Pay rates and wages Question 05s Thinking about the next fiscal year, which action has your jurisdiction taken or is likely to take regarding your jurisdiction's workforce layoffs? Survey Spring 2015 Categories Workforce, Finance Budget and Operations, Employee compensation, Fringe benefits Question 05t Thinking about the next fiscal year, which action has your jurisdiction taken or is likely to take regarding employees' share of contributions to retirement funds? Survey Spring 2015 Categories Pensions, Employee compensation, Finance Budget and Operations, Workforce Question 05u Thinking about the next fiscal year, which action has your jurisdiction taken or is likely to take regarding retirees' share of premiums, deductibles and/or co-pays on health insurance? Survey Spring 2015 Categories Workforce, Finance Budget and Operations, Employee compensation, Fringe benefits Question 06 When does your jurisdiction's fiscal year end? Survey Spring 2015 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Finances, Fiscal year Question 07a Thinking about your jurisdiction's last fiscal year, were general fund revenues higher or lower than what they were projected to be in its originally adopted general fund budget? Survey Spring 2015 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Finances, fiscal health, General fund balance, Revenue Question 07b Thinking about your jurisdiction's last fiscal year, were general fund expenditures higher or lower than what they were projected to be in its originally adopted general fund budget? Survey Spring 2015 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Finances, fiscal health, General fund balance, Spending Question 08 Different local jurisdictions manage their unreserved general fund balances in different ways depending on their specific circumstances. Despite these differences, we're interested in tracking overall changes in these balances over time. Approximately what was your jurisdiction's unreserved/unassigned general fund balance as a percentage of general fund expenditures at the end of its last fiscal year? Survey Spring 2015 Categories General fund balance, fiscal health, Finance Budget and Operations, Finances Question 09 Thinking about your jurisdiction's fiscal needs, overall, do you consider your jurisdiction's unreserved general fund balance to be too high, about right, or too low? Survey Spring 2015 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, General fund balance, Finances, fiscal health Question 10 In your opinion, is your jurisdiction's cash flow and its ability to pay bills in a timely manner a significant fiscal problem, somewhat of a problem, not much of a problem, or not a problem at all? Survey Spring 2015 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Finances, fiscal health, cash flow, Fiscal health/stress Question 11b Thinking about the overall fiscal stress of your jurisdiction today and what you expect it to be down the road - including any future financial obligations it may have - on a scale from 1 to 10, where 1 is the best: perfect fiscal health and 10 is the worst: fiscal crisis, how would you rate your jurisdiction's overall fiscal stress as you expect it to be five years from now? Survey Spring 2015 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Finances, fiscal health, Fiscal health/stress Pagination First page first Previous page previous Page 1 Current page 2 Page 3 Page 4 Page 5 Page 6 Next page next Last page last
Question 05q Thinking about the next fiscal year, which action has your jurisdiction taken or is likely to take regarding your jurisdiction's workforce layoffs? Survey Spring 2015 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Workforce, Size of workforce, Workforce conditions Question 05r Thinking about the next fiscal year, which action has your jurisdiction taken or is likely to take regarding your jurisdiction's workforce layoffs? Survey Spring 2015 Categories Workforce, Finance Budget and Operations, Employee compensation, Pay rates and wages Question 05s Thinking about the next fiscal year, which action has your jurisdiction taken or is likely to take regarding your jurisdiction's workforce layoffs? Survey Spring 2015 Categories Workforce, Finance Budget and Operations, Employee compensation, Fringe benefits Question 05t Thinking about the next fiscal year, which action has your jurisdiction taken or is likely to take regarding employees' share of contributions to retirement funds? Survey Spring 2015 Categories Pensions, Employee compensation, Finance Budget and Operations, Workforce Question 05u Thinking about the next fiscal year, which action has your jurisdiction taken or is likely to take regarding retirees' share of premiums, deductibles and/or co-pays on health insurance? Survey Spring 2015 Categories Workforce, Finance Budget and Operations, Employee compensation, Fringe benefits Question 06 When does your jurisdiction's fiscal year end? Survey Spring 2015 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Finances, Fiscal year Question 07a Thinking about your jurisdiction's last fiscal year, were general fund revenues higher or lower than what they were projected to be in its originally adopted general fund budget? Survey Spring 2015 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Finances, fiscal health, General fund balance, Revenue Question 07b Thinking about your jurisdiction's last fiscal year, were general fund expenditures higher or lower than what they were projected to be in its originally adopted general fund budget? Survey Spring 2015 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Finances, fiscal health, General fund balance, Spending Question 08 Different local jurisdictions manage their unreserved general fund balances in different ways depending on their specific circumstances. Despite these differences, we're interested in tracking overall changes in these balances over time. Approximately what was your jurisdiction's unreserved/unassigned general fund balance as a percentage of general fund expenditures at the end of its last fiscal year? Survey Spring 2015 Categories General fund balance, fiscal health, Finance Budget and Operations, Finances Question 09 Thinking about your jurisdiction's fiscal needs, overall, do you consider your jurisdiction's unreserved general fund balance to be too high, about right, or too low? Survey Spring 2015 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, General fund balance, Finances, fiscal health Question 10 In your opinion, is your jurisdiction's cash flow and its ability to pay bills in a timely manner a significant fiscal problem, somewhat of a problem, not much of a problem, or not a problem at all? Survey Spring 2015 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Finances, fiscal health, cash flow, Fiscal health/stress Question 11b Thinking about the overall fiscal stress of your jurisdiction today and what you expect it to be down the road - including any future financial obligations it may have - on a scale from 1 to 10, where 1 is the best: perfect fiscal health and 10 is the worst: fiscal crisis, how would you rate your jurisdiction's overall fiscal stress as you expect it to be five years from now? Survey Spring 2015 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Finances, fiscal health, Fiscal health/stress Pagination First page first Previous page previous Page 1 Current page 2 Page 3 Page 4 Page 5 Page 6 Next page next Last page last
Question 05r Thinking about the next fiscal year, which action has your jurisdiction taken or is likely to take regarding your jurisdiction's workforce layoffs? Survey Spring 2015 Categories Workforce, Finance Budget and Operations, Employee compensation, Pay rates and wages Question 05s Thinking about the next fiscal year, which action has your jurisdiction taken or is likely to take regarding your jurisdiction's workforce layoffs? Survey Spring 2015 Categories Workforce, Finance Budget and Operations, Employee compensation, Fringe benefits Question 05t Thinking about the next fiscal year, which action has your jurisdiction taken or is likely to take regarding employees' share of contributions to retirement funds? Survey Spring 2015 Categories Pensions, Employee compensation, Finance Budget and Operations, Workforce Question 05u Thinking about the next fiscal year, which action has your jurisdiction taken or is likely to take regarding retirees' share of premiums, deductibles and/or co-pays on health insurance? Survey Spring 2015 Categories Workforce, Finance Budget and Operations, Employee compensation, Fringe benefits Question 06 When does your jurisdiction's fiscal year end? Survey Spring 2015 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Finances, Fiscal year Question 07a Thinking about your jurisdiction's last fiscal year, were general fund revenues higher or lower than what they were projected to be in its originally adopted general fund budget? Survey Spring 2015 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Finances, fiscal health, General fund balance, Revenue Question 07b Thinking about your jurisdiction's last fiscal year, were general fund expenditures higher or lower than what they were projected to be in its originally adopted general fund budget? Survey Spring 2015 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Finances, fiscal health, General fund balance, Spending Question 08 Different local jurisdictions manage their unreserved general fund balances in different ways depending on their specific circumstances. Despite these differences, we're interested in tracking overall changes in these balances over time. Approximately what was your jurisdiction's unreserved/unassigned general fund balance as a percentage of general fund expenditures at the end of its last fiscal year? Survey Spring 2015 Categories General fund balance, fiscal health, Finance Budget and Operations, Finances Question 09 Thinking about your jurisdiction's fiscal needs, overall, do you consider your jurisdiction's unreserved general fund balance to be too high, about right, or too low? Survey Spring 2015 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, General fund balance, Finances, fiscal health Question 10 In your opinion, is your jurisdiction's cash flow and its ability to pay bills in a timely manner a significant fiscal problem, somewhat of a problem, not much of a problem, or not a problem at all? Survey Spring 2015 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Finances, fiscal health, cash flow, Fiscal health/stress Question 11b Thinking about the overall fiscal stress of your jurisdiction today and what you expect it to be down the road - including any future financial obligations it may have - on a scale from 1 to 10, where 1 is the best: perfect fiscal health and 10 is the worst: fiscal crisis, how would you rate your jurisdiction's overall fiscal stress as you expect it to be five years from now? Survey Spring 2015 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Finances, fiscal health, Fiscal health/stress Pagination First page first Previous page previous Page 1 Current page 2 Page 3 Page 4 Page 5 Page 6 Next page next Last page last
Question 05s Thinking about the next fiscal year, which action has your jurisdiction taken or is likely to take regarding your jurisdiction's workforce layoffs? Survey Spring 2015 Categories Workforce, Finance Budget and Operations, Employee compensation, Fringe benefits Question 05t Thinking about the next fiscal year, which action has your jurisdiction taken or is likely to take regarding employees' share of contributions to retirement funds? Survey Spring 2015 Categories Pensions, Employee compensation, Finance Budget and Operations, Workforce Question 05u Thinking about the next fiscal year, which action has your jurisdiction taken or is likely to take regarding retirees' share of premiums, deductibles and/or co-pays on health insurance? Survey Spring 2015 Categories Workforce, Finance Budget and Operations, Employee compensation, Fringe benefits Question 06 When does your jurisdiction's fiscal year end? Survey Spring 2015 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Finances, Fiscal year Question 07a Thinking about your jurisdiction's last fiscal year, were general fund revenues higher or lower than what they were projected to be in its originally adopted general fund budget? Survey Spring 2015 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Finances, fiscal health, General fund balance, Revenue Question 07b Thinking about your jurisdiction's last fiscal year, were general fund expenditures higher or lower than what they were projected to be in its originally adopted general fund budget? Survey Spring 2015 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Finances, fiscal health, General fund balance, Spending Question 08 Different local jurisdictions manage their unreserved general fund balances in different ways depending on their specific circumstances. Despite these differences, we're interested in tracking overall changes in these balances over time. Approximately what was your jurisdiction's unreserved/unassigned general fund balance as a percentage of general fund expenditures at the end of its last fiscal year? Survey Spring 2015 Categories General fund balance, fiscal health, Finance Budget and Operations, Finances Question 09 Thinking about your jurisdiction's fiscal needs, overall, do you consider your jurisdiction's unreserved general fund balance to be too high, about right, or too low? Survey Spring 2015 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, General fund balance, Finances, fiscal health Question 10 In your opinion, is your jurisdiction's cash flow and its ability to pay bills in a timely manner a significant fiscal problem, somewhat of a problem, not much of a problem, or not a problem at all? Survey Spring 2015 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Finances, fiscal health, cash flow, Fiscal health/stress Question 11b Thinking about the overall fiscal stress of your jurisdiction today and what you expect it to be down the road - including any future financial obligations it may have - on a scale from 1 to 10, where 1 is the best: perfect fiscal health and 10 is the worst: fiscal crisis, how would you rate your jurisdiction's overall fiscal stress as you expect it to be five years from now? Survey Spring 2015 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Finances, fiscal health, Fiscal health/stress Pagination First page first Previous page previous Page 1 Current page 2 Page 3 Page 4 Page 5 Page 6 Next page next Last page last
Question 05t Thinking about the next fiscal year, which action has your jurisdiction taken or is likely to take regarding employees' share of contributions to retirement funds? Survey Spring 2015 Categories Pensions, Employee compensation, Finance Budget and Operations, Workforce Question 05u Thinking about the next fiscal year, which action has your jurisdiction taken or is likely to take regarding retirees' share of premiums, deductibles and/or co-pays on health insurance? Survey Spring 2015 Categories Workforce, Finance Budget and Operations, Employee compensation, Fringe benefits Question 06 When does your jurisdiction's fiscal year end? Survey Spring 2015 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Finances, Fiscal year Question 07a Thinking about your jurisdiction's last fiscal year, were general fund revenues higher or lower than what they were projected to be in its originally adopted general fund budget? Survey Spring 2015 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Finances, fiscal health, General fund balance, Revenue Question 07b Thinking about your jurisdiction's last fiscal year, were general fund expenditures higher or lower than what they were projected to be in its originally adopted general fund budget? Survey Spring 2015 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Finances, fiscal health, General fund balance, Spending Question 08 Different local jurisdictions manage their unreserved general fund balances in different ways depending on their specific circumstances. Despite these differences, we're interested in tracking overall changes in these balances over time. Approximately what was your jurisdiction's unreserved/unassigned general fund balance as a percentage of general fund expenditures at the end of its last fiscal year? Survey Spring 2015 Categories General fund balance, fiscal health, Finance Budget and Operations, Finances Question 09 Thinking about your jurisdiction's fiscal needs, overall, do you consider your jurisdiction's unreserved general fund balance to be too high, about right, or too low? Survey Spring 2015 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, General fund balance, Finances, fiscal health Question 10 In your opinion, is your jurisdiction's cash flow and its ability to pay bills in a timely manner a significant fiscal problem, somewhat of a problem, not much of a problem, or not a problem at all? Survey Spring 2015 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Finances, fiscal health, cash flow, Fiscal health/stress Question 11b Thinking about the overall fiscal stress of your jurisdiction today and what you expect it to be down the road - including any future financial obligations it may have - on a scale from 1 to 10, where 1 is the best: perfect fiscal health and 10 is the worst: fiscal crisis, how would you rate your jurisdiction's overall fiscal stress as you expect it to be five years from now? Survey Spring 2015 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Finances, fiscal health, Fiscal health/stress Pagination First page first Previous page previous Page 1 Current page 2 Page 3 Page 4 Page 5 Page 6 Next page next Last page last
Question 05u Thinking about the next fiscal year, which action has your jurisdiction taken or is likely to take regarding retirees' share of premiums, deductibles and/or co-pays on health insurance? Survey Spring 2015 Categories Workforce, Finance Budget and Operations, Employee compensation, Fringe benefits Question 06 When does your jurisdiction's fiscal year end? Survey Spring 2015 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Finances, Fiscal year Question 07a Thinking about your jurisdiction's last fiscal year, were general fund revenues higher or lower than what they were projected to be in its originally adopted general fund budget? Survey Spring 2015 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Finances, fiscal health, General fund balance, Revenue Question 07b Thinking about your jurisdiction's last fiscal year, were general fund expenditures higher or lower than what they were projected to be in its originally adopted general fund budget? Survey Spring 2015 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Finances, fiscal health, General fund balance, Spending Question 08 Different local jurisdictions manage their unreserved general fund balances in different ways depending on their specific circumstances. Despite these differences, we're interested in tracking overall changes in these balances over time. Approximately what was your jurisdiction's unreserved/unassigned general fund balance as a percentage of general fund expenditures at the end of its last fiscal year? Survey Spring 2015 Categories General fund balance, fiscal health, Finance Budget and Operations, Finances Question 09 Thinking about your jurisdiction's fiscal needs, overall, do you consider your jurisdiction's unreserved general fund balance to be too high, about right, or too low? Survey Spring 2015 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, General fund balance, Finances, fiscal health Question 10 In your opinion, is your jurisdiction's cash flow and its ability to pay bills in a timely manner a significant fiscal problem, somewhat of a problem, not much of a problem, or not a problem at all? Survey Spring 2015 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Finances, fiscal health, cash flow, Fiscal health/stress Question 11b Thinking about the overall fiscal stress of your jurisdiction today and what you expect it to be down the road - including any future financial obligations it may have - on a scale from 1 to 10, where 1 is the best: perfect fiscal health and 10 is the worst: fiscal crisis, how would you rate your jurisdiction's overall fiscal stress as you expect it to be five years from now? Survey Spring 2015 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Finances, fiscal health, Fiscal health/stress Pagination First page first Previous page previous Page 1 Current page 2 Page 3 Page 4 Page 5 Page 6 Next page next Last page last
Question 06 When does your jurisdiction's fiscal year end? Survey Spring 2015 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Finances, Fiscal year Question 07a Thinking about your jurisdiction's last fiscal year, were general fund revenues higher or lower than what they were projected to be in its originally adopted general fund budget? Survey Spring 2015 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Finances, fiscal health, General fund balance, Revenue Question 07b Thinking about your jurisdiction's last fiscal year, were general fund expenditures higher or lower than what they were projected to be in its originally adopted general fund budget? Survey Spring 2015 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Finances, fiscal health, General fund balance, Spending Question 08 Different local jurisdictions manage their unreserved general fund balances in different ways depending on their specific circumstances. Despite these differences, we're interested in tracking overall changes in these balances over time. Approximately what was your jurisdiction's unreserved/unassigned general fund balance as a percentage of general fund expenditures at the end of its last fiscal year? Survey Spring 2015 Categories General fund balance, fiscal health, Finance Budget and Operations, Finances Question 09 Thinking about your jurisdiction's fiscal needs, overall, do you consider your jurisdiction's unreserved general fund balance to be too high, about right, or too low? Survey Spring 2015 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, General fund balance, Finances, fiscal health Question 10 In your opinion, is your jurisdiction's cash flow and its ability to pay bills in a timely manner a significant fiscal problem, somewhat of a problem, not much of a problem, or not a problem at all? Survey Spring 2015 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Finances, fiscal health, cash flow, Fiscal health/stress Question 11b Thinking about the overall fiscal stress of your jurisdiction today and what you expect it to be down the road - including any future financial obligations it may have - on a scale from 1 to 10, where 1 is the best: perfect fiscal health and 10 is the worst: fiscal crisis, how would you rate your jurisdiction's overall fiscal stress as you expect it to be five years from now? Survey Spring 2015 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Finances, fiscal health, Fiscal health/stress Pagination First page first Previous page previous Page 1 Current page 2 Page 3 Page 4 Page 5 Page 6 Next page next Last page last
Question 07a Thinking about your jurisdiction's last fiscal year, were general fund revenues higher or lower than what they were projected to be in its originally adopted general fund budget? Survey Spring 2015 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Finances, fiscal health, General fund balance, Revenue Question 07b Thinking about your jurisdiction's last fiscal year, were general fund expenditures higher or lower than what they were projected to be in its originally adopted general fund budget? Survey Spring 2015 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Finances, fiscal health, General fund balance, Spending Question 08 Different local jurisdictions manage their unreserved general fund balances in different ways depending on their specific circumstances. Despite these differences, we're interested in tracking overall changes in these balances over time. Approximately what was your jurisdiction's unreserved/unassigned general fund balance as a percentage of general fund expenditures at the end of its last fiscal year? Survey Spring 2015 Categories General fund balance, fiscal health, Finance Budget and Operations, Finances Question 09 Thinking about your jurisdiction's fiscal needs, overall, do you consider your jurisdiction's unreserved general fund balance to be too high, about right, or too low? Survey Spring 2015 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, General fund balance, Finances, fiscal health Question 10 In your opinion, is your jurisdiction's cash flow and its ability to pay bills in a timely manner a significant fiscal problem, somewhat of a problem, not much of a problem, or not a problem at all? Survey Spring 2015 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Finances, fiscal health, cash flow, Fiscal health/stress Question 11b Thinking about the overall fiscal stress of your jurisdiction today and what you expect it to be down the road - including any future financial obligations it may have - on a scale from 1 to 10, where 1 is the best: perfect fiscal health and 10 is the worst: fiscal crisis, how would you rate your jurisdiction's overall fiscal stress as you expect it to be five years from now? Survey Spring 2015 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Finances, fiscal health, Fiscal health/stress Pagination First page first Previous page previous Page 1 Current page 2 Page 3 Page 4 Page 5 Page 6 Next page next Last page last
Question 07b Thinking about your jurisdiction's last fiscal year, were general fund expenditures higher or lower than what they were projected to be in its originally adopted general fund budget? Survey Spring 2015 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Finances, fiscal health, General fund balance, Spending Question 08 Different local jurisdictions manage their unreserved general fund balances in different ways depending on their specific circumstances. Despite these differences, we're interested in tracking overall changes in these balances over time. Approximately what was your jurisdiction's unreserved/unassigned general fund balance as a percentage of general fund expenditures at the end of its last fiscal year? Survey Spring 2015 Categories General fund balance, fiscal health, Finance Budget and Operations, Finances Question 09 Thinking about your jurisdiction's fiscal needs, overall, do you consider your jurisdiction's unreserved general fund balance to be too high, about right, or too low? Survey Spring 2015 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, General fund balance, Finances, fiscal health Question 10 In your opinion, is your jurisdiction's cash flow and its ability to pay bills in a timely manner a significant fiscal problem, somewhat of a problem, not much of a problem, or not a problem at all? Survey Spring 2015 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Finances, fiscal health, cash flow, Fiscal health/stress Question 11b Thinking about the overall fiscal stress of your jurisdiction today and what you expect it to be down the road - including any future financial obligations it may have - on a scale from 1 to 10, where 1 is the best: perfect fiscal health and 10 is the worst: fiscal crisis, how would you rate your jurisdiction's overall fiscal stress as you expect it to be five years from now? Survey Spring 2015 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Finances, fiscal health, Fiscal health/stress Pagination First page first Previous page previous Page 1 Current page 2 Page 3 Page 4 Page 5 Page 6 Next page next Last page last
Question 08 Different local jurisdictions manage their unreserved general fund balances in different ways depending on their specific circumstances. Despite these differences, we're interested in tracking overall changes in these balances over time. Approximately what was your jurisdiction's unreserved/unassigned general fund balance as a percentage of general fund expenditures at the end of its last fiscal year? Survey Spring 2015 Categories General fund balance, fiscal health, Finance Budget and Operations, Finances Question 09 Thinking about your jurisdiction's fiscal needs, overall, do you consider your jurisdiction's unreserved general fund balance to be too high, about right, or too low? Survey Spring 2015 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, General fund balance, Finances, fiscal health Question 10 In your opinion, is your jurisdiction's cash flow and its ability to pay bills in a timely manner a significant fiscal problem, somewhat of a problem, not much of a problem, or not a problem at all? Survey Spring 2015 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Finances, fiscal health, cash flow, Fiscal health/stress Question 11b Thinking about the overall fiscal stress of your jurisdiction today and what you expect it to be down the road - including any future financial obligations it may have - on a scale from 1 to 10, where 1 is the best: perfect fiscal health and 10 is the worst: fiscal crisis, how would you rate your jurisdiction's overall fiscal stress as you expect it to be five years from now? Survey Spring 2015 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Finances, fiscal health, Fiscal health/stress Pagination First page first Previous page previous Page 1 Current page 2 Page 3 Page 4 Page 5 Page 6 Next page next Last page last
Question 09 Thinking about your jurisdiction's fiscal needs, overall, do you consider your jurisdiction's unreserved general fund balance to be too high, about right, or too low? Survey Spring 2015 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, General fund balance, Finances, fiscal health Question 10 In your opinion, is your jurisdiction's cash flow and its ability to pay bills in a timely manner a significant fiscal problem, somewhat of a problem, not much of a problem, or not a problem at all? Survey Spring 2015 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Finances, fiscal health, cash flow, Fiscal health/stress Question 11b Thinking about the overall fiscal stress of your jurisdiction today and what you expect it to be down the road - including any future financial obligations it may have - on a scale from 1 to 10, where 1 is the best: perfect fiscal health and 10 is the worst: fiscal crisis, how would you rate your jurisdiction's overall fiscal stress as you expect it to be five years from now? Survey Spring 2015 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Finances, fiscal health, Fiscal health/stress Pagination First page first Previous page previous Page 1 Current page 2 Page 3 Page 4 Page 5 Page 6 Next page next Last page last
Question 10 In your opinion, is your jurisdiction's cash flow and its ability to pay bills in a timely manner a significant fiscal problem, somewhat of a problem, not much of a problem, or not a problem at all? Survey Spring 2015 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Finances, fiscal health, cash flow, Fiscal health/stress Question 11b Thinking about the overall fiscal stress of your jurisdiction today and what you expect it to be down the road - including any future financial obligations it may have - on a scale from 1 to 10, where 1 is the best: perfect fiscal health and 10 is the worst: fiscal crisis, how would you rate your jurisdiction's overall fiscal stress as you expect it to be five years from now? Survey Spring 2015 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Finances, fiscal health, Fiscal health/stress Pagination First page first Previous page previous Page 1 Current page 2 Page 3 Page 4 Page 5 Page 6 Next page next Last page last
Question 11b Thinking about the overall fiscal stress of your jurisdiction today and what you expect it to be down the road - including any future financial obligations it may have - on a scale from 1 to 10, where 1 is the best: perfect fiscal health and 10 is the worst: fiscal crisis, how would you rate your jurisdiction's overall fiscal stress as you expect it to be five years from now? Survey Spring 2015 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Finances, fiscal health, Fiscal health/stress Pagination First page first Previous page previous Page 1 Current page 2 Page 3 Page 4 Page 5 Page 6 Next page next Last page last
