Question 16a Looking forward to the next fiscal year, do you expect your jurisdiction will completely eliminate any particular service(s), and it will no longer be provided at all? Survey Spring 2011 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Services, Service spending, Service provision Question 16b Looking forward to the next fiscal year, do you expect your jurisdiction will completely eliminate any particular service(s), but it will be provided by another entity? Survey Spring 2011 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Services, Service spending, Service provision, Privatization Question 16c Looking forward to the next fiscal year, do you expect your jurisdiction to not completely eliminate any particular service? Survey Spring 2011 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Services, Service spending, Service provision Question 18 Does your jurisdiction adopt single-year budgets or multi-year budgets? Survey Spring 2011 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Finances, Financial planning, budgeting Question 19 How likely is it that your jurisdiction will adopt formal multi-year budgeting in the next 12 months? (Among those jurisdictions reporting using single-year budgets) Survey Spring 2011 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Financial planning, Finances Question 20 In your current fiscal year, has your jurisdiction had to make any significant mid-year adjustments due to an inaccurate budget forecast? Survey Spring 2011 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, fiscal health, Finances, Fiscal health/stress, Financial planning, budgeting Question 21 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 general fund balance as a percentage of general fund expenditures at the end of its last fiscal year? Survey Spring 2011 Categories General fund balance, fiscal health, Finance Budget and Operations, Finances Question 22 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 2011 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, General fund balance, Finances, fiscal health Question 23 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 2011 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Finances, fiscal health, cash flow, Fiscal health/stress Question 24a Do you anticipate that your jurisdiction will have property tax charge-backs from your county government in the current fiscal year? Survey Spring 2011 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Finances, Revenue, Taxes, Property taxes, fiscal health, Taxes and revenues, Fiscal health/stress, Tax delinquencies and foreclosures Question 24b Do you anticipate that your jurisdiction will have property tax charge-backs from your county government in the upcoming fiscal year? Survey Spring 2011 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Finances, Revenue, Taxes, Property taxes, fiscal health, Taxes and revenues, Fiscal health/stress, Tax delinquencies and foreclosures Question 24c Do you not anticipate that your jurisdiction will have property tax charge-backs from your county government in the current or upcoming fiscal year? Survey Spring 2011 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Finances, Revenue, Taxes, Property taxes, fiscal health, Taxes and revenues, Fiscal health/stress, Tax delinquencies and foreclosures Question 25 In your opinion, are potential property tax charge-backs to your jurisdiction a significant fiscal problem, somewhat of a problem, not much of a problem, or not a problem at all? (Among those jurisdictions that reported anticipating property tax charge-backs in the current or upcoming fiscal year) Survey Spring 2011 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Finances, Revenue, Taxes, Property taxes, fiscal health, Taxes and revenues, Fiscal health/stress, Tax delinquencies and foreclosures Question 26 Does your jurisdiction have one or more special taxing authorities, such as a Downtown Development Authority (DDA), a Brownfield Redevelopment Authority, or another similar authority? Survey Spring 2011 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Taxes, Development funding, Economic Development Question 27 In your opinion, overall, have your DDA and/or other special taxing authorities been an asset, a liability, or neither to your jurisdiction's fiscal health to date? (Among those jurisdictions that reported having one or more special tax authorities) Survey Spring 2011 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Taxes, Development funding, Economic Development Question 28 In your opinion, how likely is it that one or more of your special taxing authorities will have serious difficulty repaying their current debt? (Among those jurisdictions that reported having one or more special tax authorities) Survey Spring 2011 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Taxes, Development funding, Economic Development Question 29 In your opinion, are the special taxing authorities' debt obligations a significant fiscal problem, somewhat of a problem, not much of a problem, or not a problem at all for your jurisdiction's fiscal health? (Among those jurisdictions that reported having one or more special tax authorities and did not report them having no debt) Survey Spring 2011 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Taxes, Development funding, Economic Development Question 30a Overall, do you consider your jurisdiction's pay rate(s) for new hires to be too high, about right, or too low? Survey Spring 2011 Categories Workforce, Employee compensation, Pay rates and wages, Finance Budget and Operations Question 30b Overall, do you consider your jurisdiction's pay rate(s) for current employees to be too high, about right, or too low? Survey Spring 2011 Categories Workforce, Employee compensation, Pay rates and wages, Finance Budget and Operations Question 31a Does your jurisdiction provide any fringe benefits (i.e., health care, dental, vision, life insurance, etc) to new hires? Survey Spring 2011 Categories Workforce, Finance Budget and Operations, Fringe benefits, Employee compensation Question 31b Does your jurisdiction provide any fringe benefits (i.e., health care, dental, vision, life insurance, etc) to current employees? Survey Spring 2011 Categories Workforce, Finance Budget and Operations, Fringe benefits, Employee compensation Question 32a Overall, do you consider your jurisdiction's fringe benefits package(s) for new hires to be too generous, about right, or not generous enough? (Among those jurisdictions that reported providing fringe benefits to new hires) Survey Spring 2011 Categories Workforce, Finance Budget and Operations, Fringe benefits, Employee compensation Question 32b Overall, do you consider your jurisdiction's fringe benefits package(s) for current employees to be too generous, about right, or not generous enough? (Among those jurisdictions that reported providing fringe benefits to current employees) Survey Spring 2011 Categories Workforce, Finance Budget and Operations, Fringe benefits, Employee compensation Question 33a Overall, do you consider the contributions (i.e., co-pays, deductibles, or share of premiums) your jurisdiction's new hires make toward their health care benefits to be too high, about right, or too low? (Among those jurisdictions that reported providing fringe benefits to new hires) Survey Spring 2011 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Workforce, Employee compensation, Fringe benefits Question 33b Overall, do you consider the contributions (i.e., co-pays, deductibles, or share of premiums) your jurisdiction's current employees make toward their health care benefits to be too high, about right, or too low? 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Question 16b Looking forward to the next fiscal year, do you expect your jurisdiction will completely eliminate any particular service(s), but it will be provided by another entity? Survey Spring 2011 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Services, Service spending, Service provision, Privatization Question 16c Looking forward to the next fiscal year, do you expect your jurisdiction to not completely eliminate any particular service? Survey Spring 2011 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Services, Service spending, Service provision Question 18 Does your jurisdiction adopt single-year budgets or multi-year budgets? Survey Spring 2011 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Finances, Financial planning, budgeting Question 19 How likely is it that your jurisdiction will adopt formal multi-year budgeting in the next 12 months? (Among those jurisdictions reporting using single-year budgets) Survey Spring 2011 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Financial planning, Finances Question 20 In your current fiscal year, has your jurisdiction had to make any significant mid-year adjustments due to an inaccurate budget forecast? Survey Spring 2011 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, fiscal health, Finances, Fiscal health/stress, Financial planning, budgeting Question 21 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 general fund balance as a percentage of general fund expenditures at the end of its last fiscal year? Survey Spring 2011 Categories General fund balance, fiscal health, Finance Budget and Operations, Finances Question 22 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 2011 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, General fund balance, Finances, fiscal health Question 23 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 2011 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Finances, fiscal health, cash flow, Fiscal health/stress Question 24a Do you anticipate that your jurisdiction will have property tax charge-backs from your county government in the current fiscal year? Survey Spring 2011 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Finances, Revenue, Taxes, Property taxes, fiscal health, Taxes and revenues, Fiscal health/stress, Tax delinquencies and foreclosures Question 24b Do you anticipate that your jurisdiction will have property tax charge-backs from your county government in the upcoming fiscal year? Survey Spring 2011 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Finances, Revenue, Taxes, Property taxes, fiscal health, Taxes and revenues, Fiscal health/stress, Tax delinquencies and foreclosures Question 24c Do you not anticipate that your jurisdiction will have property tax charge-backs from your county government in the current or upcoming fiscal year? Survey Spring 2011 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Finances, Revenue, Taxes, Property taxes, fiscal health, Taxes and revenues, Fiscal health/stress, Tax delinquencies and foreclosures Question 25 In your opinion, are potential property tax charge-backs to your jurisdiction a significant fiscal problem, somewhat of a problem, not much of a problem, or not a problem at all? (Among those jurisdictions that reported anticipating property tax charge-backs in the current or upcoming fiscal year) Survey Spring 2011 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Finances, Revenue, Taxes, Property taxes, fiscal health, Taxes and revenues, Fiscal health/stress, Tax delinquencies and foreclosures Question 26 Does your jurisdiction have one or more special taxing authorities, such as a Downtown Development Authority (DDA), a Brownfield Redevelopment Authority, or another similar authority? Survey Spring 2011 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Taxes, Development funding, Economic Development Question 27 In your opinion, overall, have your DDA and/or other special taxing authorities been an asset, a liability, or neither to your jurisdiction's fiscal health to date? (Among those jurisdictions that reported having one or more special tax authorities) Survey Spring 2011 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Taxes, Development funding, Economic Development Question 28 In your opinion, how likely is it that one or more of your special taxing authorities will have serious difficulty repaying their current debt? (Among those jurisdictions that reported having one or more special tax authorities) Survey Spring 2011 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Taxes, Development funding, Economic Development Question 29 In your opinion, are the special taxing authorities' debt obligations a significant fiscal problem, somewhat of a problem, not much of a problem, or not a problem at all for your jurisdiction's fiscal health? (Among those jurisdictions that reported having one or more special tax authorities and did not report them having no debt) Survey Spring 2011 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Taxes, Development funding, Economic Development Question 30a Overall, do you consider your jurisdiction's pay rate(s) for new hires to be too high, about right, or too low? Survey Spring 2011 Categories Workforce, Employee compensation, Pay rates and wages, Finance Budget and Operations Question 30b Overall, do you consider your jurisdiction's pay rate(s) for current employees to be too high, about right, or too low? Survey Spring 2011 Categories Workforce, Employee compensation, Pay rates and wages, Finance Budget and Operations Question 31a Does your jurisdiction provide any fringe benefits (i.e., health care, dental, vision, life insurance, etc) to new hires? Survey Spring 2011 Categories Workforce, Finance Budget and Operations, Fringe benefits, Employee compensation Question 31b Does your jurisdiction provide any fringe benefits (i.e., health care, dental, vision, life insurance, etc) to current employees? Survey Spring 2011 Categories Workforce, Finance Budget and Operations, Fringe benefits, Employee compensation Question 32a Overall, do you consider your jurisdiction's fringe benefits package(s) for new hires to be too generous, about right, or not generous enough? (Among those jurisdictions that reported providing fringe benefits to new hires) Survey Spring 2011 Categories Workforce, Finance Budget and Operations, Fringe benefits, Employee compensation Question 32b Overall, do you consider your jurisdiction's fringe benefits package(s) for current employees to be too generous, about right, or not generous enough? (Among those jurisdictions that reported providing fringe benefits to current employees) Survey Spring 2011 Categories Workforce, Finance Budget and Operations, Fringe benefits, Employee compensation Question 33a Overall, do you consider the contributions (i.e., co-pays, deductibles, or share of premiums) your jurisdiction's new hires make toward their health care benefits to be too high, about right, or too low? (Among those jurisdictions that reported providing fringe benefits to new hires) Survey Spring 2011 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Workforce, Employee compensation, Fringe benefits Question 33b Overall, do you consider the contributions (i.e., co-pays, deductibles, or share of premiums) your jurisdiction's current employees make toward their health care benefits to be too high, about right, or too low? 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Question 16c Looking forward to the next fiscal year, do you expect your jurisdiction to not completely eliminate any particular service? Survey Spring 2011 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Services, Service spending, Service provision Question 18 Does your jurisdiction adopt single-year budgets or multi-year budgets? Survey Spring 2011 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Finances, Financial planning, budgeting Question 19 How likely is it that your jurisdiction will adopt formal multi-year budgeting in the next 12 months? (Among those jurisdictions reporting using single-year budgets) Survey Spring 2011 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Financial planning, Finances Question 20 In your current fiscal year, has your jurisdiction had to make any significant mid-year adjustments due to an inaccurate budget forecast? Survey Spring 2011 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, fiscal health, Finances, Fiscal health/stress, Financial planning, budgeting Question 21 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 general fund balance as a percentage of general fund expenditures at the end of its last fiscal year? Survey Spring 2011 Categories General fund balance, fiscal health, Finance Budget and Operations, Finances Question 22 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 2011 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, General fund balance, Finances, fiscal health Question 23 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 2011 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Finances, fiscal health, cash flow, Fiscal health/stress Question 24a Do you anticipate that your jurisdiction will have property tax charge-backs from your county government in the current fiscal year? Survey Spring 2011 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Finances, Revenue, Taxes, Property taxes, fiscal health, Taxes and revenues, Fiscal health/stress, Tax delinquencies and foreclosures Question 24b Do you anticipate that your jurisdiction will have property tax charge-backs from your county government in the upcoming fiscal year? Survey Spring 2011 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Finances, Revenue, Taxes, Property taxes, fiscal health, Taxes and revenues, Fiscal health/stress, Tax delinquencies and foreclosures Question 24c Do you not anticipate that your jurisdiction will have property tax charge-backs from your county government in the current or upcoming fiscal year? Survey Spring 2011 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Finances, Revenue, Taxes, Property taxes, fiscal health, Taxes and revenues, Fiscal health/stress, Tax delinquencies and foreclosures Question 25 In your opinion, are potential property tax charge-backs to your jurisdiction a significant fiscal problem, somewhat of a problem, not much of a problem, or not a problem at all? (Among those jurisdictions that reported anticipating property tax charge-backs in the current or upcoming fiscal year) Survey Spring 2011 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Finances, Revenue, Taxes, Property taxes, fiscal health, Taxes and revenues, Fiscal health/stress, Tax delinquencies and foreclosures Question 26 Does your jurisdiction have one or more special taxing authorities, such as a Downtown Development Authority (DDA), a Brownfield Redevelopment Authority, or another similar authority? Survey Spring 2011 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Taxes, Development funding, Economic Development Question 27 In your opinion, overall, have your DDA and/or other special taxing authorities been an asset, a liability, or neither to your jurisdiction's fiscal health to date? (Among those jurisdictions that reported having one or more special tax authorities) Survey Spring 2011 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Taxes, Development funding, Economic Development Question 28 In your opinion, how likely is it that one or more of your special taxing authorities will have serious difficulty repaying their current debt? (Among those jurisdictions that reported having one or more special tax authorities) Survey Spring 2011 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Taxes, Development funding, Economic Development Question 29 In your opinion, are the special taxing authorities' debt obligations a significant fiscal problem, somewhat of a problem, not much of a problem, or not a problem at all for your jurisdiction's fiscal health? (Among those jurisdictions that reported having one or more special tax authorities and did not report them having no debt) Survey Spring 2011 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Taxes, Development funding, Economic Development Question 30a Overall, do you consider your jurisdiction's pay rate(s) for new hires to be too high, about right, or too low? Survey Spring 2011 Categories Workforce, Employee compensation, Pay rates and wages, Finance Budget and Operations Question 30b Overall, do you consider your jurisdiction's pay rate(s) for current employees to be too high, about right, or too low? Survey Spring 2011 Categories Workforce, Employee compensation, Pay rates and wages, Finance Budget and Operations Question 31a Does your jurisdiction provide any fringe benefits (i.e., health care, dental, vision, life insurance, etc) to new hires? Survey Spring 2011 Categories Workforce, Finance Budget and Operations, Fringe benefits, Employee compensation Question 31b Does your jurisdiction provide any fringe benefits (i.e., health care, dental, vision, life insurance, etc) to current employees? Survey Spring 2011 Categories Workforce, Finance Budget and Operations, Fringe benefits, Employee compensation Question 32a Overall, do you consider your jurisdiction's fringe benefits package(s) for new hires to be too generous, about right, or not generous enough? (Among those jurisdictions that reported providing fringe benefits to new hires) Survey Spring 2011 Categories Workforce, Finance Budget and Operations, Fringe benefits, Employee compensation Question 32b Overall, do you consider your jurisdiction's fringe benefits package(s) for current employees to be too generous, about right, or not generous enough? (Among those jurisdictions that reported providing fringe benefits to current employees) Survey Spring 2011 Categories Workforce, Finance Budget and Operations, Fringe benefits, Employee compensation Question 33a Overall, do you consider the contributions (i.e., co-pays, deductibles, or share of premiums) your jurisdiction's new hires make toward their health care benefits to be too high, about right, or too low? (Among those jurisdictions that reported providing fringe benefits to new hires) Survey Spring 2011 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Workforce, Employee compensation, Fringe benefits Question 33b Overall, do you consider the contributions (i.e., co-pays, deductibles, or share of premiums) your jurisdiction's current employees make toward their health care benefits to be too high, about right, or too low? 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Question 18 Does your jurisdiction adopt single-year budgets or multi-year budgets? Survey Spring 2011 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Finances, Financial planning, budgeting Question 19 How likely is it that your jurisdiction will adopt formal multi-year budgeting in the next 12 months? (Among those jurisdictions reporting using single-year budgets) Survey Spring 2011 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Financial planning, Finances Question 20 In your current fiscal year, has your jurisdiction had to make any significant mid-year adjustments due to an inaccurate budget forecast? Survey Spring 2011 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, fiscal health, Finances, Fiscal health/stress, Financial planning, budgeting Question 21 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 general fund balance as a percentage of general fund expenditures at the end of its last fiscal year? Survey Spring 2011 Categories General fund balance, fiscal health, Finance Budget and Operations, Finances Question 22 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 2011 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, General fund balance, Finances, fiscal health Question 23 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 2011 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Finances, fiscal health, cash flow, Fiscal health/stress Question 24a Do you anticipate that your jurisdiction will have property tax charge-backs from your county government in the current fiscal year? Survey Spring 2011 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Finances, Revenue, Taxes, Property taxes, fiscal health, Taxes and revenues, Fiscal health/stress, Tax delinquencies and foreclosures Question 24b Do you anticipate that your jurisdiction will have property tax charge-backs from your county government in the upcoming fiscal year? Survey Spring 2011 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Finances, Revenue, Taxes, Property taxes, fiscal health, Taxes and revenues, Fiscal health/stress, Tax delinquencies and foreclosures Question 24c Do you not anticipate that your jurisdiction will have property tax charge-backs from your county government in the current or upcoming fiscal year? Survey Spring 2011 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Finances, Revenue, Taxes, Property taxes, fiscal health, Taxes and revenues, Fiscal health/stress, Tax delinquencies and foreclosures Question 25 In your opinion, are potential property tax charge-backs to your jurisdiction a significant fiscal problem, somewhat of a problem, not much of a problem, or not a problem at all? (Among those jurisdictions that reported anticipating property tax charge-backs in the current or upcoming fiscal year) Survey Spring 2011 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Finances, Revenue, Taxes, Property taxes, fiscal health, Taxes and revenues, Fiscal health/stress, Tax delinquencies and foreclosures Question 26 Does your jurisdiction have one or more special taxing authorities, such as a Downtown Development Authority (DDA), a Brownfield Redevelopment Authority, or another similar authority? Survey Spring 2011 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Taxes, Development funding, Economic Development Question 27 In your opinion, overall, have your DDA and/or other special taxing authorities been an asset, a liability, or neither to your jurisdiction's fiscal health to date? (Among those jurisdictions that reported having one or more special tax authorities) Survey Spring 2011 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Taxes, Development funding, Economic Development Question 28 In your opinion, how likely is it that one or more of your special taxing authorities will have serious difficulty repaying their current debt? (Among those jurisdictions that reported having one or more special tax authorities) Survey Spring 2011 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Taxes, Development funding, Economic Development Question 29 In your opinion, are the special taxing authorities' debt obligations a significant fiscal problem, somewhat of a problem, not much of a problem, or not a problem at all for your jurisdiction's fiscal health? (Among those jurisdictions that reported having one or more special tax authorities and did not report them having no debt) Survey Spring 2011 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Taxes, Development funding, Economic Development Question 30a Overall, do you consider your jurisdiction's pay rate(s) for new hires to be too high, about right, or too low? Survey Spring 2011 Categories Workforce, Employee compensation, Pay rates and wages, Finance Budget and Operations Question 30b Overall, do you consider your jurisdiction's pay rate(s) for current employees to be too high, about right, or too low? Survey Spring 2011 Categories Workforce, Employee compensation, Pay rates and wages, Finance Budget and Operations Question 31a Does your jurisdiction provide any fringe benefits (i.e., health care, dental, vision, life insurance, etc) to new hires? Survey Spring 2011 Categories Workforce, Finance Budget and Operations, Fringe benefits, Employee compensation Question 31b Does your jurisdiction provide any fringe benefits (i.e., health care, dental, vision, life insurance, etc) to current employees? Survey Spring 2011 Categories Workforce, Finance Budget and Operations, Fringe benefits, Employee compensation Question 32a Overall, do you consider your jurisdiction's fringe benefits package(s) for new hires to be too generous, about right, or not generous enough? (Among those jurisdictions that reported providing fringe benefits to new hires) Survey Spring 2011 Categories Workforce, Finance Budget and Operations, Fringe benefits, Employee compensation Question 32b Overall, do you consider your jurisdiction's fringe benefits package(s) for current employees to be too generous, about right, or not generous enough? (Among those jurisdictions that reported providing fringe benefits to current employees) Survey Spring 2011 Categories Workforce, Finance Budget and Operations, Fringe benefits, Employee compensation Question 33a Overall, do you consider the contributions (i.e., co-pays, deductibles, or share of premiums) your jurisdiction's new hires make toward their health care benefits to be too high, about right, or too low? (Among those jurisdictions that reported providing fringe benefits to new hires) Survey Spring 2011 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Workforce, Employee compensation, Fringe benefits Question 33b Overall, do you consider the contributions (i.e., co-pays, deductibles, or share of premiums) your jurisdiction's current employees make toward their health care benefits to be too high, about right, or too low? 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Question 19 How likely is it that your jurisdiction will adopt formal multi-year budgeting in the next 12 months? (Among those jurisdictions reporting using single-year budgets) Survey Spring 2011 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Financial planning, Finances Question 20 In your current fiscal year, has your jurisdiction had to make any significant mid-year adjustments due to an inaccurate budget forecast? Survey Spring 2011 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, fiscal health, Finances, Fiscal health/stress, Financial planning, budgeting Question 21 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 general fund balance as a percentage of general fund expenditures at the end of its last fiscal year? Survey Spring 2011 Categories General fund balance, fiscal health, Finance Budget and Operations, Finances Question 22 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 2011 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, General fund balance, Finances, fiscal health Question 23 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 2011 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Finances, fiscal health, cash flow, Fiscal health/stress Question 24a Do you anticipate that your jurisdiction will have property tax charge-backs from your county government in the current fiscal year? Survey Spring 2011 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Finances, Revenue, Taxes, Property taxes, fiscal health, Taxes and revenues, Fiscal health/stress, Tax delinquencies and foreclosures Question 24b Do you anticipate that your jurisdiction will have property tax charge-backs from your county government in the upcoming fiscal year? Survey Spring 2011 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Finances, Revenue, Taxes, Property taxes, fiscal health, Taxes and revenues, Fiscal health/stress, Tax delinquencies and foreclosures Question 24c Do you not anticipate that your jurisdiction will have property tax charge-backs from your county government in the current or upcoming fiscal year? Survey Spring 2011 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Finances, Revenue, Taxes, Property taxes, fiscal health, Taxes and revenues, Fiscal health/stress, Tax delinquencies and foreclosures Question 25 In your opinion, are potential property tax charge-backs to your jurisdiction a significant fiscal problem, somewhat of a problem, not much of a problem, or not a problem at all? (Among those jurisdictions that reported anticipating property tax charge-backs in the current or upcoming fiscal year) Survey Spring 2011 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Finances, Revenue, Taxes, Property taxes, fiscal health, Taxes and revenues, Fiscal health/stress, Tax delinquencies and foreclosures Question 26 Does your jurisdiction have one or more special taxing authorities, such as a Downtown Development Authority (DDA), a Brownfield Redevelopment Authority, or another similar authority? Survey Spring 2011 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Taxes, Development funding, Economic Development Question 27 In your opinion, overall, have your DDA and/or other special taxing authorities been an asset, a liability, or neither to your jurisdiction's fiscal health to date? (Among those jurisdictions that reported having one or more special tax authorities) Survey Spring 2011 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Taxes, Development funding, Economic Development Question 28 In your opinion, how likely is it that one or more of your special taxing authorities will have serious difficulty repaying their current debt? (Among those jurisdictions that reported having one or more special tax authorities) Survey Spring 2011 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Taxes, Development funding, Economic Development Question 29 In your opinion, are the special taxing authorities' debt obligations a significant fiscal problem, somewhat of a problem, not much of a problem, or not a problem at all for your jurisdiction's fiscal health? (Among those jurisdictions that reported having one or more special tax authorities and did not report them having no debt) Survey Spring 2011 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Taxes, Development funding, Economic Development Question 30a Overall, do you consider your jurisdiction's pay rate(s) for new hires to be too high, about right, or too low? Survey Spring 2011 Categories Workforce, Employee compensation, Pay rates and wages, Finance Budget and Operations Question 30b Overall, do you consider your jurisdiction's pay rate(s) for current employees to be too high, about right, or too low? Survey Spring 2011 Categories Workforce, Employee compensation, Pay rates and wages, Finance Budget and Operations Question 31a Does your jurisdiction provide any fringe benefits (i.e., health care, dental, vision, life insurance, etc) to new hires? Survey Spring 2011 Categories Workforce, Finance Budget and Operations, Fringe benefits, Employee compensation Question 31b Does your jurisdiction provide any fringe benefits (i.e., health care, dental, vision, life insurance, etc) to current employees? Survey Spring 2011 Categories Workforce, Finance Budget and Operations, Fringe benefits, Employee compensation Question 32a Overall, do you consider your jurisdiction's fringe benefits package(s) for new hires to be too generous, about right, or not generous enough? (Among those jurisdictions that reported providing fringe benefits to new hires) Survey Spring 2011 Categories Workforce, Finance Budget and Operations, Fringe benefits, Employee compensation Question 32b Overall, do you consider your jurisdiction's fringe benefits package(s) for current employees to be too generous, about right, or not generous enough? (Among those jurisdictions that reported providing fringe benefits to current employees) Survey Spring 2011 Categories Workforce, Finance Budget and Operations, Fringe benefits, Employee compensation Question 33a Overall, do you consider the contributions (i.e., co-pays, deductibles, or share of premiums) your jurisdiction's new hires make toward their health care benefits to be too high, about right, or too low? (Among those jurisdictions that reported providing fringe benefits to new hires) Survey Spring 2011 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Workforce, Employee compensation, Fringe benefits Question 33b Overall, do you consider the contributions (i.e., co-pays, deductibles, or share of premiums) your jurisdiction's current employees make toward their health care benefits to be too high, about right, or too low? 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Question 20 In your current fiscal year, has your jurisdiction had to make any significant mid-year adjustments due to an inaccurate budget forecast? Survey Spring 2011 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, fiscal health, Finances, Fiscal health/stress, Financial planning, budgeting Question 21 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 general fund balance as a percentage of general fund expenditures at the end of its last fiscal year? Survey Spring 2011 Categories General fund balance, fiscal health, Finance Budget and Operations, Finances Question 22 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 2011 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, General fund balance, Finances, fiscal health Question 23 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 2011 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Finances, fiscal health, cash flow, Fiscal health/stress Question 24a Do you anticipate that your jurisdiction will have property tax charge-backs from your county government in the current fiscal year? Survey Spring 2011 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Finances, Revenue, Taxes, Property taxes, fiscal health, Taxes and revenues, Fiscal health/stress, Tax delinquencies and foreclosures Question 24b Do you anticipate that your jurisdiction will have property tax charge-backs from your county government in the upcoming fiscal year? Survey Spring 2011 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Finances, Revenue, Taxes, Property taxes, fiscal health, Taxes and revenues, Fiscal health/stress, Tax delinquencies and foreclosures Question 24c Do you not anticipate that your jurisdiction will have property tax charge-backs from your county government in the current or upcoming fiscal year? Survey Spring 2011 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Finances, Revenue, Taxes, Property taxes, fiscal health, Taxes and revenues, Fiscal health/stress, Tax delinquencies and foreclosures Question 25 In your opinion, are potential property tax charge-backs to your jurisdiction a significant fiscal problem, somewhat of a problem, not much of a problem, or not a problem at all? (Among those jurisdictions that reported anticipating property tax charge-backs in the current or upcoming fiscal year) Survey Spring 2011 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Finances, Revenue, Taxes, Property taxes, fiscal health, Taxes and revenues, Fiscal health/stress, Tax delinquencies and foreclosures Question 26 Does your jurisdiction have one or more special taxing authorities, such as a Downtown Development Authority (DDA), a Brownfield Redevelopment Authority, or another similar authority? Survey Spring 2011 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Taxes, Development funding, Economic Development Question 27 In your opinion, overall, have your DDA and/or other special taxing authorities been an asset, a liability, or neither to your jurisdiction's fiscal health to date? (Among those jurisdictions that reported having one or more special tax authorities) Survey Spring 2011 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Taxes, Development funding, Economic Development Question 28 In your opinion, how likely is it that one or more of your special taxing authorities will have serious difficulty repaying their current debt? (Among those jurisdictions that reported having one or more special tax authorities) Survey Spring 2011 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Taxes, Development funding, Economic Development Question 29 In your opinion, are the special taxing authorities' debt obligations a significant fiscal problem, somewhat of a problem, not much of a problem, or not a problem at all for your jurisdiction's fiscal health? (Among those jurisdictions that reported having one or more special tax authorities and did not report them having no debt) Survey Spring 2011 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Taxes, Development funding, Economic Development Question 30a Overall, do you consider your jurisdiction's pay rate(s) for new hires to be too high, about right, or too low? Survey Spring 2011 Categories Workforce, Employee compensation, Pay rates and wages, Finance Budget and Operations Question 30b Overall, do you consider your jurisdiction's pay rate(s) for current employees to be too high, about right, or too low? Survey Spring 2011 Categories Workforce, Employee compensation, Pay rates and wages, Finance Budget and Operations Question 31a Does your jurisdiction provide any fringe benefits (i.e., health care, dental, vision, life insurance, etc) to new hires? Survey Spring 2011 Categories Workforce, Finance Budget and Operations, Fringe benefits, Employee compensation Question 31b Does your jurisdiction provide any fringe benefits (i.e., health care, dental, vision, life insurance, etc) to current employees? Survey Spring 2011 Categories Workforce, Finance Budget and Operations, Fringe benefits, Employee compensation Question 32a Overall, do you consider your jurisdiction's fringe benefits package(s) for new hires to be too generous, about right, or not generous enough? (Among those jurisdictions that reported providing fringe benefits to new hires) Survey Spring 2011 Categories Workforce, Finance Budget and Operations, Fringe benefits, Employee compensation Question 32b Overall, do you consider your jurisdiction's fringe benefits package(s) for current employees to be too generous, about right, or not generous enough? (Among those jurisdictions that reported providing fringe benefits to current employees) Survey Spring 2011 Categories Workforce, Finance Budget and Operations, Fringe benefits, Employee compensation Question 33a Overall, do you consider the contributions (i.e., co-pays, deductibles, or share of premiums) your jurisdiction's new hires make toward their health care benefits to be too high, about right, or too low? (Among those jurisdictions that reported providing fringe benefits to new hires) Survey Spring 2011 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Workforce, Employee compensation, Fringe benefits Question 33b Overall, do you consider the contributions (i.e., co-pays, deductibles, or share of premiums) your jurisdiction's current employees make toward their health care benefits to be too high, about right, or too low? 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Question 21 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 general fund balance as a percentage of general fund expenditures at the end of its last fiscal year? Survey Spring 2011 Categories General fund balance, fiscal health, Finance Budget and Operations, Finances Question 22 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 2011 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, General fund balance, Finances, fiscal health Question 23 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 2011 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Finances, fiscal health, cash flow, Fiscal health/stress Question 24a Do you anticipate that your jurisdiction will have property tax charge-backs from your county government in the current fiscal year? Survey Spring 2011 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Finances, Revenue, Taxes, Property taxes, fiscal health, Taxes and revenues, Fiscal health/stress, Tax delinquencies and foreclosures Question 24b Do you anticipate that your jurisdiction will have property tax charge-backs from your county government in the upcoming fiscal year? Survey Spring 2011 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Finances, Revenue, Taxes, Property taxes, fiscal health, Taxes and revenues, Fiscal health/stress, Tax delinquencies and foreclosures Question 24c Do you not anticipate that your jurisdiction will have property tax charge-backs from your county government in the current or upcoming fiscal year? Survey Spring 2011 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Finances, Revenue, Taxes, Property taxes, fiscal health, Taxes and revenues, Fiscal health/stress, Tax delinquencies and foreclosures Question 25 In your opinion, are potential property tax charge-backs to your jurisdiction a significant fiscal problem, somewhat of a problem, not much of a problem, or not a problem at all? (Among those jurisdictions that reported anticipating property tax charge-backs in the current or upcoming fiscal year) Survey Spring 2011 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Finances, Revenue, Taxes, Property taxes, fiscal health, Taxes and revenues, Fiscal health/stress, Tax delinquencies and foreclosures Question 26 Does your jurisdiction have one or more special taxing authorities, such as a Downtown Development Authority (DDA), a Brownfield Redevelopment Authority, or another similar authority? Survey Spring 2011 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Taxes, Development funding, Economic Development Question 27 In your opinion, overall, have your DDA and/or other special taxing authorities been an asset, a liability, or neither to your jurisdiction's fiscal health to date? (Among those jurisdictions that reported having one or more special tax authorities) Survey Spring 2011 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Taxes, Development funding, Economic Development Question 28 In your opinion, how likely is it that one or more of your special taxing authorities will have serious difficulty repaying their current debt? (Among those jurisdictions that reported having one or more special tax authorities) Survey Spring 2011 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Taxes, Development funding, Economic Development Question 29 In your opinion, are the special taxing authorities' debt obligations a significant fiscal problem, somewhat of a problem, not much of a problem, or not a problem at all for your jurisdiction's fiscal health? (Among those jurisdictions that reported having one or more special tax authorities and did not report them having no debt) Survey Spring 2011 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Taxes, Development funding, Economic Development Question 30a Overall, do you consider your jurisdiction's pay rate(s) for new hires to be too high, about right, or too low? Survey Spring 2011 Categories Workforce, Employee compensation, Pay rates and wages, Finance Budget and Operations Question 30b Overall, do you consider your jurisdiction's pay rate(s) for current employees to be too high, about right, or too low? Survey Spring 2011 Categories Workforce, Employee compensation, Pay rates and wages, Finance Budget and Operations Question 31a Does your jurisdiction provide any fringe benefits (i.e., health care, dental, vision, life insurance, etc) to new hires? Survey Spring 2011 Categories Workforce, Finance Budget and Operations, Fringe benefits, Employee compensation Question 31b Does your jurisdiction provide any fringe benefits (i.e., health care, dental, vision, life insurance, etc) to current employees? Survey Spring 2011 Categories Workforce, Finance Budget and Operations, Fringe benefits, Employee compensation Question 32a Overall, do you consider your jurisdiction's fringe benefits package(s) for new hires to be too generous, about right, or not generous enough? (Among those jurisdictions that reported providing fringe benefits to new hires) Survey Spring 2011 Categories Workforce, Finance Budget and Operations, Fringe benefits, Employee compensation Question 32b Overall, do you consider your jurisdiction's fringe benefits package(s) for current employees to be too generous, about right, or not generous enough? (Among those jurisdictions that reported providing fringe benefits to current employees) Survey Spring 2011 Categories Workforce, Finance Budget and Operations, Fringe benefits, Employee compensation Question 33a Overall, do you consider the contributions (i.e., co-pays, deductibles, or share of premiums) your jurisdiction's new hires make toward their health care benefits to be too high, about right, or too low? (Among those jurisdictions that reported providing fringe benefits to new hires) Survey Spring 2011 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Workforce, Employee compensation, Fringe benefits Question 33b Overall, do you consider the contributions (i.e., co-pays, deductibles, or share of premiums) your jurisdiction's current employees make toward their health care benefits to be too high, about right, or too low? 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Question 22 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 2011 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, General fund balance, Finances, fiscal health Question 23 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 2011 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Finances, fiscal health, cash flow, Fiscal health/stress Question 24a Do you anticipate that your jurisdiction will have property tax charge-backs from your county government in the current fiscal year? Survey Spring 2011 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Finances, Revenue, Taxes, Property taxes, fiscal health, Taxes and revenues, Fiscal health/stress, Tax delinquencies and foreclosures Question 24b Do you anticipate that your jurisdiction will have property tax charge-backs from your county government in the upcoming fiscal year? Survey Spring 2011 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Finances, Revenue, Taxes, Property taxes, fiscal health, Taxes and revenues, Fiscal health/stress, Tax delinquencies and foreclosures Question 24c Do you not anticipate that your jurisdiction will have property tax charge-backs from your county government in the current or upcoming fiscal year? Survey Spring 2011 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Finances, Revenue, Taxes, Property taxes, fiscal health, Taxes and revenues, Fiscal health/stress, Tax delinquencies and foreclosures Question 25 In your opinion, are potential property tax charge-backs to your jurisdiction a significant fiscal problem, somewhat of a problem, not much of a problem, or not a problem at all? (Among those jurisdictions that reported anticipating property tax charge-backs in the current or upcoming fiscal year) Survey Spring 2011 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Finances, Revenue, Taxes, Property taxes, fiscal health, Taxes and revenues, Fiscal health/stress, Tax delinquencies and foreclosures Question 26 Does your jurisdiction have one or more special taxing authorities, such as a Downtown Development Authority (DDA), a Brownfield Redevelopment Authority, or another similar authority? Survey Spring 2011 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Taxes, Development funding, Economic Development Question 27 In your opinion, overall, have your DDA and/or other special taxing authorities been an asset, a liability, or neither to your jurisdiction's fiscal health to date? (Among those jurisdictions that reported having one or more special tax authorities) Survey Spring 2011 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Taxes, Development funding, Economic Development Question 28 In your opinion, how likely is it that one or more of your special taxing authorities will have serious difficulty repaying their current debt? (Among those jurisdictions that reported having one or more special tax authorities) Survey Spring 2011 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Taxes, Development funding, Economic Development Question 29 In your opinion, are the special taxing authorities' debt obligations a significant fiscal problem, somewhat of a problem, not much of a problem, or not a problem at all for your jurisdiction's fiscal health? (Among those jurisdictions that reported having one or more special tax authorities and did not report them having no debt) Survey Spring 2011 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Taxes, Development funding, Economic Development Question 30a Overall, do you consider your jurisdiction's pay rate(s) for new hires to be too high, about right, or too low? Survey Spring 2011 Categories Workforce, Employee compensation, Pay rates and wages, Finance Budget and Operations Question 30b Overall, do you consider your jurisdiction's pay rate(s) for current employees to be too high, about right, or too low? Survey Spring 2011 Categories Workforce, Employee compensation, Pay rates and wages, Finance Budget and Operations Question 31a Does your jurisdiction provide any fringe benefits (i.e., health care, dental, vision, life insurance, etc) to new hires? Survey Spring 2011 Categories Workforce, Finance Budget and Operations, Fringe benefits, Employee compensation Question 31b Does your jurisdiction provide any fringe benefits (i.e., health care, dental, vision, life insurance, etc) to current employees? Survey Spring 2011 Categories Workforce, Finance Budget and Operations, Fringe benefits, Employee compensation Question 32a Overall, do you consider your jurisdiction's fringe benefits package(s) for new hires to be too generous, about right, or not generous enough? (Among those jurisdictions that reported providing fringe benefits to new hires) Survey Spring 2011 Categories Workforce, Finance Budget and Operations, Fringe benefits, Employee compensation Question 32b Overall, do you consider your jurisdiction's fringe benefits package(s) for current employees to be too generous, about right, or not generous enough? (Among those jurisdictions that reported providing fringe benefits to current employees) Survey Spring 2011 Categories Workforce, Finance Budget and Operations, Fringe benefits, Employee compensation Question 33a Overall, do you consider the contributions (i.e., co-pays, deductibles, or share of premiums) your jurisdiction's new hires make toward their health care benefits to be too high, about right, or too low? (Among those jurisdictions that reported providing fringe benefits to new hires) Survey Spring 2011 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Workforce, Employee compensation, Fringe benefits Question 33b Overall, do you consider the contributions (i.e., co-pays, deductibles, or share of premiums) your jurisdiction's current employees make toward their health care benefits to be too high, about right, or too low? 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Question 23 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 2011 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Finances, fiscal health, cash flow, Fiscal health/stress Question 24a Do you anticipate that your jurisdiction will have property tax charge-backs from your county government in the current fiscal year? Survey Spring 2011 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Finances, Revenue, Taxes, Property taxes, fiscal health, Taxes and revenues, Fiscal health/stress, Tax delinquencies and foreclosures Question 24b Do you anticipate that your jurisdiction will have property tax charge-backs from your county government in the upcoming fiscal year? Survey Spring 2011 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Finances, Revenue, Taxes, Property taxes, fiscal health, Taxes and revenues, Fiscal health/stress, Tax delinquencies and foreclosures Question 24c Do you not anticipate that your jurisdiction will have property tax charge-backs from your county government in the current or upcoming fiscal year? Survey Spring 2011 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Finances, Revenue, Taxes, Property taxes, fiscal health, Taxes and revenues, Fiscal health/stress, Tax delinquencies and foreclosures Question 25 In your opinion, are potential property tax charge-backs to your jurisdiction a significant fiscal problem, somewhat of a problem, not much of a problem, or not a problem at all? (Among those jurisdictions that reported anticipating property tax charge-backs in the current or upcoming fiscal year) Survey Spring 2011 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Finances, Revenue, Taxes, Property taxes, fiscal health, Taxes and revenues, Fiscal health/stress, Tax delinquencies and foreclosures Question 26 Does your jurisdiction have one or more special taxing authorities, such as a Downtown Development Authority (DDA), a Brownfield Redevelopment Authority, or another similar authority? Survey Spring 2011 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Taxes, Development funding, Economic Development Question 27 In your opinion, overall, have your DDA and/or other special taxing authorities been an asset, a liability, or neither to your jurisdiction's fiscal health to date? (Among those jurisdictions that reported having one or more special tax authorities) Survey Spring 2011 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Taxes, Development funding, Economic Development Question 28 In your opinion, how likely is it that one or more of your special taxing authorities will have serious difficulty repaying their current debt? (Among those jurisdictions that reported having one or more special tax authorities) Survey Spring 2011 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Taxes, Development funding, Economic Development Question 29 In your opinion, are the special taxing authorities' debt obligations a significant fiscal problem, somewhat of a problem, not much of a problem, or not a problem at all for your jurisdiction's fiscal health? (Among those jurisdictions that reported having one or more special tax authorities and did not report them having no debt) Survey Spring 2011 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Taxes, Development funding, Economic Development Question 30a Overall, do you consider your jurisdiction's pay rate(s) for new hires to be too high, about right, or too low? Survey Spring 2011 Categories Workforce, Employee compensation, Pay rates and wages, Finance Budget and Operations Question 30b Overall, do you consider your jurisdiction's pay rate(s) for current employees to be too high, about right, or too low? Survey Spring 2011 Categories Workforce, Employee compensation, Pay rates and wages, Finance Budget and Operations Question 31a Does your jurisdiction provide any fringe benefits (i.e., health care, dental, vision, life insurance, etc) to new hires? Survey Spring 2011 Categories Workforce, Finance Budget and Operations, Fringe benefits, Employee compensation Question 31b Does your jurisdiction provide any fringe benefits (i.e., health care, dental, vision, life insurance, etc) to current employees? Survey Spring 2011 Categories Workforce, Finance Budget and Operations, Fringe benefits, Employee compensation Question 32a Overall, do you consider your jurisdiction's fringe benefits package(s) for new hires to be too generous, about right, or not generous enough? (Among those jurisdictions that reported providing fringe benefits to new hires) Survey Spring 2011 Categories Workforce, Finance Budget and Operations, Fringe benefits, Employee compensation Question 32b Overall, do you consider your jurisdiction's fringe benefits package(s) for current employees to be too generous, about right, or not generous enough? (Among those jurisdictions that reported providing fringe benefits to current employees) Survey Spring 2011 Categories Workforce, Finance Budget and Operations, Fringe benefits, Employee compensation Question 33a Overall, do you consider the contributions (i.e., co-pays, deductibles, or share of premiums) your jurisdiction's new hires make toward their health care benefits to be too high, about right, or too low? (Among those jurisdictions that reported providing fringe benefits to new hires) Survey Spring 2011 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Workforce, Employee compensation, Fringe benefits Question 33b Overall, do you consider the contributions (i.e., co-pays, deductibles, or share of premiums) your jurisdiction's current employees make toward their health care benefits to be too high, about right, or too low? 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Question 24a Do you anticipate that your jurisdiction will have property tax charge-backs from your county government in the current fiscal year? Survey Spring 2011 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Finances, Revenue, Taxes, Property taxes, fiscal health, Taxes and revenues, Fiscal health/stress, Tax delinquencies and foreclosures Question 24b Do you anticipate that your jurisdiction will have property tax charge-backs from your county government in the upcoming fiscal year? Survey Spring 2011 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Finances, Revenue, Taxes, Property taxes, fiscal health, Taxes and revenues, Fiscal health/stress, Tax delinquencies and foreclosures Question 24c Do you not anticipate that your jurisdiction will have property tax charge-backs from your county government in the current or upcoming fiscal year? Survey Spring 2011 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Finances, Revenue, Taxes, Property taxes, fiscal health, Taxes and revenues, Fiscal health/stress, Tax delinquencies and foreclosures Question 25 In your opinion, are potential property tax charge-backs to your jurisdiction a significant fiscal problem, somewhat of a problem, not much of a problem, or not a problem at all? (Among those jurisdictions that reported anticipating property tax charge-backs in the current or upcoming fiscal year) Survey Spring 2011 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Finances, Revenue, Taxes, Property taxes, fiscal health, Taxes and revenues, Fiscal health/stress, Tax delinquencies and foreclosures Question 26 Does your jurisdiction have one or more special taxing authorities, such as a Downtown Development Authority (DDA), a Brownfield Redevelopment Authority, or another similar authority? Survey Spring 2011 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Taxes, Development funding, Economic Development Question 27 In your opinion, overall, have your DDA and/or other special taxing authorities been an asset, a liability, or neither to your jurisdiction's fiscal health to date? (Among those jurisdictions that reported having one or more special tax authorities) Survey Spring 2011 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Taxes, Development funding, Economic Development Question 28 In your opinion, how likely is it that one or more of your special taxing authorities will have serious difficulty repaying their current debt? (Among those jurisdictions that reported having one or more special tax authorities) Survey Spring 2011 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Taxes, Development funding, Economic Development Question 29 In your opinion, are the special taxing authorities' debt obligations a significant fiscal problem, somewhat of a problem, not much of a problem, or not a problem at all for your jurisdiction's fiscal health? (Among those jurisdictions that reported having one or more special tax authorities and did not report them having no debt) Survey Spring 2011 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Taxes, Development funding, Economic Development Question 30a Overall, do you consider your jurisdiction's pay rate(s) for new hires to be too high, about right, or too low? Survey Spring 2011 Categories Workforce, Employee compensation, Pay rates and wages, Finance Budget and Operations Question 30b Overall, do you consider your jurisdiction's pay rate(s) for current employees to be too high, about right, or too low? Survey Spring 2011 Categories Workforce, Employee compensation, Pay rates and wages, Finance Budget and Operations Question 31a Does your jurisdiction provide any fringe benefits (i.e., health care, dental, vision, life insurance, etc) to new hires? Survey Spring 2011 Categories Workforce, Finance Budget and Operations, Fringe benefits, Employee compensation Question 31b Does your jurisdiction provide any fringe benefits (i.e., health care, dental, vision, life insurance, etc) to current employees? Survey Spring 2011 Categories Workforce, Finance Budget and Operations, Fringe benefits, Employee compensation Question 32a Overall, do you consider your jurisdiction's fringe benefits package(s) for new hires to be too generous, about right, or not generous enough? (Among those jurisdictions that reported providing fringe benefits to new hires) Survey Spring 2011 Categories Workforce, Finance Budget and Operations, Fringe benefits, Employee compensation Question 32b Overall, do you consider your jurisdiction's fringe benefits package(s) for current employees to be too generous, about right, or not generous enough? (Among those jurisdictions that reported providing fringe benefits to current employees) Survey Spring 2011 Categories Workforce, Finance Budget and Operations, Fringe benefits, Employee compensation Question 33a Overall, do you consider the contributions (i.e., co-pays, deductibles, or share of premiums) your jurisdiction's new hires make toward their health care benefits to be too high, about right, or too low? (Among those jurisdictions that reported providing fringe benefits to new hires) Survey Spring 2011 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Workforce, Employee compensation, Fringe benefits Question 33b Overall, do you consider the contributions (i.e., co-pays, deductibles, or share of premiums) your jurisdiction's current employees make toward their health care benefits to be too high, about right, or too low? 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Question 24b Do you anticipate that your jurisdiction will have property tax charge-backs from your county government in the upcoming fiscal year? Survey Spring 2011 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Finances, Revenue, Taxes, Property taxes, fiscal health, Taxes and revenues, Fiscal health/stress, Tax delinquencies and foreclosures Question 24c Do you not anticipate that your jurisdiction will have property tax charge-backs from your county government in the current or upcoming fiscal year? Survey Spring 2011 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Finances, Revenue, Taxes, Property taxes, fiscal health, Taxes and revenues, Fiscal health/stress, Tax delinquencies and foreclosures Question 25 In your opinion, are potential property tax charge-backs to your jurisdiction a significant fiscal problem, somewhat of a problem, not much of a problem, or not a problem at all? (Among those jurisdictions that reported anticipating property tax charge-backs in the current or upcoming fiscal year) Survey Spring 2011 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Finances, Revenue, Taxes, Property taxes, fiscal health, Taxes and revenues, Fiscal health/stress, Tax delinquencies and foreclosures Question 26 Does your jurisdiction have one or more special taxing authorities, such as a Downtown Development Authority (DDA), a Brownfield Redevelopment Authority, or another similar authority? Survey Spring 2011 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Taxes, Development funding, Economic Development Question 27 In your opinion, overall, have your DDA and/or other special taxing authorities been an asset, a liability, or neither to your jurisdiction's fiscal health to date? (Among those jurisdictions that reported having one or more special tax authorities) Survey Spring 2011 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Taxes, Development funding, Economic Development Question 28 In your opinion, how likely is it that one or more of your special taxing authorities will have serious difficulty repaying their current debt? (Among those jurisdictions that reported having one or more special tax authorities) Survey Spring 2011 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Taxes, Development funding, Economic Development Question 29 In your opinion, are the special taxing authorities' debt obligations a significant fiscal problem, somewhat of a problem, not much of a problem, or not a problem at all for your jurisdiction's fiscal health? (Among those jurisdictions that reported having one or more special tax authorities and did not report them having no debt) Survey Spring 2011 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Taxes, Development funding, Economic Development Question 30a Overall, do you consider your jurisdiction's pay rate(s) for new hires to be too high, about right, or too low? Survey Spring 2011 Categories Workforce, Employee compensation, Pay rates and wages, Finance Budget and Operations Question 30b Overall, do you consider your jurisdiction's pay rate(s) for current employees to be too high, about right, or too low? Survey Spring 2011 Categories Workforce, Employee compensation, Pay rates and wages, Finance Budget and Operations Question 31a Does your jurisdiction provide any fringe benefits (i.e., health care, dental, vision, life insurance, etc) to new hires? Survey Spring 2011 Categories Workforce, Finance Budget and Operations, Fringe benefits, Employee compensation Question 31b Does your jurisdiction provide any fringe benefits (i.e., health care, dental, vision, life insurance, etc) to current employees? Survey Spring 2011 Categories Workforce, Finance Budget and Operations, Fringe benefits, Employee compensation Question 32a Overall, do you consider your jurisdiction's fringe benefits package(s) for new hires to be too generous, about right, or not generous enough? (Among those jurisdictions that reported providing fringe benefits to new hires) Survey Spring 2011 Categories Workforce, Finance Budget and Operations, Fringe benefits, Employee compensation Question 32b Overall, do you consider your jurisdiction's fringe benefits package(s) for current employees to be too generous, about right, or not generous enough? (Among those jurisdictions that reported providing fringe benefits to current employees) Survey Spring 2011 Categories Workforce, Finance Budget and Operations, Fringe benefits, Employee compensation Question 33a Overall, do you consider the contributions (i.e., co-pays, deductibles, or share of premiums) your jurisdiction's new hires make toward their health care benefits to be too high, about right, or too low? (Among those jurisdictions that reported providing fringe benefits to new hires) Survey Spring 2011 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Workforce, Employee compensation, Fringe benefits Question 33b Overall, do you consider the contributions (i.e., co-pays, deductibles, or share of premiums) your jurisdiction's current employees make toward their health care benefits to be too high, about right, or too low? 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Question 24c Do you not anticipate that your jurisdiction will have property tax charge-backs from your county government in the current or upcoming fiscal year? Survey Spring 2011 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Finances, Revenue, Taxes, Property taxes, fiscal health, Taxes and revenues, Fiscal health/stress, Tax delinquencies and foreclosures Question 25 In your opinion, are potential property tax charge-backs to your jurisdiction a significant fiscal problem, somewhat of a problem, not much of a problem, or not a problem at all? (Among those jurisdictions that reported anticipating property tax charge-backs in the current or upcoming fiscal year) Survey Spring 2011 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Finances, Revenue, Taxes, Property taxes, fiscal health, Taxes and revenues, Fiscal health/stress, Tax delinquencies and foreclosures Question 26 Does your jurisdiction have one or more special taxing authorities, such as a Downtown Development Authority (DDA), a Brownfield Redevelopment Authority, or another similar authority? Survey Spring 2011 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Taxes, Development funding, Economic Development Question 27 In your opinion, overall, have your DDA and/or other special taxing authorities been an asset, a liability, or neither to your jurisdiction's fiscal health to date? (Among those jurisdictions that reported having one or more special tax authorities) Survey Spring 2011 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Taxes, Development funding, Economic Development Question 28 In your opinion, how likely is it that one or more of your special taxing authorities will have serious difficulty repaying their current debt? (Among those jurisdictions that reported having one or more special tax authorities) Survey Spring 2011 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Taxes, Development funding, Economic Development Question 29 In your opinion, are the special taxing authorities' debt obligations a significant fiscal problem, somewhat of a problem, not much of a problem, or not a problem at all for your jurisdiction's fiscal health? (Among those jurisdictions that reported having one or more special tax authorities and did not report them having no debt) Survey Spring 2011 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Taxes, Development funding, Economic Development Question 30a Overall, do you consider your jurisdiction's pay rate(s) for new hires to be too high, about right, or too low? Survey Spring 2011 Categories Workforce, Employee compensation, Pay rates and wages, Finance Budget and Operations Question 30b Overall, do you consider your jurisdiction's pay rate(s) for current employees to be too high, about right, or too low? Survey Spring 2011 Categories Workforce, Employee compensation, Pay rates and wages, Finance Budget and Operations Question 31a Does your jurisdiction provide any fringe benefits (i.e., health care, dental, vision, life insurance, etc) to new hires? Survey Spring 2011 Categories Workforce, Finance Budget and Operations, Fringe benefits, Employee compensation Question 31b Does your jurisdiction provide any fringe benefits (i.e., health care, dental, vision, life insurance, etc) to current employees? Survey Spring 2011 Categories Workforce, Finance Budget and Operations, Fringe benefits, Employee compensation Question 32a Overall, do you consider your jurisdiction's fringe benefits package(s) for new hires to be too generous, about right, or not generous enough? (Among those jurisdictions that reported providing fringe benefits to new hires) Survey Spring 2011 Categories Workforce, Finance Budget and Operations, Fringe benefits, Employee compensation Question 32b Overall, do you consider your jurisdiction's fringe benefits package(s) for current employees to be too generous, about right, or not generous enough? (Among those jurisdictions that reported providing fringe benefits to current employees) Survey Spring 2011 Categories Workforce, Finance Budget and Operations, Fringe benefits, Employee compensation Question 33a Overall, do you consider the contributions (i.e., co-pays, deductibles, or share of premiums) your jurisdiction's new hires make toward their health care benefits to be too high, about right, or too low? (Among those jurisdictions that reported providing fringe benefits to new hires) Survey Spring 2011 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Workforce, Employee compensation, Fringe benefits Question 33b Overall, do you consider the contributions (i.e., co-pays, deductibles, or share of premiums) your jurisdiction's current employees make toward their health care benefits to be too high, about right, or too low? 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Question 25 In your opinion, are potential property tax charge-backs to your jurisdiction a significant fiscal problem, somewhat of a problem, not much of a problem, or not a problem at all? (Among those jurisdictions that reported anticipating property tax charge-backs in the current or upcoming fiscal year) Survey Spring 2011 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Finances, Revenue, Taxes, Property taxes, fiscal health, Taxes and revenues, Fiscal health/stress, Tax delinquencies and foreclosures Question 26 Does your jurisdiction have one or more special taxing authorities, such as a Downtown Development Authority (DDA), a Brownfield Redevelopment Authority, or another similar authority? Survey Spring 2011 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Taxes, Development funding, Economic Development Question 27 In your opinion, overall, have your DDA and/or other special taxing authorities been an asset, a liability, or neither to your jurisdiction's fiscal health to date? (Among those jurisdictions that reported having one or more special tax authorities) Survey Spring 2011 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Taxes, Development funding, Economic Development Question 28 In your opinion, how likely is it that one or more of your special taxing authorities will have serious difficulty repaying their current debt? (Among those jurisdictions that reported having one or more special tax authorities) Survey Spring 2011 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Taxes, Development funding, Economic Development Question 29 In your opinion, are the special taxing authorities' debt obligations a significant fiscal problem, somewhat of a problem, not much of a problem, or not a problem at all for your jurisdiction's fiscal health? (Among those jurisdictions that reported having one or more special tax authorities and did not report them having no debt) Survey Spring 2011 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Taxes, Development funding, Economic Development Question 30a Overall, do you consider your jurisdiction's pay rate(s) for new hires to be too high, about right, or too low? Survey Spring 2011 Categories Workforce, Employee compensation, Pay rates and wages, Finance Budget and Operations Question 30b Overall, do you consider your jurisdiction's pay rate(s) for current employees to be too high, about right, or too low? Survey Spring 2011 Categories Workforce, Employee compensation, Pay rates and wages, Finance Budget and Operations Question 31a Does your jurisdiction provide any fringe benefits (i.e., health care, dental, vision, life insurance, etc) to new hires? Survey Spring 2011 Categories Workforce, Finance Budget and Operations, Fringe benefits, Employee compensation Question 31b Does your jurisdiction provide any fringe benefits (i.e., health care, dental, vision, life insurance, etc) to current employees? Survey Spring 2011 Categories Workforce, Finance Budget and Operations, Fringe benefits, Employee compensation Question 32a Overall, do you consider your jurisdiction's fringe benefits package(s) for new hires to be too generous, about right, or not generous enough? (Among those jurisdictions that reported providing fringe benefits to new hires) Survey Spring 2011 Categories Workforce, Finance Budget and Operations, Fringe benefits, Employee compensation Question 32b Overall, do you consider your jurisdiction's fringe benefits package(s) for current employees to be too generous, about right, or not generous enough? (Among those jurisdictions that reported providing fringe benefits to current employees) Survey Spring 2011 Categories Workforce, Finance Budget and Operations, Fringe benefits, Employee compensation Question 33a Overall, do you consider the contributions (i.e., co-pays, deductibles, or share of premiums) your jurisdiction's new hires make toward their health care benefits to be too high, about right, or too low? (Among those jurisdictions that reported providing fringe benefits to new hires) Survey Spring 2011 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Workforce, Employee compensation, Fringe benefits Question 33b Overall, do you consider the contributions (i.e., co-pays, deductibles, or share of premiums) your jurisdiction's current employees make toward their health care benefits to be too high, about right, or too low? (Among those jurisdictions that reported providing fringe benefits to current employees) Survey Spring 2011 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Workforce, Employee compensation, Fringe benefits Pagination First page first Previous page previous Page 48 Page 49 Page 50 Page 51 Current page 52 Page 53 Page 54 Page 55 Page 56 Next page next Last page last
Question 26 Does your jurisdiction have one or more special taxing authorities, such as a Downtown Development Authority (DDA), a Brownfield Redevelopment Authority, or another similar authority? Survey Spring 2011 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Taxes, Development funding, Economic Development Question 27 In your opinion, overall, have your DDA and/or other special taxing authorities been an asset, a liability, or neither to your jurisdiction's fiscal health to date? (Among those jurisdictions that reported having one or more special tax authorities) Survey Spring 2011 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Taxes, Development funding, Economic Development Question 28 In your opinion, how likely is it that one or more of your special taxing authorities will have serious difficulty repaying their current debt? (Among those jurisdictions that reported having one or more special tax authorities) Survey Spring 2011 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Taxes, Development funding, Economic Development Question 29 In your opinion, are the special taxing authorities' debt obligations a significant fiscal problem, somewhat of a problem, not much of a problem, or not a problem at all for your jurisdiction's fiscal health? (Among those jurisdictions that reported having one or more special tax authorities and did not report them having no debt) Survey Spring 2011 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Taxes, Development funding, Economic Development Question 30a Overall, do you consider your jurisdiction's pay rate(s) for new hires to be too high, about right, or too low? Survey Spring 2011 Categories Workforce, Employee compensation, Pay rates and wages, Finance Budget and Operations Question 30b Overall, do you consider your jurisdiction's pay rate(s) for current employees to be too high, about right, or too low? Survey Spring 2011 Categories Workforce, Employee compensation, Pay rates and wages, Finance Budget and Operations Question 31a Does your jurisdiction provide any fringe benefits (i.e., health care, dental, vision, life insurance, etc) to new hires? Survey Spring 2011 Categories Workforce, Finance Budget and Operations, Fringe benefits, Employee compensation Question 31b Does your jurisdiction provide any fringe benefits (i.e., health care, dental, vision, life insurance, etc) to current employees? Survey Spring 2011 Categories Workforce, Finance Budget and Operations, Fringe benefits, Employee compensation Question 32a Overall, do you consider your jurisdiction's fringe benefits package(s) for new hires to be too generous, about right, or not generous enough? (Among those jurisdictions that reported providing fringe benefits to new hires) Survey Spring 2011 Categories Workforce, Finance Budget and Operations, Fringe benefits, Employee compensation Question 32b Overall, do you consider your jurisdiction's fringe benefits package(s) for current employees to be too generous, about right, or not generous enough? (Among those jurisdictions that reported providing fringe benefits to current employees) Survey Spring 2011 Categories Workforce, Finance Budget and Operations, Fringe benefits, Employee compensation Question 33a Overall, do you consider the contributions (i.e., co-pays, deductibles, or share of premiums) your jurisdiction's new hires make toward their health care benefits to be too high, about right, or too low? (Among those jurisdictions that reported providing fringe benefits to new hires) Survey Spring 2011 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Workforce, Employee compensation, Fringe benefits Question 33b Overall, do you consider the contributions (i.e., co-pays, deductibles, or share of premiums) your jurisdiction's current employees make toward their health care benefits to be too high, about right, or too low? (Among those jurisdictions that reported providing fringe benefits to current employees) Survey Spring 2011 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Workforce, Employee compensation, Fringe benefits Pagination First page first Previous page previous Page 48 Page 49 Page 50 Page 51 Current page 52 Page 53 Page 54 Page 55 Page 56 Next page next Last page last
Question 27 In your opinion, overall, have your DDA and/or other special taxing authorities been an asset, a liability, or neither to your jurisdiction's fiscal health to date? (Among those jurisdictions that reported having one or more special tax authorities) Survey Spring 2011 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Taxes, Development funding, Economic Development Question 28 In your opinion, how likely is it that one or more of your special taxing authorities will have serious difficulty repaying their current debt? (Among those jurisdictions that reported having one or more special tax authorities) Survey Spring 2011 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Taxes, Development funding, Economic Development Question 29 In your opinion, are the special taxing authorities' debt obligations a significant fiscal problem, somewhat of a problem, not much of a problem, or not a problem at all for your jurisdiction's fiscal health? (Among those jurisdictions that reported having one or more special tax authorities and did not report them having no debt) Survey Spring 2011 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Taxes, Development funding, Economic Development Question 30a Overall, do you consider your jurisdiction's pay rate(s) for new hires to be too high, about right, or too low? Survey Spring 2011 Categories Workforce, Employee compensation, Pay rates and wages, Finance Budget and Operations Question 30b Overall, do you consider your jurisdiction's pay rate(s) for current employees to be too high, about right, or too low? Survey Spring 2011 Categories Workforce, Employee compensation, Pay rates and wages, Finance Budget and Operations Question 31a Does your jurisdiction provide any fringe benefits (i.e., health care, dental, vision, life insurance, etc) to new hires? Survey Spring 2011 Categories Workforce, Finance Budget and Operations, Fringe benefits, Employee compensation Question 31b Does your jurisdiction provide any fringe benefits (i.e., health care, dental, vision, life insurance, etc) to current employees? Survey Spring 2011 Categories Workforce, Finance Budget and Operations, Fringe benefits, Employee compensation Question 32a Overall, do you consider your jurisdiction's fringe benefits package(s) for new hires to be too generous, about right, or not generous enough? (Among those jurisdictions that reported providing fringe benefits to new hires) Survey Spring 2011 Categories Workforce, Finance Budget and Operations, Fringe benefits, Employee compensation Question 32b Overall, do you consider your jurisdiction's fringe benefits package(s) for current employees to be too generous, about right, or not generous enough? (Among those jurisdictions that reported providing fringe benefits to current employees) Survey Spring 2011 Categories Workforce, Finance Budget and Operations, Fringe benefits, Employee compensation Question 33a Overall, do you consider the contributions (i.e., co-pays, deductibles, or share of premiums) your jurisdiction's new hires make toward their health care benefits to be too high, about right, or too low? (Among those jurisdictions that reported providing fringe benefits to new hires) Survey Spring 2011 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Workforce, Employee compensation, Fringe benefits Question 33b Overall, do you consider the contributions (i.e., co-pays, deductibles, or share of premiums) your jurisdiction's current employees make toward their health care benefits to be too high, about right, or too low? (Among those jurisdictions that reported providing fringe benefits to current employees) Survey Spring 2011 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Workforce, Employee compensation, Fringe benefits Pagination First page first Previous page previous Page 48 Page 49 Page 50 Page 51 Current page 52 Page 53 Page 54 Page 55 Page 56 Next page next Last page last
Question 28 In your opinion, how likely is it that one or more of your special taxing authorities will have serious difficulty repaying their current debt? (Among those jurisdictions that reported having one or more special tax authorities) Survey Spring 2011 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Taxes, Development funding, Economic Development Question 29 In your opinion, are the special taxing authorities' debt obligations a significant fiscal problem, somewhat of a problem, not much of a problem, or not a problem at all for your jurisdiction's fiscal health? (Among those jurisdictions that reported having one or more special tax authorities and did not report them having no debt) Survey Spring 2011 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Taxes, Development funding, Economic Development Question 30a Overall, do you consider your jurisdiction's pay rate(s) for new hires to be too high, about right, or too low? Survey Spring 2011 Categories Workforce, Employee compensation, Pay rates and wages, Finance Budget and Operations Question 30b Overall, do you consider your jurisdiction's pay rate(s) for current employees to be too high, about right, or too low? Survey Spring 2011 Categories Workforce, Employee compensation, Pay rates and wages, Finance Budget and Operations Question 31a Does your jurisdiction provide any fringe benefits (i.e., health care, dental, vision, life insurance, etc) to new hires? Survey Spring 2011 Categories Workforce, Finance Budget and Operations, Fringe benefits, Employee compensation Question 31b Does your jurisdiction provide any fringe benefits (i.e., health care, dental, vision, life insurance, etc) to current employees? Survey Spring 2011 Categories Workforce, Finance Budget and Operations, Fringe benefits, Employee compensation Question 32a Overall, do you consider your jurisdiction's fringe benefits package(s) for new hires to be too generous, about right, or not generous enough? (Among those jurisdictions that reported providing fringe benefits to new hires) Survey Spring 2011 Categories Workforce, Finance Budget and Operations, Fringe benefits, Employee compensation Question 32b Overall, do you consider your jurisdiction's fringe benefits package(s) for current employees to be too generous, about right, or not generous enough? (Among those jurisdictions that reported providing fringe benefits to current employees) Survey Spring 2011 Categories Workforce, Finance Budget and Operations, Fringe benefits, Employee compensation Question 33a Overall, do you consider the contributions (i.e., co-pays, deductibles, or share of premiums) your jurisdiction's new hires make toward their health care benefits to be too high, about right, or too low? (Among those jurisdictions that reported providing fringe benefits to new hires) Survey Spring 2011 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Workforce, Employee compensation, Fringe benefits Question 33b Overall, do you consider the contributions (i.e., co-pays, deductibles, or share of premiums) your jurisdiction's current employees make toward their health care benefits to be too high, about right, or too low? (Among those jurisdictions that reported providing fringe benefits to current employees) Survey Spring 2011 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Workforce, Employee compensation, Fringe benefits Pagination First page first Previous page previous Page 48 Page 49 Page 50 Page 51 Current page 52 Page 53 Page 54 Page 55 Page 56 Next page next Last page last
Question 29 In your opinion, are the special taxing authorities' debt obligations a significant fiscal problem, somewhat of a problem, not much of a problem, or not a problem at all for your jurisdiction's fiscal health? (Among those jurisdictions that reported having one or more special tax authorities and did not report them having no debt) Survey Spring 2011 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Taxes, Development funding, Economic Development Question 30a Overall, do you consider your jurisdiction's pay rate(s) for new hires to be too high, about right, or too low? Survey Spring 2011 Categories Workforce, Employee compensation, Pay rates and wages, Finance Budget and Operations Question 30b Overall, do you consider your jurisdiction's pay rate(s) for current employees to be too high, about right, or too low? Survey Spring 2011 Categories Workforce, Employee compensation, Pay rates and wages, Finance Budget and Operations Question 31a Does your jurisdiction provide any fringe benefits (i.e., health care, dental, vision, life insurance, etc) to new hires? Survey Spring 2011 Categories Workforce, Finance Budget and Operations, Fringe benefits, Employee compensation Question 31b Does your jurisdiction provide any fringe benefits (i.e., health care, dental, vision, life insurance, etc) to current employees? Survey Spring 2011 Categories Workforce, Finance Budget and Operations, Fringe benefits, Employee compensation Question 32a Overall, do you consider your jurisdiction's fringe benefits package(s) for new hires to be too generous, about right, or not generous enough? (Among those jurisdictions that reported providing fringe benefits to new hires) Survey Spring 2011 Categories Workforce, Finance Budget and Operations, Fringe benefits, Employee compensation Question 32b Overall, do you consider your jurisdiction's fringe benefits package(s) for current employees to be too generous, about right, or not generous enough? (Among those jurisdictions that reported providing fringe benefits to current employees) Survey Spring 2011 Categories Workforce, Finance Budget and Operations, Fringe benefits, Employee compensation Question 33a Overall, do you consider the contributions (i.e., co-pays, deductibles, or share of premiums) your jurisdiction's new hires make toward their health care benefits to be too high, about right, or too low? (Among those jurisdictions that reported providing fringe benefits to new hires) Survey Spring 2011 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Workforce, Employee compensation, Fringe benefits Question 33b Overall, do you consider the contributions (i.e., co-pays, deductibles, or share of premiums) your jurisdiction's current employees make toward their health care benefits to be too high, about right, or too low? (Among those jurisdictions that reported providing fringe benefits to current employees) Survey Spring 2011 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Workforce, Employee compensation, Fringe benefits Pagination First page first Previous page previous Page 48 Page 49 Page 50 Page 51 Current page 52 Page 53 Page 54 Page 55 Page 56 Next page next Last page last
Question 30a Overall, do you consider your jurisdiction's pay rate(s) for new hires to be too high, about right, or too low? Survey Spring 2011 Categories Workforce, Employee compensation, Pay rates and wages, Finance Budget and Operations Question 30b Overall, do you consider your jurisdiction's pay rate(s) for current employees to be too high, about right, or too low? Survey Spring 2011 Categories Workforce, Employee compensation, Pay rates and wages, Finance Budget and Operations Question 31a Does your jurisdiction provide any fringe benefits (i.e., health care, dental, vision, life insurance, etc) to new hires? Survey Spring 2011 Categories Workforce, Finance Budget and Operations, Fringe benefits, Employee compensation Question 31b Does your jurisdiction provide any fringe benefits (i.e., health care, dental, vision, life insurance, etc) to current employees? Survey Spring 2011 Categories Workforce, Finance Budget and Operations, Fringe benefits, Employee compensation Question 32a Overall, do you consider your jurisdiction's fringe benefits package(s) for new hires to be too generous, about right, or not generous enough? (Among those jurisdictions that reported providing fringe benefits to new hires) Survey Spring 2011 Categories Workforce, Finance Budget and Operations, Fringe benefits, Employee compensation Question 32b Overall, do you consider your jurisdiction's fringe benefits package(s) for current employees to be too generous, about right, or not generous enough? (Among those jurisdictions that reported providing fringe benefits to current employees) Survey Spring 2011 Categories Workforce, Finance Budget and Operations, Fringe benefits, Employee compensation Question 33a Overall, do you consider the contributions (i.e., co-pays, deductibles, or share of premiums) your jurisdiction's new hires make toward their health care benefits to be too high, about right, or too low? (Among those jurisdictions that reported providing fringe benefits to new hires) Survey Spring 2011 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Workforce, Employee compensation, Fringe benefits Question 33b Overall, do you consider the contributions (i.e., co-pays, deductibles, or share of premiums) your jurisdiction's current employees make toward their health care benefits to be too high, about right, or too low? (Among those jurisdictions that reported providing fringe benefits to current employees) Survey Spring 2011 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Workforce, Employee compensation, Fringe benefits Pagination First page first Previous page previous Page 48 Page 49 Page 50 Page 51 Current page 52 Page 53 Page 54 Page 55 Page 56 Next page next Last page last
Question 30b Overall, do you consider your jurisdiction's pay rate(s) for current employees to be too high, about right, or too low? Survey Spring 2011 Categories Workforce, Employee compensation, Pay rates and wages, Finance Budget and Operations Question 31a Does your jurisdiction provide any fringe benefits (i.e., health care, dental, vision, life insurance, etc) to new hires? Survey Spring 2011 Categories Workforce, Finance Budget and Operations, Fringe benefits, Employee compensation Question 31b Does your jurisdiction provide any fringe benefits (i.e., health care, dental, vision, life insurance, etc) to current employees? Survey Spring 2011 Categories Workforce, Finance Budget and Operations, Fringe benefits, Employee compensation Question 32a Overall, do you consider your jurisdiction's fringe benefits package(s) for new hires to be too generous, about right, or not generous enough? (Among those jurisdictions that reported providing fringe benefits to new hires) Survey Spring 2011 Categories Workforce, Finance Budget and Operations, Fringe benefits, Employee compensation Question 32b Overall, do you consider your jurisdiction's fringe benefits package(s) for current employees to be too generous, about right, or not generous enough? (Among those jurisdictions that reported providing fringe benefits to current employees) Survey Spring 2011 Categories Workforce, Finance Budget and Operations, Fringe benefits, Employee compensation Question 33a Overall, do you consider the contributions (i.e., co-pays, deductibles, or share of premiums) your jurisdiction's new hires make toward their health care benefits to be too high, about right, or too low? (Among those jurisdictions that reported providing fringe benefits to new hires) Survey Spring 2011 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Workforce, Employee compensation, Fringe benefits Question 33b Overall, do you consider the contributions (i.e., co-pays, deductibles, or share of premiums) your jurisdiction's current employees make toward their health care benefits to be too high, about right, or too low? (Among those jurisdictions that reported providing fringe benefits to current employees) Survey Spring 2011 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Workforce, Employee compensation, Fringe benefits Pagination First page first Previous page previous Page 48 Page 49 Page 50 Page 51 Current page 52 Page 53 Page 54 Page 55 Page 56 Next page next Last page last
Question 31a Does your jurisdiction provide any fringe benefits (i.e., health care, dental, vision, life insurance, etc) to new hires? Survey Spring 2011 Categories Workforce, Finance Budget and Operations, Fringe benefits, Employee compensation Question 31b Does your jurisdiction provide any fringe benefits (i.e., health care, dental, vision, life insurance, etc) to current employees? Survey Spring 2011 Categories Workforce, Finance Budget and Operations, Fringe benefits, Employee compensation Question 32a Overall, do you consider your jurisdiction's fringe benefits package(s) for new hires to be too generous, about right, or not generous enough? (Among those jurisdictions that reported providing fringe benefits to new hires) Survey Spring 2011 Categories Workforce, Finance Budget and Operations, Fringe benefits, Employee compensation Question 32b Overall, do you consider your jurisdiction's fringe benefits package(s) for current employees to be too generous, about right, or not generous enough? (Among those jurisdictions that reported providing fringe benefits to current employees) Survey Spring 2011 Categories Workforce, Finance Budget and Operations, Fringe benefits, Employee compensation Question 33a Overall, do you consider the contributions (i.e., co-pays, deductibles, or share of premiums) your jurisdiction's new hires make toward their health care benefits to be too high, about right, or too low? (Among those jurisdictions that reported providing fringe benefits to new hires) Survey Spring 2011 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Workforce, Employee compensation, Fringe benefits Question 33b Overall, do you consider the contributions (i.e., co-pays, deductibles, or share of premiums) your jurisdiction's current employees make toward their health care benefits to be too high, about right, or too low? (Among those jurisdictions that reported providing fringe benefits to current employees) Survey Spring 2011 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Workforce, Employee compensation, Fringe benefits Pagination First page first Previous page previous Page 48 Page 49 Page 50 Page 51 Current page 52 Page 53 Page 54 Page 55 Page 56 Next page next Last page last
Question 31b Does your jurisdiction provide any fringe benefits (i.e., health care, dental, vision, life insurance, etc) to current employees? Survey Spring 2011 Categories Workforce, Finance Budget and Operations, Fringe benefits, Employee compensation Question 32a Overall, do you consider your jurisdiction's fringe benefits package(s) for new hires to be too generous, about right, or not generous enough? (Among those jurisdictions that reported providing fringe benefits to new hires) Survey Spring 2011 Categories Workforce, Finance Budget and Operations, Fringe benefits, Employee compensation Question 32b Overall, do you consider your jurisdiction's fringe benefits package(s) for current employees to be too generous, about right, or not generous enough? (Among those jurisdictions that reported providing fringe benefits to current employees) Survey Spring 2011 Categories Workforce, Finance Budget and Operations, Fringe benefits, Employee compensation Question 33a Overall, do you consider the contributions (i.e., co-pays, deductibles, or share of premiums) your jurisdiction's new hires make toward their health care benefits to be too high, about right, or too low? (Among those jurisdictions that reported providing fringe benefits to new hires) Survey Spring 2011 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Workforce, Employee compensation, Fringe benefits Question 33b Overall, do you consider the contributions (i.e., co-pays, deductibles, or share of premiums) your jurisdiction's current employees make toward their health care benefits to be too high, about right, or too low? (Among those jurisdictions that reported providing fringe benefits to current employees) Survey Spring 2011 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Workforce, Employee compensation, Fringe benefits Pagination First page first Previous page previous Page 48 Page 49 Page 50 Page 51 Current page 52 Page 53 Page 54 Page 55 Page 56 Next page next Last page last
Question 32a Overall, do you consider your jurisdiction's fringe benefits package(s) for new hires to be too generous, about right, or not generous enough? (Among those jurisdictions that reported providing fringe benefits to new hires) Survey Spring 2011 Categories Workforce, Finance Budget and Operations, Fringe benefits, Employee compensation Question 32b Overall, do you consider your jurisdiction's fringe benefits package(s) for current employees to be too generous, about right, or not generous enough? (Among those jurisdictions that reported providing fringe benefits to current employees) Survey Spring 2011 Categories Workforce, Finance Budget and Operations, Fringe benefits, Employee compensation Question 33a Overall, do you consider the contributions (i.e., co-pays, deductibles, or share of premiums) your jurisdiction's new hires make toward their health care benefits to be too high, about right, or too low? (Among those jurisdictions that reported providing fringe benefits to new hires) Survey Spring 2011 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Workforce, Employee compensation, Fringe benefits Question 33b Overall, do you consider the contributions (i.e., co-pays, deductibles, or share of premiums) your jurisdiction's current employees make toward their health care benefits to be too high, about right, or too low? (Among those jurisdictions that reported providing fringe benefits to current employees) Survey Spring 2011 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Workforce, Employee compensation, Fringe benefits Pagination First page first Previous page previous Page 48 Page 49 Page 50 Page 51 Current page 52 Page 53 Page 54 Page 55 Page 56 Next page next Last page last
Question 32b Overall, do you consider your jurisdiction's fringe benefits package(s) for current employees to be too generous, about right, or not generous enough? (Among those jurisdictions that reported providing fringe benefits to current employees) Survey Spring 2011 Categories Workforce, Finance Budget and Operations, Fringe benefits, Employee compensation Question 33a Overall, do you consider the contributions (i.e., co-pays, deductibles, or share of premiums) your jurisdiction's new hires make toward their health care benefits to be too high, about right, or too low? (Among those jurisdictions that reported providing fringe benefits to new hires) Survey Spring 2011 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Workforce, Employee compensation, Fringe benefits Question 33b Overall, do you consider the contributions (i.e., co-pays, deductibles, or share of premiums) your jurisdiction's current employees make toward their health care benefits to be too high, about right, or too low? (Among those jurisdictions that reported providing fringe benefits to current employees) Survey Spring 2011 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Workforce, Employee compensation, Fringe benefits Pagination First page first Previous page previous Page 48 Page 49 Page 50 Page 51 Current page 52 Page 53 Page 54 Page 55 Page 56 Next page next Last page last
Question 33a Overall, do you consider the contributions (i.e., co-pays, deductibles, or share of premiums) your jurisdiction's new hires make toward their health care benefits to be too high, about right, or too low? (Among those jurisdictions that reported providing fringe benefits to new hires) Survey Spring 2011 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Workforce, Employee compensation, Fringe benefits Question 33b Overall, do you consider the contributions (i.e., co-pays, deductibles, or share of premiums) your jurisdiction's current employees make toward their health care benefits to be too high, about right, or too low? (Among those jurisdictions that reported providing fringe benefits to current employees) Survey Spring 2011 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Workforce, Employee compensation, Fringe benefits Pagination First page first Previous page previous Page 48 Page 49 Page 50 Page 51 Current page 52 Page 53 Page 54 Page 55 Page 56 Next page next Last page last
Question 33b Overall, do you consider the contributions (i.e., co-pays, deductibles, or share of premiums) your jurisdiction's current employees make toward their health care benefits to be too high, about right, or too low? (Among those jurisdictions that reported providing fringe benefits to current employees) Survey Spring 2011 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Workforce, Employee compensation, Fringe benefits Pagination First page first Previous page previous Page 48 Page 49 Page 50 Page 51 Current page 52 Page 53 Page 54 Page 55 Page 56 Next page next Last page last