Question 05d Thinking about the next fiscal year, which action has your jurisdiction taken or is likely to take regarding the amount of services provided? Survey Spring 2021 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Services, Service provision, Service spending Question 05e Thinking about the next fiscal year, which action has your jurisdiction taken or is likely to take regarding public safety spending? Survey Spring 2021 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Services, Finances, Service spending, Public safety Question 05f Thinking about the next fiscal year, which action has your jurisdiction taken or is likely to take regarding infrastructure spending? Survey Spring 2021 Categories Infrastructure, Finance Budget and Operations, Finances, Service spending Question 05g Thinking about the next fiscal year, which action has your jurisdiction taken or is likely to take regarding human services spending? Survey Spring 2021 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Services, Service provision, Finances, Service spending, Human services Question 05h Thinking about the next fiscal year, which action has your jurisdiction taken or is likely to take regarding general government operations spending? Survey Spring 2021 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Service provision, General operations, Service spending, Finances Question 05j Thinking about the next fiscal year, which action has your jurisdiction taken or is likely to take regarding amount of debt? Survey Spring 2021 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, fiscal health, Finances, Debt Question 05k Thinking about the next fiscal year, which action has your jurisdiction taken or is likely to take regarding the jurisdiction's number of employees? Survey Spring 2021 Categories Workforce, Finance Budget and Operations, Workforce conditions, Size of workforce Question 05l Thinking about the next fiscal year, which action has your jurisdiction taken or is likely to take regarding the amount of employee pay rates? Survey Spring 2021 Categories Workforce, Finance Budget and Operations, Employee compensation, Pay rates and wages Question 05m Thinking about the next fiscal year, which action has your jurisdiction taken or is likely to take regarding employees' share of premiums, deductibles, and/or co-pays on health insurance? Survey Spring 2021 Categories Workforce, Finance Budget and Operations, Employee compensation, Fringe benefits Question 05n Thinking about the next fiscal year, which action has your jurisdiction taken or is likely to take regarding employees’ share of contributions to retirement funds? Survey Spring 2021 Categories Pensions, Employee compensation, Finance Budget and Operations, Workforce Question 06 Thinking about your jurisdiction’s fiscal needs, overall, do you consider your jurisdiction’s unreserved/unassigned general fund balance to be too high, about right, or too low? Survey Spring 2021 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, General fund balance, Finances, fiscal health Question 07 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 2021 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Finances, fiscal health, cash flow, Fiscal health/stress Question 09a Thinking about the overall fiscal stress of your jurisdiction today and what you expect it to be down the road - including any future financial obligations it may have - on a scale from 1 to 10, where 1 is the best: perfect fiscal health and 10 is the worst: fiscal crisis, how would you rate your jurisdiction's overall fiscal stress today? Survey Spring 2021 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Finances, fiscal health, Fiscal health/stress Question 09b Thinking about the overall fiscal stress of your jurisdiction today and what you expect it to be down the road - including any future financial obligations it may have - on a scale from 1 to 10, where 1 is the best: perfect fiscal health and 10 is the worst: fiscal crisis, how would you rate your jurisdiction's overall fiscal stress as you expect it to be five years from now? Survey Spring 2021 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Finances, fiscal health, Fiscal health/stress Question 10 How confident are you in your rating regarding your jurisdiction’s fiscal stress today? Survey Spring 2021 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Finances, fiscal health, Fiscal health/stress Question 11 How confident are you in your rating regarding your jurisdiction's expected fiscal stress five years from now? Survey Spring 2021 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Finances, fiscal health, Fiscal health/stress Question 15a If there were no restrictions on the use of the funds, how important do you think it would be to apply the American Rescue Plan Act money to assistance for individuals and households (e.g., emergency housing, food, mental health, etc.), if at all? Survey Spring 2021 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, federal government, Services, Human services, covid19 Question 15b If there were no restrictions on the use of the funds, how important do you think it would be to apply the American Rescue Plan Act money to assistance for local businesses, if at all? Survey Spring 2021 Categories federal government, Finance Budget and Operations, Business conditions, covid19 Question 15c If there were no restrictions on use of the funds, how important do you think it would be to apply the American Rescue Plan Act money to general community-wide public services (e.g., public safety, parks, economic development, etc.), if at all? Survey Spring 2021 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, federal government, Services, covid19 Question 15d If there were no restrictions on use of the funds, how important do you think it would be to apply the American Rescue Plan Act money to infrastructure investments or infrastructure debt repayment (e.g., water, sewer, broadband, etc.), if at all? Survey Spring 2021 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, federal government, Infrastructure, Infrastructure conditions, covid19 Question 15e If there were no restrictions on use of the funds, how important do you think it would be to apply the American Rescue Plan Act money to your jurisdiction’s employees (e.g., preventing layoffs, increasing hiring, etc.), if at all? Survey Spring 2021 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, federal government, Workforce, covid19, Workforce conditions Question 15f If there were no restrictions on use of the funds, how important do you think it would be to apply the American Rescue Plan Act money to replenishing depleted fund balances/reserves, if at all? Survey Spring 2021 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, federal government, General fund balance, covid19 Question 15g If there were no restrictions on use of the funds, how important do you think it would be to apply the American Rescue Plan Act money to Paying down long-term pension or OPEB obligations (if this were allowed), if at all? Survey Spring 2021 Categories federal government, Finance Budget and Operations, Debt, Pensions, OPEB, covid19, Workforce Question 15h If there were no restrictions on use of the funds, how important do you think it would be to apply the American Rescue Plan Act money to taxpayer relief (if this were allowed), if at all? Survey Spring 2021 Categories federal government, Finance Budget and Operations, Taxes Question 16a Beyond any short-term assistance from the Rescue Act funding, in the longer term, do you think it will have positive or negative impacts on the fiscal health of your jurisdiction? Survey Spring 2021 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, federal government Pagination First page first Previous page previous Page 4 Page 5 Page 6 Page 7 Current page 8 Page 9 Page 10 Page 11 Page 12 Next page next Last page last
Question 05e Thinking about the next fiscal year, which action has your jurisdiction taken or is likely to take regarding public safety spending? Survey Spring 2021 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Services, Finances, Service spending, Public safety Question 05f Thinking about the next fiscal year, which action has your jurisdiction taken or is likely to take regarding infrastructure spending? Survey Spring 2021 Categories Infrastructure, Finance Budget and Operations, Finances, Service spending Question 05g Thinking about the next fiscal year, which action has your jurisdiction taken or is likely to take regarding human services spending? Survey Spring 2021 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Services, Service provision, Finances, Service spending, Human services Question 05h Thinking about the next fiscal year, which action has your jurisdiction taken or is likely to take regarding general government operations spending? Survey Spring 2021 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Service provision, General operations, Service spending, Finances Question 05j Thinking about the next fiscal year, which action has your jurisdiction taken or is likely to take regarding amount of debt? Survey Spring 2021 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, fiscal health, Finances, Debt Question 05k Thinking about the next fiscal year, which action has your jurisdiction taken or is likely to take regarding the jurisdiction's number of employees? Survey Spring 2021 Categories Workforce, Finance Budget and Operations, Workforce conditions, Size of workforce Question 05l Thinking about the next fiscal year, which action has your jurisdiction taken or is likely to take regarding the amount of employee pay rates? Survey Spring 2021 Categories Workforce, Finance Budget and Operations, Employee compensation, Pay rates and wages Question 05m Thinking about the next fiscal year, which action has your jurisdiction taken or is likely to take regarding employees' share of premiums, deductibles, and/or co-pays on health insurance? Survey Spring 2021 Categories Workforce, Finance Budget and Operations, Employee compensation, Fringe benefits Question 05n Thinking about the next fiscal year, which action has your jurisdiction taken or is likely to take regarding employees’ share of contributions to retirement funds? Survey Spring 2021 Categories Pensions, Employee compensation, Finance Budget and Operations, Workforce Question 06 Thinking about your jurisdiction’s fiscal needs, overall, do you consider your jurisdiction’s unreserved/unassigned general fund balance to be too high, about right, or too low? Survey Spring 2021 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, General fund balance, Finances, fiscal health Question 07 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 2021 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Finances, fiscal health, cash flow, Fiscal health/stress Question 09a Thinking about the overall fiscal stress of your jurisdiction today and what you expect it to be down the road - including any future financial obligations it may have - on a scale from 1 to 10, where 1 is the best: perfect fiscal health and 10 is the worst: fiscal crisis, how would you rate your jurisdiction's overall fiscal stress today? Survey Spring 2021 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Finances, fiscal health, Fiscal health/stress Question 09b Thinking about the overall fiscal stress of your jurisdiction today and what you expect it to be down the road - including any future financial obligations it may have - on a scale from 1 to 10, where 1 is the best: perfect fiscal health and 10 is the worst: fiscal crisis, how would you rate your jurisdiction's overall fiscal stress as you expect it to be five years from now? Survey Spring 2021 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Finances, fiscal health, Fiscal health/stress Question 10 How confident are you in your rating regarding your jurisdiction’s fiscal stress today? Survey Spring 2021 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Finances, fiscal health, Fiscal health/stress Question 11 How confident are you in your rating regarding your jurisdiction's expected fiscal stress five years from now? Survey Spring 2021 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Finances, fiscal health, Fiscal health/stress Question 15a If there were no restrictions on the use of the funds, how important do you think it would be to apply the American Rescue Plan Act money to assistance for individuals and households (e.g., emergency housing, food, mental health, etc.), if at all? Survey Spring 2021 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, federal government, Services, Human services, covid19 Question 15b If there were no restrictions on the use of the funds, how important do you think it would be to apply the American Rescue Plan Act money to assistance for local businesses, if at all? Survey Spring 2021 Categories federal government, Finance Budget and Operations, Business conditions, covid19 Question 15c If there were no restrictions on use of the funds, how important do you think it would be to apply the American Rescue Plan Act money to general community-wide public services (e.g., public safety, parks, economic development, etc.), if at all? Survey Spring 2021 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, federal government, Services, covid19 Question 15d If there were no restrictions on use of the funds, how important do you think it would be to apply the American Rescue Plan Act money to infrastructure investments or infrastructure debt repayment (e.g., water, sewer, broadband, etc.), if at all? Survey Spring 2021 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, federal government, Infrastructure, Infrastructure conditions, covid19 Question 15e If there were no restrictions on use of the funds, how important do you think it would be to apply the American Rescue Plan Act money to your jurisdiction’s employees (e.g., preventing layoffs, increasing hiring, etc.), if at all? Survey Spring 2021 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, federal government, Workforce, covid19, Workforce conditions Question 15f If there were no restrictions on use of the funds, how important do you think it would be to apply the American Rescue Plan Act money to replenishing depleted fund balances/reserves, if at all? Survey Spring 2021 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, federal government, General fund balance, covid19 Question 15g If there were no restrictions on use of the funds, how important do you think it would be to apply the American Rescue Plan Act money to Paying down long-term pension or OPEB obligations (if this were allowed), if at all? Survey Spring 2021 Categories federal government, Finance Budget and Operations, Debt, Pensions, OPEB, covid19, Workforce Question 15h If there were no restrictions on use of the funds, how important do you think it would be to apply the American Rescue Plan Act money to taxpayer relief (if this were allowed), if at all? Survey Spring 2021 Categories federal government, Finance Budget and Operations, Taxes Question 16a Beyond any short-term assistance from the Rescue Act funding, in the longer term, do you think it will have positive or negative impacts on the fiscal health of your jurisdiction? 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Question 05f Thinking about the next fiscal year, which action has your jurisdiction taken or is likely to take regarding infrastructure spending? Survey Spring 2021 Categories Infrastructure, Finance Budget and Operations, Finances, Service spending Question 05g Thinking about the next fiscal year, which action has your jurisdiction taken or is likely to take regarding human services spending? Survey Spring 2021 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Services, Service provision, Finances, Service spending, Human services Question 05h Thinking about the next fiscal year, which action has your jurisdiction taken or is likely to take regarding general government operations spending? Survey Spring 2021 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Service provision, General operations, Service spending, Finances Question 05j Thinking about the next fiscal year, which action has your jurisdiction taken or is likely to take regarding amount of debt? Survey Spring 2021 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, fiscal health, Finances, Debt Question 05k Thinking about the next fiscal year, which action has your jurisdiction taken or is likely to take regarding the jurisdiction's number of employees? Survey Spring 2021 Categories Workforce, Finance Budget and Operations, Workforce conditions, Size of workforce Question 05l Thinking about the next fiscal year, which action has your jurisdiction taken or is likely to take regarding the amount of employee pay rates? Survey Spring 2021 Categories Workforce, Finance Budget and Operations, Employee compensation, Pay rates and wages Question 05m Thinking about the next fiscal year, which action has your jurisdiction taken or is likely to take regarding employees' share of premiums, deductibles, and/or co-pays on health insurance? Survey Spring 2021 Categories Workforce, Finance Budget and Operations, Employee compensation, Fringe benefits Question 05n Thinking about the next fiscal year, which action has your jurisdiction taken or is likely to take regarding employees’ share of contributions to retirement funds? Survey Spring 2021 Categories Pensions, Employee compensation, Finance Budget and Operations, Workforce Question 06 Thinking about your jurisdiction’s fiscal needs, overall, do you consider your jurisdiction’s unreserved/unassigned general fund balance to be too high, about right, or too low? Survey Spring 2021 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, General fund balance, Finances, fiscal health Question 07 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 2021 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Finances, fiscal health, cash flow, Fiscal health/stress Question 09a Thinking about the overall fiscal stress of your jurisdiction today and what you expect it to be down the road - including any future financial obligations it may have - on a scale from 1 to 10, where 1 is the best: perfect fiscal health and 10 is the worst: fiscal crisis, how would you rate your jurisdiction's overall fiscal stress today? Survey Spring 2021 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Finances, fiscal health, Fiscal health/stress Question 09b Thinking about the overall fiscal stress of your jurisdiction today and what you expect it to be down the road - including any future financial obligations it may have - on a scale from 1 to 10, where 1 is the best: perfect fiscal health and 10 is the worst: fiscal crisis, how would you rate your jurisdiction's overall fiscal stress as you expect it to be five years from now? Survey Spring 2021 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Finances, fiscal health, Fiscal health/stress Question 10 How confident are you in your rating regarding your jurisdiction’s fiscal stress today? Survey Spring 2021 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Finances, fiscal health, Fiscal health/stress Question 11 How confident are you in your rating regarding your jurisdiction's expected fiscal stress five years from now? Survey Spring 2021 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Finances, fiscal health, Fiscal health/stress Question 15a If there were no restrictions on the use of the funds, how important do you think it would be to apply the American Rescue Plan Act money to assistance for individuals and households (e.g., emergency housing, food, mental health, etc.), if at all? Survey Spring 2021 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, federal government, Services, Human services, covid19 Question 15b If there were no restrictions on the use of the funds, how important do you think it would be to apply the American Rescue Plan Act money to assistance for local businesses, if at all? Survey Spring 2021 Categories federal government, Finance Budget and Operations, Business conditions, covid19 Question 15c If there were no restrictions on use of the funds, how important do you think it would be to apply the American Rescue Plan Act money to general community-wide public services (e.g., public safety, parks, economic development, etc.), if at all? Survey Spring 2021 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, federal government, Services, covid19 Question 15d If there were no restrictions on use of the funds, how important do you think it would be to apply the American Rescue Plan Act money to infrastructure investments or infrastructure debt repayment (e.g., water, sewer, broadband, etc.), if at all? Survey Spring 2021 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, federal government, Infrastructure, Infrastructure conditions, covid19 Question 15e If there were no restrictions on use of the funds, how important do you think it would be to apply the American Rescue Plan Act money to your jurisdiction’s employees (e.g., preventing layoffs, increasing hiring, etc.), if at all? Survey Spring 2021 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, federal government, Workforce, covid19, Workforce conditions Question 15f If there were no restrictions on use of the funds, how important do you think it would be to apply the American Rescue Plan Act money to replenishing depleted fund balances/reserves, if at all? Survey Spring 2021 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, federal government, General fund balance, covid19 Question 15g If there were no restrictions on use of the funds, how important do you think it would be to apply the American Rescue Plan Act money to Paying down long-term pension or OPEB obligations (if this were allowed), if at all? Survey Spring 2021 Categories federal government, Finance Budget and Operations, Debt, Pensions, OPEB, covid19, Workforce Question 15h If there were no restrictions on use of the funds, how important do you think it would be to apply the American Rescue Plan Act money to taxpayer relief (if this were allowed), if at all? Survey Spring 2021 Categories federal government, Finance Budget and Operations, Taxes Question 16a Beyond any short-term assistance from the Rescue Act funding, in the longer term, do you think it will have positive or negative impacts on the fiscal health of your jurisdiction? Survey Spring 2021 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, federal government Pagination First page first Previous page previous Page 4 Page 5 Page 6 Page 7 Current page 8 Page 9 Page 10 Page 11 Page 12 Next page next Last page last
Question 05g Thinking about the next fiscal year, which action has your jurisdiction taken or is likely to take regarding human services spending? Survey Spring 2021 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Services, Service provision, Finances, Service spending, Human services Question 05h Thinking about the next fiscal year, which action has your jurisdiction taken or is likely to take regarding general government operations spending? Survey Spring 2021 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Service provision, General operations, Service spending, Finances Question 05j Thinking about the next fiscal year, which action has your jurisdiction taken or is likely to take regarding amount of debt? Survey Spring 2021 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, fiscal health, Finances, Debt Question 05k Thinking about the next fiscal year, which action has your jurisdiction taken or is likely to take regarding the jurisdiction's number of employees? Survey Spring 2021 Categories Workforce, Finance Budget and Operations, Workforce conditions, Size of workforce Question 05l Thinking about the next fiscal year, which action has your jurisdiction taken or is likely to take regarding the amount of employee pay rates? Survey Spring 2021 Categories Workforce, Finance Budget and Operations, Employee compensation, Pay rates and wages Question 05m Thinking about the next fiscal year, which action has your jurisdiction taken or is likely to take regarding employees' share of premiums, deductibles, and/or co-pays on health insurance? Survey Spring 2021 Categories Workforce, Finance Budget and Operations, Employee compensation, Fringe benefits Question 05n Thinking about the next fiscal year, which action has your jurisdiction taken or is likely to take regarding employees’ share of contributions to retirement funds? Survey Spring 2021 Categories Pensions, Employee compensation, Finance Budget and Operations, Workforce Question 06 Thinking about your jurisdiction’s fiscal needs, overall, do you consider your jurisdiction’s unreserved/unassigned general fund balance to be too high, about right, or too low? Survey Spring 2021 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, General fund balance, Finances, fiscal health Question 07 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 2021 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Finances, fiscal health, cash flow, Fiscal health/stress Question 09a Thinking about the overall fiscal stress of your jurisdiction today and what you expect it to be down the road - including any future financial obligations it may have - on a scale from 1 to 10, where 1 is the best: perfect fiscal health and 10 is the worst: fiscal crisis, how would you rate your jurisdiction's overall fiscal stress today? Survey Spring 2021 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Finances, fiscal health, Fiscal health/stress Question 09b Thinking about the overall fiscal stress of your jurisdiction today and what you expect it to be down the road - including any future financial obligations it may have - on a scale from 1 to 10, where 1 is the best: perfect fiscal health and 10 is the worst: fiscal crisis, how would you rate your jurisdiction's overall fiscal stress as you expect it to be five years from now? Survey Spring 2021 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Finances, fiscal health, Fiscal health/stress Question 10 How confident are you in your rating regarding your jurisdiction’s fiscal stress today? Survey Spring 2021 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Finances, fiscal health, Fiscal health/stress Question 11 How confident are you in your rating regarding your jurisdiction's expected fiscal stress five years from now? Survey Spring 2021 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Finances, fiscal health, Fiscal health/stress Question 15a If there were no restrictions on the use of the funds, how important do you think it would be to apply the American Rescue Plan Act money to assistance for individuals and households (e.g., emergency housing, food, mental health, etc.), if at all? Survey Spring 2021 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, federal government, Services, Human services, covid19 Question 15b If there were no restrictions on the use of the funds, how important do you think it would be to apply the American Rescue Plan Act money to assistance for local businesses, if at all? Survey Spring 2021 Categories federal government, Finance Budget and Operations, Business conditions, covid19 Question 15c If there were no restrictions on use of the funds, how important do you think it would be to apply the American Rescue Plan Act money to general community-wide public services (e.g., public safety, parks, economic development, etc.), if at all? Survey Spring 2021 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, federal government, Services, covid19 Question 15d If there were no restrictions on use of the funds, how important do you think it would be to apply the American Rescue Plan Act money to infrastructure investments or infrastructure debt repayment (e.g., water, sewer, broadband, etc.), if at all? Survey Spring 2021 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, federal government, Infrastructure, Infrastructure conditions, covid19 Question 15e If there were no restrictions on use of the funds, how important do you think it would be to apply the American Rescue Plan Act money to your jurisdiction’s employees (e.g., preventing layoffs, increasing hiring, etc.), if at all? Survey Spring 2021 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, federal government, Workforce, covid19, Workforce conditions Question 15f If there were no restrictions on use of the funds, how important do you think it would be to apply the American Rescue Plan Act money to replenishing depleted fund balances/reserves, if at all? Survey Spring 2021 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, federal government, General fund balance, covid19 Question 15g If there were no restrictions on use of the funds, how important do you think it would be to apply the American Rescue Plan Act money to Paying down long-term pension or OPEB obligations (if this were allowed), if at all? Survey Spring 2021 Categories federal government, Finance Budget and Operations, Debt, Pensions, OPEB, covid19, Workforce Question 15h If there were no restrictions on use of the funds, how important do you think it would be to apply the American Rescue Plan Act money to taxpayer relief (if this were allowed), if at all? Survey Spring 2021 Categories federal government, Finance Budget and Operations, Taxes Question 16a Beyond any short-term assistance from the Rescue Act funding, in the longer term, do you think it will have positive or negative impacts on the fiscal health of your jurisdiction? Survey Spring 2021 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, federal government Pagination First page first Previous page previous Page 4 Page 5 Page 6 Page 7 Current page 8 Page 9 Page 10 Page 11 Page 12 Next page next Last page last
Question 05h Thinking about the next fiscal year, which action has your jurisdiction taken or is likely to take regarding general government operations spending? Survey Spring 2021 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Service provision, General operations, Service spending, Finances Question 05j Thinking about the next fiscal year, which action has your jurisdiction taken or is likely to take regarding amount of debt? Survey Spring 2021 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, fiscal health, Finances, Debt Question 05k Thinking about the next fiscal year, which action has your jurisdiction taken or is likely to take regarding the jurisdiction's number of employees? Survey Spring 2021 Categories Workforce, Finance Budget and Operations, Workforce conditions, Size of workforce Question 05l Thinking about the next fiscal year, which action has your jurisdiction taken or is likely to take regarding the amount of employee pay rates? Survey Spring 2021 Categories Workforce, Finance Budget and Operations, Employee compensation, Pay rates and wages Question 05m Thinking about the next fiscal year, which action has your jurisdiction taken or is likely to take regarding employees' share of premiums, deductibles, and/or co-pays on health insurance? Survey Spring 2021 Categories Workforce, Finance Budget and Operations, Employee compensation, Fringe benefits Question 05n Thinking about the next fiscal year, which action has your jurisdiction taken or is likely to take regarding employees’ share of contributions to retirement funds? Survey Spring 2021 Categories Pensions, Employee compensation, Finance Budget and Operations, Workforce Question 06 Thinking about your jurisdiction’s fiscal needs, overall, do you consider your jurisdiction’s unreserved/unassigned general fund balance to be too high, about right, or too low? Survey Spring 2021 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, General fund balance, Finances, fiscal health Question 07 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 2021 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Finances, fiscal health, cash flow, Fiscal health/stress Question 09a Thinking about the overall fiscal stress of your jurisdiction today and what you expect it to be down the road - including any future financial obligations it may have - on a scale from 1 to 10, where 1 is the best: perfect fiscal health and 10 is the worst: fiscal crisis, how would you rate your jurisdiction's overall fiscal stress today? Survey Spring 2021 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Finances, fiscal health, Fiscal health/stress Question 09b Thinking about the overall fiscal stress of your jurisdiction today and what you expect it to be down the road - including any future financial obligations it may have - on a scale from 1 to 10, where 1 is the best: perfect fiscal health and 10 is the worst: fiscal crisis, how would you rate your jurisdiction's overall fiscal stress as you expect it to be five years from now? Survey Spring 2021 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Finances, fiscal health, Fiscal health/stress Question 10 How confident are you in your rating regarding your jurisdiction’s fiscal stress today? Survey Spring 2021 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Finances, fiscal health, Fiscal health/stress Question 11 How confident are you in your rating regarding your jurisdiction's expected fiscal stress five years from now? Survey Spring 2021 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Finances, fiscal health, Fiscal health/stress Question 15a If there were no restrictions on the use of the funds, how important do you think it would be to apply the American Rescue Plan Act money to assistance for individuals and households (e.g., emergency housing, food, mental health, etc.), if at all? Survey Spring 2021 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, federal government, Services, Human services, covid19 Question 15b If there were no restrictions on the use of the funds, how important do you think it would be to apply the American Rescue Plan Act money to assistance for local businesses, if at all? Survey Spring 2021 Categories federal government, Finance Budget and Operations, Business conditions, covid19 Question 15c If there were no restrictions on use of the funds, how important do you think it would be to apply the American Rescue Plan Act money to general community-wide public services (e.g., public safety, parks, economic development, etc.), if at all? Survey Spring 2021 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, federal government, Services, covid19 Question 15d If there were no restrictions on use of the funds, how important do you think it would be to apply the American Rescue Plan Act money to infrastructure investments or infrastructure debt repayment (e.g., water, sewer, broadband, etc.), if at all? Survey Spring 2021 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, federal government, Infrastructure, Infrastructure conditions, covid19 Question 15e If there were no restrictions on use of the funds, how important do you think it would be to apply the American Rescue Plan Act money to your jurisdiction’s employees (e.g., preventing layoffs, increasing hiring, etc.), if at all? Survey Spring 2021 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, federal government, Workforce, covid19, Workforce conditions Question 15f If there were no restrictions on use of the funds, how important do you think it would be to apply the American Rescue Plan Act money to replenishing depleted fund balances/reserves, if at all? Survey Spring 2021 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, federal government, General fund balance, covid19 Question 15g If there were no restrictions on use of the funds, how important do you think it would be to apply the American Rescue Plan Act money to Paying down long-term pension or OPEB obligations (if this were allowed), if at all? Survey Spring 2021 Categories federal government, Finance Budget and Operations, Debt, Pensions, OPEB, covid19, Workforce Question 15h If there were no restrictions on use of the funds, how important do you think it would be to apply the American Rescue Plan Act money to taxpayer relief (if this were allowed), if at all? Survey Spring 2021 Categories federal government, Finance Budget and Operations, Taxes Question 16a Beyond any short-term assistance from the Rescue Act funding, in the longer term, do you think it will have positive or negative impacts on the fiscal health of your jurisdiction? 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Question 05j Thinking about the next fiscal year, which action has your jurisdiction taken or is likely to take regarding amount of debt? Survey Spring 2021 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, fiscal health, Finances, Debt Question 05k Thinking about the next fiscal year, which action has your jurisdiction taken or is likely to take regarding the jurisdiction's number of employees? Survey Spring 2021 Categories Workforce, Finance Budget and Operations, Workforce conditions, Size of workforce Question 05l Thinking about the next fiscal year, which action has your jurisdiction taken or is likely to take regarding the amount of employee pay rates? Survey Spring 2021 Categories Workforce, Finance Budget and Operations, Employee compensation, Pay rates and wages Question 05m Thinking about the next fiscal year, which action has your jurisdiction taken or is likely to take regarding employees' share of premiums, deductibles, and/or co-pays on health insurance? Survey Spring 2021 Categories Workforce, Finance Budget and Operations, Employee compensation, Fringe benefits Question 05n Thinking about the next fiscal year, which action has your jurisdiction taken or is likely to take regarding employees’ share of contributions to retirement funds? Survey Spring 2021 Categories Pensions, Employee compensation, Finance Budget and Operations, Workforce Question 06 Thinking about your jurisdiction’s fiscal needs, overall, do you consider your jurisdiction’s unreserved/unassigned general fund balance to be too high, about right, or too low? Survey Spring 2021 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, General fund balance, Finances, fiscal health Question 07 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 2021 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Finances, fiscal health, cash flow, Fiscal health/stress Question 09a Thinking about the overall fiscal stress of your jurisdiction today and what you expect it to be down the road - including any future financial obligations it may have - on a scale from 1 to 10, where 1 is the best: perfect fiscal health and 10 is the worst: fiscal crisis, how would you rate your jurisdiction's overall fiscal stress today? Survey Spring 2021 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Finances, fiscal health, Fiscal health/stress Question 09b Thinking about the overall fiscal stress of your jurisdiction today and what you expect it to be down the road - including any future financial obligations it may have - on a scale from 1 to 10, where 1 is the best: perfect fiscal health and 10 is the worst: fiscal crisis, how would you rate your jurisdiction's overall fiscal stress as you expect it to be five years from now? Survey Spring 2021 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Finances, fiscal health, Fiscal health/stress Question 10 How confident are you in your rating regarding your jurisdiction’s fiscal stress today? Survey Spring 2021 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Finances, fiscal health, Fiscal health/stress Question 11 How confident are you in your rating regarding your jurisdiction's expected fiscal stress five years from now? Survey Spring 2021 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Finances, fiscal health, Fiscal health/stress Question 15a If there were no restrictions on the use of the funds, how important do you think it would be to apply the American Rescue Plan Act money to assistance for individuals and households (e.g., emergency housing, food, mental health, etc.), if at all? Survey Spring 2021 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, federal government, Services, Human services, covid19 Question 15b If there were no restrictions on the use of the funds, how important do you think it would be to apply the American Rescue Plan Act money to assistance for local businesses, if at all? Survey Spring 2021 Categories federal government, Finance Budget and Operations, Business conditions, covid19 Question 15c If there were no restrictions on use of the funds, how important do you think it would be to apply the American Rescue Plan Act money to general community-wide public services (e.g., public safety, parks, economic development, etc.), if at all? Survey Spring 2021 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, federal government, Services, covid19 Question 15d If there were no restrictions on use of the funds, how important do you think it would be to apply the American Rescue Plan Act money to infrastructure investments or infrastructure debt repayment (e.g., water, sewer, broadband, etc.), if at all? Survey Spring 2021 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, federal government, Infrastructure, Infrastructure conditions, covid19 Question 15e If there were no restrictions on use of the funds, how important do you think it would be to apply the American Rescue Plan Act money to your jurisdiction’s employees (e.g., preventing layoffs, increasing hiring, etc.), if at all? Survey Spring 2021 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, federal government, Workforce, covid19, Workforce conditions Question 15f If there were no restrictions on use of the funds, how important do you think it would be to apply the American Rescue Plan Act money to replenishing depleted fund balances/reserves, if at all? Survey Spring 2021 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, federal government, General fund balance, covid19 Question 15g If there were no restrictions on use of the funds, how important do you think it would be to apply the American Rescue Plan Act money to Paying down long-term pension or OPEB obligations (if this were allowed), if at all? Survey Spring 2021 Categories federal government, Finance Budget and Operations, Debt, Pensions, OPEB, covid19, Workforce Question 15h If there were no restrictions on use of the funds, how important do you think it would be to apply the American Rescue Plan Act money to taxpayer relief (if this were allowed), if at all? Survey Spring 2021 Categories federal government, Finance Budget and Operations, Taxes Question 16a Beyond any short-term assistance from the Rescue Act funding, in the longer term, do you think it will have positive or negative impacts on the fiscal health of your jurisdiction? Survey Spring 2021 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, federal government Pagination First page first Previous page previous Page 4 Page 5 Page 6 Page 7 Current page 8 Page 9 Page 10 Page 11 Page 12 Next page next Last page last
Question 05k Thinking about the next fiscal year, which action has your jurisdiction taken or is likely to take regarding the jurisdiction's number of employees? Survey Spring 2021 Categories Workforce, Finance Budget and Operations, Workforce conditions, Size of workforce Question 05l Thinking about the next fiscal year, which action has your jurisdiction taken or is likely to take regarding the amount of employee pay rates? Survey Spring 2021 Categories Workforce, Finance Budget and Operations, Employee compensation, Pay rates and wages Question 05m Thinking about the next fiscal year, which action has your jurisdiction taken or is likely to take regarding employees' share of premiums, deductibles, and/or co-pays on health insurance? Survey Spring 2021 Categories Workforce, Finance Budget and Operations, Employee compensation, Fringe benefits Question 05n Thinking about the next fiscal year, which action has your jurisdiction taken or is likely to take regarding employees’ share of contributions to retirement funds? Survey Spring 2021 Categories Pensions, Employee compensation, Finance Budget and Operations, Workforce Question 06 Thinking about your jurisdiction’s fiscal needs, overall, do you consider your jurisdiction’s unreserved/unassigned general fund balance to be too high, about right, or too low? Survey Spring 2021 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, General fund balance, Finances, fiscal health Question 07 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 2021 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Finances, fiscal health, cash flow, Fiscal health/stress Question 09a Thinking about the overall fiscal stress of your jurisdiction today and what you expect it to be down the road - including any future financial obligations it may have - on a scale from 1 to 10, where 1 is the best: perfect fiscal health and 10 is the worst: fiscal crisis, how would you rate your jurisdiction's overall fiscal stress today? Survey Spring 2021 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Finances, fiscal health, Fiscal health/stress Question 09b Thinking about the overall fiscal stress of your jurisdiction today and what you expect it to be down the road - including any future financial obligations it may have - on a scale from 1 to 10, where 1 is the best: perfect fiscal health and 10 is the worst: fiscal crisis, how would you rate your jurisdiction's overall fiscal stress as you expect it to be five years from now? Survey Spring 2021 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Finances, fiscal health, Fiscal health/stress Question 10 How confident are you in your rating regarding your jurisdiction’s fiscal stress today? Survey Spring 2021 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Finances, fiscal health, Fiscal health/stress Question 11 How confident are you in your rating regarding your jurisdiction's expected fiscal stress five years from now? Survey Spring 2021 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Finances, fiscal health, Fiscal health/stress Question 15a If there were no restrictions on the use of the funds, how important do you think it would be to apply the American Rescue Plan Act money to assistance for individuals and households (e.g., emergency housing, food, mental health, etc.), if at all? Survey Spring 2021 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, federal government, Services, Human services, covid19 Question 15b If there were no restrictions on the use of the funds, how important do you think it would be to apply the American Rescue Plan Act money to assistance for local businesses, if at all? Survey Spring 2021 Categories federal government, Finance Budget and Operations, Business conditions, covid19 Question 15c If there were no restrictions on use of the funds, how important do you think it would be to apply the American Rescue Plan Act money to general community-wide public services (e.g., public safety, parks, economic development, etc.), if at all? Survey Spring 2021 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, federal government, Services, covid19 Question 15d If there were no restrictions on use of the funds, how important do you think it would be to apply the American Rescue Plan Act money to infrastructure investments or infrastructure debt repayment (e.g., water, sewer, broadband, etc.), if at all? Survey Spring 2021 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, federal government, Infrastructure, Infrastructure conditions, covid19 Question 15e If there were no restrictions on use of the funds, how important do you think it would be to apply the American Rescue Plan Act money to your jurisdiction’s employees (e.g., preventing layoffs, increasing hiring, etc.), if at all? Survey Spring 2021 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, federal government, Workforce, covid19, Workforce conditions Question 15f If there were no restrictions on use of the funds, how important do you think it would be to apply the American Rescue Plan Act money to replenishing depleted fund balances/reserves, if at all? Survey Spring 2021 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, federal government, General fund balance, covid19 Question 15g If there were no restrictions on use of the funds, how important do you think it would be to apply the American Rescue Plan Act money to Paying down long-term pension or OPEB obligations (if this were allowed), if at all? Survey Spring 2021 Categories federal government, Finance Budget and Operations, Debt, Pensions, OPEB, covid19, Workforce Question 15h If there were no restrictions on use of the funds, how important do you think it would be to apply the American Rescue Plan Act money to taxpayer relief (if this were allowed), if at all? Survey Spring 2021 Categories federal government, Finance Budget and Operations, Taxes Question 16a Beyond any short-term assistance from the Rescue Act funding, in the longer term, do you think it will have positive or negative impacts on the fiscal health of your jurisdiction? Survey Spring 2021 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, federal government Pagination First page first Previous page previous Page 4 Page 5 Page 6 Page 7 Current page 8 Page 9 Page 10 Page 11 Page 12 Next page next Last page last
Question 05l Thinking about the next fiscal year, which action has your jurisdiction taken or is likely to take regarding the amount of employee pay rates? Survey Spring 2021 Categories Workforce, Finance Budget and Operations, Employee compensation, Pay rates and wages Question 05m Thinking about the next fiscal year, which action has your jurisdiction taken or is likely to take regarding employees' share of premiums, deductibles, and/or co-pays on health insurance? Survey Spring 2021 Categories Workforce, Finance Budget and Operations, Employee compensation, Fringe benefits Question 05n Thinking about the next fiscal year, which action has your jurisdiction taken or is likely to take regarding employees’ share of contributions to retirement funds? Survey Spring 2021 Categories Pensions, Employee compensation, Finance Budget and Operations, Workforce Question 06 Thinking about your jurisdiction’s fiscal needs, overall, do you consider your jurisdiction’s unreserved/unassigned general fund balance to be too high, about right, or too low? Survey Spring 2021 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, General fund balance, Finances, fiscal health Question 07 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 2021 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Finances, fiscal health, cash flow, Fiscal health/stress Question 09a Thinking about the overall fiscal stress of your jurisdiction today and what you expect it to be down the road - including any future financial obligations it may have - on a scale from 1 to 10, where 1 is the best: perfect fiscal health and 10 is the worst: fiscal crisis, how would you rate your jurisdiction's overall fiscal stress today? Survey Spring 2021 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Finances, fiscal health, Fiscal health/stress Question 09b Thinking about the overall fiscal stress of your jurisdiction today and what you expect it to be down the road - including any future financial obligations it may have - on a scale from 1 to 10, where 1 is the best: perfect fiscal health and 10 is the worst: fiscal crisis, how would you rate your jurisdiction's overall fiscal stress as you expect it to be five years from now? Survey Spring 2021 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Finances, fiscal health, Fiscal health/stress Question 10 How confident are you in your rating regarding your jurisdiction’s fiscal stress today? Survey Spring 2021 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Finances, fiscal health, Fiscal health/stress Question 11 How confident are you in your rating regarding your jurisdiction's expected fiscal stress five years from now? Survey Spring 2021 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Finances, fiscal health, Fiscal health/stress Question 15a If there were no restrictions on the use of the funds, how important do you think it would be to apply the American Rescue Plan Act money to assistance for individuals and households (e.g., emergency housing, food, mental health, etc.), if at all? Survey Spring 2021 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, federal government, Services, Human services, covid19 Question 15b If there were no restrictions on the use of the funds, how important do you think it would be to apply the American Rescue Plan Act money to assistance for local businesses, if at all? Survey Spring 2021 Categories federal government, Finance Budget and Operations, Business conditions, covid19 Question 15c If there were no restrictions on use of the funds, how important do you think it would be to apply the American Rescue Plan Act money to general community-wide public services (e.g., public safety, parks, economic development, etc.), if at all? Survey Spring 2021 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, federal government, Services, covid19 Question 15d If there were no restrictions on use of the funds, how important do you think it would be to apply the American Rescue Plan Act money to infrastructure investments or infrastructure debt repayment (e.g., water, sewer, broadband, etc.), if at all? Survey Spring 2021 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, federal government, Infrastructure, Infrastructure conditions, covid19 Question 15e If there were no restrictions on use of the funds, how important do you think it would be to apply the American Rescue Plan Act money to your jurisdiction’s employees (e.g., preventing layoffs, increasing hiring, etc.), if at all? Survey Spring 2021 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, federal government, Workforce, covid19, Workforce conditions Question 15f If there were no restrictions on use of the funds, how important do you think it would be to apply the American Rescue Plan Act money to replenishing depleted fund balances/reserves, if at all? Survey Spring 2021 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, federal government, General fund balance, covid19 Question 15g If there were no restrictions on use of the funds, how important do you think it would be to apply the American Rescue Plan Act money to Paying down long-term pension or OPEB obligations (if this were allowed), if at all? Survey Spring 2021 Categories federal government, Finance Budget and Operations, Debt, Pensions, OPEB, covid19, Workforce Question 15h If there were no restrictions on use of the funds, how important do you think it would be to apply the American Rescue Plan Act money to taxpayer relief (if this were allowed), if at all? Survey Spring 2021 Categories federal government, Finance Budget and Operations, Taxes Question 16a Beyond any short-term assistance from the Rescue Act funding, in the longer term, do you think it will have positive or negative impacts on the fiscal health of your jurisdiction? Survey Spring 2021 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, federal government Pagination First page first Previous page previous Page 4 Page 5 Page 6 Page 7 Current page 8 Page 9 Page 10 Page 11 Page 12 Next page next Last page last
Question 05m Thinking about the next fiscal year, which action has your jurisdiction taken or is likely to take regarding employees' share of premiums, deductibles, and/or co-pays on health insurance? Survey Spring 2021 Categories Workforce, Finance Budget and Operations, Employee compensation, Fringe benefits Question 05n Thinking about the next fiscal year, which action has your jurisdiction taken or is likely to take regarding employees’ share of contributions to retirement funds? Survey Spring 2021 Categories Pensions, Employee compensation, Finance Budget and Operations, Workforce Question 06 Thinking about your jurisdiction’s fiscal needs, overall, do you consider your jurisdiction’s unreserved/unassigned general fund balance to be too high, about right, or too low? Survey Spring 2021 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, General fund balance, Finances, fiscal health Question 07 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 2021 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Finances, fiscal health, cash flow, Fiscal health/stress Question 09a Thinking about the overall fiscal stress of your jurisdiction today and what you expect it to be down the road - including any future financial obligations it may have - on a scale from 1 to 10, where 1 is the best: perfect fiscal health and 10 is the worst: fiscal crisis, how would you rate your jurisdiction's overall fiscal stress today? Survey Spring 2021 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Finances, fiscal health, Fiscal health/stress Question 09b Thinking about the overall fiscal stress of your jurisdiction today and what you expect it to be down the road - including any future financial obligations it may have - on a scale from 1 to 10, where 1 is the best: perfect fiscal health and 10 is the worst: fiscal crisis, how would you rate your jurisdiction's overall fiscal stress as you expect it to be five years from now? Survey Spring 2021 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Finances, fiscal health, Fiscal health/stress Question 10 How confident are you in your rating regarding your jurisdiction’s fiscal stress today? Survey Spring 2021 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Finances, fiscal health, Fiscal health/stress Question 11 How confident are you in your rating regarding your jurisdiction's expected fiscal stress five years from now? Survey Spring 2021 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Finances, fiscal health, Fiscal health/stress Question 15a If there were no restrictions on the use of the funds, how important do you think it would be to apply the American Rescue Plan Act money to assistance for individuals and households (e.g., emergency housing, food, mental health, etc.), if at all? Survey Spring 2021 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, federal government, Services, Human services, covid19 Question 15b If there were no restrictions on the use of the funds, how important do you think it would be to apply the American Rescue Plan Act money to assistance for local businesses, if at all? Survey Spring 2021 Categories federal government, Finance Budget and Operations, Business conditions, covid19 Question 15c If there were no restrictions on use of the funds, how important do you think it would be to apply the American Rescue Plan Act money to general community-wide public services (e.g., public safety, parks, economic development, etc.), if at all? Survey Spring 2021 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, federal government, Services, covid19 Question 15d If there were no restrictions on use of the funds, how important do you think it would be to apply the American Rescue Plan Act money to infrastructure investments or infrastructure debt repayment (e.g., water, sewer, broadband, etc.), if at all? Survey Spring 2021 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, federal government, Infrastructure, Infrastructure conditions, covid19 Question 15e If there were no restrictions on use of the funds, how important do you think it would be to apply the American Rescue Plan Act money to your jurisdiction’s employees (e.g., preventing layoffs, increasing hiring, etc.), if at all? Survey Spring 2021 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, federal government, Workforce, covid19, Workforce conditions Question 15f If there were no restrictions on use of the funds, how important do you think it would be to apply the American Rescue Plan Act money to replenishing depleted fund balances/reserves, if at all? Survey Spring 2021 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, federal government, General fund balance, covid19 Question 15g If there were no restrictions on use of the funds, how important do you think it would be to apply the American Rescue Plan Act money to Paying down long-term pension or OPEB obligations (if this were allowed), if at all? Survey Spring 2021 Categories federal government, Finance Budget and Operations, Debt, Pensions, OPEB, covid19, Workforce Question 15h If there were no restrictions on use of the funds, how important do you think it would be to apply the American Rescue Plan Act money to taxpayer relief (if this were allowed), if at all? Survey Spring 2021 Categories federal government, Finance Budget and Operations, Taxes Question 16a Beyond any short-term assistance from the Rescue Act funding, in the longer term, do you think it will have positive or negative impacts on the fiscal health of your jurisdiction? 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Question 05n Thinking about the next fiscal year, which action has your jurisdiction taken or is likely to take regarding employees’ share of contributions to retirement funds? Survey Spring 2021 Categories Pensions, Employee compensation, Finance Budget and Operations, Workforce Question 06 Thinking about your jurisdiction’s fiscal needs, overall, do you consider your jurisdiction’s unreserved/unassigned general fund balance to be too high, about right, or too low? Survey Spring 2021 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, General fund balance, Finances, fiscal health Question 07 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 2021 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Finances, fiscal health, cash flow, Fiscal health/stress Question 09a Thinking about the overall fiscal stress of your jurisdiction today and what you expect it to be down the road - including any future financial obligations it may have - on a scale from 1 to 10, where 1 is the best: perfect fiscal health and 10 is the worst: fiscal crisis, how would you rate your jurisdiction's overall fiscal stress today? Survey Spring 2021 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Finances, fiscal health, Fiscal health/stress Question 09b Thinking about the overall fiscal stress of your jurisdiction today and what you expect it to be down the road - including any future financial obligations it may have - on a scale from 1 to 10, where 1 is the best: perfect fiscal health and 10 is the worst: fiscal crisis, how would you rate your jurisdiction's overall fiscal stress as you expect it to be five years from now? Survey Spring 2021 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Finances, fiscal health, Fiscal health/stress Question 10 How confident are you in your rating regarding your jurisdiction’s fiscal stress today? Survey Spring 2021 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Finances, fiscal health, Fiscal health/stress Question 11 How confident are you in your rating regarding your jurisdiction's expected fiscal stress five years from now? Survey Spring 2021 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Finances, fiscal health, Fiscal health/stress Question 15a If there were no restrictions on the use of the funds, how important do you think it would be to apply the American Rescue Plan Act money to assistance for individuals and households (e.g., emergency housing, food, mental health, etc.), if at all? Survey Spring 2021 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, federal government, Services, Human services, covid19 Question 15b If there were no restrictions on the use of the funds, how important do you think it would be to apply the American Rescue Plan Act money to assistance for local businesses, if at all? Survey Spring 2021 Categories federal government, Finance Budget and Operations, Business conditions, covid19 Question 15c If there were no restrictions on use of the funds, how important do you think it would be to apply the American Rescue Plan Act money to general community-wide public services (e.g., public safety, parks, economic development, etc.), if at all? Survey Spring 2021 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, federal government, Services, covid19 Question 15d If there were no restrictions on use of the funds, how important do you think it would be to apply the American Rescue Plan Act money to infrastructure investments or infrastructure debt repayment (e.g., water, sewer, broadband, etc.), if at all? Survey Spring 2021 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, federal government, Infrastructure, Infrastructure conditions, covid19 Question 15e If there were no restrictions on use of the funds, how important do you think it would be to apply the American Rescue Plan Act money to your jurisdiction’s employees (e.g., preventing layoffs, increasing hiring, etc.), if at all? Survey Spring 2021 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, federal government, Workforce, covid19, Workforce conditions Question 15f If there were no restrictions on use of the funds, how important do you think it would be to apply the American Rescue Plan Act money to replenishing depleted fund balances/reserves, if at all? Survey Spring 2021 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, federal government, General fund balance, covid19 Question 15g If there were no restrictions on use of the funds, how important do you think it would be to apply the American Rescue Plan Act money to Paying down long-term pension or OPEB obligations (if this were allowed), if at all? Survey Spring 2021 Categories federal government, Finance Budget and Operations, Debt, Pensions, OPEB, covid19, Workforce Question 15h If there were no restrictions on use of the funds, how important do you think it would be to apply the American Rescue Plan Act money to taxpayer relief (if this were allowed), if at all? Survey Spring 2021 Categories federal government, Finance Budget and Operations, Taxes Question 16a Beyond any short-term assistance from the Rescue Act funding, in the longer term, do you think it will have positive or negative impacts on the fiscal health of your jurisdiction? Survey Spring 2021 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, federal government Pagination First page first Previous page previous Page 4 Page 5 Page 6 Page 7 Current page 8 Page 9 Page 10 Page 11 Page 12 Next page next Last page last
Question 06 Thinking about your jurisdiction’s fiscal needs, overall, do you consider your jurisdiction’s unreserved/unassigned general fund balance to be too high, about right, or too low? Survey Spring 2021 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, General fund balance, Finances, fiscal health Question 07 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 2021 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Finances, fiscal health, cash flow, Fiscal health/stress Question 09a Thinking about the overall fiscal stress of your jurisdiction today and what you expect it to be down the road - including any future financial obligations it may have - on a scale from 1 to 10, where 1 is the best: perfect fiscal health and 10 is the worst: fiscal crisis, how would you rate your jurisdiction's overall fiscal stress today? Survey Spring 2021 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Finances, fiscal health, Fiscal health/stress Question 09b Thinking about the overall fiscal stress of your jurisdiction today and what you expect it to be down the road - including any future financial obligations it may have - on a scale from 1 to 10, where 1 is the best: perfect fiscal health and 10 is the worst: fiscal crisis, how would you rate your jurisdiction's overall fiscal stress as you expect it to be five years from now? Survey Spring 2021 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Finances, fiscal health, Fiscal health/stress Question 10 How confident are you in your rating regarding your jurisdiction’s fiscal stress today? Survey Spring 2021 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Finances, fiscal health, Fiscal health/stress Question 11 How confident are you in your rating regarding your jurisdiction's expected fiscal stress five years from now? Survey Spring 2021 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Finances, fiscal health, Fiscal health/stress Question 15a If there were no restrictions on the use of the funds, how important do you think it would be to apply the American Rescue Plan Act money to assistance for individuals and households (e.g., emergency housing, food, mental health, etc.), if at all? Survey Spring 2021 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, federal government, Services, Human services, covid19 Question 15b If there were no restrictions on the use of the funds, how important do you think it would be to apply the American Rescue Plan Act money to assistance for local businesses, if at all? Survey Spring 2021 Categories federal government, Finance Budget and Operations, Business conditions, covid19 Question 15c If there were no restrictions on use of the funds, how important do you think it would be to apply the American Rescue Plan Act money to general community-wide public services (e.g., public safety, parks, economic development, etc.), if at all? Survey Spring 2021 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, federal government, Services, covid19 Question 15d If there were no restrictions on use of the funds, how important do you think it would be to apply the American Rescue Plan Act money to infrastructure investments or infrastructure debt repayment (e.g., water, sewer, broadband, etc.), if at all? Survey Spring 2021 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, federal government, Infrastructure, Infrastructure conditions, covid19 Question 15e If there were no restrictions on use of the funds, how important do you think it would be to apply the American Rescue Plan Act money to your jurisdiction’s employees (e.g., preventing layoffs, increasing hiring, etc.), if at all? Survey Spring 2021 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, federal government, Workforce, covid19, Workforce conditions Question 15f If there were no restrictions on use of the funds, how important do you think it would be to apply the American Rescue Plan Act money to replenishing depleted fund balances/reserves, if at all? Survey Spring 2021 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, federal government, General fund balance, covid19 Question 15g If there were no restrictions on use of the funds, how important do you think it would be to apply the American Rescue Plan Act money to Paying down long-term pension or OPEB obligations (if this were allowed), if at all? Survey Spring 2021 Categories federal government, Finance Budget and Operations, Debt, Pensions, OPEB, covid19, Workforce Question 15h If there were no restrictions on use of the funds, how important do you think it would be to apply the American Rescue Plan Act money to taxpayer relief (if this were allowed), if at all? Survey Spring 2021 Categories federal government, Finance Budget and Operations, Taxes Question 16a Beyond any short-term assistance from the Rescue Act funding, in the longer term, do you think it will have positive or negative impacts on the fiscal health of your jurisdiction? 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Question 07 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 2021 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Finances, fiscal health, cash flow, Fiscal health/stress Question 09a Thinking about the overall fiscal stress of your jurisdiction today and what you expect it to be down the road - including any future financial obligations it may have - on a scale from 1 to 10, where 1 is the best: perfect fiscal health and 10 is the worst: fiscal crisis, how would you rate your jurisdiction's overall fiscal stress today? Survey Spring 2021 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Finances, fiscal health, Fiscal health/stress Question 09b Thinking about the overall fiscal stress of your jurisdiction today and what you expect it to be down the road - including any future financial obligations it may have - on a scale from 1 to 10, where 1 is the best: perfect fiscal health and 10 is the worst: fiscal crisis, how would you rate your jurisdiction's overall fiscal stress as you expect it to be five years from now? Survey Spring 2021 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Finances, fiscal health, Fiscal health/stress Question 10 How confident are you in your rating regarding your jurisdiction’s fiscal stress today? Survey Spring 2021 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Finances, fiscal health, Fiscal health/stress Question 11 How confident are you in your rating regarding your jurisdiction's expected fiscal stress five years from now? Survey Spring 2021 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Finances, fiscal health, Fiscal health/stress Question 15a If there were no restrictions on the use of the funds, how important do you think it would be to apply the American Rescue Plan Act money to assistance for individuals and households (e.g., emergency housing, food, mental health, etc.), if at all? Survey Spring 2021 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, federal government, Services, Human services, covid19 Question 15b If there were no restrictions on the use of the funds, how important do you think it would be to apply the American Rescue Plan Act money to assistance for local businesses, if at all? Survey Spring 2021 Categories federal government, Finance Budget and Operations, Business conditions, covid19 Question 15c If there were no restrictions on use of the funds, how important do you think it would be to apply the American Rescue Plan Act money to general community-wide public services (e.g., public safety, parks, economic development, etc.), if at all? Survey Spring 2021 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, federal government, Services, covid19 Question 15d If there were no restrictions on use of the funds, how important do you think it would be to apply the American Rescue Plan Act money to infrastructure investments or infrastructure debt repayment (e.g., water, sewer, broadband, etc.), if at all? Survey Spring 2021 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, federal government, Infrastructure, Infrastructure conditions, covid19 Question 15e If there were no restrictions on use of the funds, how important do you think it would be to apply the American Rescue Plan Act money to your jurisdiction’s employees (e.g., preventing layoffs, increasing hiring, etc.), if at all? Survey Spring 2021 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, federal government, Workforce, covid19, Workforce conditions Question 15f If there were no restrictions on use of the funds, how important do you think it would be to apply the American Rescue Plan Act money to replenishing depleted fund balances/reserves, if at all? Survey Spring 2021 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, federal government, General fund balance, covid19 Question 15g If there were no restrictions on use of the funds, how important do you think it would be to apply the American Rescue Plan Act money to Paying down long-term pension or OPEB obligations (if this were allowed), if at all? Survey Spring 2021 Categories federal government, Finance Budget and Operations, Debt, Pensions, OPEB, covid19, Workforce Question 15h If there were no restrictions on use of the funds, how important do you think it would be to apply the American Rescue Plan Act money to taxpayer relief (if this were allowed), if at all? Survey Spring 2021 Categories federal government, Finance Budget and Operations, Taxes Question 16a Beyond any short-term assistance from the Rescue Act funding, in the longer term, do you think it will have positive or negative impacts on the fiscal health of your jurisdiction? Survey Spring 2021 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, federal government Pagination First page first Previous page previous Page 4 Page 5 Page 6 Page 7 Current page 8 Page 9 Page 10 Page 11 Page 12 Next page next Last page last
Question 09a Thinking about the overall fiscal stress of your jurisdiction today and what you expect it to be down the road - including any future financial obligations it may have - on a scale from 1 to 10, where 1 is the best: perfect fiscal health and 10 is the worst: fiscal crisis, how would you rate your jurisdiction's overall fiscal stress today? Survey Spring 2021 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Finances, fiscal health, Fiscal health/stress Question 09b Thinking about the overall fiscal stress of your jurisdiction today and what you expect it to be down the road - including any future financial obligations it may have - on a scale from 1 to 10, where 1 is the best: perfect fiscal health and 10 is the worst: fiscal crisis, how would you rate your jurisdiction's overall fiscal stress as you expect it to be five years from now? Survey Spring 2021 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Finances, fiscal health, Fiscal health/stress Question 10 How confident are you in your rating regarding your jurisdiction’s fiscal stress today? Survey Spring 2021 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Finances, fiscal health, Fiscal health/stress Question 11 How confident are you in your rating regarding your jurisdiction's expected fiscal stress five years from now? Survey Spring 2021 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Finances, fiscal health, Fiscal health/stress Question 15a If there were no restrictions on the use of the funds, how important do you think it would be to apply the American Rescue Plan Act money to assistance for individuals and households (e.g., emergency housing, food, mental health, etc.), if at all? Survey Spring 2021 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, federal government, Services, Human services, covid19 Question 15b If there were no restrictions on the use of the funds, how important do you think it would be to apply the American Rescue Plan Act money to assistance for local businesses, if at all? Survey Spring 2021 Categories federal government, Finance Budget and Operations, Business conditions, covid19 Question 15c If there were no restrictions on use of the funds, how important do you think it would be to apply the American Rescue Plan Act money to general community-wide public services (e.g., public safety, parks, economic development, etc.), if at all? Survey Spring 2021 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, federal government, Services, covid19 Question 15d If there were no restrictions on use of the funds, how important do you think it would be to apply the American Rescue Plan Act money to infrastructure investments or infrastructure debt repayment (e.g., water, sewer, broadband, etc.), if at all? Survey Spring 2021 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, federal government, Infrastructure, Infrastructure conditions, covid19 Question 15e If there were no restrictions on use of the funds, how important do you think it would be to apply the American Rescue Plan Act money to your jurisdiction’s employees (e.g., preventing layoffs, increasing hiring, etc.), if at all? Survey Spring 2021 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, federal government, Workforce, covid19, Workforce conditions Question 15f If there were no restrictions on use of the funds, how important do you think it would be to apply the American Rescue Plan Act money to replenishing depleted fund balances/reserves, if at all? Survey Spring 2021 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, federal government, General fund balance, covid19 Question 15g If there were no restrictions on use of the funds, how important do you think it would be to apply the American Rescue Plan Act money to Paying down long-term pension or OPEB obligations (if this were allowed), if at all? Survey Spring 2021 Categories federal government, Finance Budget and Operations, Debt, Pensions, OPEB, covid19, Workforce Question 15h If there were no restrictions on use of the funds, how important do you think it would be to apply the American Rescue Plan Act money to taxpayer relief (if this were allowed), if at all? Survey Spring 2021 Categories federal government, Finance Budget and Operations, Taxes Question 16a Beyond any short-term assistance from the Rescue Act funding, in the longer term, do you think it will have positive or negative impacts on the fiscal health of your jurisdiction? Survey Spring 2021 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, federal government Pagination First page first Previous page previous Page 4 Page 5 Page 6 Page 7 Current page 8 Page 9 Page 10 Page 11 Page 12 Next page next Last page last
Question 09b Thinking about the overall fiscal stress of your jurisdiction today and what you expect it to be down the road - including any future financial obligations it may have - on a scale from 1 to 10, where 1 is the best: perfect fiscal health and 10 is the worst: fiscal crisis, how would you rate your jurisdiction's overall fiscal stress as you expect it to be five years from now? Survey Spring 2021 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Finances, fiscal health, Fiscal health/stress Question 10 How confident are you in your rating regarding your jurisdiction’s fiscal stress today? Survey Spring 2021 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Finances, fiscal health, Fiscal health/stress Question 11 How confident are you in your rating regarding your jurisdiction's expected fiscal stress five years from now? Survey Spring 2021 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Finances, fiscal health, Fiscal health/stress Question 15a If there were no restrictions on the use of the funds, how important do you think it would be to apply the American Rescue Plan Act money to assistance for individuals and households (e.g., emergency housing, food, mental health, etc.), if at all? Survey Spring 2021 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, federal government, Services, Human services, covid19 Question 15b If there were no restrictions on the use of the funds, how important do you think it would be to apply the American Rescue Plan Act money to assistance for local businesses, if at all? Survey Spring 2021 Categories federal government, Finance Budget and Operations, Business conditions, covid19 Question 15c If there were no restrictions on use of the funds, how important do you think it would be to apply the American Rescue Plan Act money to general community-wide public services (e.g., public safety, parks, economic development, etc.), if at all? Survey Spring 2021 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, federal government, Services, covid19 Question 15d If there were no restrictions on use of the funds, how important do you think it would be to apply the American Rescue Plan Act money to infrastructure investments or infrastructure debt repayment (e.g., water, sewer, broadband, etc.), if at all? Survey Spring 2021 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, federal government, Infrastructure, Infrastructure conditions, covid19 Question 15e If there were no restrictions on use of the funds, how important do you think it would be to apply the American Rescue Plan Act money to your jurisdiction’s employees (e.g., preventing layoffs, increasing hiring, etc.), if at all? Survey Spring 2021 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, federal government, Workforce, covid19, Workforce conditions Question 15f If there were no restrictions on use of the funds, how important do you think it would be to apply the American Rescue Plan Act money to replenishing depleted fund balances/reserves, if at all? Survey Spring 2021 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, federal government, General fund balance, covid19 Question 15g If there were no restrictions on use of the funds, how important do you think it would be to apply the American Rescue Plan Act money to Paying down long-term pension or OPEB obligations (if this were allowed), if at all? Survey Spring 2021 Categories federal government, Finance Budget and Operations, Debt, Pensions, OPEB, covid19, Workforce Question 15h If there were no restrictions on use of the funds, how important do you think it would be to apply the American Rescue Plan Act money to taxpayer relief (if this were allowed), if at all? Survey Spring 2021 Categories federal government, Finance Budget and Operations, Taxes Question 16a Beyond any short-term assistance from the Rescue Act funding, in the longer term, do you think it will have positive or negative impacts on the fiscal health of your jurisdiction? Survey Spring 2021 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, federal government Pagination First page first Previous page previous Page 4 Page 5 Page 6 Page 7 Current page 8 Page 9 Page 10 Page 11 Page 12 Next page next Last page last
Question 10 How confident are you in your rating regarding your jurisdiction’s fiscal stress today? Survey Spring 2021 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Finances, fiscal health, Fiscal health/stress Question 11 How confident are you in your rating regarding your jurisdiction's expected fiscal stress five years from now? Survey Spring 2021 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Finances, fiscal health, Fiscal health/stress Question 15a If there were no restrictions on the use of the funds, how important do you think it would be to apply the American Rescue Plan Act money to assistance for individuals and households (e.g., emergency housing, food, mental health, etc.), if at all? Survey Spring 2021 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, federal government, Services, Human services, covid19 Question 15b If there were no restrictions on the use of the funds, how important do you think it would be to apply the American Rescue Plan Act money to assistance for local businesses, if at all? Survey Spring 2021 Categories federal government, Finance Budget and Operations, Business conditions, covid19 Question 15c If there were no restrictions on use of the funds, how important do you think it would be to apply the American Rescue Plan Act money to general community-wide public services (e.g., public safety, parks, economic development, etc.), if at all? Survey Spring 2021 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, federal government, Services, covid19 Question 15d If there were no restrictions on use of the funds, how important do you think it would be to apply the American Rescue Plan Act money to infrastructure investments or infrastructure debt repayment (e.g., water, sewer, broadband, etc.), if at all? Survey Spring 2021 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, federal government, Infrastructure, Infrastructure conditions, covid19 Question 15e If there were no restrictions on use of the funds, how important do you think it would be to apply the American Rescue Plan Act money to your jurisdiction’s employees (e.g., preventing layoffs, increasing hiring, etc.), if at all? Survey Spring 2021 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, federal government, Workforce, covid19, Workforce conditions Question 15f If there were no restrictions on use of the funds, how important do you think it would be to apply the American Rescue Plan Act money to replenishing depleted fund balances/reserves, if at all? Survey Spring 2021 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, federal government, General fund balance, covid19 Question 15g If there were no restrictions on use of the funds, how important do you think it would be to apply the American Rescue Plan Act money to Paying down long-term pension or OPEB obligations (if this were allowed), if at all? Survey Spring 2021 Categories federal government, Finance Budget and Operations, Debt, Pensions, OPEB, covid19, Workforce Question 15h If there were no restrictions on use of the funds, how important do you think it would be to apply the American Rescue Plan Act money to taxpayer relief (if this were allowed), if at all? Survey Spring 2021 Categories federal government, Finance Budget and Operations, Taxes Question 16a Beyond any short-term assistance from the Rescue Act funding, in the longer term, do you think it will have positive or negative impacts on the fiscal health of your jurisdiction? Survey Spring 2021 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, federal government Pagination First page first Previous page previous Page 4 Page 5 Page 6 Page 7 Current page 8 Page 9 Page 10 Page 11 Page 12 Next page next Last page last
Question 11 How confident are you in your rating regarding your jurisdiction's expected fiscal stress five years from now? Survey Spring 2021 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Finances, fiscal health, Fiscal health/stress Question 15a If there were no restrictions on the use of the funds, how important do you think it would be to apply the American Rescue Plan Act money to assistance for individuals and households (e.g., emergency housing, food, mental health, etc.), if at all? Survey Spring 2021 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, federal government, Services, Human services, covid19 Question 15b If there were no restrictions on the use of the funds, how important do you think it would be to apply the American Rescue Plan Act money to assistance for local businesses, if at all? Survey Spring 2021 Categories federal government, Finance Budget and Operations, Business conditions, covid19 Question 15c If there were no restrictions on use of the funds, how important do you think it would be to apply the American Rescue Plan Act money to general community-wide public services (e.g., public safety, parks, economic development, etc.), if at all? Survey Spring 2021 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, federal government, Services, covid19 Question 15d If there were no restrictions on use of the funds, how important do you think it would be to apply the American Rescue Plan Act money to infrastructure investments or infrastructure debt repayment (e.g., water, sewer, broadband, etc.), if at all? Survey Spring 2021 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, federal government, Infrastructure, Infrastructure conditions, covid19 Question 15e If there were no restrictions on use of the funds, how important do you think it would be to apply the American Rescue Plan Act money to your jurisdiction’s employees (e.g., preventing layoffs, increasing hiring, etc.), if at all? Survey Spring 2021 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, federal government, Workforce, covid19, Workforce conditions Question 15f If there were no restrictions on use of the funds, how important do you think it would be to apply the American Rescue Plan Act money to replenishing depleted fund balances/reserves, if at all? Survey Spring 2021 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, federal government, General fund balance, covid19 Question 15g If there were no restrictions on use of the funds, how important do you think it would be to apply the American Rescue Plan Act money to Paying down long-term pension or OPEB obligations (if this were allowed), if at all? Survey Spring 2021 Categories federal government, Finance Budget and Operations, Debt, Pensions, OPEB, covid19, Workforce Question 15h If there were no restrictions on use of the funds, how important do you think it would be to apply the American Rescue Plan Act money to taxpayer relief (if this were allowed), if at all? Survey Spring 2021 Categories federal government, Finance Budget and Operations, Taxes Question 16a Beyond any short-term assistance from the Rescue Act funding, in the longer term, do you think it will have positive or negative impacts on the fiscal health of your jurisdiction? Survey Spring 2021 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, federal government Pagination First page first Previous page previous Page 4 Page 5 Page 6 Page 7 Current page 8 Page 9 Page 10 Page 11 Page 12 Next page next Last page last
Question 15a If there were no restrictions on the use of the funds, how important do you think it would be to apply the American Rescue Plan Act money to assistance for individuals and households (e.g., emergency housing, food, mental health, etc.), if at all? Survey Spring 2021 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, federal government, Services, Human services, covid19 Question 15b If there were no restrictions on the use of the funds, how important do you think it would be to apply the American Rescue Plan Act money to assistance for local businesses, if at all? Survey Spring 2021 Categories federal government, Finance Budget and Operations, Business conditions, covid19 Question 15c If there were no restrictions on use of the funds, how important do you think it would be to apply the American Rescue Plan Act money to general community-wide public services (e.g., public safety, parks, economic development, etc.), if at all? Survey Spring 2021 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, federal government, Services, covid19 Question 15d If there were no restrictions on use of the funds, how important do you think it would be to apply the American Rescue Plan Act money to infrastructure investments or infrastructure debt repayment (e.g., water, sewer, broadband, etc.), if at all? Survey Spring 2021 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, federal government, Infrastructure, Infrastructure conditions, covid19 Question 15e If there were no restrictions on use of the funds, how important do you think it would be to apply the American Rescue Plan Act money to your jurisdiction’s employees (e.g., preventing layoffs, increasing hiring, etc.), if at all? Survey Spring 2021 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, federal government, Workforce, covid19, Workforce conditions Question 15f If there were no restrictions on use of the funds, how important do you think it would be to apply the American Rescue Plan Act money to replenishing depleted fund balances/reserves, if at all? Survey Spring 2021 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, federal government, General fund balance, covid19 Question 15g If there were no restrictions on use of the funds, how important do you think it would be to apply the American Rescue Plan Act money to Paying down long-term pension or OPEB obligations (if this were allowed), if at all? Survey Spring 2021 Categories federal government, Finance Budget and Operations, Debt, Pensions, OPEB, covid19, Workforce Question 15h If there were no restrictions on use of the funds, how important do you think it would be to apply the American Rescue Plan Act money to taxpayer relief (if this were allowed), if at all? Survey Spring 2021 Categories federal government, Finance Budget and Operations, Taxes Question 16a Beyond any short-term assistance from the Rescue Act funding, in the longer term, do you think it will have positive or negative impacts on the fiscal health of your jurisdiction? Survey Spring 2021 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, federal government Pagination First page first Previous page previous Page 4 Page 5 Page 6 Page 7 Current page 8 Page 9 Page 10 Page 11 Page 12 Next page next Last page last
Question 15b If there were no restrictions on the use of the funds, how important do you think it would be to apply the American Rescue Plan Act money to assistance for local businesses, if at all? Survey Spring 2021 Categories federal government, Finance Budget and Operations, Business conditions, covid19 Question 15c If there were no restrictions on use of the funds, how important do you think it would be to apply the American Rescue Plan Act money to general community-wide public services (e.g., public safety, parks, economic development, etc.), if at all? Survey Spring 2021 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, federal government, Services, covid19 Question 15d If there were no restrictions on use of the funds, how important do you think it would be to apply the American Rescue Plan Act money to infrastructure investments or infrastructure debt repayment (e.g., water, sewer, broadband, etc.), if at all? Survey Spring 2021 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, federal government, Infrastructure, Infrastructure conditions, covid19 Question 15e If there were no restrictions on use of the funds, how important do you think it would be to apply the American Rescue Plan Act money to your jurisdiction’s employees (e.g., preventing layoffs, increasing hiring, etc.), if at all? Survey Spring 2021 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, federal government, Workforce, covid19, Workforce conditions Question 15f If there were no restrictions on use of the funds, how important do you think it would be to apply the American Rescue Plan Act money to replenishing depleted fund balances/reserves, if at all? Survey Spring 2021 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, federal government, General fund balance, covid19 Question 15g If there were no restrictions on use of the funds, how important do you think it would be to apply the American Rescue Plan Act money to Paying down long-term pension or OPEB obligations (if this were allowed), if at all? Survey Spring 2021 Categories federal government, Finance Budget and Operations, Debt, Pensions, OPEB, covid19, Workforce Question 15h If there were no restrictions on use of the funds, how important do you think it would be to apply the American Rescue Plan Act money to taxpayer relief (if this were allowed), if at all? Survey Spring 2021 Categories federal government, Finance Budget and Operations, Taxes Question 16a Beyond any short-term assistance from the Rescue Act funding, in the longer term, do you think it will have positive or negative impacts on the fiscal health of your jurisdiction? Survey Spring 2021 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, federal government Pagination First page first Previous page previous Page 4 Page 5 Page 6 Page 7 Current page 8 Page 9 Page 10 Page 11 Page 12 Next page next Last page last
Question 15c If there were no restrictions on use of the funds, how important do you think it would be to apply the American Rescue Plan Act money to general community-wide public services (e.g., public safety, parks, economic development, etc.), if at all? Survey Spring 2021 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, federal government, Services, covid19 Question 15d If there were no restrictions on use of the funds, how important do you think it would be to apply the American Rescue Plan Act money to infrastructure investments or infrastructure debt repayment (e.g., water, sewer, broadband, etc.), if at all? Survey Spring 2021 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, federal government, Infrastructure, Infrastructure conditions, covid19 Question 15e If there were no restrictions on use of the funds, how important do you think it would be to apply the American Rescue Plan Act money to your jurisdiction’s employees (e.g., preventing layoffs, increasing hiring, etc.), if at all? Survey Spring 2021 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, federal government, Workforce, covid19, Workforce conditions Question 15f If there were no restrictions on use of the funds, how important do you think it would be to apply the American Rescue Plan Act money to replenishing depleted fund balances/reserves, if at all? Survey Spring 2021 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, federal government, General fund balance, covid19 Question 15g If there were no restrictions on use of the funds, how important do you think it would be to apply the American Rescue Plan Act money to Paying down long-term pension or OPEB obligations (if this were allowed), if at all? Survey Spring 2021 Categories federal government, Finance Budget and Operations, Debt, Pensions, OPEB, covid19, Workforce Question 15h If there were no restrictions on use of the funds, how important do you think it would be to apply the American Rescue Plan Act money to taxpayer relief (if this were allowed), if at all? Survey Spring 2021 Categories federal government, Finance Budget and Operations, Taxes Question 16a Beyond any short-term assistance from the Rescue Act funding, in the longer term, do you think it will have positive or negative impacts on the fiscal health of your jurisdiction? Survey Spring 2021 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, federal government Pagination First page first Previous page previous Page 4 Page 5 Page 6 Page 7 Current page 8 Page 9 Page 10 Page 11 Page 12 Next page next Last page last
Question 15d If there were no restrictions on use of the funds, how important do you think it would be to apply the American Rescue Plan Act money to infrastructure investments or infrastructure debt repayment (e.g., water, sewer, broadband, etc.), if at all? Survey Spring 2021 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, federal government, Infrastructure, Infrastructure conditions, covid19 Question 15e If there were no restrictions on use of the funds, how important do you think it would be to apply the American Rescue Plan Act money to your jurisdiction’s employees (e.g., preventing layoffs, increasing hiring, etc.), if at all? Survey Spring 2021 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, federal government, Workforce, covid19, Workforce conditions Question 15f If there were no restrictions on use of the funds, how important do you think it would be to apply the American Rescue Plan Act money to replenishing depleted fund balances/reserves, if at all? Survey Spring 2021 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, federal government, General fund balance, covid19 Question 15g If there were no restrictions on use of the funds, how important do you think it would be to apply the American Rescue Plan Act money to Paying down long-term pension or OPEB obligations (if this were allowed), if at all? Survey Spring 2021 Categories federal government, Finance Budget and Operations, Debt, Pensions, OPEB, covid19, Workforce Question 15h If there were no restrictions on use of the funds, how important do you think it would be to apply the American Rescue Plan Act money to taxpayer relief (if this were allowed), if at all? Survey Spring 2021 Categories federal government, Finance Budget and Operations, Taxes Question 16a Beyond any short-term assistance from the Rescue Act funding, in the longer term, do you think it will have positive or negative impacts on the fiscal health of your jurisdiction? Survey Spring 2021 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, federal government Pagination First page first Previous page previous Page 4 Page 5 Page 6 Page 7 Current page 8 Page 9 Page 10 Page 11 Page 12 Next page next Last page last
Question 15e If there were no restrictions on use of the funds, how important do you think it would be to apply the American Rescue Plan Act money to your jurisdiction’s employees (e.g., preventing layoffs, increasing hiring, etc.), if at all? Survey Spring 2021 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, federal government, Workforce, covid19, Workforce conditions Question 15f If there were no restrictions on use of the funds, how important do you think it would be to apply the American Rescue Plan Act money to replenishing depleted fund balances/reserves, if at all? Survey Spring 2021 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, federal government, General fund balance, covid19 Question 15g If there were no restrictions on use of the funds, how important do you think it would be to apply the American Rescue Plan Act money to Paying down long-term pension or OPEB obligations (if this were allowed), if at all? Survey Spring 2021 Categories federal government, Finance Budget and Operations, Debt, Pensions, OPEB, covid19, Workforce Question 15h If there were no restrictions on use of the funds, how important do you think it would be to apply the American Rescue Plan Act money to taxpayer relief (if this were allowed), if at all? Survey Spring 2021 Categories federal government, Finance Budget and Operations, Taxes Question 16a Beyond any short-term assistance from the Rescue Act funding, in the longer term, do you think it will have positive or negative impacts on the fiscal health of your jurisdiction? Survey Spring 2021 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, federal government Pagination First page first Previous page previous Page 4 Page 5 Page 6 Page 7 Current page 8 Page 9 Page 10 Page 11 Page 12 Next page next Last page last
Question 15f If there were no restrictions on use of the funds, how important do you think it would be to apply the American Rescue Plan Act money to replenishing depleted fund balances/reserves, if at all? Survey Spring 2021 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, federal government, General fund balance, covid19 Question 15g If there were no restrictions on use of the funds, how important do you think it would be to apply the American Rescue Plan Act money to Paying down long-term pension or OPEB obligations (if this were allowed), if at all? Survey Spring 2021 Categories federal government, Finance Budget and Operations, Debt, Pensions, OPEB, covid19, Workforce Question 15h If there were no restrictions on use of the funds, how important do you think it would be to apply the American Rescue Plan Act money to taxpayer relief (if this were allowed), if at all? Survey Spring 2021 Categories federal government, Finance Budget and Operations, Taxes Question 16a Beyond any short-term assistance from the Rescue Act funding, in the longer term, do you think it will have positive or negative impacts on the fiscal health of your jurisdiction? Survey Spring 2021 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, federal government Pagination First page first Previous page previous Page 4 Page 5 Page 6 Page 7 Current page 8 Page 9 Page 10 Page 11 Page 12 Next page next Last page last
Question 15g If there were no restrictions on use of the funds, how important do you think it would be to apply the American Rescue Plan Act money to Paying down long-term pension or OPEB obligations (if this were allowed), if at all? Survey Spring 2021 Categories federal government, Finance Budget and Operations, Debt, Pensions, OPEB, covid19, Workforce Question 15h If there were no restrictions on use of the funds, how important do you think it would be to apply the American Rescue Plan Act money to taxpayer relief (if this were allowed), if at all? Survey Spring 2021 Categories federal government, Finance Budget and Operations, Taxes Question 16a Beyond any short-term assistance from the Rescue Act funding, in the longer term, do you think it will have positive or negative impacts on the fiscal health of your jurisdiction? Survey Spring 2021 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, federal government Pagination First page first Previous page previous Page 4 Page 5 Page 6 Page 7 Current page 8 Page 9 Page 10 Page 11 Page 12 Next page next Last page last
Question 15h If there were no restrictions on use of the funds, how important do you think it would be to apply the American Rescue Plan Act money to taxpayer relief (if this were allowed), if at all? Survey Spring 2021 Categories federal government, Finance Budget and Operations, Taxes Question 16a Beyond any short-term assistance from the Rescue Act funding, in the longer term, do you think it will have positive or negative impacts on the fiscal health of your jurisdiction? Survey Spring 2021 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, federal government Pagination First page first Previous page previous Page 4 Page 5 Page 6 Page 7 Current page 8 Page 9 Page 10 Page 11 Page 12 Next page next Last page last
Question 16a Beyond any short-term assistance from the Rescue Act funding, in the longer term, do you think it will have positive or negative impacts on the fiscal health of your jurisdiction? Survey Spring 2021 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, federal government Pagination First page first Previous page previous Page 4 Page 5 Page 6 Page 7 Current page 8 Page 9 Page 10 Page 11 Page 12 Next page next Last page last