Question 05b Thinking about next fiscal year, which actions will your jurisdiction likely take regarding charges for fees, licenses, etc.? Survey Spring 2010 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Finances, Revenue, Revenues Question 05c Thinking about next fiscal year, which actions will your jurisdiction likely take regarding its reliance on general fund balance? Survey Spring 2010 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, fiscal health, Finances, General fund balance Question 05d Thinking about next fiscal year, which actions will your jurisdiction likely take regarding its reliance on rainy day funds? Survey Spring 2010 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Finances, fiscal health, Fiscal health/stress Question 05f Thinking about next fiscal year, which actions will your jurisdiction likely take regarding actual public safety spending? Survey Spring 2010 Categories Public safety, Services, Finance Budget and Operations, Finances, Service spending Question 05g Thinking about next fiscal year, which actions will your jurisdiction likely take regarding actual infrastructure spending? Survey Spring 2010 Categories Finances, Service spending, Infrastructure, Services, Finance Budget and Operations Question 05h Thinking about next fiscal year, which actions will your jurisdiction likely take regarding actual human services spending? Survey Spring 2010 Categories Services, Finance Budget and Operations, Service provision, Finances, Service spending, Human services Question 05i Thinking about the next fiscal year, which action has your jurisdiction taken or likely to take regarding funding for economic development programs? Survey Spring 2010 Categories Economic Development, Development funding, Finances, Development program funding Question 05j Thinking about next fiscal year, which actions will your jurisdiction likely take regarding the amount of debt? Survey Spring 2010 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, fiscal health, Finances, Debt Question 05l Thinking about next fiscal year, which actions will your jurisdiction likely take regarding privatizing or contracting out services? Survey Spring 2010 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Services, Finances, Service provision, Privatization Question 13 What type of budgeting does your jurisdiction do? Survey Spring 2010 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Finances, Financial planning, budgeting Question 14 In your current fiscal year, has your jurisdiction had to make any significant mid-year adjustments due to an inaccurate budget forecast? Survey Spring 2010 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, fiscal health, Finances, Fiscal health/stress, Financial planning, budgeting Question 15 How informed are citizens about jurisdiction's finances? Survey Spring 2010 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Finances, fiscal health, Trust in citizens Question 17 Does your jurisdiction have a policy regarding the required minimal level of its general balance or cash reserves? Survey Spring 2010 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, fiscal health, Finances, General fund balance Question 19 Approximately what was your jurisdiction's unreserved general fund balance as a percentage of general fund expenditures at the end of its last fiscal year? Survey Spring 2010 Categories General fund balance, fiscal health, Finance Budget and Operations, Finances Question 20 How do you feel about your jurisdiction's unreserved General Fund balance? Survey Spring 2010 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, General fund balance, Finances, fiscal health Question 33 In general, do you agree or disagree with the idea of tying state revenue sharing to certain base-level local services while allowing local governments to raise additional taxes for additional services? Survey Spring 2010 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Revenue, Taxes, Finances, Property taxes, System of Funding Local Government Question 34a Under this proposal, if your jurisdiction had the authority to raise additional taxes, how likely would it be to increase its property tax millage rates? Survey Spring 2010 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Revenue, Taxes, Finances, Property taxes, Taxes and revenues, System of Funding Local Government Question 34b Under this proposal, if your jurisdiction had the authority to raise additional taxes, how likely would it be to introduce or expand a local income tax? Survey Spring 2010 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Revenue, Taxes, Taxes and revenues, Finances Question 34c Under this proposal, if your jurisdiction had the authority to raise additional taxes, how likely would it be to introduce or expand a local sales tax? Survey Spring 2010 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Finances, Taxes, Taxes and revenues, Revenue Question 34d Under this proposal, if your jurisdiction had the authority to raise additional taxes, how likely would it be to participate in a regional tax authority? Survey Spring 2010 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Finances, Taxes, Taxes and revenues, Revenue Question 38 Do you believe the ARRA has helped community conditions to date? Survey Spring 2010 Categories Economic Development, Finance Budget and Operations, federal government, Development funding, Finances, Federal stimulus package Question 39 Do you believe the ARRA will improve community conditions in the long term? Survey Spring 2010 Categories Economic Development, Finance Budget and Operations, federal government, Development funding, Federal stimulus package, Finances Question 40 Do you believe the ARRA has helped state conditions to date? Survey Spring 2010 Categories Economic Development, federal government, Finances, Federal stimulus package, Development funding Question 41 Do you believe the ARRA will improve state conditions in the long term? Survey Spring 2010 Categories Economic Development, federal government, Development funding, Finances, Federal stimulus package Question 22 Thinking about business conditions in your community, do you think that during the next 12 months your community will have good times financially, or bad times financially? 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Question 05c Thinking about next fiscal year, which actions will your jurisdiction likely take regarding its reliance on general fund balance? Survey Spring 2010 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, fiscal health, Finances, General fund balance Question 05d Thinking about next fiscal year, which actions will your jurisdiction likely take regarding its reliance on rainy day funds? Survey Spring 2010 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Finances, fiscal health, Fiscal health/stress Question 05f Thinking about next fiscal year, which actions will your jurisdiction likely take regarding actual public safety spending? Survey Spring 2010 Categories Public safety, Services, Finance Budget and Operations, Finances, Service spending Question 05g Thinking about next fiscal year, which actions will your jurisdiction likely take regarding actual infrastructure spending? Survey Spring 2010 Categories Finances, Service spending, Infrastructure, Services, Finance Budget and Operations Question 05h Thinking about next fiscal year, which actions will your jurisdiction likely take regarding actual human services spending? Survey Spring 2010 Categories Services, Finance Budget and Operations, Service provision, Finances, Service spending, Human services Question 05i Thinking about the next fiscal year, which action has your jurisdiction taken or likely to take regarding funding for economic development programs? Survey Spring 2010 Categories Economic Development, Development funding, Finances, Development program funding Question 05j Thinking about next fiscal year, which actions will your jurisdiction likely take regarding the amount of debt? Survey Spring 2010 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, fiscal health, Finances, Debt Question 05l Thinking about next fiscal year, which actions will your jurisdiction likely take regarding privatizing or contracting out services? Survey Spring 2010 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Services, Finances, Service provision, Privatization Question 13 What type of budgeting does your jurisdiction do? Survey Spring 2010 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Finances, Financial planning, budgeting Question 14 In your current fiscal year, has your jurisdiction had to make any significant mid-year adjustments due to an inaccurate budget forecast? Survey Spring 2010 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, fiscal health, Finances, Fiscal health/stress, Financial planning, budgeting Question 15 How informed are citizens about jurisdiction's finances? Survey Spring 2010 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Finances, fiscal health, Trust in citizens Question 17 Does your jurisdiction have a policy regarding the required minimal level of its general balance or cash reserves? Survey Spring 2010 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, fiscal health, Finances, General fund balance Question 19 Approximately what was your jurisdiction's unreserved general fund balance as a percentage of general fund expenditures at the end of its last fiscal year? Survey Spring 2010 Categories General fund balance, fiscal health, Finance Budget and Operations, Finances Question 20 How do you feel about your jurisdiction's unreserved General Fund balance? Survey Spring 2010 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, General fund balance, Finances, fiscal health Question 33 In general, do you agree or disagree with the idea of tying state revenue sharing to certain base-level local services while allowing local governments to raise additional taxes for additional services? Survey Spring 2010 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Revenue, Taxes, Finances, Property taxes, System of Funding Local Government Question 34a Under this proposal, if your jurisdiction had the authority to raise additional taxes, how likely would it be to increase its property tax millage rates? Survey Spring 2010 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Revenue, Taxes, Finances, Property taxes, Taxes and revenues, System of Funding Local Government Question 34b Under this proposal, if your jurisdiction had the authority to raise additional taxes, how likely would it be to introduce or expand a local income tax? Survey Spring 2010 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Revenue, Taxes, Taxes and revenues, Finances Question 34c Under this proposal, if your jurisdiction had the authority to raise additional taxes, how likely would it be to introduce or expand a local sales tax? Survey Spring 2010 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Finances, Taxes, Taxes and revenues, Revenue Question 34d Under this proposal, if your jurisdiction had the authority to raise additional taxes, how likely would it be to participate in a regional tax authority? Survey Spring 2010 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Finances, Taxes, Taxes and revenues, Revenue Question 38 Do you believe the ARRA has helped community conditions to date? Survey Spring 2010 Categories Economic Development, Finance Budget and Operations, federal government, Development funding, Finances, Federal stimulus package Question 39 Do you believe the ARRA will improve community conditions in the long term? Survey Spring 2010 Categories Economic Development, Finance Budget and Operations, federal government, Development funding, Federal stimulus package, Finances Question 40 Do you believe the ARRA has helped state conditions to date? Survey Spring 2010 Categories Economic Development, federal government, Finances, Federal stimulus package, Development funding Question 41 Do you believe the ARRA will improve state conditions in the long term? Survey Spring 2010 Categories Economic Development, federal government, Development funding, Finances, Federal stimulus package Question 22 Thinking about business conditions in your community, do you think that during the next 12 months your community will have good times financially, or bad times financially? 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Question 05d Thinking about next fiscal year, which actions will your jurisdiction likely take regarding its reliance on rainy day funds? Survey Spring 2010 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Finances, fiscal health, Fiscal health/stress Question 05f Thinking about next fiscal year, which actions will your jurisdiction likely take regarding actual public safety spending? Survey Spring 2010 Categories Public safety, Services, Finance Budget and Operations, Finances, Service spending Question 05g Thinking about next fiscal year, which actions will your jurisdiction likely take regarding actual infrastructure spending? Survey Spring 2010 Categories Finances, Service spending, Infrastructure, Services, Finance Budget and Operations Question 05h Thinking about next fiscal year, which actions will your jurisdiction likely take regarding actual human services spending? Survey Spring 2010 Categories Services, Finance Budget and Operations, Service provision, Finances, Service spending, Human services Question 05i Thinking about the next fiscal year, which action has your jurisdiction taken or likely to take regarding funding for economic development programs? Survey Spring 2010 Categories Economic Development, Development funding, Finances, Development program funding Question 05j Thinking about next fiscal year, which actions will your jurisdiction likely take regarding the amount of debt? Survey Spring 2010 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, fiscal health, Finances, Debt Question 05l Thinking about next fiscal year, which actions will your jurisdiction likely take regarding privatizing or contracting out services? Survey Spring 2010 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Services, Finances, Service provision, Privatization Question 13 What type of budgeting does your jurisdiction do? Survey Spring 2010 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Finances, Financial planning, budgeting Question 14 In your current fiscal year, has your jurisdiction had to make any significant mid-year adjustments due to an inaccurate budget forecast? Survey Spring 2010 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, fiscal health, Finances, Fiscal health/stress, Financial planning, budgeting Question 15 How informed are citizens about jurisdiction's finances? Survey Spring 2010 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Finances, fiscal health, Trust in citizens Question 17 Does your jurisdiction have a policy regarding the required minimal level of its general balance or cash reserves? Survey Spring 2010 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, fiscal health, Finances, General fund balance Question 19 Approximately what was your jurisdiction's unreserved general fund balance as a percentage of general fund expenditures at the end of its last fiscal year? Survey Spring 2010 Categories General fund balance, fiscal health, Finance Budget and Operations, Finances Question 20 How do you feel about your jurisdiction's unreserved General Fund balance? Survey Spring 2010 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, General fund balance, Finances, fiscal health Question 33 In general, do you agree or disagree with the idea of tying state revenue sharing to certain base-level local services while allowing local governments to raise additional taxes for additional services? Survey Spring 2010 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Revenue, Taxes, Finances, Property taxes, System of Funding Local Government Question 34a Under this proposal, if your jurisdiction had the authority to raise additional taxes, how likely would it be to increase its property tax millage rates? Survey Spring 2010 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Revenue, Taxes, Finances, Property taxes, Taxes and revenues, System of Funding Local Government Question 34b Under this proposal, if your jurisdiction had the authority to raise additional taxes, how likely would it be to introduce or expand a local income tax? Survey Spring 2010 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Revenue, Taxes, Taxes and revenues, Finances Question 34c Under this proposal, if your jurisdiction had the authority to raise additional taxes, how likely would it be to introduce or expand a local sales tax? Survey Spring 2010 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Finances, Taxes, Taxes and revenues, Revenue Question 34d Under this proposal, if your jurisdiction had the authority to raise additional taxes, how likely would it be to participate in a regional tax authority? Survey Spring 2010 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Finances, Taxes, Taxes and revenues, Revenue Question 38 Do you believe the ARRA has helped community conditions to date? Survey Spring 2010 Categories Economic Development, Finance Budget and Operations, federal government, Development funding, Finances, Federal stimulus package Question 39 Do you believe the ARRA will improve community conditions in the long term? Survey Spring 2010 Categories Economic Development, Finance Budget and Operations, federal government, Development funding, Federal stimulus package, Finances Question 40 Do you believe the ARRA has helped state conditions to date? Survey Spring 2010 Categories Economic Development, federal government, Finances, Federal stimulus package, Development funding Question 41 Do you believe the ARRA will improve state conditions in the long term? Survey Spring 2010 Categories Economic Development, federal government, Development funding, Finances, Federal stimulus package Question 22 Thinking about business conditions in your community, do you think that during the next 12 months your community will have good times financially, or bad times financially? Survey Fall 2009 Categories fiscal health, Finance Budget and Operations, Economic Development, Finances, Development conditions, Business conditions Pagination First page first Previous page previous Page 20 Page 21 Page 22 Page 23 Page 24 Page 25 Current page 26 Page 27 Page 28 Next page next Last page last
Question 05f Thinking about next fiscal year, which actions will your jurisdiction likely take regarding actual public safety spending? Survey Spring 2010 Categories Public safety, Services, Finance Budget and Operations, Finances, Service spending Question 05g Thinking about next fiscal year, which actions will your jurisdiction likely take regarding actual infrastructure spending? Survey Spring 2010 Categories Finances, Service spending, Infrastructure, Services, Finance Budget and Operations Question 05h Thinking about next fiscal year, which actions will your jurisdiction likely take regarding actual human services spending? Survey Spring 2010 Categories Services, Finance Budget and Operations, Service provision, Finances, Service spending, Human services Question 05i Thinking about the next fiscal year, which action has your jurisdiction taken or likely to take regarding funding for economic development programs? Survey Spring 2010 Categories Economic Development, Development funding, Finances, Development program funding Question 05j Thinking about next fiscal year, which actions will your jurisdiction likely take regarding the amount of debt? Survey Spring 2010 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, fiscal health, Finances, Debt Question 05l Thinking about next fiscal year, which actions will your jurisdiction likely take regarding privatizing or contracting out services? Survey Spring 2010 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Services, Finances, Service provision, Privatization Question 13 What type of budgeting does your jurisdiction do? Survey Spring 2010 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Finances, Financial planning, budgeting Question 14 In your current fiscal year, has your jurisdiction had to make any significant mid-year adjustments due to an inaccurate budget forecast? Survey Spring 2010 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, fiscal health, Finances, Fiscal health/stress, Financial planning, budgeting Question 15 How informed are citizens about jurisdiction's finances? Survey Spring 2010 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Finances, fiscal health, Trust in citizens Question 17 Does your jurisdiction have a policy regarding the required minimal level of its general balance or cash reserves? Survey Spring 2010 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, fiscal health, Finances, General fund balance Question 19 Approximately what was your jurisdiction's unreserved general fund balance as a percentage of general fund expenditures at the end of its last fiscal year? Survey Spring 2010 Categories General fund balance, fiscal health, Finance Budget and Operations, Finances Question 20 How do you feel about your jurisdiction's unreserved General Fund balance? Survey Spring 2010 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, General fund balance, Finances, fiscal health Question 33 In general, do you agree or disagree with the idea of tying state revenue sharing to certain base-level local services while allowing local governments to raise additional taxes for additional services? Survey Spring 2010 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Revenue, Taxes, Finances, Property taxes, System of Funding Local Government Question 34a Under this proposal, if your jurisdiction had the authority to raise additional taxes, how likely would it be to increase its property tax millage rates? Survey Spring 2010 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Revenue, Taxes, Finances, Property taxes, Taxes and revenues, System of Funding Local Government Question 34b Under this proposal, if your jurisdiction had the authority to raise additional taxes, how likely would it be to introduce or expand a local income tax? Survey Spring 2010 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Revenue, Taxes, Taxes and revenues, Finances Question 34c Under this proposal, if your jurisdiction had the authority to raise additional taxes, how likely would it be to introduce or expand a local sales tax? Survey Spring 2010 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Finances, Taxes, Taxes and revenues, Revenue Question 34d Under this proposal, if your jurisdiction had the authority to raise additional taxes, how likely would it be to participate in a regional tax authority? Survey Spring 2010 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Finances, Taxes, Taxes and revenues, Revenue Question 38 Do you believe the ARRA has helped community conditions to date? Survey Spring 2010 Categories Economic Development, Finance Budget and Operations, federal government, Development funding, Finances, Federal stimulus package Question 39 Do you believe the ARRA will improve community conditions in the long term? Survey Spring 2010 Categories Economic Development, Finance Budget and Operations, federal government, Development funding, Federal stimulus package, Finances Question 40 Do you believe the ARRA has helped state conditions to date? Survey Spring 2010 Categories Economic Development, federal government, Finances, Federal stimulus package, Development funding Question 41 Do you believe the ARRA will improve state conditions in the long term? Survey Spring 2010 Categories Economic Development, federal government, Development funding, Finances, Federal stimulus package Question 22 Thinking about business conditions in your community, do you think that during the next 12 months your community will have good times financially, or bad times financially? 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Question 05g Thinking about next fiscal year, which actions will your jurisdiction likely take regarding actual infrastructure spending? Survey Spring 2010 Categories Finances, Service spending, Infrastructure, Services, Finance Budget and Operations Question 05h Thinking about next fiscal year, which actions will your jurisdiction likely take regarding actual human services spending? Survey Spring 2010 Categories Services, Finance Budget and Operations, Service provision, Finances, Service spending, Human services Question 05i Thinking about the next fiscal year, which action has your jurisdiction taken or likely to take regarding funding for economic development programs? Survey Spring 2010 Categories Economic Development, Development funding, Finances, Development program funding Question 05j Thinking about next fiscal year, which actions will your jurisdiction likely take regarding the amount of debt? Survey Spring 2010 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, fiscal health, Finances, Debt Question 05l Thinking about next fiscal year, which actions will your jurisdiction likely take regarding privatizing or contracting out services? Survey Spring 2010 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Services, Finances, Service provision, Privatization Question 13 What type of budgeting does your jurisdiction do? Survey Spring 2010 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Finances, Financial planning, budgeting Question 14 In your current fiscal year, has your jurisdiction had to make any significant mid-year adjustments due to an inaccurate budget forecast? Survey Spring 2010 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, fiscal health, Finances, Fiscal health/stress, Financial planning, budgeting Question 15 How informed are citizens about jurisdiction's finances? Survey Spring 2010 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Finances, fiscal health, Trust in citizens Question 17 Does your jurisdiction have a policy regarding the required minimal level of its general balance or cash reserves? Survey Spring 2010 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, fiscal health, Finances, General fund balance Question 19 Approximately what was your jurisdiction's unreserved general fund balance as a percentage of general fund expenditures at the end of its last fiscal year? Survey Spring 2010 Categories General fund balance, fiscal health, Finance Budget and Operations, Finances Question 20 How do you feel about your jurisdiction's unreserved General Fund balance? Survey Spring 2010 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, General fund balance, Finances, fiscal health Question 33 In general, do you agree or disagree with the idea of tying state revenue sharing to certain base-level local services while allowing local governments to raise additional taxes for additional services? Survey Spring 2010 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Revenue, Taxes, Finances, Property taxes, System of Funding Local Government Question 34a Under this proposal, if your jurisdiction had the authority to raise additional taxes, how likely would it be to increase its property tax millage rates? Survey Spring 2010 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Revenue, Taxes, Finances, Property taxes, Taxes and revenues, System of Funding Local Government Question 34b Under this proposal, if your jurisdiction had the authority to raise additional taxes, how likely would it be to introduce or expand a local income tax? Survey Spring 2010 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Revenue, Taxes, Taxes and revenues, Finances Question 34c Under this proposal, if your jurisdiction had the authority to raise additional taxes, how likely would it be to introduce or expand a local sales tax? Survey Spring 2010 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Finances, Taxes, Taxes and revenues, Revenue Question 34d Under this proposal, if your jurisdiction had the authority to raise additional taxes, how likely would it be to participate in a regional tax authority? Survey Spring 2010 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Finances, Taxes, Taxes and revenues, Revenue Question 38 Do you believe the ARRA has helped community conditions to date? Survey Spring 2010 Categories Economic Development, Finance Budget and Operations, federal government, Development funding, Finances, Federal stimulus package Question 39 Do you believe the ARRA will improve community conditions in the long term? Survey Spring 2010 Categories Economic Development, Finance Budget and Operations, federal government, Development funding, Federal stimulus package, Finances Question 40 Do you believe the ARRA has helped state conditions to date? Survey Spring 2010 Categories Economic Development, federal government, Finances, Federal stimulus package, Development funding Question 41 Do you believe the ARRA will improve state conditions in the long term? Survey Spring 2010 Categories Economic Development, federal government, Development funding, Finances, Federal stimulus package Question 22 Thinking about business conditions in your community, do you think that during the next 12 months your community will have good times financially, or bad times financially? 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Question 05h Thinking about next fiscal year, which actions will your jurisdiction likely take regarding actual human services spending? Survey Spring 2010 Categories Services, Finance Budget and Operations, Service provision, Finances, Service spending, Human services Question 05i Thinking about the next fiscal year, which action has your jurisdiction taken or likely to take regarding funding for economic development programs? Survey Spring 2010 Categories Economic Development, Development funding, Finances, Development program funding Question 05j Thinking about next fiscal year, which actions will your jurisdiction likely take regarding the amount of debt? Survey Spring 2010 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, fiscal health, Finances, Debt Question 05l Thinking about next fiscal year, which actions will your jurisdiction likely take regarding privatizing or contracting out services? Survey Spring 2010 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Services, Finances, Service provision, Privatization Question 13 What type of budgeting does your jurisdiction do? Survey Spring 2010 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Finances, Financial planning, budgeting Question 14 In your current fiscal year, has your jurisdiction had to make any significant mid-year adjustments due to an inaccurate budget forecast? Survey Spring 2010 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, fiscal health, Finances, Fiscal health/stress, Financial planning, budgeting Question 15 How informed are citizens about jurisdiction's finances? Survey Spring 2010 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Finances, fiscal health, Trust in citizens Question 17 Does your jurisdiction have a policy regarding the required minimal level of its general balance or cash reserves? Survey Spring 2010 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, fiscal health, Finances, General fund balance Question 19 Approximately what was your jurisdiction's unreserved general fund balance as a percentage of general fund expenditures at the end of its last fiscal year? Survey Spring 2010 Categories General fund balance, fiscal health, Finance Budget and Operations, Finances Question 20 How do you feel about your jurisdiction's unreserved General Fund balance? Survey Spring 2010 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, General fund balance, Finances, fiscal health Question 33 In general, do you agree or disagree with the idea of tying state revenue sharing to certain base-level local services while allowing local governments to raise additional taxes for additional services? Survey Spring 2010 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Revenue, Taxes, Finances, Property taxes, System of Funding Local Government Question 34a Under this proposal, if your jurisdiction had the authority to raise additional taxes, how likely would it be to increase its property tax millage rates? Survey Spring 2010 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Revenue, Taxes, Finances, Property taxes, Taxes and revenues, System of Funding Local Government Question 34b Under this proposal, if your jurisdiction had the authority to raise additional taxes, how likely would it be to introduce or expand a local income tax? Survey Spring 2010 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Revenue, Taxes, Taxes and revenues, Finances Question 34c Under this proposal, if your jurisdiction had the authority to raise additional taxes, how likely would it be to introduce or expand a local sales tax? Survey Spring 2010 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Finances, Taxes, Taxes and revenues, Revenue Question 34d Under this proposal, if your jurisdiction had the authority to raise additional taxes, how likely would it be to participate in a regional tax authority? Survey Spring 2010 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Finances, Taxes, Taxes and revenues, Revenue Question 38 Do you believe the ARRA has helped community conditions to date? Survey Spring 2010 Categories Economic Development, Finance Budget and Operations, federal government, Development funding, Finances, Federal stimulus package Question 39 Do you believe the ARRA will improve community conditions in the long term? Survey Spring 2010 Categories Economic Development, Finance Budget and Operations, federal government, Development funding, Federal stimulus package, Finances Question 40 Do you believe the ARRA has helped state conditions to date? Survey Spring 2010 Categories Economic Development, federal government, Finances, Federal stimulus package, Development funding Question 41 Do you believe the ARRA will improve state conditions in the long term? Survey Spring 2010 Categories Economic Development, federal government, Development funding, Finances, Federal stimulus package Question 22 Thinking about business conditions in your community, do you think that during the next 12 months your community will have good times financially, or bad times financially? Survey Fall 2009 Categories fiscal health, Finance Budget and Operations, Economic Development, Finances, Development conditions, Business conditions Pagination First page first Previous page previous Page 20 Page 21 Page 22 Page 23 Page 24 Page 25 Current page 26 Page 27 Page 28 Next page next Last page last
Question 05i Thinking about the next fiscal year, which action has your jurisdiction taken or likely to take regarding funding for economic development programs? Survey Spring 2010 Categories Economic Development, Development funding, Finances, Development program funding Question 05j Thinking about next fiscal year, which actions will your jurisdiction likely take regarding the amount of debt? Survey Spring 2010 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, fiscal health, Finances, Debt Question 05l Thinking about next fiscal year, which actions will your jurisdiction likely take regarding privatizing or contracting out services? Survey Spring 2010 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Services, Finances, Service provision, Privatization Question 13 What type of budgeting does your jurisdiction do? Survey Spring 2010 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Finances, Financial planning, budgeting Question 14 In your current fiscal year, has your jurisdiction had to make any significant mid-year adjustments due to an inaccurate budget forecast? Survey Spring 2010 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, fiscal health, Finances, Fiscal health/stress, Financial planning, budgeting Question 15 How informed are citizens about jurisdiction's finances? Survey Spring 2010 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Finances, fiscal health, Trust in citizens Question 17 Does your jurisdiction have a policy regarding the required minimal level of its general balance or cash reserves? Survey Spring 2010 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, fiscal health, Finances, General fund balance Question 19 Approximately what was your jurisdiction's unreserved general fund balance as a percentage of general fund expenditures at the end of its last fiscal year? Survey Spring 2010 Categories General fund balance, fiscal health, Finance Budget and Operations, Finances Question 20 How do you feel about your jurisdiction's unreserved General Fund balance? Survey Spring 2010 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, General fund balance, Finances, fiscal health Question 33 In general, do you agree or disagree with the idea of tying state revenue sharing to certain base-level local services while allowing local governments to raise additional taxes for additional services? Survey Spring 2010 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Revenue, Taxes, Finances, Property taxes, System of Funding Local Government Question 34a Under this proposal, if your jurisdiction had the authority to raise additional taxes, how likely would it be to increase its property tax millage rates? Survey Spring 2010 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Revenue, Taxes, Finances, Property taxes, Taxes and revenues, System of Funding Local Government Question 34b Under this proposal, if your jurisdiction had the authority to raise additional taxes, how likely would it be to introduce or expand a local income tax? Survey Spring 2010 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Revenue, Taxes, Taxes and revenues, Finances Question 34c Under this proposal, if your jurisdiction had the authority to raise additional taxes, how likely would it be to introduce or expand a local sales tax? Survey Spring 2010 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Finances, Taxes, Taxes and revenues, Revenue Question 34d Under this proposal, if your jurisdiction had the authority to raise additional taxes, how likely would it be to participate in a regional tax authority? Survey Spring 2010 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Finances, Taxes, Taxes and revenues, Revenue Question 38 Do you believe the ARRA has helped community conditions to date? Survey Spring 2010 Categories Economic Development, Finance Budget and Operations, federal government, Development funding, Finances, Federal stimulus package Question 39 Do you believe the ARRA will improve community conditions in the long term? Survey Spring 2010 Categories Economic Development, Finance Budget and Operations, federal government, Development funding, Federal stimulus package, Finances Question 40 Do you believe the ARRA has helped state conditions to date? Survey Spring 2010 Categories Economic Development, federal government, Finances, Federal stimulus package, Development funding Question 41 Do you believe the ARRA will improve state conditions in the long term? Survey Spring 2010 Categories Economic Development, federal government, Development funding, Finances, Federal stimulus package Question 22 Thinking about business conditions in your community, do you think that during the next 12 months your community will have good times financially, or bad times financially? Survey Fall 2009 Categories fiscal health, Finance Budget and Operations, Economic Development, Finances, Development conditions, Business conditions Pagination First page first Previous page previous Page 20 Page 21 Page 22 Page 23 Page 24 Page 25 Current page 26 Page 27 Page 28 Next page next Last page last
Question 05j Thinking about next fiscal year, which actions will your jurisdiction likely take regarding the amount of debt? Survey Spring 2010 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, fiscal health, Finances, Debt Question 05l Thinking about next fiscal year, which actions will your jurisdiction likely take regarding privatizing or contracting out services? Survey Spring 2010 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Services, Finances, Service provision, Privatization Question 13 What type of budgeting does your jurisdiction do? Survey Spring 2010 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Finances, Financial planning, budgeting Question 14 In your current fiscal year, has your jurisdiction had to make any significant mid-year adjustments due to an inaccurate budget forecast? Survey Spring 2010 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, fiscal health, Finances, Fiscal health/stress, Financial planning, budgeting Question 15 How informed are citizens about jurisdiction's finances? Survey Spring 2010 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Finances, fiscal health, Trust in citizens Question 17 Does your jurisdiction have a policy regarding the required minimal level of its general balance or cash reserves? Survey Spring 2010 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, fiscal health, Finances, General fund balance Question 19 Approximately what was your jurisdiction's unreserved general fund balance as a percentage of general fund expenditures at the end of its last fiscal year? Survey Spring 2010 Categories General fund balance, fiscal health, Finance Budget and Operations, Finances Question 20 How do you feel about your jurisdiction's unreserved General Fund balance? Survey Spring 2010 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, General fund balance, Finances, fiscal health Question 33 In general, do you agree or disagree with the idea of tying state revenue sharing to certain base-level local services while allowing local governments to raise additional taxes for additional services? Survey Spring 2010 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Revenue, Taxes, Finances, Property taxes, System of Funding Local Government Question 34a Under this proposal, if your jurisdiction had the authority to raise additional taxes, how likely would it be to increase its property tax millage rates? Survey Spring 2010 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Revenue, Taxes, Finances, Property taxes, Taxes and revenues, System of Funding Local Government Question 34b Under this proposal, if your jurisdiction had the authority to raise additional taxes, how likely would it be to introduce or expand a local income tax? Survey Spring 2010 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Revenue, Taxes, Taxes and revenues, Finances Question 34c Under this proposal, if your jurisdiction had the authority to raise additional taxes, how likely would it be to introduce or expand a local sales tax? Survey Spring 2010 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Finances, Taxes, Taxes and revenues, Revenue Question 34d Under this proposal, if your jurisdiction had the authority to raise additional taxes, how likely would it be to participate in a regional tax authority? Survey Spring 2010 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Finances, Taxes, Taxes and revenues, Revenue Question 38 Do you believe the ARRA has helped community conditions to date? Survey Spring 2010 Categories Economic Development, Finance Budget and Operations, federal government, Development funding, Finances, Federal stimulus package Question 39 Do you believe the ARRA will improve community conditions in the long term? Survey Spring 2010 Categories Economic Development, Finance Budget and Operations, federal government, Development funding, Federal stimulus package, Finances Question 40 Do you believe the ARRA has helped state conditions to date? Survey Spring 2010 Categories Economic Development, federal government, Finances, Federal stimulus package, Development funding Question 41 Do you believe the ARRA will improve state conditions in the long term? Survey Spring 2010 Categories Economic Development, federal government, Development funding, Finances, Federal stimulus package Question 22 Thinking about business conditions in your community, do you think that during the next 12 months your community will have good times financially, or bad times financially? Survey Fall 2009 Categories fiscal health, Finance Budget and Operations, Economic Development, Finances, Development conditions, Business conditions Pagination First page first Previous page previous Page 20 Page 21 Page 22 Page 23 Page 24 Page 25 Current page 26 Page 27 Page 28 Next page next Last page last
Question 05l Thinking about next fiscal year, which actions will your jurisdiction likely take regarding privatizing or contracting out services? Survey Spring 2010 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Services, Finances, Service provision, Privatization Question 13 What type of budgeting does your jurisdiction do? Survey Spring 2010 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Finances, Financial planning, budgeting Question 14 In your current fiscal year, has your jurisdiction had to make any significant mid-year adjustments due to an inaccurate budget forecast? Survey Spring 2010 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, fiscal health, Finances, Fiscal health/stress, Financial planning, budgeting Question 15 How informed are citizens about jurisdiction's finances? Survey Spring 2010 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Finances, fiscal health, Trust in citizens Question 17 Does your jurisdiction have a policy regarding the required minimal level of its general balance or cash reserves? Survey Spring 2010 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, fiscal health, Finances, General fund balance Question 19 Approximately what was your jurisdiction's unreserved general fund balance as a percentage of general fund expenditures at the end of its last fiscal year? Survey Spring 2010 Categories General fund balance, fiscal health, Finance Budget and Operations, Finances Question 20 How do you feel about your jurisdiction's unreserved General Fund balance? Survey Spring 2010 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, General fund balance, Finances, fiscal health Question 33 In general, do you agree or disagree with the idea of tying state revenue sharing to certain base-level local services while allowing local governments to raise additional taxes for additional services? Survey Spring 2010 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Revenue, Taxes, Finances, Property taxes, System of Funding Local Government Question 34a Under this proposal, if your jurisdiction had the authority to raise additional taxes, how likely would it be to increase its property tax millage rates? Survey Spring 2010 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Revenue, Taxes, Finances, Property taxes, Taxes and revenues, System of Funding Local Government Question 34b Under this proposal, if your jurisdiction had the authority to raise additional taxes, how likely would it be to introduce or expand a local income tax? Survey Spring 2010 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Revenue, Taxes, Taxes and revenues, Finances Question 34c Under this proposal, if your jurisdiction had the authority to raise additional taxes, how likely would it be to introduce or expand a local sales tax? Survey Spring 2010 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Finances, Taxes, Taxes and revenues, Revenue Question 34d Under this proposal, if your jurisdiction had the authority to raise additional taxes, how likely would it be to participate in a regional tax authority? Survey Spring 2010 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Finances, Taxes, Taxes and revenues, Revenue Question 38 Do you believe the ARRA has helped community conditions to date? Survey Spring 2010 Categories Economic Development, Finance Budget and Operations, federal government, Development funding, Finances, Federal stimulus package Question 39 Do you believe the ARRA will improve community conditions in the long term? Survey Spring 2010 Categories Economic Development, Finance Budget and Operations, federal government, Development funding, Federal stimulus package, Finances Question 40 Do you believe the ARRA has helped state conditions to date? Survey Spring 2010 Categories Economic Development, federal government, Finances, Federal stimulus package, Development funding Question 41 Do you believe the ARRA will improve state conditions in the long term? Survey Spring 2010 Categories Economic Development, federal government, Development funding, Finances, Federal stimulus package Question 22 Thinking about business conditions in your community, do you think that during the next 12 months your community will have good times financially, or bad times financially? Survey Fall 2009 Categories fiscal health, Finance Budget and Operations, Economic Development, Finances, Development conditions, Business conditions Pagination First page first Previous page previous Page 20 Page 21 Page 22 Page 23 Page 24 Page 25 Current page 26 Page 27 Page 28 Next page next Last page last
Question 13 What type of budgeting does your jurisdiction do? Survey Spring 2010 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Finances, Financial planning, budgeting Question 14 In your current fiscal year, has your jurisdiction had to make any significant mid-year adjustments due to an inaccurate budget forecast? Survey Spring 2010 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, fiscal health, Finances, Fiscal health/stress, Financial planning, budgeting Question 15 How informed are citizens about jurisdiction's finances? Survey Spring 2010 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Finances, fiscal health, Trust in citizens Question 17 Does your jurisdiction have a policy regarding the required minimal level of its general balance or cash reserves? Survey Spring 2010 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, fiscal health, Finances, General fund balance Question 19 Approximately what was your jurisdiction's unreserved general fund balance as a percentage of general fund expenditures at the end of its last fiscal year? Survey Spring 2010 Categories General fund balance, fiscal health, Finance Budget and Operations, Finances Question 20 How do you feel about your jurisdiction's unreserved General Fund balance? Survey Spring 2010 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, General fund balance, Finances, fiscal health Question 33 In general, do you agree or disagree with the idea of tying state revenue sharing to certain base-level local services while allowing local governments to raise additional taxes for additional services? Survey Spring 2010 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Revenue, Taxes, Finances, Property taxes, System of Funding Local Government Question 34a Under this proposal, if your jurisdiction had the authority to raise additional taxes, how likely would it be to increase its property tax millage rates? Survey Spring 2010 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Revenue, Taxes, Finances, Property taxes, Taxes and revenues, System of Funding Local Government Question 34b Under this proposal, if your jurisdiction had the authority to raise additional taxes, how likely would it be to introduce or expand a local income tax? Survey Spring 2010 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Revenue, Taxes, Taxes and revenues, Finances Question 34c Under this proposal, if your jurisdiction had the authority to raise additional taxes, how likely would it be to introduce or expand a local sales tax? Survey Spring 2010 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Finances, Taxes, Taxes and revenues, Revenue Question 34d Under this proposal, if your jurisdiction had the authority to raise additional taxes, how likely would it be to participate in a regional tax authority? Survey Spring 2010 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Finances, Taxes, Taxes and revenues, Revenue Question 38 Do you believe the ARRA has helped community conditions to date? Survey Spring 2010 Categories Economic Development, Finance Budget and Operations, federal government, Development funding, Finances, Federal stimulus package Question 39 Do you believe the ARRA will improve community conditions in the long term? Survey Spring 2010 Categories Economic Development, Finance Budget and Operations, federal government, Development funding, Federal stimulus package, Finances Question 40 Do you believe the ARRA has helped state conditions to date? Survey Spring 2010 Categories Economic Development, federal government, Finances, Federal stimulus package, Development funding Question 41 Do you believe the ARRA will improve state conditions in the long term? Survey Spring 2010 Categories Economic Development, federal government, Development funding, Finances, Federal stimulus package Question 22 Thinking about business conditions in your community, do you think that during the next 12 months your community will have good times financially, or bad times financially? Survey Fall 2009 Categories fiscal health, Finance Budget and Operations, Economic Development, Finances, Development conditions, Business conditions Pagination First page first Previous page previous Page 20 Page 21 Page 22 Page 23 Page 24 Page 25 Current page 26 Page 27 Page 28 Next page next Last page last
Question 14 In your current fiscal year, has your jurisdiction had to make any significant mid-year adjustments due to an inaccurate budget forecast? Survey Spring 2010 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, fiscal health, Finances, Fiscal health/stress, Financial planning, budgeting Question 15 How informed are citizens about jurisdiction's finances? Survey Spring 2010 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Finances, fiscal health, Trust in citizens Question 17 Does your jurisdiction have a policy regarding the required minimal level of its general balance or cash reserves? Survey Spring 2010 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, fiscal health, Finances, General fund balance Question 19 Approximately what was your jurisdiction's unreserved general fund balance as a percentage of general fund expenditures at the end of its last fiscal year? Survey Spring 2010 Categories General fund balance, fiscal health, Finance Budget and Operations, Finances Question 20 How do you feel about your jurisdiction's unreserved General Fund balance? Survey Spring 2010 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, General fund balance, Finances, fiscal health Question 33 In general, do you agree or disagree with the idea of tying state revenue sharing to certain base-level local services while allowing local governments to raise additional taxes for additional services? Survey Spring 2010 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Revenue, Taxes, Finances, Property taxes, System of Funding Local Government Question 34a Under this proposal, if your jurisdiction had the authority to raise additional taxes, how likely would it be to increase its property tax millage rates? Survey Spring 2010 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Revenue, Taxes, Finances, Property taxes, Taxes and revenues, System of Funding Local Government Question 34b Under this proposal, if your jurisdiction had the authority to raise additional taxes, how likely would it be to introduce or expand a local income tax? Survey Spring 2010 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Revenue, Taxes, Taxes and revenues, Finances Question 34c Under this proposal, if your jurisdiction had the authority to raise additional taxes, how likely would it be to introduce or expand a local sales tax? Survey Spring 2010 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Finances, Taxes, Taxes and revenues, Revenue Question 34d Under this proposal, if your jurisdiction had the authority to raise additional taxes, how likely would it be to participate in a regional tax authority? Survey Spring 2010 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Finances, Taxes, Taxes and revenues, Revenue Question 38 Do you believe the ARRA has helped community conditions to date? Survey Spring 2010 Categories Economic Development, Finance Budget and Operations, federal government, Development funding, Finances, Federal stimulus package Question 39 Do you believe the ARRA will improve community conditions in the long term? Survey Spring 2010 Categories Economic Development, Finance Budget and Operations, federal government, Development funding, Federal stimulus package, Finances Question 40 Do you believe the ARRA has helped state conditions to date? Survey Spring 2010 Categories Economic Development, federal government, Finances, Federal stimulus package, Development funding Question 41 Do you believe the ARRA will improve state conditions in the long term? Survey Spring 2010 Categories Economic Development, federal government, Development funding, Finances, Federal stimulus package Question 22 Thinking about business conditions in your community, do you think that during the next 12 months your community will have good times financially, or bad times financially? Survey Fall 2009 Categories fiscal health, Finance Budget and Operations, Economic Development, Finances, Development conditions, Business conditions Pagination First page first Previous page previous Page 20 Page 21 Page 22 Page 23 Page 24 Page 25 Current page 26 Page 27 Page 28 Next page next Last page last
Question 15 How informed are citizens about jurisdiction's finances? Survey Spring 2010 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Finances, fiscal health, Trust in citizens Question 17 Does your jurisdiction have a policy regarding the required minimal level of its general balance or cash reserves? Survey Spring 2010 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, fiscal health, Finances, General fund balance Question 19 Approximately what was your jurisdiction's unreserved general fund balance as a percentage of general fund expenditures at the end of its last fiscal year? Survey Spring 2010 Categories General fund balance, fiscal health, Finance Budget and Operations, Finances Question 20 How do you feel about your jurisdiction's unreserved General Fund balance? Survey Spring 2010 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, General fund balance, Finances, fiscal health Question 33 In general, do you agree or disagree with the idea of tying state revenue sharing to certain base-level local services while allowing local governments to raise additional taxes for additional services? Survey Spring 2010 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Revenue, Taxes, Finances, Property taxes, System of Funding Local Government Question 34a Under this proposal, if your jurisdiction had the authority to raise additional taxes, how likely would it be to increase its property tax millage rates? Survey Spring 2010 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Revenue, Taxes, Finances, Property taxes, Taxes and revenues, System of Funding Local Government Question 34b Under this proposal, if your jurisdiction had the authority to raise additional taxes, how likely would it be to introduce or expand a local income tax? Survey Spring 2010 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Revenue, Taxes, Taxes and revenues, Finances Question 34c Under this proposal, if your jurisdiction had the authority to raise additional taxes, how likely would it be to introduce or expand a local sales tax? Survey Spring 2010 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Finances, Taxes, Taxes and revenues, Revenue Question 34d Under this proposal, if your jurisdiction had the authority to raise additional taxes, how likely would it be to participate in a regional tax authority? Survey Spring 2010 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Finances, Taxes, Taxes and revenues, Revenue Question 38 Do you believe the ARRA has helped community conditions to date? Survey Spring 2010 Categories Economic Development, Finance Budget and Operations, federal government, Development funding, Finances, Federal stimulus package Question 39 Do you believe the ARRA will improve community conditions in the long term? Survey Spring 2010 Categories Economic Development, Finance Budget and Operations, federal government, Development funding, Federal stimulus package, Finances Question 40 Do you believe the ARRA has helped state conditions to date? Survey Spring 2010 Categories Economic Development, federal government, Finances, Federal stimulus package, Development funding Question 41 Do you believe the ARRA will improve state conditions in the long term? Survey Spring 2010 Categories Economic Development, federal government, Development funding, Finances, Federal stimulus package Question 22 Thinking about business conditions in your community, do you think that during the next 12 months your community will have good times financially, or bad times financially? Survey Fall 2009 Categories fiscal health, Finance Budget and Operations, Economic Development, Finances, Development conditions, Business conditions Pagination First page first Previous page previous Page 20 Page 21 Page 22 Page 23 Page 24 Page 25 Current page 26 Page 27 Page 28 Next page next Last page last
Question 17 Does your jurisdiction have a policy regarding the required minimal level of its general balance or cash reserves? Survey Spring 2010 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, fiscal health, Finances, General fund balance Question 19 Approximately what was your jurisdiction's unreserved general fund balance as a percentage of general fund expenditures at the end of its last fiscal year? Survey Spring 2010 Categories General fund balance, fiscal health, Finance Budget and Operations, Finances Question 20 How do you feel about your jurisdiction's unreserved General Fund balance? Survey Spring 2010 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, General fund balance, Finances, fiscal health Question 33 In general, do you agree or disagree with the idea of tying state revenue sharing to certain base-level local services while allowing local governments to raise additional taxes for additional services? Survey Spring 2010 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Revenue, Taxes, Finances, Property taxes, System of Funding Local Government Question 34a Under this proposal, if your jurisdiction had the authority to raise additional taxes, how likely would it be to increase its property tax millage rates? Survey Spring 2010 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Revenue, Taxes, Finances, Property taxes, Taxes and revenues, System of Funding Local Government Question 34b Under this proposal, if your jurisdiction had the authority to raise additional taxes, how likely would it be to introduce or expand a local income tax? Survey Spring 2010 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Revenue, Taxes, Taxes and revenues, Finances Question 34c Under this proposal, if your jurisdiction had the authority to raise additional taxes, how likely would it be to introduce or expand a local sales tax? Survey Spring 2010 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Finances, Taxes, Taxes and revenues, Revenue Question 34d Under this proposal, if your jurisdiction had the authority to raise additional taxes, how likely would it be to participate in a regional tax authority? Survey Spring 2010 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Finances, Taxes, Taxes and revenues, Revenue Question 38 Do you believe the ARRA has helped community conditions to date? Survey Spring 2010 Categories Economic Development, Finance Budget and Operations, federal government, Development funding, Finances, Federal stimulus package Question 39 Do you believe the ARRA will improve community conditions in the long term? Survey Spring 2010 Categories Economic Development, Finance Budget and Operations, federal government, Development funding, Federal stimulus package, Finances Question 40 Do you believe the ARRA has helped state conditions to date? Survey Spring 2010 Categories Economic Development, federal government, Finances, Federal stimulus package, Development funding Question 41 Do you believe the ARRA will improve state conditions in the long term? Survey Spring 2010 Categories Economic Development, federal government, Development funding, Finances, Federal stimulus package Question 22 Thinking about business conditions in your community, do you think that during the next 12 months your community will have good times financially, or bad times financially? Survey Fall 2009 Categories fiscal health, Finance Budget and Operations, Economic Development, Finances, Development conditions, Business conditions Pagination First page first Previous page previous Page 20 Page 21 Page 22 Page 23 Page 24 Page 25 Current page 26 Page 27 Page 28 Next page next Last page last
Question 19 Approximately what was your jurisdiction's unreserved general fund balance as a percentage of general fund expenditures at the end of its last fiscal year? Survey Spring 2010 Categories General fund balance, fiscal health, Finance Budget and Operations, Finances Question 20 How do you feel about your jurisdiction's unreserved General Fund balance? Survey Spring 2010 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, General fund balance, Finances, fiscal health Question 33 In general, do you agree or disagree with the idea of tying state revenue sharing to certain base-level local services while allowing local governments to raise additional taxes for additional services? Survey Spring 2010 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Revenue, Taxes, Finances, Property taxes, System of Funding Local Government Question 34a Under this proposal, if your jurisdiction had the authority to raise additional taxes, how likely would it be to increase its property tax millage rates? Survey Spring 2010 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Revenue, Taxes, Finances, Property taxes, Taxes and revenues, System of Funding Local Government Question 34b Under this proposal, if your jurisdiction had the authority to raise additional taxes, how likely would it be to introduce or expand a local income tax? Survey Spring 2010 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Revenue, Taxes, Taxes and revenues, Finances Question 34c Under this proposal, if your jurisdiction had the authority to raise additional taxes, how likely would it be to introduce or expand a local sales tax? Survey Spring 2010 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Finances, Taxes, Taxes and revenues, Revenue Question 34d Under this proposal, if your jurisdiction had the authority to raise additional taxes, how likely would it be to participate in a regional tax authority? Survey Spring 2010 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Finances, Taxes, Taxes and revenues, Revenue Question 38 Do you believe the ARRA has helped community conditions to date? Survey Spring 2010 Categories Economic Development, Finance Budget and Operations, federal government, Development funding, Finances, Federal stimulus package Question 39 Do you believe the ARRA will improve community conditions in the long term? Survey Spring 2010 Categories Economic Development, Finance Budget and Operations, federal government, Development funding, Federal stimulus package, Finances Question 40 Do you believe the ARRA has helped state conditions to date? Survey Spring 2010 Categories Economic Development, federal government, Finances, Federal stimulus package, Development funding Question 41 Do you believe the ARRA will improve state conditions in the long term? Survey Spring 2010 Categories Economic Development, federal government, Development funding, Finances, Federal stimulus package Question 22 Thinking about business conditions in your community, do you think that during the next 12 months your community will have good times financially, or bad times financially? Survey Fall 2009 Categories fiscal health, Finance Budget and Operations, Economic Development, Finances, Development conditions, Business conditions Pagination First page first Previous page previous Page 20 Page 21 Page 22 Page 23 Page 24 Page 25 Current page 26 Page 27 Page 28 Next page next Last page last
Question 20 How do you feel about your jurisdiction's unreserved General Fund balance? Survey Spring 2010 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, General fund balance, Finances, fiscal health Question 33 In general, do you agree or disagree with the idea of tying state revenue sharing to certain base-level local services while allowing local governments to raise additional taxes for additional services? Survey Spring 2010 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Revenue, Taxes, Finances, Property taxes, System of Funding Local Government Question 34a Under this proposal, if your jurisdiction had the authority to raise additional taxes, how likely would it be to increase its property tax millage rates? Survey Spring 2010 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Revenue, Taxes, Finances, Property taxes, Taxes and revenues, System of Funding Local Government Question 34b Under this proposal, if your jurisdiction had the authority to raise additional taxes, how likely would it be to introduce or expand a local income tax? Survey Spring 2010 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Revenue, Taxes, Taxes and revenues, Finances Question 34c Under this proposal, if your jurisdiction had the authority to raise additional taxes, how likely would it be to introduce or expand a local sales tax? Survey Spring 2010 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Finances, Taxes, Taxes and revenues, Revenue Question 34d Under this proposal, if your jurisdiction had the authority to raise additional taxes, how likely would it be to participate in a regional tax authority? Survey Spring 2010 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Finances, Taxes, Taxes and revenues, Revenue Question 38 Do you believe the ARRA has helped community conditions to date? Survey Spring 2010 Categories Economic Development, Finance Budget and Operations, federal government, Development funding, Finances, Federal stimulus package Question 39 Do you believe the ARRA will improve community conditions in the long term? Survey Spring 2010 Categories Economic Development, Finance Budget and Operations, federal government, Development funding, Federal stimulus package, Finances Question 40 Do you believe the ARRA has helped state conditions to date? Survey Spring 2010 Categories Economic Development, federal government, Finances, Federal stimulus package, Development funding Question 41 Do you believe the ARRA will improve state conditions in the long term? Survey Spring 2010 Categories Economic Development, federal government, Development funding, Finances, Federal stimulus package Question 22 Thinking about business conditions in your community, do you think that during the next 12 months your community will have good times financially, or bad times financially? Survey Fall 2009 Categories fiscal health, Finance Budget and Operations, Economic Development, Finances, Development conditions, Business conditions Pagination First page first Previous page previous Page 20 Page 21 Page 22 Page 23 Page 24 Page 25 Current page 26 Page 27 Page 28 Next page next Last page last
Question 33 In general, do you agree or disagree with the idea of tying state revenue sharing to certain base-level local services while allowing local governments to raise additional taxes for additional services? Survey Spring 2010 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Revenue, Taxes, Finances, Property taxes, System of Funding Local Government Question 34a Under this proposal, if your jurisdiction had the authority to raise additional taxes, how likely would it be to increase its property tax millage rates? Survey Spring 2010 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Revenue, Taxes, Finances, Property taxes, Taxes and revenues, System of Funding Local Government Question 34b Under this proposal, if your jurisdiction had the authority to raise additional taxes, how likely would it be to introduce or expand a local income tax? Survey Spring 2010 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Revenue, Taxes, Taxes and revenues, Finances Question 34c Under this proposal, if your jurisdiction had the authority to raise additional taxes, how likely would it be to introduce or expand a local sales tax? Survey Spring 2010 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Finances, Taxes, Taxes and revenues, Revenue Question 34d Under this proposal, if your jurisdiction had the authority to raise additional taxes, how likely would it be to participate in a regional tax authority? Survey Spring 2010 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Finances, Taxes, Taxes and revenues, Revenue Question 38 Do you believe the ARRA has helped community conditions to date? Survey Spring 2010 Categories Economic Development, Finance Budget and Operations, federal government, Development funding, Finances, Federal stimulus package Question 39 Do you believe the ARRA will improve community conditions in the long term? Survey Spring 2010 Categories Economic Development, Finance Budget and Operations, federal government, Development funding, Federal stimulus package, Finances Question 40 Do you believe the ARRA has helped state conditions to date? Survey Spring 2010 Categories Economic Development, federal government, Finances, Federal stimulus package, Development funding Question 41 Do you believe the ARRA will improve state conditions in the long term? Survey Spring 2010 Categories Economic Development, federal government, Development funding, Finances, Federal stimulus package Question 22 Thinking about business conditions in your community, do you think that during the next 12 months your community will have good times financially, or bad times financially? Survey Fall 2009 Categories fiscal health, Finance Budget and Operations, Economic Development, Finances, Development conditions, Business conditions Pagination First page first Previous page previous Page 20 Page 21 Page 22 Page 23 Page 24 Page 25 Current page 26 Page 27 Page 28 Next page next Last page last
Question 34a Under this proposal, if your jurisdiction had the authority to raise additional taxes, how likely would it be to increase its property tax millage rates? Survey Spring 2010 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Revenue, Taxes, Finances, Property taxes, Taxes and revenues, System of Funding Local Government Question 34b Under this proposal, if your jurisdiction had the authority to raise additional taxes, how likely would it be to introduce or expand a local income tax? Survey Spring 2010 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Revenue, Taxes, Taxes and revenues, Finances Question 34c Under this proposal, if your jurisdiction had the authority to raise additional taxes, how likely would it be to introduce or expand a local sales tax? Survey Spring 2010 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Finances, Taxes, Taxes and revenues, Revenue Question 34d Under this proposal, if your jurisdiction had the authority to raise additional taxes, how likely would it be to participate in a regional tax authority? Survey Spring 2010 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Finances, Taxes, Taxes and revenues, Revenue Question 38 Do you believe the ARRA has helped community conditions to date? Survey Spring 2010 Categories Economic Development, Finance Budget and Operations, federal government, Development funding, Finances, Federal stimulus package Question 39 Do you believe the ARRA will improve community conditions in the long term? Survey Spring 2010 Categories Economic Development, Finance Budget and Operations, federal government, Development funding, Federal stimulus package, Finances Question 40 Do you believe the ARRA has helped state conditions to date? Survey Spring 2010 Categories Economic Development, federal government, Finances, Federal stimulus package, Development funding Question 41 Do you believe the ARRA will improve state conditions in the long term? Survey Spring 2010 Categories Economic Development, federal government, Development funding, Finances, Federal stimulus package Question 22 Thinking about business conditions in your community, do you think that during the next 12 months your community will have good times financially, or bad times financially? Survey Fall 2009 Categories fiscal health, Finance Budget and Operations, Economic Development, Finances, Development conditions, Business conditions Pagination First page first Previous page previous Page 20 Page 21 Page 22 Page 23 Page 24 Page 25 Current page 26 Page 27 Page 28 Next page next Last page last
Question 34b Under this proposal, if your jurisdiction had the authority to raise additional taxes, how likely would it be to introduce or expand a local income tax? Survey Spring 2010 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Revenue, Taxes, Taxes and revenues, Finances Question 34c Under this proposal, if your jurisdiction had the authority to raise additional taxes, how likely would it be to introduce or expand a local sales tax? Survey Spring 2010 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Finances, Taxes, Taxes and revenues, Revenue Question 34d Under this proposal, if your jurisdiction had the authority to raise additional taxes, how likely would it be to participate in a regional tax authority? Survey Spring 2010 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Finances, Taxes, Taxes and revenues, Revenue Question 38 Do you believe the ARRA has helped community conditions to date? Survey Spring 2010 Categories Economic Development, Finance Budget and Operations, federal government, Development funding, Finances, Federal stimulus package Question 39 Do you believe the ARRA will improve community conditions in the long term? Survey Spring 2010 Categories Economic Development, Finance Budget and Operations, federal government, Development funding, Federal stimulus package, Finances Question 40 Do you believe the ARRA has helped state conditions to date? Survey Spring 2010 Categories Economic Development, federal government, Finances, Federal stimulus package, Development funding Question 41 Do you believe the ARRA will improve state conditions in the long term? Survey Spring 2010 Categories Economic Development, federal government, Development funding, Finances, Federal stimulus package Question 22 Thinking about business conditions in your community, do you think that during the next 12 months your community will have good times financially, or bad times financially? Survey Fall 2009 Categories fiscal health, Finance Budget and Operations, Economic Development, Finances, Development conditions, Business conditions Pagination First page first Previous page previous Page 20 Page 21 Page 22 Page 23 Page 24 Page 25 Current page 26 Page 27 Page 28 Next page next Last page last
Question 34c Under this proposal, if your jurisdiction had the authority to raise additional taxes, how likely would it be to introduce or expand a local sales tax? Survey Spring 2010 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Finances, Taxes, Taxes and revenues, Revenue Question 34d Under this proposal, if your jurisdiction had the authority to raise additional taxes, how likely would it be to participate in a regional tax authority? Survey Spring 2010 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Finances, Taxes, Taxes and revenues, Revenue Question 38 Do you believe the ARRA has helped community conditions to date? Survey Spring 2010 Categories Economic Development, Finance Budget and Operations, federal government, Development funding, Finances, Federal stimulus package Question 39 Do you believe the ARRA will improve community conditions in the long term? Survey Spring 2010 Categories Economic Development, Finance Budget and Operations, federal government, Development funding, Federal stimulus package, Finances Question 40 Do you believe the ARRA has helped state conditions to date? Survey Spring 2010 Categories Economic Development, federal government, Finances, Federal stimulus package, Development funding Question 41 Do you believe the ARRA will improve state conditions in the long term? Survey Spring 2010 Categories Economic Development, federal government, Development funding, Finances, Federal stimulus package Question 22 Thinking about business conditions in your community, do you think that during the next 12 months your community will have good times financially, or bad times financially? Survey Fall 2009 Categories fiscal health, Finance Budget and Operations, Economic Development, Finances, Development conditions, Business conditions Pagination First page first Previous page previous Page 20 Page 21 Page 22 Page 23 Page 24 Page 25 Current page 26 Page 27 Page 28 Next page next Last page last
Question 34d Under this proposal, if your jurisdiction had the authority to raise additional taxes, how likely would it be to participate in a regional tax authority? Survey Spring 2010 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Finances, Taxes, Taxes and revenues, Revenue Question 38 Do you believe the ARRA has helped community conditions to date? Survey Spring 2010 Categories Economic Development, Finance Budget and Operations, federal government, Development funding, Finances, Federal stimulus package Question 39 Do you believe the ARRA will improve community conditions in the long term? Survey Spring 2010 Categories Economic Development, Finance Budget and Operations, federal government, Development funding, Federal stimulus package, Finances Question 40 Do you believe the ARRA has helped state conditions to date? Survey Spring 2010 Categories Economic Development, federal government, Finances, Federal stimulus package, Development funding Question 41 Do you believe the ARRA will improve state conditions in the long term? Survey Spring 2010 Categories Economic Development, federal government, Development funding, Finances, Federal stimulus package Question 22 Thinking about business conditions in your community, do you think that during the next 12 months your community will have good times financially, or bad times financially? Survey Fall 2009 Categories fiscal health, Finance Budget and Operations, Economic Development, Finances, Development conditions, Business conditions Pagination First page first Previous page previous Page 20 Page 21 Page 22 Page 23 Page 24 Page 25 Current page 26 Page 27 Page 28 Next page next Last page last
Question 38 Do you believe the ARRA has helped community conditions to date? Survey Spring 2010 Categories Economic Development, Finance Budget and Operations, federal government, Development funding, Finances, Federal stimulus package Question 39 Do you believe the ARRA will improve community conditions in the long term? Survey Spring 2010 Categories Economic Development, Finance Budget and Operations, federal government, Development funding, Federal stimulus package, Finances Question 40 Do you believe the ARRA has helped state conditions to date? Survey Spring 2010 Categories Economic Development, federal government, Finances, Federal stimulus package, Development funding Question 41 Do you believe the ARRA will improve state conditions in the long term? Survey Spring 2010 Categories Economic Development, federal government, Development funding, Finances, Federal stimulus package Question 22 Thinking about business conditions in your community, do you think that during the next 12 months your community will have good times financially, or bad times financially? Survey Fall 2009 Categories fiscal health, Finance Budget and Operations, Economic Development, Finances, Development conditions, Business conditions Pagination First page first Previous page previous Page 20 Page 21 Page 22 Page 23 Page 24 Page 25 Current page 26 Page 27 Page 28 Next page next Last page last
Question 39 Do you believe the ARRA will improve community conditions in the long term? Survey Spring 2010 Categories Economic Development, Finance Budget and Operations, federal government, Development funding, Federal stimulus package, Finances Question 40 Do you believe the ARRA has helped state conditions to date? Survey Spring 2010 Categories Economic Development, federal government, Finances, Federal stimulus package, Development funding Question 41 Do you believe the ARRA will improve state conditions in the long term? Survey Spring 2010 Categories Economic Development, federal government, Development funding, Finances, Federal stimulus package Question 22 Thinking about business conditions in your community, do you think that during the next 12 months your community will have good times financially, or bad times financially? Survey Fall 2009 Categories fiscal health, Finance Budget and Operations, Economic Development, Finances, Development conditions, Business conditions Pagination First page first Previous page previous Page 20 Page 21 Page 22 Page 23 Page 24 Page 25 Current page 26 Page 27 Page 28 Next page next Last page last
Question 40 Do you believe the ARRA has helped state conditions to date? Survey Spring 2010 Categories Economic Development, federal government, Finances, Federal stimulus package, Development funding Question 41 Do you believe the ARRA will improve state conditions in the long term? Survey Spring 2010 Categories Economic Development, federal government, Development funding, Finances, Federal stimulus package Question 22 Thinking about business conditions in your community, do you think that during the next 12 months your community will have good times financially, or bad times financially? Survey Fall 2009 Categories fiscal health, Finance Budget and Operations, Economic Development, Finances, Development conditions, Business conditions Pagination First page first Previous page previous Page 20 Page 21 Page 22 Page 23 Page 24 Page 25 Current page 26 Page 27 Page 28 Next page next Last page last
Question 41 Do you believe the ARRA will improve state conditions in the long term? Survey Spring 2010 Categories Economic Development, federal government, Development funding, Finances, Federal stimulus package Question 22 Thinking about business conditions in your community, do you think that during the next 12 months your community will have good times financially, or bad times financially? Survey Fall 2009 Categories fiscal health, Finance Budget and Operations, Economic Development, Finances, Development conditions, Business conditions Pagination First page first Previous page previous Page 20 Page 21 Page 22 Page 23 Page 24 Page 25 Current page 26 Page 27 Page 28 Next page next Last page last
Question 22 Thinking about business conditions in your community, do you think that during the next 12 months your community will have good times financially, or bad times financially? Survey Fall 2009 Categories fiscal health, Finance Budget and Operations, Economic Development, Finances, Development conditions, Business conditions Pagination First page first Previous page previous Page 20 Page 21 Page 22 Page 23 Page 24 Page 25 Current page 26 Page 27 Page 28 Next page next Last page last
