Fiscal Health
- Good or Bad Times in the coming year?
- Better or Less Able to meet jurisdiction’s needs this fiscal year than last
- Better or Less Able to meet jurisdiction’s needs next fiscal year than this
Changes from the Last Fiscal Year to the Current Fiscal Year
- Change in jurisdiction’s revenue from property tax
- Change in jurisdiction’s revenue from fees for services, licenses, transfers, etc
- Change in jurisdiction’s revenue from local income taxes
- Change in amount of federal aid to jurisdiction
- Change in amount of state aid to jurisdiction
- Change in jurisdiction’s population
- Change in jurisdiction’s public safety needs
- Change in jurisdiction’s infrastructure needs
- Change in jurisdiction’s human service needs
- Change in jurisdiction’s employee wages and salaries
- Change in jurisdiction’s cost of employee pensions
- Change in jurisdiction’s cost of current employee health benefits
- Change in jurisdiction’s cost of retired employee health benefits
Expected Changes from the Current Fiscal Year to the Next Fiscal Year
- Projected change in property tax rates
- Projected change in charges for fees, licenses, etc.
- Projected change in reliance on ending balance or reserve
- Projected change in amount of services provided
- Projected change in amount of debt
- Projected change in privatizing or contracting out of services
- Projected change in number and/or scope of interlocal agreements
- Projected change in jurisdiction’s workforce hiring
- Projected change in jurisdiction’s workforce layoffs
- Projected change in jurisdiction filling vacant positions
- Projected change in actual infrastructure spending
- Projected change in actual public safety spending
- Projected change in funding for economic development programs
Public Participation
- Public participation in budget setting process through public forums
- Public participation in budget setting process through budget public hearings
- Public participation in budget setting process through special sessions of board or council
- Public participation in budget setting process through regular sessions of board or council
- Public participation in budget setting process through individual contacts to local officials
- Public participation in budget setting process through citizen surveys
- Summary - Public participation in budget setting process, by any means
Economic Development - Assets and Barriers
- Availability of land as a barrier or asset to jurisdiction’s economic development
- Cost of land as a barrier or asset to jurisdiction’s economic development
- Availability of buildings as a barrier or an asset to jurisdiction’s economic development
- Information technology infrastructure as a barrier or an asset to jurisdiction’s economic development
- Traditional infrastructure as a barrier or an asset to jurisdiction’s economic development
- Availability of appropriate workforce as a barrier or an asset to jurisdiction’s economic development
- Cost of labor as a barrier or an asset to jurisdiction’s economic development
- Presence of major employers as a barrier or asset to jurisdiction’s economic development
- Entrepreneurial culture as a barrier or asset to jurisdiction’s economic development
- Availability of capital/funding as a barrier or an asset to jurisdiction’s economic development
- Tax rates as a barrier or an asset to jurisdiction’s economic development
- Distance to major markets as a barrier or an asset to jurisdiction’s economic development
- Permitting process(es) as a barrier or an asset to jurisdiction’s economic development
- Environmental regulations as a barrier or an asset to jurisdiction’s economic development
- Citizen input as a barrier or an asset to jurisdiction’s economic development
- Input of change in population as a barrier or an asset to jurisdiction’s economic development
- Cost of housing as a barrier or an asset to jurisdiction’s economic development
- K-12 education system as a barrier or asset to jurisdiction’s economic development
- Vocational and higher education system as a barrier or asset to jurisdiction’s economic development
- Recreational facilities as a barrier or asset to jurisdiction’s economic development
- Arts/cultural programs as a barrier or asset to jurisdiction’s economic development
- Traffic congestion as a barrier or asset to jurisdiction’s economic development
Economic Development - Strategies
- Use of local or regional business incubator as economic development strategy
- Use of economic development agency as economic development strategy
- Tax abatements as economic development strategy
- Infrastructure upgrades as economic development strategy
- Workforce development programs as economic development strategy
- Child care programs as economic development strategy
- Tourism promotion as economic development strategy
- Surveys of local businesses as economic development strategy
- Marketing campaigns as economic development strategy
- Partnering with other nongovernmental organizations as economic development strategy
- Partnering with other local governments as economic development strategy
- Special zoning districts as economic development strategy
- Summary - Use of any listed economic development strategies
Economic Development - Sectors of Focus
- Sectors that are a focus of current economic development efforts—Retail
- Sectors that are a focus of current economic development efforts—Manufacturing
- Sectors that are a focus of current economic development efforts—Small business
- Sectors that are a focus of current economic development efforts—Finance
- Sectors that are a focus of current economic development efforts—Arts/Culture
- Sectors that are a focus of current economic development efforts—Film Industry
- Sectors that are a focus of current economic development efforts—Tourism/Hospitality
- Sectors that are a focus of current economic development efforts—Education
- Sectors that are a focus of current economic development efforts—Health Care
- Sectors that are a focus of current economic development efforts—Life Sciences
- Sectors that are a focus of current economic development efforts—Energy
- Sectors that are a focus of current economic development efforts—Forestry and Agriculture
- Sectors that are a focus of current economic development efforts—Technology/Telecommunications
- Sectors that are a focus of current economic development efforts—Warehousing/Distribution
- Summary - Sectors that are a focus of current economic development efforts
Economic Development - Placemaking as a Strategy
- Engaging in placemaking programs for economic development purposes
- Confidence in placemaking as an economic development strategy
Economic Development - Types of Assistance Needed
- External assistance or resources that would be most valuable to help with economic development—Financing
- External assistance or resources that would be most valuable to help with economic development—Information about best practices
- External assistance or resources that would be most valuable to help with economic development—Community Assessment
- External assistance or resources that would be most valuable to help with economic development—Strategic Planning Assistance
- External assistance or resources that would be most valuable to help with economic development—Grant Information
- External assistance or resources that would be most valuable to help with economic development—Grant writing assistance
- External assistance or resources that would be most valuable to help with economic development—Improving local development organizations’ capacity
- Summary - External assistance or resources that would be most valuable to help with economic development
Trust in Government
- Amount of time you can trust the federal government do to what is right
- Amount of time you can trust the state government to do what is right
- Amount of time you can trust other local governments to do what is right
Regional Cooperation
- Involved in intergovernmental or regional efforts in land use planning
- Involved in intergovernmental or regional efforts in transportation/public transit
- Involved in intergovernmental or regional efforts in police services
- Involved in intergovernmental or regional efforts in fire services
- Involved in intergovernmental or regional efforts in utilities/waste/water treatment
- Involved in intergovernmental or regional efforts in parks/recreation/libraries/culture
- Involved in intergovernmental or regional efforts in economic development
- Involved in intergovernmental or regional efforts in emergency preparedness
- Current involvement in joint planning efforts as part of regional land use planning
- Current involvement in council of governments within county as part of regional land use planning
- Current involvement in county-led planning efforts as part of regional land use planning
- Current involvement in multi-county council of governments as part of regional land use planning
- Summary - Current involvement as part of regional land use planning
- Level of involvement in regional land use planning
- Current organizations can handle a new regional planning effort or a new organization would be required
Federal Stimulus Package
- Knowledge about the opportunities available from the Stimulus Package
- Estimate of total requested stimulus funding for jurisdiction that has been approved
- Portion of projects that would have been undertaken regardless of the possibility of stimulus funding
- Stimulus Package will improve the economy