Question 05j How would you rate the overall effectiveness (whatever "effectiveness" means to you) of social media accounts for your jurisdiction (e.g., Facebook or Twitter) for engaging citizens in your jurisdiction's policymaking and/or operations? (Among jurisdictions that reported using social media accounts for their jurisdiction (e.g., Facebook or Twitter)) Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Outreach, Technology Question 17h How effective or ineffective do you think a state-level intergovernmental advisory office to coordinate and administer programs like the ones listed above would be in encouraging or supporting intergovernmental collaboration? Survey Fall 2010 Categories State policies, State support for collaboration, Intergovernmental cooperation, State government, Governmental Relations Question 05k How would you rate the overall effectiveness (whatever "effectiveness" means to you) of internet discussion forums or online input/feedback forms for engaging citizens in your jurisdiction's policymaking and/or operations? (Among jurisdictions that reported using internet discussion forums or online input/feedback forms) Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Outreach, Technology Question 05l How would you rate the overall effectiveness (whatever "effectiveness" means to you) of informal one-on-one discussions with citizens for engaging citizens in your jurisdiction's policymaking and/or operations? (Among jurisdictions that reported using informal one-on-one discussions with citizens) Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Outreach Question 05m How would you rate the overall effectiveness (whatever "effectiveness" means to you) of open houses or "coffee with officials" for engaging citizens in your jurisdiction's policymaking and/or operations? (Among jurisdictions that reported using open houses or "coffee with officials") Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Outreach Question 05n How would you rate the overall effectiveness (whatever "effectiveness" means to you) of neighborhood meetings for engaging citizens in your jurisdiction's policymaking and/or operations? (Among jurisdictions that reported using neighborhood meetings) Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Outreach Question 05o How would you rate the overall effectiveness (whatever "effectiveness" means to you) of community-wide "Town Hall" meetings for engaging citizens in your jurisdiction's policymaking and/or operations? (Among jurisdictions that reported using community-wide "Town Hall" meetings) Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Outreach Question 05p How would you rate the overall effectiveness (whatever "effectiveness" means to you) of focus groups conducted by or for your jurisdiction for engaging citizens in your jurisdiction's policymaking and/or operations? (Among jurisdictions that reported using focus groups conducted by or for their jurisdiction) Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Outreach Question 05q How would you rate the overall effectiveness (whatever "effectiveness" means to you) of strategic-planning or "visioning" sessions for engaging citizens in your jurisdiction's policymaking and/or operations? (Among jurisdictions that reported using strategic-planning or "visioning" sessions) Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Outreach Question 05r How would you rate the overall effectiveness (whatever "effectiveness" means to you) of neighborhood-specific committees/teams for engaging citizens in your jurisdiction's policymaking and/or operations? (Among jurisdictions that reported using neighborhood-specific committees/teams) Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Outreach Question 05s How would you rate the overall effectiveness (whatever "effectiveness" means to you) of citizen participation on ad hoc task forces or planning teams for engaging citizens in your jurisdiction's policymaking and/or operations? (Among jurisdictions that reported using citizen participation on ad hoc task forces or planning teams) Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Outreach Question 10a Recently, has there been one (or more) particular issue(s) facing your jurisdiction that generated a significant increase in citizen engagement with your local government? Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Community and Social Issues, Engagement levels Question 18 Have the employee protection provisions of the Urban Cooperation Act or other state service-sharing enabling laws had a direct impact on your jurisdiction or not? Survey Fall 2010 Categories State support for collaboration, Intergovernmental cooperation, State government, Governmental Relations, State mandates and preemption Question 19 Do you believe Urban Cooperation Act should be amended or remain as it is currently? Survey Fall 2010 Categories State government, Intergovernmental cooperation, State support for collaboration, State mandates and preemption, Governmental Relations Question 21 Do you agree or disagree that there are too many local governments in the state? Survey Fall 2010 Categories Governmental Relations, State government reform, Intergovernmental cooperation, Level of collaboration Question 22a Would the majority of your jurisdiction's citizens support or oppose full consolidation with another local government unit if there were significant cost savings? (Among non-county jurisdictions) Survey Fall 2010 Categories Governmental Relations, Finance Budget and Operations, State government reform, Intergovernmental cooperation, Level of collaboration Question 07a To the best of your knowledge, has the amount of citizen participation increased, decreased, or not changed measurably due to your citizen engagement efforts? Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Engagement levels, Outreach Question 07b To the best of your knowledge, has the amount of information available to local officials for decision-making increased, decreased, or not changed measurably due to your citizen engagement efforts? Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Engagement levels, Outreach Question 22b Would the majority of your jurisdiction's Board or Council support or oppose full consolidation with another local government unit if there were significant cost savings? (Among non-county jurisdictions) Survey Fall 2010 Categories Governmental Relations, Finance Budget and Operations, State government reform, Intergovernmental cooperation, Level of collaboration Question 22c Would the majority of your government's employees support or oppose full consolidation with another local government unit if there were significant cost savings? (Among non-county jurisdictions) Survey Fall 2010 Categories Governmental Relations, Finance Budget and Operations, State government reform, Intergovernmental cooperation, Level of collaboration Question 22d Would the majority of business leaders in your community support or oppose full consolidation with another local government unit if there were significant cost savings? (Among non-county jurisdictions) Survey Fall 2010 Categories Governmental Relations, Finance Budget and Operations, State government reform, Intergovernmental cooperation, Level of collaboration Question 22e Would you personally support or oppose full consolidation with another local government unit if there were significant cost savings? (Among non-county jurisdictions) Survey Fall 2010 Categories Governmental Relations, Finance Budget and Operations, State government reform, Intergovernmental cooperation, Level of collaboration Question 07c To the best of your knowledge, has the quality of information available to local officials increased, decreased, or not changed measurably due to your citizen engagement efforts? Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Engagement levels, Outreach Question 07d To the best of your knowledge, has the officials' understanding of citizens' views increased, decreased, or not changed measurably due to your citizen engagement efforts? Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Engagement levels Question 07e To the best of your knowledge, has the quality of decision-making by local officials increased, decreased, or not changed measurably due to your citizen engagement efforts? Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Engagement levels Question 07f To the best of your knowledge, has the workload or time demands on jurisdiction's personnel increased, decreased, or not changed measurably due to your citizen engagement efforts? Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Engagement levels Question 23 Overall, how satisfied are you regarding citizen engagement in your jurisdiction's policymaking and/or operations today? Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Outreach 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 the next fiscal year, which action has your jurisdiction taken or likely to take regarding the amount of debt? Survey Spring 2011 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, fiscal health, Finances, Debt Question 19a Thinking in general about how things have changed in your jurisdiction over the last ten years or so — if at all — are citizens more or less informed about your jurisdiction's work? Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Community and Social Issues, Engagement levels, Trust in citizens Pagination First page first Previous page previous Page 139 Page 140 Page 141 Page 142 Current page 143 Page 144 Page 145 Page 146 Page 147 Next page next Last page last
Question 17h How effective or ineffective do you think a state-level intergovernmental advisory office to coordinate and administer programs like the ones listed above would be in encouraging or supporting intergovernmental collaboration? Survey Fall 2010 Categories State policies, State support for collaboration, Intergovernmental cooperation, State government, Governmental Relations Question 05k How would you rate the overall effectiveness (whatever "effectiveness" means to you) of internet discussion forums or online input/feedback forms for engaging citizens in your jurisdiction's policymaking and/or operations? (Among jurisdictions that reported using internet discussion forums or online input/feedback forms) Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Outreach, Technology Question 05l How would you rate the overall effectiveness (whatever "effectiveness" means to you) of informal one-on-one discussions with citizens for engaging citizens in your jurisdiction's policymaking and/or operations? (Among jurisdictions that reported using informal one-on-one discussions with citizens) Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Outreach Question 05m How would you rate the overall effectiveness (whatever "effectiveness" means to you) of open houses or "coffee with officials" for engaging citizens in your jurisdiction's policymaking and/or operations? (Among jurisdictions that reported using open houses or "coffee with officials") Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Outreach Question 05n How would you rate the overall effectiveness (whatever "effectiveness" means to you) of neighborhood meetings for engaging citizens in your jurisdiction's policymaking and/or operations? (Among jurisdictions that reported using neighborhood meetings) Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Outreach Question 05o How would you rate the overall effectiveness (whatever "effectiveness" means to you) of community-wide "Town Hall" meetings for engaging citizens in your jurisdiction's policymaking and/or operations? (Among jurisdictions that reported using community-wide "Town Hall" meetings) Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Outreach Question 05p How would you rate the overall effectiveness (whatever "effectiveness" means to you) of focus groups conducted by or for your jurisdiction for engaging citizens in your jurisdiction's policymaking and/or operations? (Among jurisdictions that reported using focus groups conducted by or for their jurisdiction) Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Outreach Question 05q How would you rate the overall effectiveness (whatever "effectiveness" means to you) of strategic-planning or "visioning" sessions for engaging citizens in your jurisdiction's policymaking and/or operations? (Among jurisdictions that reported using strategic-planning or "visioning" sessions) Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Outreach Question 05r How would you rate the overall effectiveness (whatever "effectiveness" means to you) of neighborhood-specific committees/teams for engaging citizens in your jurisdiction's policymaking and/or operations? (Among jurisdictions that reported using neighborhood-specific committees/teams) Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Outreach Question 05s How would you rate the overall effectiveness (whatever "effectiveness" means to you) of citizen participation on ad hoc task forces or planning teams for engaging citizens in your jurisdiction's policymaking and/or operations? (Among jurisdictions that reported using citizen participation on ad hoc task forces or planning teams) Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Outreach Question 10a Recently, has there been one (or more) particular issue(s) facing your jurisdiction that generated a significant increase in citizen engagement with your local government? Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Community and Social Issues, Engagement levels Question 18 Have the employee protection provisions of the Urban Cooperation Act or other state service-sharing enabling laws had a direct impact on your jurisdiction or not? Survey Fall 2010 Categories State support for collaboration, Intergovernmental cooperation, State government, Governmental Relations, State mandates and preemption Question 19 Do you believe Urban Cooperation Act should be amended or remain as it is currently? Survey Fall 2010 Categories State government, Intergovernmental cooperation, State support for collaboration, State mandates and preemption, Governmental Relations Question 21 Do you agree or disagree that there are too many local governments in the state? Survey Fall 2010 Categories Governmental Relations, State government reform, Intergovernmental cooperation, Level of collaboration Question 22a Would the majority of your jurisdiction's citizens support or oppose full consolidation with another local government unit if there were significant cost savings? (Among non-county jurisdictions) Survey Fall 2010 Categories Governmental Relations, Finance Budget and Operations, State government reform, Intergovernmental cooperation, Level of collaboration Question 07a To the best of your knowledge, has the amount of citizen participation increased, decreased, or not changed measurably due to your citizen engagement efforts? Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Engagement levels, Outreach Question 07b To the best of your knowledge, has the amount of information available to local officials for decision-making increased, decreased, or not changed measurably due to your citizen engagement efforts? Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Engagement levels, Outreach Question 22b Would the majority of your jurisdiction's Board or Council support or oppose full consolidation with another local government unit if there were significant cost savings? (Among non-county jurisdictions) Survey Fall 2010 Categories Governmental Relations, Finance Budget and Operations, State government reform, Intergovernmental cooperation, Level of collaboration Question 22c Would the majority of your government's employees support or oppose full consolidation with another local government unit if there were significant cost savings? (Among non-county jurisdictions) Survey Fall 2010 Categories Governmental Relations, Finance Budget and Operations, State government reform, Intergovernmental cooperation, Level of collaboration Question 22d Would the majority of business leaders in your community support or oppose full consolidation with another local government unit if there were significant cost savings? (Among non-county jurisdictions) Survey Fall 2010 Categories Governmental Relations, Finance Budget and Operations, State government reform, Intergovernmental cooperation, Level of collaboration Question 22e Would you personally support or oppose full consolidation with another local government unit if there were significant cost savings? (Among non-county jurisdictions) Survey Fall 2010 Categories Governmental Relations, Finance Budget and Operations, State government reform, Intergovernmental cooperation, Level of collaboration Question 07c To the best of your knowledge, has the quality of information available to local officials increased, decreased, or not changed measurably due to your citizen engagement efforts? Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Engagement levels, Outreach Question 07d To the best of your knowledge, has the officials' understanding of citizens' views increased, decreased, or not changed measurably due to your citizen engagement efforts? Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Engagement levels Question 07e To the best of your knowledge, has the quality of decision-making by local officials increased, decreased, or not changed measurably due to your citizen engagement efforts? Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Engagement levels Question 07f To the best of your knowledge, has the workload or time demands on jurisdiction's personnel increased, decreased, or not changed measurably due to your citizen engagement efforts? Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Engagement levels Question 23 Overall, how satisfied are you regarding citizen engagement in your jurisdiction's policymaking and/or operations today? Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Outreach 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 the next fiscal year, which action has your jurisdiction taken or likely to take regarding the amount of debt? Survey Spring 2011 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, fiscal health, Finances, Debt Question 19a Thinking in general about how things have changed in your jurisdiction over the last ten years or so — if at all — are citizens more or less informed about your jurisdiction's work? Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Community and Social Issues, Engagement levels, Trust in citizens Pagination First page first Previous page previous Page 139 Page 140 Page 141 Page 142 Current page 143 Page 144 Page 145 Page 146 Page 147 Next page next Last page last
Question 05k How would you rate the overall effectiveness (whatever "effectiveness" means to you) of internet discussion forums or online input/feedback forms for engaging citizens in your jurisdiction's policymaking and/or operations? (Among jurisdictions that reported using internet discussion forums or online input/feedback forms) Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Outreach, Technology Question 05l How would you rate the overall effectiveness (whatever "effectiveness" means to you) of informal one-on-one discussions with citizens for engaging citizens in your jurisdiction's policymaking and/or operations? (Among jurisdictions that reported using informal one-on-one discussions with citizens) Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Outreach Question 05m How would you rate the overall effectiveness (whatever "effectiveness" means to you) of open houses or "coffee with officials" for engaging citizens in your jurisdiction's policymaking and/or operations? (Among jurisdictions that reported using open houses or "coffee with officials") Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Outreach Question 05n How would you rate the overall effectiveness (whatever "effectiveness" means to you) of neighborhood meetings for engaging citizens in your jurisdiction's policymaking and/or operations? (Among jurisdictions that reported using neighborhood meetings) Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Outreach Question 05o How would you rate the overall effectiveness (whatever "effectiveness" means to you) of community-wide "Town Hall" meetings for engaging citizens in your jurisdiction's policymaking and/or operations? (Among jurisdictions that reported using community-wide "Town Hall" meetings) Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Outreach Question 05p How would you rate the overall effectiveness (whatever "effectiveness" means to you) of focus groups conducted by or for your jurisdiction for engaging citizens in your jurisdiction's policymaking and/or operations? (Among jurisdictions that reported using focus groups conducted by or for their jurisdiction) Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Outreach Question 05q How would you rate the overall effectiveness (whatever "effectiveness" means to you) of strategic-planning or "visioning" sessions for engaging citizens in your jurisdiction's policymaking and/or operations? (Among jurisdictions that reported using strategic-planning or "visioning" sessions) Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Outreach Question 05r How would you rate the overall effectiveness (whatever "effectiveness" means to you) of neighborhood-specific committees/teams for engaging citizens in your jurisdiction's policymaking and/or operations? (Among jurisdictions that reported using neighborhood-specific committees/teams) Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Outreach Question 05s How would you rate the overall effectiveness (whatever "effectiveness" means to you) of citizen participation on ad hoc task forces or planning teams for engaging citizens in your jurisdiction's policymaking and/or operations? (Among jurisdictions that reported using citizen participation on ad hoc task forces or planning teams) Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Outreach Question 10a Recently, has there been one (or more) particular issue(s) facing your jurisdiction that generated a significant increase in citizen engagement with your local government? Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Community and Social Issues, Engagement levels Question 18 Have the employee protection provisions of the Urban Cooperation Act or other state service-sharing enabling laws had a direct impact on your jurisdiction or not? Survey Fall 2010 Categories State support for collaboration, Intergovernmental cooperation, State government, Governmental Relations, State mandates and preemption Question 19 Do you believe Urban Cooperation Act should be amended or remain as it is currently? Survey Fall 2010 Categories State government, Intergovernmental cooperation, State support for collaboration, State mandates and preemption, Governmental Relations Question 21 Do you agree or disagree that there are too many local governments in the state? Survey Fall 2010 Categories Governmental Relations, State government reform, Intergovernmental cooperation, Level of collaboration Question 22a Would the majority of your jurisdiction's citizens support or oppose full consolidation with another local government unit if there were significant cost savings? (Among non-county jurisdictions) Survey Fall 2010 Categories Governmental Relations, Finance Budget and Operations, State government reform, Intergovernmental cooperation, Level of collaboration Question 07a To the best of your knowledge, has the amount of citizen participation increased, decreased, or not changed measurably due to your citizen engagement efforts? Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Engagement levels, Outreach Question 07b To the best of your knowledge, has the amount of information available to local officials for decision-making increased, decreased, or not changed measurably due to your citizen engagement efforts? Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Engagement levels, Outreach Question 22b Would the majority of your jurisdiction's Board or Council support or oppose full consolidation with another local government unit if there were significant cost savings? (Among non-county jurisdictions) Survey Fall 2010 Categories Governmental Relations, Finance Budget and Operations, State government reform, Intergovernmental cooperation, Level of collaboration Question 22c Would the majority of your government's employees support or oppose full consolidation with another local government unit if there were significant cost savings? (Among non-county jurisdictions) Survey Fall 2010 Categories Governmental Relations, Finance Budget and Operations, State government reform, Intergovernmental cooperation, Level of collaboration Question 22d Would the majority of business leaders in your community support or oppose full consolidation with another local government unit if there were significant cost savings? (Among non-county jurisdictions) Survey Fall 2010 Categories Governmental Relations, Finance Budget and Operations, State government reform, Intergovernmental cooperation, Level of collaboration Question 22e Would you personally support or oppose full consolidation with another local government unit if there were significant cost savings? (Among non-county jurisdictions) Survey Fall 2010 Categories Governmental Relations, Finance Budget and Operations, State government reform, Intergovernmental cooperation, Level of collaboration Question 07c To the best of your knowledge, has the quality of information available to local officials increased, decreased, or not changed measurably due to your citizen engagement efforts? Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Engagement levels, Outreach Question 07d To the best of your knowledge, has the officials' understanding of citizens' views increased, decreased, or not changed measurably due to your citizen engagement efforts? Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Engagement levels Question 07e To the best of your knowledge, has the quality of decision-making by local officials increased, decreased, or not changed measurably due to your citizen engagement efforts? Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Engagement levels Question 07f To the best of your knowledge, has the workload or time demands on jurisdiction's personnel increased, decreased, or not changed measurably due to your citizen engagement efforts? Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Engagement levels Question 23 Overall, how satisfied are you regarding citizen engagement in your jurisdiction's policymaking and/or operations today? Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Outreach 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 the next fiscal year, which action has your jurisdiction taken or likely to take regarding the amount of debt? Survey Spring 2011 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, fiscal health, Finances, Debt Question 19a Thinking in general about how things have changed in your jurisdiction over the last ten years or so — if at all — are citizens more or less informed about your jurisdiction's work? Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Community and Social Issues, Engagement levels, Trust in citizens Pagination First page first Previous page previous Page 139 Page 140 Page 141 Page 142 Current page 143 Page 144 Page 145 Page 146 Page 147 Next page next Last page last
Question 05l How would you rate the overall effectiveness (whatever "effectiveness" means to you) of informal one-on-one discussions with citizens for engaging citizens in your jurisdiction's policymaking and/or operations? (Among jurisdictions that reported using informal one-on-one discussions with citizens) Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Outreach Question 05m How would you rate the overall effectiveness (whatever "effectiveness" means to you) of open houses or "coffee with officials" for engaging citizens in your jurisdiction's policymaking and/or operations? (Among jurisdictions that reported using open houses or "coffee with officials") Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Outreach Question 05n How would you rate the overall effectiveness (whatever "effectiveness" means to you) of neighborhood meetings for engaging citizens in your jurisdiction's policymaking and/or operations? (Among jurisdictions that reported using neighborhood meetings) Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Outreach Question 05o How would you rate the overall effectiveness (whatever "effectiveness" means to you) of community-wide "Town Hall" meetings for engaging citizens in your jurisdiction's policymaking and/or operations? (Among jurisdictions that reported using community-wide "Town Hall" meetings) Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Outreach Question 05p How would you rate the overall effectiveness (whatever "effectiveness" means to you) of focus groups conducted by or for your jurisdiction for engaging citizens in your jurisdiction's policymaking and/or operations? (Among jurisdictions that reported using focus groups conducted by or for their jurisdiction) Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Outreach Question 05q How would you rate the overall effectiveness (whatever "effectiveness" means to you) of strategic-planning or "visioning" sessions for engaging citizens in your jurisdiction's policymaking and/or operations? (Among jurisdictions that reported using strategic-planning or "visioning" sessions) Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Outreach Question 05r How would you rate the overall effectiveness (whatever "effectiveness" means to you) of neighborhood-specific committees/teams for engaging citizens in your jurisdiction's policymaking and/or operations? (Among jurisdictions that reported using neighborhood-specific committees/teams) Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Outreach Question 05s How would you rate the overall effectiveness (whatever "effectiveness" means to you) of citizen participation on ad hoc task forces or planning teams for engaging citizens in your jurisdiction's policymaking and/or operations? (Among jurisdictions that reported using citizen participation on ad hoc task forces or planning teams) Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Outreach Question 10a Recently, has there been one (or more) particular issue(s) facing your jurisdiction that generated a significant increase in citizen engagement with your local government? Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Community and Social Issues, Engagement levels Question 18 Have the employee protection provisions of the Urban Cooperation Act or other state service-sharing enabling laws had a direct impact on your jurisdiction or not? Survey Fall 2010 Categories State support for collaboration, Intergovernmental cooperation, State government, Governmental Relations, State mandates and preemption Question 19 Do you believe Urban Cooperation Act should be amended or remain as it is currently? Survey Fall 2010 Categories State government, Intergovernmental cooperation, State support for collaboration, State mandates and preemption, Governmental Relations Question 21 Do you agree or disagree that there are too many local governments in the state? Survey Fall 2010 Categories Governmental Relations, State government reform, Intergovernmental cooperation, Level of collaboration Question 22a Would the majority of your jurisdiction's citizens support or oppose full consolidation with another local government unit if there were significant cost savings? (Among non-county jurisdictions) Survey Fall 2010 Categories Governmental Relations, Finance Budget and Operations, State government reform, Intergovernmental cooperation, Level of collaboration Question 07a To the best of your knowledge, has the amount of citizen participation increased, decreased, or not changed measurably due to your citizen engagement efforts? Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Engagement levels, Outreach Question 07b To the best of your knowledge, has the amount of information available to local officials for decision-making increased, decreased, or not changed measurably due to your citizen engagement efforts? Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Engagement levels, Outreach Question 22b Would the majority of your jurisdiction's Board or Council support or oppose full consolidation with another local government unit if there were significant cost savings? (Among non-county jurisdictions) Survey Fall 2010 Categories Governmental Relations, Finance Budget and Operations, State government reform, Intergovernmental cooperation, Level of collaboration Question 22c Would the majority of your government's employees support or oppose full consolidation with another local government unit if there were significant cost savings? (Among non-county jurisdictions) Survey Fall 2010 Categories Governmental Relations, Finance Budget and Operations, State government reform, Intergovernmental cooperation, Level of collaboration Question 22d Would the majority of business leaders in your community support or oppose full consolidation with another local government unit if there were significant cost savings? (Among non-county jurisdictions) Survey Fall 2010 Categories Governmental Relations, Finance Budget and Operations, State government reform, Intergovernmental cooperation, Level of collaboration Question 22e Would you personally support or oppose full consolidation with another local government unit if there were significant cost savings? (Among non-county jurisdictions) Survey Fall 2010 Categories Governmental Relations, Finance Budget and Operations, State government reform, Intergovernmental cooperation, Level of collaboration Question 07c To the best of your knowledge, has the quality of information available to local officials increased, decreased, or not changed measurably due to your citizen engagement efforts? Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Engagement levels, Outreach Question 07d To the best of your knowledge, has the officials' understanding of citizens' views increased, decreased, or not changed measurably due to your citizen engagement efforts? Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Engagement levels Question 07e To the best of your knowledge, has the quality of decision-making by local officials increased, decreased, or not changed measurably due to your citizen engagement efforts? Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Engagement levels Question 07f To the best of your knowledge, has the workload or time demands on jurisdiction's personnel increased, decreased, or not changed measurably due to your citizen engagement efforts? Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Engagement levels Question 23 Overall, how satisfied are you regarding citizen engagement in your jurisdiction's policymaking and/or operations today? Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Outreach 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 the next fiscal year, which action has your jurisdiction taken or likely to take regarding the amount of debt? Survey Spring 2011 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, fiscal health, Finances, Debt Question 19a Thinking in general about how things have changed in your jurisdiction over the last ten years or so — if at all — are citizens more or less informed about your jurisdiction's work? Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Community and Social Issues, Engagement levels, Trust in citizens Pagination First page first Previous page previous Page 139 Page 140 Page 141 Page 142 Current page 143 Page 144 Page 145 Page 146 Page 147 Next page next Last page last
Question 05m How would you rate the overall effectiveness (whatever "effectiveness" means to you) of open houses or "coffee with officials" for engaging citizens in your jurisdiction's policymaking and/or operations? (Among jurisdictions that reported using open houses or "coffee with officials") Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Outreach Question 05n How would you rate the overall effectiveness (whatever "effectiveness" means to you) of neighborhood meetings for engaging citizens in your jurisdiction's policymaking and/or operations? (Among jurisdictions that reported using neighborhood meetings) Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Outreach Question 05o How would you rate the overall effectiveness (whatever "effectiveness" means to you) of community-wide "Town Hall" meetings for engaging citizens in your jurisdiction's policymaking and/or operations? (Among jurisdictions that reported using community-wide "Town Hall" meetings) Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Outreach Question 05p How would you rate the overall effectiveness (whatever "effectiveness" means to you) of focus groups conducted by or for your jurisdiction for engaging citizens in your jurisdiction's policymaking and/or operations? (Among jurisdictions that reported using focus groups conducted by or for their jurisdiction) Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Outreach Question 05q How would you rate the overall effectiveness (whatever "effectiveness" means to you) of strategic-planning or "visioning" sessions for engaging citizens in your jurisdiction's policymaking and/or operations? (Among jurisdictions that reported using strategic-planning or "visioning" sessions) Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Outreach Question 05r How would you rate the overall effectiveness (whatever "effectiveness" means to you) of neighborhood-specific committees/teams for engaging citizens in your jurisdiction's policymaking and/or operations? (Among jurisdictions that reported using neighborhood-specific committees/teams) Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Outreach Question 05s How would you rate the overall effectiveness (whatever "effectiveness" means to you) of citizen participation on ad hoc task forces or planning teams for engaging citizens in your jurisdiction's policymaking and/or operations? (Among jurisdictions that reported using citizen participation on ad hoc task forces or planning teams) Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Outreach Question 10a Recently, has there been one (or more) particular issue(s) facing your jurisdiction that generated a significant increase in citizen engagement with your local government? Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Community and Social Issues, Engagement levels Question 18 Have the employee protection provisions of the Urban Cooperation Act or other state service-sharing enabling laws had a direct impact on your jurisdiction or not? Survey Fall 2010 Categories State support for collaboration, Intergovernmental cooperation, State government, Governmental Relations, State mandates and preemption Question 19 Do you believe Urban Cooperation Act should be amended or remain as it is currently? Survey Fall 2010 Categories State government, Intergovernmental cooperation, State support for collaboration, State mandates and preemption, Governmental Relations Question 21 Do you agree or disagree that there are too many local governments in the state? Survey Fall 2010 Categories Governmental Relations, State government reform, Intergovernmental cooperation, Level of collaboration Question 22a Would the majority of your jurisdiction's citizens support or oppose full consolidation with another local government unit if there were significant cost savings? (Among non-county jurisdictions) Survey Fall 2010 Categories Governmental Relations, Finance Budget and Operations, State government reform, Intergovernmental cooperation, Level of collaboration Question 07a To the best of your knowledge, has the amount of citizen participation increased, decreased, or not changed measurably due to your citizen engagement efforts? Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Engagement levels, Outreach Question 07b To the best of your knowledge, has the amount of information available to local officials for decision-making increased, decreased, or not changed measurably due to your citizen engagement efforts? Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Engagement levels, Outreach Question 22b Would the majority of your jurisdiction's Board or Council support or oppose full consolidation with another local government unit if there were significant cost savings? (Among non-county jurisdictions) Survey Fall 2010 Categories Governmental Relations, Finance Budget and Operations, State government reform, Intergovernmental cooperation, Level of collaboration Question 22c Would the majority of your government's employees support or oppose full consolidation with another local government unit if there were significant cost savings? (Among non-county jurisdictions) Survey Fall 2010 Categories Governmental Relations, Finance Budget and Operations, State government reform, Intergovernmental cooperation, Level of collaboration Question 22d Would the majority of business leaders in your community support or oppose full consolidation with another local government unit if there were significant cost savings? (Among non-county jurisdictions) Survey Fall 2010 Categories Governmental Relations, Finance Budget and Operations, State government reform, Intergovernmental cooperation, Level of collaboration Question 22e Would you personally support or oppose full consolidation with another local government unit if there were significant cost savings? (Among non-county jurisdictions) Survey Fall 2010 Categories Governmental Relations, Finance Budget and Operations, State government reform, Intergovernmental cooperation, Level of collaboration Question 07c To the best of your knowledge, has the quality of information available to local officials increased, decreased, or not changed measurably due to your citizen engagement efforts? Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Engagement levels, Outreach Question 07d To the best of your knowledge, has the officials' understanding of citizens' views increased, decreased, or not changed measurably due to your citizen engagement efforts? Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Engagement levels Question 07e To the best of your knowledge, has the quality of decision-making by local officials increased, decreased, or not changed measurably due to your citizen engagement efforts? Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Engagement levels Question 07f To the best of your knowledge, has the workload or time demands on jurisdiction's personnel increased, decreased, or not changed measurably due to your citizen engagement efforts? Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Engagement levels Question 23 Overall, how satisfied are you regarding citizen engagement in your jurisdiction's policymaking and/or operations today? Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Outreach 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 the next fiscal year, which action has your jurisdiction taken or likely to take regarding the amount of debt? Survey Spring 2011 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, fiscal health, Finances, Debt Question 19a Thinking in general about how things have changed in your jurisdiction over the last ten years or so — if at all — are citizens more or less informed about your jurisdiction's work? Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Community and Social Issues, Engagement levels, Trust in citizens Pagination First page first Previous page previous Page 139 Page 140 Page 141 Page 142 Current page 143 Page 144 Page 145 Page 146 Page 147 Next page next Last page last
Question 05n How would you rate the overall effectiveness (whatever "effectiveness" means to you) of neighborhood meetings for engaging citizens in your jurisdiction's policymaking and/or operations? (Among jurisdictions that reported using neighborhood meetings) Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Outreach Question 05o How would you rate the overall effectiveness (whatever "effectiveness" means to you) of community-wide "Town Hall" meetings for engaging citizens in your jurisdiction's policymaking and/or operations? (Among jurisdictions that reported using community-wide "Town Hall" meetings) Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Outreach Question 05p How would you rate the overall effectiveness (whatever "effectiveness" means to you) of focus groups conducted by or for your jurisdiction for engaging citizens in your jurisdiction's policymaking and/or operations? (Among jurisdictions that reported using focus groups conducted by or for their jurisdiction) Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Outreach Question 05q How would you rate the overall effectiveness (whatever "effectiveness" means to you) of strategic-planning or "visioning" sessions for engaging citizens in your jurisdiction's policymaking and/or operations? (Among jurisdictions that reported using strategic-planning or "visioning" sessions) Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Outreach Question 05r How would you rate the overall effectiveness (whatever "effectiveness" means to you) of neighborhood-specific committees/teams for engaging citizens in your jurisdiction's policymaking and/or operations? (Among jurisdictions that reported using neighborhood-specific committees/teams) Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Outreach Question 05s How would you rate the overall effectiveness (whatever "effectiveness" means to you) of citizen participation on ad hoc task forces or planning teams for engaging citizens in your jurisdiction's policymaking and/or operations? (Among jurisdictions that reported using citizen participation on ad hoc task forces or planning teams) Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Outreach Question 10a Recently, has there been one (or more) particular issue(s) facing your jurisdiction that generated a significant increase in citizen engagement with your local government? Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Community and Social Issues, Engagement levels Question 18 Have the employee protection provisions of the Urban Cooperation Act or other state service-sharing enabling laws had a direct impact on your jurisdiction or not? Survey Fall 2010 Categories State support for collaboration, Intergovernmental cooperation, State government, Governmental Relations, State mandates and preemption Question 19 Do you believe Urban Cooperation Act should be amended or remain as it is currently? Survey Fall 2010 Categories State government, Intergovernmental cooperation, State support for collaboration, State mandates and preemption, Governmental Relations Question 21 Do you agree or disagree that there are too many local governments in the state? Survey Fall 2010 Categories Governmental Relations, State government reform, Intergovernmental cooperation, Level of collaboration Question 22a Would the majority of your jurisdiction's citizens support or oppose full consolidation with another local government unit if there were significant cost savings? (Among non-county jurisdictions) Survey Fall 2010 Categories Governmental Relations, Finance Budget and Operations, State government reform, Intergovernmental cooperation, Level of collaboration Question 07a To the best of your knowledge, has the amount of citizen participation increased, decreased, or not changed measurably due to your citizen engagement efforts? Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Engagement levels, Outreach Question 07b To the best of your knowledge, has the amount of information available to local officials for decision-making increased, decreased, or not changed measurably due to your citizen engagement efforts? Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Engagement levels, Outreach Question 22b Would the majority of your jurisdiction's Board or Council support or oppose full consolidation with another local government unit if there were significant cost savings? (Among non-county jurisdictions) Survey Fall 2010 Categories Governmental Relations, Finance Budget and Operations, State government reform, Intergovernmental cooperation, Level of collaboration Question 22c Would the majority of your government's employees support or oppose full consolidation with another local government unit if there were significant cost savings? (Among non-county jurisdictions) Survey Fall 2010 Categories Governmental Relations, Finance Budget and Operations, State government reform, Intergovernmental cooperation, Level of collaboration Question 22d Would the majority of business leaders in your community support or oppose full consolidation with another local government unit if there were significant cost savings? (Among non-county jurisdictions) Survey Fall 2010 Categories Governmental Relations, Finance Budget and Operations, State government reform, Intergovernmental cooperation, Level of collaboration Question 22e Would you personally support or oppose full consolidation with another local government unit if there were significant cost savings? (Among non-county jurisdictions) Survey Fall 2010 Categories Governmental Relations, Finance Budget and Operations, State government reform, Intergovernmental cooperation, Level of collaboration Question 07c To the best of your knowledge, has the quality of information available to local officials increased, decreased, or not changed measurably due to your citizen engagement efforts? Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Engagement levels, Outreach Question 07d To the best of your knowledge, has the officials' understanding of citizens' views increased, decreased, or not changed measurably due to your citizen engagement efforts? Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Engagement levels Question 07e To the best of your knowledge, has the quality of decision-making by local officials increased, decreased, or not changed measurably due to your citizen engagement efforts? Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Engagement levels Question 07f To the best of your knowledge, has the workload or time demands on jurisdiction's personnel increased, decreased, or not changed measurably due to your citizen engagement efforts? Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Engagement levels Question 23 Overall, how satisfied are you regarding citizen engagement in your jurisdiction's policymaking and/or operations today? Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Outreach 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 the next fiscal year, which action has your jurisdiction taken or likely to take regarding the amount of debt? Survey Spring 2011 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, fiscal health, Finances, Debt Question 19a Thinking in general about how things have changed in your jurisdiction over the last ten years or so — if at all — are citizens more or less informed about your jurisdiction's work? Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Community and Social Issues, Engagement levels, Trust in citizens Pagination First page first Previous page previous Page 139 Page 140 Page 141 Page 142 Current page 143 Page 144 Page 145 Page 146 Page 147 Next page next Last page last
Question 05o How would you rate the overall effectiveness (whatever "effectiveness" means to you) of community-wide "Town Hall" meetings for engaging citizens in your jurisdiction's policymaking and/or operations? (Among jurisdictions that reported using community-wide "Town Hall" meetings) Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Outreach Question 05p How would you rate the overall effectiveness (whatever "effectiveness" means to you) of focus groups conducted by or for your jurisdiction for engaging citizens in your jurisdiction's policymaking and/or operations? (Among jurisdictions that reported using focus groups conducted by or for their jurisdiction) Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Outreach Question 05q How would you rate the overall effectiveness (whatever "effectiveness" means to you) of strategic-planning or "visioning" sessions for engaging citizens in your jurisdiction's policymaking and/or operations? (Among jurisdictions that reported using strategic-planning or "visioning" sessions) Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Outreach Question 05r How would you rate the overall effectiveness (whatever "effectiveness" means to you) of neighborhood-specific committees/teams for engaging citizens in your jurisdiction's policymaking and/or operations? (Among jurisdictions that reported using neighborhood-specific committees/teams) Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Outreach Question 05s How would you rate the overall effectiveness (whatever "effectiveness" means to you) of citizen participation on ad hoc task forces or planning teams for engaging citizens in your jurisdiction's policymaking and/or operations? (Among jurisdictions that reported using citizen participation on ad hoc task forces or planning teams) Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Outreach Question 10a Recently, has there been one (or more) particular issue(s) facing your jurisdiction that generated a significant increase in citizen engagement with your local government? Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Community and Social Issues, Engagement levels Question 18 Have the employee protection provisions of the Urban Cooperation Act or other state service-sharing enabling laws had a direct impact on your jurisdiction or not? Survey Fall 2010 Categories State support for collaboration, Intergovernmental cooperation, State government, Governmental Relations, State mandates and preemption Question 19 Do you believe Urban Cooperation Act should be amended or remain as it is currently? Survey Fall 2010 Categories State government, Intergovernmental cooperation, State support for collaboration, State mandates and preemption, Governmental Relations Question 21 Do you agree or disagree that there are too many local governments in the state? Survey Fall 2010 Categories Governmental Relations, State government reform, Intergovernmental cooperation, Level of collaboration Question 22a Would the majority of your jurisdiction's citizens support or oppose full consolidation with another local government unit if there were significant cost savings? (Among non-county jurisdictions) Survey Fall 2010 Categories Governmental Relations, Finance Budget and Operations, State government reform, Intergovernmental cooperation, Level of collaboration Question 07a To the best of your knowledge, has the amount of citizen participation increased, decreased, or not changed measurably due to your citizen engagement efforts? Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Engagement levels, Outreach Question 07b To the best of your knowledge, has the amount of information available to local officials for decision-making increased, decreased, or not changed measurably due to your citizen engagement efforts? Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Engagement levels, Outreach Question 22b Would the majority of your jurisdiction's Board or Council support or oppose full consolidation with another local government unit if there were significant cost savings? (Among non-county jurisdictions) Survey Fall 2010 Categories Governmental Relations, Finance Budget and Operations, State government reform, Intergovernmental cooperation, Level of collaboration Question 22c Would the majority of your government's employees support or oppose full consolidation with another local government unit if there were significant cost savings? (Among non-county jurisdictions) Survey Fall 2010 Categories Governmental Relations, Finance Budget and Operations, State government reform, Intergovernmental cooperation, Level of collaboration Question 22d Would the majority of business leaders in your community support or oppose full consolidation with another local government unit if there were significant cost savings? (Among non-county jurisdictions) Survey Fall 2010 Categories Governmental Relations, Finance Budget and Operations, State government reform, Intergovernmental cooperation, Level of collaboration Question 22e Would you personally support or oppose full consolidation with another local government unit if there were significant cost savings? (Among non-county jurisdictions) Survey Fall 2010 Categories Governmental Relations, Finance Budget and Operations, State government reform, Intergovernmental cooperation, Level of collaboration Question 07c To the best of your knowledge, has the quality of information available to local officials increased, decreased, or not changed measurably due to your citizen engagement efforts? Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Engagement levels, Outreach Question 07d To the best of your knowledge, has the officials' understanding of citizens' views increased, decreased, or not changed measurably due to your citizen engagement efforts? Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Engagement levels Question 07e To the best of your knowledge, has the quality of decision-making by local officials increased, decreased, or not changed measurably due to your citizen engagement efforts? Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Engagement levels Question 07f To the best of your knowledge, has the workload or time demands on jurisdiction's personnel increased, decreased, or not changed measurably due to your citizen engagement efforts? Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Engagement levels Question 23 Overall, how satisfied are you regarding citizen engagement in your jurisdiction's policymaking and/or operations today? Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Outreach 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 the next fiscal year, which action has your jurisdiction taken or likely to take regarding the amount of debt? Survey Spring 2011 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, fiscal health, Finances, Debt Question 19a Thinking in general about how things have changed in your jurisdiction over the last ten years or so — if at all — are citizens more or less informed about your jurisdiction's work? Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Community and Social Issues, Engagement levels, Trust in citizens Pagination First page first Previous page previous Page 139 Page 140 Page 141 Page 142 Current page 143 Page 144 Page 145 Page 146 Page 147 Next page next Last page last
Question 05p How would you rate the overall effectiveness (whatever "effectiveness" means to you) of focus groups conducted by or for your jurisdiction for engaging citizens in your jurisdiction's policymaking and/or operations? (Among jurisdictions that reported using focus groups conducted by or for their jurisdiction) Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Outreach Question 05q How would you rate the overall effectiveness (whatever "effectiveness" means to you) of strategic-planning or "visioning" sessions for engaging citizens in your jurisdiction's policymaking and/or operations? (Among jurisdictions that reported using strategic-planning or "visioning" sessions) Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Outreach Question 05r How would you rate the overall effectiveness (whatever "effectiveness" means to you) of neighborhood-specific committees/teams for engaging citizens in your jurisdiction's policymaking and/or operations? (Among jurisdictions that reported using neighborhood-specific committees/teams) Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Outreach Question 05s How would you rate the overall effectiveness (whatever "effectiveness" means to you) of citizen participation on ad hoc task forces or planning teams for engaging citizens in your jurisdiction's policymaking and/or operations? (Among jurisdictions that reported using citizen participation on ad hoc task forces or planning teams) Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Outreach Question 10a Recently, has there been one (or more) particular issue(s) facing your jurisdiction that generated a significant increase in citizen engagement with your local government? Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Community and Social Issues, Engagement levels Question 18 Have the employee protection provisions of the Urban Cooperation Act or other state service-sharing enabling laws had a direct impact on your jurisdiction or not? Survey Fall 2010 Categories State support for collaboration, Intergovernmental cooperation, State government, Governmental Relations, State mandates and preemption Question 19 Do you believe Urban Cooperation Act should be amended or remain as it is currently? Survey Fall 2010 Categories State government, Intergovernmental cooperation, State support for collaboration, State mandates and preemption, Governmental Relations Question 21 Do you agree or disagree that there are too many local governments in the state? Survey Fall 2010 Categories Governmental Relations, State government reform, Intergovernmental cooperation, Level of collaboration Question 22a Would the majority of your jurisdiction's citizens support or oppose full consolidation with another local government unit if there were significant cost savings? (Among non-county jurisdictions) Survey Fall 2010 Categories Governmental Relations, Finance Budget and Operations, State government reform, Intergovernmental cooperation, Level of collaboration Question 07a To the best of your knowledge, has the amount of citizen participation increased, decreased, or not changed measurably due to your citizen engagement efforts? Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Engagement levels, Outreach Question 07b To the best of your knowledge, has the amount of information available to local officials for decision-making increased, decreased, or not changed measurably due to your citizen engagement efforts? Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Engagement levels, Outreach Question 22b Would the majority of your jurisdiction's Board or Council support or oppose full consolidation with another local government unit if there were significant cost savings? (Among non-county jurisdictions) Survey Fall 2010 Categories Governmental Relations, Finance Budget and Operations, State government reform, Intergovernmental cooperation, Level of collaboration Question 22c Would the majority of your government's employees support or oppose full consolidation with another local government unit if there were significant cost savings? (Among non-county jurisdictions) Survey Fall 2010 Categories Governmental Relations, Finance Budget and Operations, State government reform, Intergovernmental cooperation, Level of collaboration Question 22d Would the majority of business leaders in your community support or oppose full consolidation with another local government unit if there were significant cost savings? (Among non-county jurisdictions) Survey Fall 2010 Categories Governmental Relations, Finance Budget and Operations, State government reform, Intergovernmental cooperation, Level of collaboration Question 22e Would you personally support or oppose full consolidation with another local government unit if there were significant cost savings? (Among non-county jurisdictions) Survey Fall 2010 Categories Governmental Relations, Finance Budget and Operations, State government reform, Intergovernmental cooperation, Level of collaboration Question 07c To the best of your knowledge, has the quality of information available to local officials increased, decreased, or not changed measurably due to your citizen engagement efforts? Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Engagement levels, Outreach Question 07d To the best of your knowledge, has the officials' understanding of citizens' views increased, decreased, or not changed measurably due to your citizen engagement efforts? Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Engagement levels Question 07e To the best of your knowledge, has the quality of decision-making by local officials increased, decreased, or not changed measurably due to your citizen engagement efforts? Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Engagement levels Question 07f To the best of your knowledge, has the workload or time demands on jurisdiction's personnel increased, decreased, or not changed measurably due to your citizen engagement efforts? Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Engagement levels Question 23 Overall, how satisfied are you regarding citizen engagement in your jurisdiction's policymaking and/or operations today? Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Outreach 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 the next fiscal year, which action has your jurisdiction taken or likely to take regarding the amount of debt? Survey Spring 2011 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, fiscal health, Finances, Debt Question 19a Thinking in general about how things have changed in your jurisdiction over the last ten years or so — if at all — are citizens more or less informed about your jurisdiction's work? Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Community and Social Issues, Engagement levels, Trust in citizens Pagination First page first Previous page previous Page 139 Page 140 Page 141 Page 142 Current page 143 Page 144 Page 145 Page 146 Page 147 Next page next Last page last
Question 05q How would you rate the overall effectiveness (whatever "effectiveness" means to you) of strategic-planning or "visioning" sessions for engaging citizens in your jurisdiction's policymaking and/or operations? (Among jurisdictions that reported using strategic-planning or "visioning" sessions) Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Outreach Question 05r How would you rate the overall effectiveness (whatever "effectiveness" means to you) of neighborhood-specific committees/teams for engaging citizens in your jurisdiction's policymaking and/or operations? (Among jurisdictions that reported using neighborhood-specific committees/teams) Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Outreach Question 05s How would you rate the overall effectiveness (whatever "effectiveness" means to you) of citizen participation on ad hoc task forces or planning teams for engaging citizens in your jurisdiction's policymaking and/or operations? (Among jurisdictions that reported using citizen participation on ad hoc task forces or planning teams) Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Outreach Question 10a Recently, has there been one (or more) particular issue(s) facing your jurisdiction that generated a significant increase in citizen engagement with your local government? Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Community and Social Issues, Engagement levels Question 18 Have the employee protection provisions of the Urban Cooperation Act or other state service-sharing enabling laws had a direct impact on your jurisdiction or not? Survey Fall 2010 Categories State support for collaboration, Intergovernmental cooperation, State government, Governmental Relations, State mandates and preemption Question 19 Do you believe Urban Cooperation Act should be amended or remain as it is currently? Survey Fall 2010 Categories State government, Intergovernmental cooperation, State support for collaboration, State mandates and preemption, Governmental Relations Question 21 Do you agree or disagree that there are too many local governments in the state? Survey Fall 2010 Categories Governmental Relations, State government reform, Intergovernmental cooperation, Level of collaboration Question 22a Would the majority of your jurisdiction's citizens support or oppose full consolidation with another local government unit if there were significant cost savings? (Among non-county jurisdictions) Survey Fall 2010 Categories Governmental Relations, Finance Budget and Operations, State government reform, Intergovernmental cooperation, Level of collaboration Question 07a To the best of your knowledge, has the amount of citizen participation increased, decreased, or not changed measurably due to your citizen engagement efforts? Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Engagement levels, Outreach Question 07b To the best of your knowledge, has the amount of information available to local officials for decision-making increased, decreased, or not changed measurably due to your citizen engagement efforts? Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Engagement levels, Outreach Question 22b Would the majority of your jurisdiction's Board or Council support or oppose full consolidation with another local government unit if there were significant cost savings? (Among non-county jurisdictions) Survey Fall 2010 Categories Governmental Relations, Finance Budget and Operations, State government reform, Intergovernmental cooperation, Level of collaboration Question 22c Would the majority of your government's employees support or oppose full consolidation with another local government unit if there were significant cost savings? (Among non-county jurisdictions) Survey Fall 2010 Categories Governmental Relations, Finance Budget and Operations, State government reform, Intergovernmental cooperation, Level of collaboration Question 22d Would the majority of business leaders in your community support or oppose full consolidation with another local government unit if there were significant cost savings? (Among non-county jurisdictions) Survey Fall 2010 Categories Governmental Relations, Finance Budget and Operations, State government reform, Intergovernmental cooperation, Level of collaboration Question 22e Would you personally support or oppose full consolidation with another local government unit if there were significant cost savings? (Among non-county jurisdictions) Survey Fall 2010 Categories Governmental Relations, Finance Budget and Operations, State government reform, Intergovernmental cooperation, Level of collaboration Question 07c To the best of your knowledge, has the quality of information available to local officials increased, decreased, or not changed measurably due to your citizen engagement efforts? Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Engagement levels, Outreach Question 07d To the best of your knowledge, has the officials' understanding of citizens' views increased, decreased, or not changed measurably due to your citizen engagement efforts? Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Engagement levels Question 07e To the best of your knowledge, has the quality of decision-making by local officials increased, decreased, or not changed measurably due to your citizen engagement efforts? Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Engagement levels Question 07f To the best of your knowledge, has the workload or time demands on jurisdiction's personnel increased, decreased, or not changed measurably due to your citizen engagement efforts? Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Engagement levels Question 23 Overall, how satisfied are you regarding citizen engagement in your jurisdiction's policymaking and/or operations today? Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Outreach 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 the next fiscal year, which action has your jurisdiction taken or likely to take regarding the amount of debt? Survey Spring 2011 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, fiscal health, Finances, Debt Question 19a Thinking in general about how things have changed in your jurisdiction over the last ten years or so — if at all — are citizens more or less informed about your jurisdiction's work? Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Community and Social Issues, Engagement levels, Trust in citizens Pagination First page first Previous page previous Page 139 Page 140 Page 141 Page 142 Current page 143 Page 144 Page 145 Page 146 Page 147 Next page next Last page last
Question 05r How would you rate the overall effectiveness (whatever "effectiveness" means to you) of neighborhood-specific committees/teams for engaging citizens in your jurisdiction's policymaking and/or operations? (Among jurisdictions that reported using neighborhood-specific committees/teams) Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Outreach Question 05s How would you rate the overall effectiveness (whatever "effectiveness" means to you) of citizen participation on ad hoc task forces or planning teams for engaging citizens in your jurisdiction's policymaking and/or operations? (Among jurisdictions that reported using citizen participation on ad hoc task forces or planning teams) Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Outreach Question 10a Recently, has there been one (or more) particular issue(s) facing your jurisdiction that generated a significant increase in citizen engagement with your local government? Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Community and Social Issues, Engagement levels Question 18 Have the employee protection provisions of the Urban Cooperation Act or other state service-sharing enabling laws had a direct impact on your jurisdiction or not? Survey Fall 2010 Categories State support for collaboration, Intergovernmental cooperation, State government, Governmental Relations, State mandates and preemption Question 19 Do you believe Urban Cooperation Act should be amended or remain as it is currently? Survey Fall 2010 Categories State government, Intergovernmental cooperation, State support for collaboration, State mandates and preemption, Governmental Relations Question 21 Do you agree or disagree that there are too many local governments in the state? Survey Fall 2010 Categories Governmental Relations, State government reform, Intergovernmental cooperation, Level of collaboration Question 22a Would the majority of your jurisdiction's citizens support or oppose full consolidation with another local government unit if there were significant cost savings? (Among non-county jurisdictions) Survey Fall 2010 Categories Governmental Relations, Finance Budget and Operations, State government reform, Intergovernmental cooperation, Level of collaboration Question 07a To the best of your knowledge, has the amount of citizen participation increased, decreased, or not changed measurably due to your citizen engagement efforts? Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Engagement levels, Outreach Question 07b To the best of your knowledge, has the amount of information available to local officials for decision-making increased, decreased, or not changed measurably due to your citizen engagement efforts? Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Engagement levels, Outreach Question 22b Would the majority of your jurisdiction's Board or Council support or oppose full consolidation with another local government unit if there were significant cost savings? (Among non-county jurisdictions) Survey Fall 2010 Categories Governmental Relations, Finance Budget and Operations, State government reform, Intergovernmental cooperation, Level of collaboration Question 22c Would the majority of your government's employees support or oppose full consolidation with another local government unit if there were significant cost savings? (Among non-county jurisdictions) Survey Fall 2010 Categories Governmental Relations, Finance Budget and Operations, State government reform, Intergovernmental cooperation, Level of collaboration Question 22d Would the majority of business leaders in your community support or oppose full consolidation with another local government unit if there were significant cost savings? (Among non-county jurisdictions) Survey Fall 2010 Categories Governmental Relations, Finance Budget and Operations, State government reform, Intergovernmental cooperation, Level of collaboration Question 22e Would you personally support or oppose full consolidation with another local government unit if there were significant cost savings? (Among non-county jurisdictions) Survey Fall 2010 Categories Governmental Relations, Finance Budget and Operations, State government reform, Intergovernmental cooperation, Level of collaboration Question 07c To the best of your knowledge, has the quality of information available to local officials increased, decreased, or not changed measurably due to your citizen engagement efforts? Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Engagement levels, Outreach Question 07d To the best of your knowledge, has the officials' understanding of citizens' views increased, decreased, or not changed measurably due to your citizen engagement efforts? Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Engagement levels Question 07e To the best of your knowledge, has the quality of decision-making by local officials increased, decreased, or not changed measurably due to your citizen engagement efforts? Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Engagement levels Question 07f To the best of your knowledge, has the workload or time demands on jurisdiction's personnel increased, decreased, or not changed measurably due to your citizen engagement efforts? Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Engagement levels Question 23 Overall, how satisfied are you regarding citizen engagement in your jurisdiction's policymaking and/or operations today? Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Outreach 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 the next fiscal year, which action has your jurisdiction taken or likely to take regarding the amount of debt? Survey Spring 2011 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, fiscal health, Finances, Debt Question 19a Thinking in general about how things have changed in your jurisdiction over the last ten years or so — if at all — are citizens more or less informed about your jurisdiction's work? Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Community and Social Issues, Engagement levels, Trust in citizens Pagination First page first Previous page previous Page 139 Page 140 Page 141 Page 142 Current page 143 Page 144 Page 145 Page 146 Page 147 Next page next Last page last
Question 05s How would you rate the overall effectiveness (whatever "effectiveness" means to you) of citizen participation on ad hoc task forces or planning teams for engaging citizens in your jurisdiction's policymaking and/or operations? (Among jurisdictions that reported using citizen participation on ad hoc task forces or planning teams) Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Outreach Question 10a Recently, has there been one (or more) particular issue(s) facing your jurisdiction that generated a significant increase in citizen engagement with your local government? Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Community and Social Issues, Engagement levels Question 18 Have the employee protection provisions of the Urban Cooperation Act or other state service-sharing enabling laws had a direct impact on your jurisdiction or not? Survey Fall 2010 Categories State support for collaboration, Intergovernmental cooperation, State government, Governmental Relations, State mandates and preemption Question 19 Do you believe Urban Cooperation Act should be amended or remain as it is currently? Survey Fall 2010 Categories State government, Intergovernmental cooperation, State support for collaboration, State mandates and preemption, Governmental Relations Question 21 Do you agree or disagree that there are too many local governments in the state? Survey Fall 2010 Categories Governmental Relations, State government reform, Intergovernmental cooperation, Level of collaboration Question 22a Would the majority of your jurisdiction's citizens support or oppose full consolidation with another local government unit if there were significant cost savings? (Among non-county jurisdictions) Survey Fall 2010 Categories Governmental Relations, Finance Budget and Operations, State government reform, Intergovernmental cooperation, Level of collaboration Question 07a To the best of your knowledge, has the amount of citizen participation increased, decreased, or not changed measurably due to your citizen engagement efforts? Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Engagement levels, Outreach Question 07b To the best of your knowledge, has the amount of information available to local officials for decision-making increased, decreased, or not changed measurably due to your citizen engagement efforts? Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Engagement levels, Outreach Question 22b Would the majority of your jurisdiction's Board or Council support or oppose full consolidation with another local government unit if there were significant cost savings? (Among non-county jurisdictions) Survey Fall 2010 Categories Governmental Relations, Finance Budget and Operations, State government reform, Intergovernmental cooperation, Level of collaboration Question 22c Would the majority of your government's employees support or oppose full consolidation with another local government unit if there were significant cost savings? (Among non-county jurisdictions) Survey Fall 2010 Categories Governmental Relations, Finance Budget and Operations, State government reform, Intergovernmental cooperation, Level of collaboration Question 22d Would the majority of business leaders in your community support or oppose full consolidation with another local government unit if there were significant cost savings? (Among non-county jurisdictions) Survey Fall 2010 Categories Governmental Relations, Finance Budget and Operations, State government reform, Intergovernmental cooperation, Level of collaboration Question 22e Would you personally support or oppose full consolidation with another local government unit if there were significant cost savings? (Among non-county jurisdictions) Survey Fall 2010 Categories Governmental Relations, Finance Budget and Operations, State government reform, Intergovernmental cooperation, Level of collaboration Question 07c To the best of your knowledge, has the quality of information available to local officials increased, decreased, or not changed measurably due to your citizen engagement efforts? Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Engagement levels, Outreach Question 07d To the best of your knowledge, has the officials' understanding of citizens' views increased, decreased, or not changed measurably due to your citizen engagement efforts? Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Engagement levels Question 07e To the best of your knowledge, has the quality of decision-making by local officials increased, decreased, or not changed measurably due to your citizen engagement efforts? Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Engagement levels Question 07f To the best of your knowledge, has the workload or time demands on jurisdiction's personnel increased, decreased, or not changed measurably due to your citizen engagement efforts? Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Engagement levels Question 23 Overall, how satisfied are you regarding citizen engagement in your jurisdiction's policymaking and/or operations today? Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Outreach 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 the next fiscal year, which action has your jurisdiction taken or likely to take regarding the amount of debt? Survey Spring 2011 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, fiscal health, Finances, Debt Question 19a Thinking in general about how things have changed in your jurisdiction over the last ten years or so — if at all — are citizens more or less informed about your jurisdiction's work? Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Community and Social Issues, Engagement levels, Trust in citizens Pagination First page first Previous page previous Page 139 Page 140 Page 141 Page 142 Current page 143 Page 144 Page 145 Page 146 Page 147 Next page next Last page last
Question 10a Recently, has there been one (or more) particular issue(s) facing your jurisdiction that generated a significant increase in citizen engagement with your local government? Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Community and Social Issues, Engagement levels Question 18 Have the employee protection provisions of the Urban Cooperation Act or other state service-sharing enabling laws had a direct impact on your jurisdiction or not? Survey Fall 2010 Categories State support for collaboration, Intergovernmental cooperation, State government, Governmental Relations, State mandates and preemption Question 19 Do you believe Urban Cooperation Act should be amended or remain as it is currently? Survey Fall 2010 Categories State government, Intergovernmental cooperation, State support for collaboration, State mandates and preemption, Governmental Relations Question 21 Do you agree or disagree that there are too many local governments in the state? Survey Fall 2010 Categories Governmental Relations, State government reform, Intergovernmental cooperation, Level of collaboration Question 22a Would the majority of your jurisdiction's citizens support or oppose full consolidation with another local government unit if there were significant cost savings? (Among non-county jurisdictions) Survey Fall 2010 Categories Governmental Relations, Finance Budget and Operations, State government reform, Intergovernmental cooperation, Level of collaboration Question 07a To the best of your knowledge, has the amount of citizen participation increased, decreased, or not changed measurably due to your citizen engagement efforts? Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Engagement levels, Outreach Question 07b To the best of your knowledge, has the amount of information available to local officials for decision-making increased, decreased, or not changed measurably due to your citizen engagement efforts? Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Engagement levels, Outreach Question 22b Would the majority of your jurisdiction's Board or Council support or oppose full consolidation with another local government unit if there were significant cost savings? (Among non-county jurisdictions) Survey Fall 2010 Categories Governmental Relations, Finance Budget and Operations, State government reform, Intergovernmental cooperation, Level of collaboration Question 22c Would the majority of your government's employees support or oppose full consolidation with another local government unit if there were significant cost savings? (Among non-county jurisdictions) Survey Fall 2010 Categories Governmental Relations, Finance Budget and Operations, State government reform, Intergovernmental cooperation, Level of collaboration Question 22d Would the majority of business leaders in your community support or oppose full consolidation with another local government unit if there were significant cost savings? (Among non-county jurisdictions) Survey Fall 2010 Categories Governmental Relations, Finance Budget and Operations, State government reform, Intergovernmental cooperation, Level of collaboration Question 22e Would you personally support or oppose full consolidation with another local government unit if there were significant cost savings? (Among non-county jurisdictions) Survey Fall 2010 Categories Governmental Relations, Finance Budget and Operations, State government reform, Intergovernmental cooperation, Level of collaboration Question 07c To the best of your knowledge, has the quality of information available to local officials increased, decreased, or not changed measurably due to your citizen engagement efforts? Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Engagement levels, Outreach Question 07d To the best of your knowledge, has the officials' understanding of citizens' views increased, decreased, or not changed measurably due to your citizen engagement efforts? Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Engagement levels Question 07e To the best of your knowledge, has the quality of decision-making by local officials increased, decreased, or not changed measurably due to your citizen engagement efforts? Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Engagement levels Question 07f To the best of your knowledge, has the workload or time demands on jurisdiction's personnel increased, decreased, or not changed measurably due to your citizen engagement efforts? Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Engagement levels Question 23 Overall, how satisfied are you regarding citizen engagement in your jurisdiction's policymaking and/or operations today? Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Outreach 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 the next fiscal year, which action has your jurisdiction taken or likely to take regarding the amount of debt? Survey Spring 2011 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, fiscal health, Finances, Debt Question 19a Thinking in general about how things have changed in your jurisdiction over the last ten years or so — if at all — are citizens more or less informed about your jurisdiction's work? Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Community and Social Issues, Engagement levels, Trust in citizens Pagination First page first Previous page previous Page 139 Page 140 Page 141 Page 142 Current page 143 Page 144 Page 145 Page 146 Page 147 Next page next Last page last
Question 18 Have the employee protection provisions of the Urban Cooperation Act or other state service-sharing enabling laws had a direct impact on your jurisdiction or not? Survey Fall 2010 Categories State support for collaboration, Intergovernmental cooperation, State government, Governmental Relations, State mandates and preemption Question 19 Do you believe Urban Cooperation Act should be amended or remain as it is currently? Survey Fall 2010 Categories State government, Intergovernmental cooperation, State support for collaboration, State mandates and preemption, Governmental Relations Question 21 Do you agree or disagree that there are too many local governments in the state? Survey Fall 2010 Categories Governmental Relations, State government reform, Intergovernmental cooperation, Level of collaboration Question 22a Would the majority of your jurisdiction's citizens support or oppose full consolidation with another local government unit if there were significant cost savings? (Among non-county jurisdictions) Survey Fall 2010 Categories Governmental Relations, Finance Budget and Operations, State government reform, Intergovernmental cooperation, Level of collaboration Question 07a To the best of your knowledge, has the amount of citizen participation increased, decreased, or not changed measurably due to your citizen engagement efforts? Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Engagement levels, Outreach Question 07b To the best of your knowledge, has the amount of information available to local officials for decision-making increased, decreased, or not changed measurably due to your citizen engagement efforts? Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Engagement levels, Outreach Question 22b Would the majority of your jurisdiction's Board or Council support or oppose full consolidation with another local government unit if there were significant cost savings? (Among non-county jurisdictions) Survey Fall 2010 Categories Governmental Relations, Finance Budget and Operations, State government reform, Intergovernmental cooperation, Level of collaboration Question 22c Would the majority of your government's employees support or oppose full consolidation with another local government unit if there were significant cost savings? (Among non-county jurisdictions) Survey Fall 2010 Categories Governmental Relations, Finance Budget and Operations, State government reform, Intergovernmental cooperation, Level of collaboration Question 22d Would the majority of business leaders in your community support or oppose full consolidation with another local government unit if there were significant cost savings? (Among non-county jurisdictions) Survey Fall 2010 Categories Governmental Relations, Finance Budget and Operations, State government reform, Intergovernmental cooperation, Level of collaboration Question 22e Would you personally support or oppose full consolidation with another local government unit if there were significant cost savings? (Among non-county jurisdictions) Survey Fall 2010 Categories Governmental Relations, Finance Budget and Operations, State government reform, Intergovernmental cooperation, Level of collaboration Question 07c To the best of your knowledge, has the quality of information available to local officials increased, decreased, or not changed measurably due to your citizen engagement efforts? Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Engagement levels, Outreach Question 07d To the best of your knowledge, has the officials' understanding of citizens' views increased, decreased, or not changed measurably due to your citizen engagement efforts? Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Engagement levels Question 07e To the best of your knowledge, has the quality of decision-making by local officials increased, decreased, or not changed measurably due to your citizen engagement efforts? Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Engagement levels Question 07f To the best of your knowledge, has the workload or time demands on jurisdiction's personnel increased, decreased, or not changed measurably due to your citizen engagement efforts? Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Engagement levels Question 23 Overall, how satisfied are you regarding citizen engagement in your jurisdiction's policymaking and/or operations today? Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Outreach 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 the next fiscal year, which action has your jurisdiction taken or likely to take regarding the amount of debt? Survey Spring 2011 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, fiscal health, Finances, Debt Question 19a Thinking in general about how things have changed in your jurisdiction over the last ten years or so — if at all — are citizens more or less informed about your jurisdiction's work? Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Community and Social Issues, Engagement levels, Trust in citizens Pagination First page first Previous page previous Page 139 Page 140 Page 141 Page 142 Current page 143 Page 144 Page 145 Page 146 Page 147 Next page next Last page last
Question 19 Do you believe Urban Cooperation Act should be amended or remain as it is currently? Survey Fall 2010 Categories State government, Intergovernmental cooperation, State support for collaboration, State mandates and preemption, Governmental Relations Question 21 Do you agree or disagree that there are too many local governments in the state? Survey Fall 2010 Categories Governmental Relations, State government reform, Intergovernmental cooperation, Level of collaboration Question 22a Would the majority of your jurisdiction's citizens support or oppose full consolidation with another local government unit if there were significant cost savings? (Among non-county jurisdictions) Survey Fall 2010 Categories Governmental Relations, Finance Budget and Operations, State government reform, Intergovernmental cooperation, Level of collaboration Question 07a To the best of your knowledge, has the amount of citizen participation increased, decreased, or not changed measurably due to your citizen engagement efforts? Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Engagement levels, Outreach Question 07b To the best of your knowledge, has the amount of information available to local officials for decision-making increased, decreased, or not changed measurably due to your citizen engagement efforts? Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Engagement levels, Outreach Question 22b Would the majority of your jurisdiction's Board or Council support or oppose full consolidation with another local government unit if there were significant cost savings? (Among non-county jurisdictions) Survey Fall 2010 Categories Governmental Relations, Finance Budget and Operations, State government reform, Intergovernmental cooperation, Level of collaboration Question 22c Would the majority of your government's employees support or oppose full consolidation with another local government unit if there were significant cost savings? (Among non-county jurisdictions) Survey Fall 2010 Categories Governmental Relations, Finance Budget and Operations, State government reform, Intergovernmental cooperation, Level of collaboration Question 22d Would the majority of business leaders in your community support or oppose full consolidation with another local government unit if there were significant cost savings? (Among non-county jurisdictions) Survey Fall 2010 Categories Governmental Relations, Finance Budget and Operations, State government reform, Intergovernmental cooperation, Level of collaboration Question 22e Would you personally support or oppose full consolidation with another local government unit if there were significant cost savings? (Among non-county jurisdictions) Survey Fall 2010 Categories Governmental Relations, Finance Budget and Operations, State government reform, Intergovernmental cooperation, Level of collaboration Question 07c To the best of your knowledge, has the quality of information available to local officials increased, decreased, or not changed measurably due to your citizen engagement efforts? Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Engagement levels, Outreach Question 07d To the best of your knowledge, has the officials' understanding of citizens' views increased, decreased, or not changed measurably due to your citizen engagement efforts? Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Engagement levels Question 07e To the best of your knowledge, has the quality of decision-making by local officials increased, decreased, or not changed measurably due to your citizen engagement efforts? Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Engagement levels Question 07f To the best of your knowledge, has the workload or time demands on jurisdiction's personnel increased, decreased, or not changed measurably due to your citizen engagement efforts? Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Engagement levels Question 23 Overall, how satisfied are you regarding citizen engagement in your jurisdiction's policymaking and/or operations today? Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Outreach 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 the next fiscal year, which action has your jurisdiction taken or likely to take regarding the amount of debt? Survey Spring 2011 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, fiscal health, Finances, Debt Question 19a Thinking in general about how things have changed in your jurisdiction over the last ten years or so — if at all — are citizens more or less informed about your jurisdiction's work? Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Community and Social Issues, Engagement levels, Trust in citizens Pagination First page first Previous page previous Page 139 Page 140 Page 141 Page 142 Current page 143 Page 144 Page 145 Page 146 Page 147 Next page next Last page last
Question 21 Do you agree or disagree that there are too many local governments in the state? Survey Fall 2010 Categories Governmental Relations, State government reform, Intergovernmental cooperation, Level of collaboration Question 22a Would the majority of your jurisdiction's citizens support or oppose full consolidation with another local government unit if there were significant cost savings? (Among non-county jurisdictions) Survey Fall 2010 Categories Governmental Relations, Finance Budget and Operations, State government reform, Intergovernmental cooperation, Level of collaboration Question 07a To the best of your knowledge, has the amount of citizen participation increased, decreased, or not changed measurably due to your citizen engagement efforts? Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Engagement levels, Outreach Question 07b To the best of your knowledge, has the amount of information available to local officials for decision-making increased, decreased, or not changed measurably due to your citizen engagement efforts? Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Engagement levels, Outreach Question 22b Would the majority of your jurisdiction's Board or Council support or oppose full consolidation with another local government unit if there were significant cost savings? (Among non-county jurisdictions) Survey Fall 2010 Categories Governmental Relations, Finance Budget and Operations, State government reform, Intergovernmental cooperation, Level of collaboration Question 22c Would the majority of your government's employees support or oppose full consolidation with another local government unit if there were significant cost savings? (Among non-county jurisdictions) Survey Fall 2010 Categories Governmental Relations, Finance Budget and Operations, State government reform, Intergovernmental cooperation, Level of collaboration Question 22d Would the majority of business leaders in your community support or oppose full consolidation with another local government unit if there were significant cost savings? (Among non-county jurisdictions) Survey Fall 2010 Categories Governmental Relations, Finance Budget and Operations, State government reform, Intergovernmental cooperation, Level of collaboration Question 22e Would you personally support or oppose full consolidation with another local government unit if there were significant cost savings? (Among non-county jurisdictions) Survey Fall 2010 Categories Governmental Relations, Finance Budget and Operations, State government reform, Intergovernmental cooperation, Level of collaboration Question 07c To the best of your knowledge, has the quality of information available to local officials increased, decreased, or not changed measurably due to your citizen engagement efforts? Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Engagement levels, Outreach Question 07d To the best of your knowledge, has the officials' understanding of citizens' views increased, decreased, or not changed measurably due to your citizen engagement efforts? Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Engagement levels Question 07e To the best of your knowledge, has the quality of decision-making by local officials increased, decreased, or not changed measurably due to your citizen engagement efforts? Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Engagement levels Question 07f To the best of your knowledge, has the workload or time demands on jurisdiction's personnel increased, decreased, or not changed measurably due to your citizen engagement efforts? Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Engagement levels Question 23 Overall, how satisfied are you regarding citizen engagement in your jurisdiction's policymaking and/or operations today? Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Outreach 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 the next fiscal year, which action has your jurisdiction taken or likely to take regarding the amount of debt? Survey Spring 2011 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, fiscal health, Finances, Debt Question 19a Thinking in general about how things have changed in your jurisdiction over the last ten years or so — if at all — are citizens more or less informed about your jurisdiction's work? Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Community and Social Issues, Engagement levels, Trust in citizens Pagination First page first Previous page previous Page 139 Page 140 Page 141 Page 142 Current page 143 Page 144 Page 145 Page 146 Page 147 Next page next Last page last
Question 22a Would the majority of your jurisdiction's citizens support or oppose full consolidation with another local government unit if there were significant cost savings? (Among non-county jurisdictions) Survey Fall 2010 Categories Governmental Relations, Finance Budget and Operations, State government reform, Intergovernmental cooperation, Level of collaboration Question 07a To the best of your knowledge, has the amount of citizen participation increased, decreased, or not changed measurably due to your citizen engagement efforts? Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Engagement levels, Outreach Question 07b To the best of your knowledge, has the amount of information available to local officials for decision-making increased, decreased, or not changed measurably due to your citizen engagement efforts? Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Engagement levels, Outreach Question 22b Would the majority of your jurisdiction's Board or Council support or oppose full consolidation with another local government unit if there were significant cost savings? (Among non-county jurisdictions) Survey Fall 2010 Categories Governmental Relations, Finance Budget and Operations, State government reform, Intergovernmental cooperation, Level of collaboration Question 22c Would the majority of your government's employees support or oppose full consolidation with another local government unit if there were significant cost savings? (Among non-county jurisdictions) Survey Fall 2010 Categories Governmental Relations, Finance Budget and Operations, State government reform, Intergovernmental cooperation, Level of collaboration Question 22d Would the majority of business leaders in your community support or oppose full consolidation with another local government unit if there were significant cost savings? (Among non-county jurisdictions) Survey Fall 2010 Categories Governmental Relations, Finance Budget and Operations, State government reform, Intergovernmental cooperation, Level of collaboration Question 22e Would you personally support or oppose full consolidation with another local government unit if there were significant cost savings? (Among non-county jurisdictions) Survey Fall 2010 Categories Governmental Relations, Finance Budget and Operations, State government reform, Intergovernmental cooperation, Level of collaboration Question 07c To the best of your knowledge, has the quality of information available to local officials increased, decreased, or not changed measurably due to your citizen engagement efforts? Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Engagement levels, Outreach Question 07d To the best of your knowledge, has the officials' understanding of citizens' views increased, decreased, or not changed measurably due to your citizen engagement efforts? Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Engagement levels Question 07e To the best of your knowledge, has the quality of decision-making by local officials increased, decreased, or not changed measurably due to your citizen engagement efforts? Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Engagement levels Question 07f To the best of your knowledge, has the workload or time demands on jurisdiction's personnel increased, decreased, or not changed measurably due to your citizen engagement efforts? Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Engagement levels Question 23 Overall, how satisfied are you regarding citizen engagement in your jurisdiction's policymaking and/or operations today? Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Outreach 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 the next fiscal year, which action has your jurisdiction taken or likely to take regarding the amount of debt? Survey Spring 2011 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, fiscal health, Finances, Debt Question 19a Thinking in general about how things have changed in your jurisdiction over the last ten years or so — if at all — are citizens more or less informed about your jurisdiction's work? Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Community and Social Issues, Engagement levels, Trust in citizens Pagination First page first Previous page previous Page 139 Page 140 Page 141 Page 142 Current page 143 Page 144 Page 145 Page 146 Page 147 Next page next Last page last
Question 07a To the best of your knowledge, has the amount of citizen participation increased, decreased, or not changed measurably due to your citizen engagement efforts? Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Engagement levels, Outreach Question 07b To the best of your knowledge, has the amount of information available to local officials for decision-making increased, decreased, or not changed measurably due to your citizen engagement efforts? Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Engagement levels, Outreach Question 22b Would the majority of your jurisdiction's Board or Council support or oppose full consolidation with another local government unit if there were significant cost savings? (Among non-county jurisdictions) Survey Fall 2010 Categories Governmental Relations, Finance Budget and Operations, State government reform, Intergovernmental cooperation, Level of collaboration Question 22c Would the majority of your government's employees support or oppose full consolidation with another local government unit if there were significant cost savings? (Among non-county jurisdictions) Survey Fall 2010 Categories Governmental Relations, Finance Budget and Operations, State government reform, Intergovernmental cooperation, Level of collaboration Question 22d Would the majority of business leaders in your community support or oppose full consolidation with another local government unit if there were significant cost savings? (Among non-county jurisdictions) Survey Fall 2010 Categories Governmental Relations, Finance Budget and Operations, State government reform, Intergovernmental cooperation, Level of collaboration Question 22e Would you personally support or oppose full consolidation with another local government unit if there were significant cost savings? (Among non-county jurisdictions) Survey Fall 2010 Categories Governmental Relations, Finance Budget and Operations, State government reform, Intergovernmental cooperation, Level of collaboration Question 07c To the best of your knowledge, has the quality of information available to local officials increased, decreased, or not changed measurably due to your citizen engagement efforts? Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Engagement levels, Outreach Question 07d To the best of your knowledge, has the officials' understanding of citizens' views increased, decreased, or not changed measurably due to your citizen engagement efforts? Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Engagement levels Question 07e To the best of your knowledge, has the quality of decision-making by local officials increased, decreased, or not changed measurably due to your citizen engagement efforts? Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Engagement levels Question 07f To the best of your knowledge, has the workload or time demands on jurisdiction's personnel increased, decreased, or not changed measurably due to your citizen engagement efforts? Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Engagement levels Question 23 Overall, how satisfied are you regarding citizen engagement in your jurisdiction's policymaking and/or operations today? Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Outreach 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 the next fiscal year, which action has your jurisdiction taken or likely to take regarding the amount of debt? Survey Spring 2011 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, fiscal health, Finances, Debt Question 19a Thinking in general about how things have changed in your jurisdiction over the last ten years or so — if at all — are citizens more or less informed about your jurisdiction's work? Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Community and Social Issues, Engagement levels, Trust in citizens Pagination First page first Previous page previous Page 139 Page 140 Page 141 Page 142 Current page 143 Page 144 Page 145 Page 146 Page 147 Next page next Last page last
Question 07b To the best of your knowledge, has the amount of information available to local officials for decision-making increased, decreased, or not changed measurably due to your citizen engagement efforts? Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Engagement levels, Outreach Question 22b Would the majority of your jurisdiction's Board or Council support or oppose full consolidation with another local government unit if there were significant cost savings? (Among non-county jurisdictions) Survey Fall 2010 Categories Governmental Relations, Finance Budget and Operations, State government reform, Intergovernmental cooperation, Level of collaboration Question 22c Would the majority of your government's employees support or oppose full consolidation with another local government unit if there were significant cost savings? (Among non-county jurisdictions) Survey Fall 2010 Categories Governmental Relations, Finance Budget and Operations, State government reform, Intergovernmental cooperation, Level of collaboration Question 22d Would the majority of business leaders in your community support or oppose full consolidation with another local government unit if there were significant cost savings? (Among non-county jurisdictions) Survey Fall 2010 Categories Governmental Relations, Finance Budget and Operations, State government reform, Intergovernmental cooperation, Level of collaboration Question 22e Would you personally support or oppose full consolidation with another local government unit if there were significant cost savings? (Among non-county jurisdictions) Survey Fall 2010 Categories Governmental Relations, Finance Budget and Operations, State government reform, Intergovernmental cooperation, Level of collaboration Question 07c To the best of your knowledge, has the quality of information available to local officials increased, decreased, or not changed measurably due to your citizen engagement efforts? Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Engagement levels, Outreach Question 07d To the best of your knowledge, has the officials' understanding of citizens' views increased, decreased, or not changed measurably due to your citizen engagement efforts? Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Engagement levels Question 07e To the best of your knowledge, has the quality of decision-making by local officials increased, decreased, or not changed measurably due to your citizen engagement efforts? Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Engagement levels Question 07f To the best of your knowledge, has the workload or time demands on jurisdiction's personnel increased, decreased, or not changed measurably due to your citizen engagement efforts? Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Engagement levels Question 23 Overall, how satisfied are you regarding citizen engagement in your jurisdiction's policymaking and/or operations today? Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Outreach 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 the next fiscal year, which action has your jurisdiction taken or likely to take regarding the amount of debt? Survey Spring 2011 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, fiscal health, Finances, Debt Question 19a Thinking in general about how things have changed in your jurisdiction over the last ten years or so — if at all — are citizens more or less informed about your jurisdiction's work? Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Community and Social Issues, Engagement levels, Trust in citizens Pagination First page first Previous page previous Page 139 Page 140 Page 141 Page 142 Current page 143 Page 144 Page 145 Page 146 Page 147 Next page next Last page last
Question 22b Would the majority of your jurisdiction's Board or Council support or oppose full consolidation with another local government unit if there were significant cost savings? (Among non-county jurisdictions) Survey Fall 2010 Categories Governmental Relations, Finance Budget and Operations, State government reform, Intergovernmental cooperation, Level of collaboration Question 22c Would the majority of your government's employees support or oppose full consolidation with another local government unit if there were significant cost savings? (Among non-county jurisdictions) Survey Fall 2010 Categories Governmental Relations, Finance Budget and Operations, State government reform, Intergovernmental cooperation, Level of collaboration Question 22d Would the majority of business leaders in your community support or oppose full consolidation with another local government unit if there were significant cost savings? (Among non-county jurisdictions) Survey Fall 2010 Categories Governmental Relations, Finance Budget and Operations, State government reform, Intergovernmental cooperation, Level of collaboration Question 22e Would you personally support or oppose full consolidation with another local government unit if there were significant cost savings? (Among non-county jurisdictions) Survey Fall 2010 Categories Governmental Relations, Finance Budget and Operations, State government reform, Intergovernmental cooperation, Level of collaboration Question 07c To the best of your knowledge, has the quality of information available to local officials increased, decreased, or not changed measurably due to your citizen engagement efforts? Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Engagement levels, Outreach Question 07d To the best of your knowledge, has the officials' understanding of citizens' views increased, decreased, or not changed measurably due to your citizen engagement efforts? Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Engagement levels Question 07e To the best of your knowledge, has the quality of decision-making by local officials increased, decreased, or not changed measurably due to your citizen engagement efforts? Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Engagement levels Question 07f To the best of your knowledge, has the workload or time demands on jurisdiction's personnel increased, decreased, or not changed measurably due to your citizen engagement efforts? Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Engagement levels Question 23 Overall, how satisfied are you regarding citizen engagement in your jurisdiction's policymaking and/or operations today? Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Outreach 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 the next fiscal year, which action has your jurisdiction taken or likely to take regarding the amount of debt? Survey Spring 2011 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, fiscal health, Finances, Debt Question 19a Thinking in general about how things have changed in your jurisdiction over the last ten years or so — if at all — are citizens more or less informed about your jurisdiction's work? Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Community and Social Issues, Engagement levels, Trust in citizens Pagination First page first Previous page previous Page 139 Page 140 Page 141 Page 142 Current page 143 Page 144 Page 145 Page 146 Page 147 Next page next Last page last
Question 22c Would the majority of your government's employees support or oppose full consolidation with another local government unit if there were significant cost savings? (Among non-county jurisdictions) Survey Fall 2010 Categories Governmental Relations, Finance Budget and Operations, State government reform, Intergovernmental cooperation, Level of collaboration Question 22d Would the majority of business leaders in your community support or oppose full consolidation with another local government unit if there were significant cost savings? (Among non-county jurisdictions) Survey Fall 2010 Categories Governmental Relations, Finance Budget and Operations, State government reform, Intergovernmental cooperation, Level of collaboration Question 22e Would you personally support or oppose full consolidation with another local government unit if there were significant cost savings? (Among non-county jurisdictions) Survey Fall 2010 Categories Governmental Relations, Finance Budget and Operations, State government reform, Intergovernmental cooperation, Level of collaboration Question 07c To the best of your knowledge, has the quality of information available to local officials increased, decreased, or not changed measurably due to your citizen engagement efforts? Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Engagement levels, Outreach Question 07d To the best of your knowledge, has the officials' understanding of citizens' views increased, decreased, or not changed measurably due to your citizen engagement efforts? Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Engagement levels Question 07e To the best of your knowledge, has the quality of decision-making by local officials increased, decreased, or not changed measurably due to your citizen engagement efforts? Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Engagement levels Question 07f To the best of your knowledge, has the workload or time demands on jurisdiction's personnel increased, decreased, or not changed measurably due to your citizen engagement efforts? Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Engagement levels Question 23 Overall, how satisfied are you regarding citizen engagement in your jurisdiction's policymaking and/or operations today? Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Outreach 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 the next fiscal year, which action has your jurisdiction taken or likely to take regarding the amount of debt? Survey Spring 2011 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, fiscal health, Finances, Debt Question 19a Thinking in general about how things have changed in your jurisdiction over the last ten years or so — if at all — are citizens more or less informed about your jurisdiction's work? Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Community and Social Issues, Engagement levels, Trust in citizens Pagination First page first Previous page previous Page 139 Page 140 Page 141 Page 142 Current page 143 Page 144 Page 145 Page 146 Page 147 Next page next Last page last
Question 22d Would the majority of business leaders in your community support or oppose full consolidation with another local government unit if there were significant cost savings? (Among non-county jurisdictions) Survey Fall 2010 Categories Governmental Relations, Finance Budget and Operations, State government reform, Intergovernmental cooperation, Level of collaboration Question 22e Would you personally support or oppose full consolidation with another local government unit if there were significant cost savings? (Among non-county jurisdictions) Survey Fall 2010 Categories Governmental Relations, Finance Budget and Operations, State government reform, Intergovernmental cooperation, Level of collaboration Question 07c To the best of your knowledge, has the quality of information available to local officials increased, decreased, or not changed measurably due to your citizen engagement efforts? Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Engagement levels, Outreach Question 07d To the best of your knowledge, has the officials' understanding of citizens' views increased, decreased, or not changed measurably due to your citizen engagement efforts? Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Engagement levels Question 07e To the best of your knowledge, has the quality of decision-making by local officials increased, decreased, or not changed measurably due to your citizen engagement efforts? Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Engagement levels Question 07f To the best of your knowledge, has the workload or time demands on jurisdiction's personnel increased, decreased, or not changed measurably due to your citizen engagement efforts? Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Engagement levels Question 23 Overall, how satisfied are you regarding citizen engagement in your jurisdiction's policymaking and/or operations today? Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Outreach 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 the next fiscal year, which action has your jurisdiction taken or likely to take regarding the amount of debt? Survey Spring 2011 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, fiscal health, Finances, Debt Question 19a Thinking in general about how things have changed in your jurisdiction over the last ten years or so — if at all — are citizens more or less informed about your jurisdiction's work? Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Community and Social Issues, Engagement levels, Trust in citizens Pagination First page first Previous page previous Page 139 Page 140 Page 141 Page 142 Current page 143 Page 144 Page 145 Page 146 Page 147 Next page next Last page last
Question 22e Would you personally support or oppose full consolidation with another local government unit if there were significant cost savings? (Among non-county jurisdictions) Survey Fall 2010 Categories Governmental Relations, Finance Budget and Operations, State government reform, Intergovernmental cooperation, Level of collaboration Question 07c To the best of your knowledge, has the quality of information available to local officials increased, decreased, or not changed measurably due to your citizen engagement efforts? Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Engagement levels, Outreach Question 07d To the best of your knowledge, has the officials' understanding of citizens' views increased, decreased, or not changed measurably due to your citizen engagement efforts? Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Engagement levels Question 07e To the best of your knowledge, has the quality of decision-making by local officials increased, decreased, or not changed measurably due to your citizen engagement efforts? Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Engagement levels Question 07f To the best of your knowledge, has the workload or time demands on jurisdiction's personnel increased, decreased, or not changed measurably due to your citizen engagement efforts? Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Engagement levels Question 23 Overall, how satisfied are you regarding citizen engagement in your jurisdiction's policymaking and/or operations today? Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Outreach 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 the next fiscal year, which action has your jurisdiction taken or likely to take regarding the amount of debt? Survey Spring 2011 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, fiscal health, Finances, Debt Question 19a Thinking in general about how things have changed in your jurisdiction over the last ten years or so — if at all — are citizens more or less informed about your jurisdiction's work? Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Community and Social Issues, Engagement levels, Trust in citizens Pagination First page first Previous page previous Page 139 Page 140 Page 141 Page 142 Current page 143 Page 144 Page 145 Page 146 Page 147 Next page next Last page last
Question 07c To the best of your knowledge, has the quality of information available to local officials increased, decreased, or not changed measurably due to your citizen engagement efforts? Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Engagement levels, Outreach Question 07d To the best of your knowledge, has the officials' understanding of citizens' views increased, decreased, or not changed measurably due to your citizen engagement efforts? Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Engagement levels Question 07e To the best of your knowledge, has the quality of decision-making by local officials increased, decreased, or not changed measurably due to your citizen engagement efforts? Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Engagement levels Question 07f To the best of your knowledge, has the workload or time demands on jurisdiction's personnel increased, decreased, or not changed measurably due to your citizen engagement efforts? Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Engagement levels Question 23 Overall, how satisfied are you regarding citizen engagement in your jurisdiction's policymaking and/or operations today? Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Outreach 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 the next fiscal year, which action has your jurisdiction taken or likely to take regarding the amount of debt? Survey Spring 2011 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, fiscal health, Finances, Debt Question 19a Thinking in general about how things have changed in your jurisdiction over the last ten years or so — if at all — are citizens more or less informed about your jurisdiction's work? Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Community and Social Issues, Engagement levels, Trust in citizens Pagination First page first Previous page previous Page 139 Page 140 Page 141 Page 142 Current page 143 Page 144 Page 145 Page 146 Page 147 Next page next Last page last
Question 07d To the best of your knowledge, has the officials' understanding of citizens' views increased, decreased, or not changed measurably due to your citizen engagement efforts? Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Engagement levels Question 07e To the best of your knowledge, has the quality of decision-making by local officials increased, decreased, or not changed measurably due to your citizen engagement efforts? Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Engagement levels Question 07f To the best of your knowledge, has the workload or time demands on jurisdiction's personnel increased, decreased, or not changed measurably due to your citizen engagement efforts? Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Engagement levels Question 23 Overall, how satisfied are you regarding citizen engagement in your jurisdiction's policymaking and/or operations today? Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Outreach 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 the next fiscal year, which action has your jurisdiction taken or likely to take regarding the amount of debt? Survey Spring 2011 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, fiscal health, Finances, Debt Question 19a Thinking in general about how things have changed in your jurisdiction over the last ten years or so — if at all — are citizens more or less informed about your jurisdiction's work? Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Community and Social Issues, Engagement levels, Trust in citizens Pagination First page first Previous page previous Page 139 Page 140 Page 141 Page 142 Current page 143 Page 144 Page 145 Page 146 Page 147 Next page next Last page last
Question 07e To the best of your knowledge, has the quality of decision-making by local officials increased, decreased, or not changed measurably due to your citizen engagement efforts? Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Engagement levels Question 07f To the best of your knowledge, has the workload or time demands on jurisdiction's personnel increased, decreased, or not changed measurably due to your citizen engagement efforts? Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Engagement levels Question 23 Overall, how satisfied are you regarding citizen engagement in your jurisdiction's policymaking and/or operations today? Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Outreach 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 the next fiscal year, which action has your jurisdiction taken or likely to take regarding the amount of debt? Survey Spring 2011 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, fiscal health, Finances, Debt Question 19a Thinking in general about how things have changed in your jurisdiction over the last ten years or so — if at all — are citizens more or less informed about your jurisdiction's work? Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Community and Social Issues, Engagement levels, Trust in citizens Pagination First page first Previous page previous Page 139 Page 140 Page 141 Page 142 Current page 143 Page 144 Page 145 Page 146 Page 147 Next page next Last page last
Question 07f To the best of your knowledge, has the workload or time demands on jurisdiction's personnel increased, decreased, or not changed measurably due to your citizen engagement efforts? Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Engagement levels Question 23 Overall, how satisfied are you regarding citizen engagement in your jurisdiction's policymaking and/or operations today? Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Outreach 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 the next fiscal year, which action has your jurisdiction taken or likely to take regarding the amount of debt? Survey Spring 2011 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, fiscal health, Finances, Debt Question 19a Thinking in general about how things have changed in your jurisdiction over the last ten years or so — if at all — are citizens more or less informed about your jurisdiction's work? Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Community and Social Issues, Engagement levels, Trust in citizens Pagination First page first Previous page previous Page 139 Page 140 Page 141 Page 142 Current page 143 Page 144 Page 145 Page 146 Page 147 Next page next Last page last
Question 23 Overall, how satisfied are you regarding citizen engagement in your jurisdiction's policymaking and/or operations today? Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Outreach 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 the next fiscal year, which action has your jurisdiction taken or likely to take regarding the amount of debt? Survey Spring 2011 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, fiscal health, Finances, Debt Question 19a Thinking in general about how things have changed in your jurisdiction over the last ten years or so — if at all — are citizens more or less informed about your jurisdiction's work? Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Community and Social Issues, Engagement levels, Trust in citizens Pagination First page first Previous page previous Page 139 Page 140 Page 141 Page 142 Current page 143 Page 144 Page 145 Page 146 Page 147 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 the next fiscal year, which action has your jurisdiction taken or likely to take regarding the amount of debt? Survey Spring 2011 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, fiscal health, Finances, Debt Question 19a Thinking in general about how things have changed in your jurisdiction over the last ten years or so — if at all — are citizens more or less informed about your jurisdiction's work? Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Community and Social Issues, Engagement levels, Trust in citizens Pagination First page first Previous page previous Page 139 Page 140 Page 141 Page 142 Current page 143 Page 144 Page 145 Page 146 Page 147 Next page next Last page last
Question 05j Thinking about the next fiscal year, which action has your jurisdiction taken or likely to take regarding the amount of debt? Survey Spring 2011 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, fiscal health, Finances, Debt Question 19a Thinking in general about how things have changed in your jurisdiction over the last ten years or so — if at all — are citizens more or less informed about your jurisdiction's work? Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Community and Social Issues, Engagement levels, Trust in citizens Pagination First page first Previous page previous Page 139 Page 140 Page 141 Page 142 Current page 143 Page 144 Page 145 Page 146 Page 147 Next page next Last page last
Question 19a Thinking in general about how things have changed in your jurisdiction over the last ten years or so — if at all — are citizens more or less informed about your jurisdiction's work? Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Community and Social Issues, Engagement levels, Trust in citizens Pagination First page first Previous page previous Page 139 Page 140 Page 141 Page 142 Current page 143 Page 144 Page 145 Page 146 Page 147 Next page next Last page last