Question 12 Does your jurisdiction specifically reach out to any groups that typically might not engage in your policymaking processes? Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Engagement levels, Outreach Question 14a To what extent do you agree or disagree that in your jurisdiction's policymaking processes, any citizen who wants to express an opinion has the chance to do so? Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Community and Social Issues, Trust in citizens, Engagement levels, Outreach Question 14b To what extent do you agree or disagree that you make opportunities for engagement available, but your citizens rarely take advantage of them? Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Community and Social Issues, Engagement levels, Trust in citizens Question 14c To what extent do you agree or disagree that you don't need formal engagement efforts because your local officials already know what citizens want? Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Trust in citizens, Engagement levels Question 14d To what extent do you agree or disagree that some of your best engagement with citizens happens informally around the community (such as at the grocery store or in a restaurant, etc.)? Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Community and Social Issues, Engagement levels, Outreach Question 14e To what extent do you agree or disagree that your meetings run too long because too many citizens want to speak? Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Community and Social Issues, Engagement levels, Trust in citizens Question 14f To what extent do you agree or disagree that your jurisdiction should pursue engagement with a broader range of citizens? Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Engagement levels, Outreach Question 14g To what extent do you agree or disagree that citizens in your jurisdiction want access to information about the government's performance? Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Engagement levels, Trust in citizens Question 04p Has there been a decrease, an increase, or no change from the previous fiscal year in the cost of current employee health benefits for your jurisdiction? Survey Spring 2011 Categories Workforce, Finance Budget and Operations, Employee compensation, Fringe benefits Question 14h To what extent do you agree or disagree that most citizens aren't willing to take the time to become well-informed on issues facing the jurisdiction? Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Community and Social Issues, Engagement levels, Trust in citizens Question 04q Has there been a decrease, an increase, or no change from the previous fiscal year in the cost of retired employee health benefits for your jurisdiction? Survey Spring 2011 Categories Workforce, Finance Budget and Operations, Employee compensation, OPEB Question 14i To what extent do you agree or disagree that important decisions facing your jurisdiction typically have already been made prior to most public meetings? Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Engagement levels, Outreach Question 14 To what extent do you agree or disagree that most citizens you hear from are more interested in complaining than in finding solutions? Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Community and Social Issues, Engagement levels, Trust in citizens Question 05f How would you rate the overall effectiveness (whatever "effectiveness" means to you) of cable TV broadcasts and/or online streaming of government meetings for engaging citizens in your jurisdiction's policymaking and/or operations? (Among jurisdictions that reported using cable TV broadcasts and/or online streaming of government meetings) Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Outreach Question 14k To what extent do you agree or disagree that your jurisdiction's engagement efforts mostly attract the same people over and over? Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Community and Social Issues, Engagement levels, Trust in citizens Question 05b Thinking about the next fiscal year, which action has your jurisdiction taken or likely to take regarding charges for fees, licenses, etc.? Survey Spring 2011 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Finances, Revenue, Revenues Question 14l To what extent do you agree or disagree that your jurisdiction's decision-making is transparent to your citizens? Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Engagement levels, Outreach Question 05c Thinking about the next fiscal year, which action has your jurisdiction taken or likely to take regarding reliance on general fund balance? Survey Spring 2011 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, fiscal health, Finances, General fund balance Question 05d Thinking about the next fiscal year, which action has your jurisdiction taken or likely to take regarding reliance on "rainy day" funds? Survey Spring 2011 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Finances, fiscal health, Fiscal health/stress Question 05e Thinking about the next fiscal year, which action has your jurisdiction taken or likely to take regarding the amount of services provided? Survey Spring 2011 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Services, Service provision, Service spending Question 15 Citizens are often asked on opinion surveys how much trust they have in their government. Now we'd like to ask you, as a local official, about trust you have in your jurisdiction's citizens. In terms of their engagement in your jurisdiction's policymaking and/or operations, how much time do you think you can trust the citizens in your community to be responsible participants? Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Community and Social Issues, Trust in citizens, Engagement levels Question 05f Thinking about the next fiscal year, which action has your jurisdiction taken or likely to take regarding actual public safety spending? Survey Spring 2011 Categories Public safety, Services, Finance Budget and Operations, Finances, Service spending Question 16 Would you say that most citizens who are engaged in your jurisdiction's policymaking processes are generally looking out only for themselves or that they want decisions made for the benefit of the community overall? Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Community and Social Issues, Trust in citizens Question 17 Thinking about controversial issues in your community, in general, who do you think should have the final say on your jurisdiction's most controversial decisions — citizens or public officials? Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Community and Social Issues, Trust in citizens Question 05g Thinking about the next fiscal year, which action has your jurisdiction taken or likely to take regarding actual infrastructure spending? Survey Spring 2011 Categories Finances, Service spending, Infrastructure, Services, Finance Budget and Operations Question 18a Overall, thinking about relationships between people in your community and the tone of discussions that take place around local policy issues, how would you describe the state of public discourse between public officials themselves within your jurisdiction? Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Community and Social Issues, Intragovernmental relations, civic discourse Question 05h Thinking about the next fiscal year, which action has your jurisdiction taken or likely to take regarding actual human services spending? Survey Spring 2011 Categories Services, Finance Budget and Operations, Service provision, Finances, Service spending, Human services Question 18b Overall, thinking about relationships between people in your community and the tone of discussions that take place around local policy issues, how would you describe the state of public discourse between public officials and citizens within your jurisdiction? Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Community and Social Issues, civic discourse Question 09b Is your jurisdiction studying and/or planning any new or significantly expanded collaborative efforts for transportation/transit? (Among jurisdictions studying, planning new, or expanding existing collaboration) Survey Fall 2010 Categories Governmental Relations, Transit, Transportation, Services, Service provision, Intergovernmental cooperation, Level of collaboration Question 05m What is the extent of your jurisdiction's collaboration for tax collection and/or property assessing? (Among jurisdictions involved in collaborative effort(s)) Survey Fall 2010 Categories Governmental Relations, Level of collaboration, Intergovernmental cooperation, Service provision Pagination First page first Previous page previous Page 141 Page 142 Page 143 Page 144 Current page 145 Page 146 Page 147 Page 148 Page 149 Next page next Last page last
Question 14a To what extent do you agree or disagree that in your jurisdiction's policymaking processes, any citizen who wants to express an opinion has the chance to do so? Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Community and Social Issues, Trust in citizens, Engagement levels, Outreach Question 14b To what extent do you agree or disagree that you make opportunities for engagement available, but your citizens rarely take advantage of them? Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Community and Social Issues, Engagement levels, Trust in citizens Question 14c To what extent do you agree or disagree that you don't need formal engagement efforts because your local officials already know what citizens want? Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Trust in citizens, Engagement levels Question 14d To what extent do you agree or disagree that some of your best engagement with citizens happens informally around the community (such as at the grocery store or in a restaurant, etc.)? Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Community and Social Issues, Engagement levels, Outreach Question 14e To what extent do you agree or disagree that your meetings run too long because too many citizens want to speak? Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Community and Social Issues, Engagement levels, Trust in citizens Question 14f To what extent do you agree or disagree that your jurisdiction should pursue engagement with a broader range of citizens? Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Engagement levels, Outreach Question 14g To what extent do you agree or disagree that citizens in your jurisdiction want access to information about the government's performance? Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Engagement levels, Trust in citizens Question 04p Has there been a decrease, an increase, or no change from the previous fiscal year in the cost of current employee health benefits for your jurisdiction? Survey Spring 2011 Categories Workforce, Finance Budget and Operations, Employee compensation, Fringe benefits Question 14h To what extent do you agree or disagree that most citizens aren't willing to take the time to become well-informed on issues facing the jurisdiction? Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Community and Social Issues, Engagement levels, Trust in citizens Question 04q Has there been a decrease, an increase, or no change from the previous fiscal year in the cost of retired employee health benefits for your jurisdiction? Survey Spring 2011 Categories Workforce, Finance Budget and Operations, Employee compensation, OPEB Question 14i To what extent do you agree or disagree that important decisions facing your jurisdiction typically have already been made prior to most public meetings? Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Engagement levels, Outreach Question 14 To what extent do you agree or disagree that most citizens you hear from are more interested in complaining than in finding solutions? Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Community and Social Issues, Engagement levels, Trust in citizens Question 05f How would you rate the overall effectiveness (whatever "effectiveness" means to you) of cable TV broadcasts and/or online streaming of government meetings for engaging citizens in your jurisdiction's policymaking and/or operations? (Among jurisdictions that reported using cable TV broadcasts and/or online streaming of government meetings) Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Outreach Question 14k To what extent do you agree or disagree that your jurisdiction's engagement efforts mostly attract the same people over and over? Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Community and Social Issues, Engagement levels, Trust in citizens Question 05b Thinking about the next fiscal year, which action has your jurisdiction taken or likely to take regarding charges for fees, licenses, etc.? Survey Spring 2011 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Finances, Revenue, Revenues Question 14l To what extent do you agree or disagree that your jurisdiction's decision-making is transparent to your citizens? Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Engagement levels, Outreach Question 05c Thinking about the next fiscal year, which action has your jurisdiction taken or likely to take regarding reliance on general fund balance? Survey Spring 2011 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, fiscal health, Finances, General fund balance Question 05d Thinking about the next fiscal year, which action has your jurisdiction taken or likely to take regarding reliance on "rainy day" funds? Survey Spring 2011 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Finances, fiscal health, Fiscal health/stress Question 05e Thinking about the next fiscal year, which action has your jurisdiction taken or likely to take regarding the amount of services provided? Survey Spring 2011 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Services, Service provision, Service spending Question 15 Citizens are often asked on opinion surveys how much trust they have in their government. Now we'd like to ask you, as a local official, about trust you have in your jurisdiction's citizens. In terms of their engagement in your jurisdiction's policymaking and/or operations, how much time do you think you can trust the citizens in your community to be responsible participants? Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Community and Social Issues, Trust in citizens, Engagement levels Question 05f Thinking about the next fiscal year, which action has your jurisdiction taken or likely to take regarding actual public safety spending? Survey Spring 2011 Categories Public safety, Services, Finance Budget and Operations, Finances, Service spending Question 16 Would you say that most citizens who are engaged in your jurisdiction's policymaking processes are generally looking out only for themselves or that they want decisions made for the benefit of the community overall? Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Community and Social Issues, Trust in citizens Question 17 Thinking about controversial issues in your community, in general, who do you think should have the final say on your jurisdiction's most controversial decisions — citizens or public officials? Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Community and Social Issues, Trust in citizens Question 05g Thinking about the next fiscal year, which action has your jurisdiction taken or likely to take regarding actual infrastructure spending? Survey Spring 2011 Categories Finances, Service spending, Infrastructure, Services, Finance Budget and Operations Question 18a Overall, thinking about relationships between people in your community and the tone of discussions that take place around local policy issues, how would you describe the state of public discourse between public officials themselves within your jurisdiction? Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Community and Social Issues, Intragovernmental relations, civic discourse Question 05h Thinking about the next fiscal year, which action has your jurisdiction taken or likely to take regarding actual human services spending? Survey Spring 2011 Categories Services, Finance Budget and Operations, Service provision, Finances, Service spending, Human services Question 18b Overall, thinking about relationships between people in your community and the tone of discussions that take place around local policy issues, how would you describe the state of public discourse between public officials and citizens within your jurisdiction? Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Community and Social Issues, civic discourse Question 09b Is your jurisdiction studying and/or planning any new or significantly expanded collaborative efforts for transportation/transit? (Among jurisdictions studying, planning new, or expanding existing collaboration) Survey Fall 2010 Categories Governmental Relations, Transit, Transportation, Services, Service provision, Intergovernmental cooperation, Level of collaboration Question 05m What is the extent of your jurisdiction's collaboration for tax collection and/or property assessing? (Among jurisdictions involved in collaborative effort(s)) Survey Fall 2010 Categories Governmental Relations, Level of collaboration, Intergovernmental cooperation, Service provision Pagination First page first Previous page previous Page 141 Page 142 Page 143 Page 144 Current page 145 Page 146 Page 147 Page 148 Page 149 Next page next Last page last
Question 14b To what extent do you agree or disagree that you make opportunities for engagement available, but your citizens rarely take advantage of them? Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Community and Social Issues, Engagement levels, Trust in citizens Question 14c To what extent do you agree or disagree that you don't need formal engagement efforts because your local officials already know what citizens want? Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Trust in citizens, Engagement levels Question 14d To what extent do you agree or disagree that some of your best engagement with citizens happens informally around the community (such as at the grocery store or in a restaurant, etc.)? Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Community and Social Issues, Engagement levels, Outreach Question 14e To what extent do you agree or disagree that your meetings run too long because too many citizens want to speak? Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Community and Social Issues, Engagement levels, Trust in citizens Question 14f To what extent do you agree or disagree that your jurisdiction should pursue engagement with a broader range of citizens? Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Engagement levels, Outreach Question 14g To what extent do you agree or disagree that citizens in your jurisdiction want access to information about the government's performance? Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Engagement levels, Trust in citizens Question 04p Has there been a decrease, an increase, or no change from the previous fiscal year in the cost of current employee health benefits for your jurisdiction? Survey Spring 2011 Categories Workforce, Finance Budget and Operations, Employee compensation, Fringe benefits Question 14h To what extent do you agree or disagree that most citizens aren't willing to take the time to become well-informed on issues facing the jurisdiction? Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Community and Social Issues, Engagement levels, Trust in citizens Question 04q Has there been a decrease, an increase, or no change from the previous fiscal year in the cost of retired employee health benefits for your jurisdiction? Survey Spring 2011 Categories Workforce, Finance Budget and Operations, Employee compensation, OPEB Question 14i To what extent do you agree or disagree that important decisions facing your jurisdiction typically have already been made prior to most public meetings? Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Engagement levels, Outreach Question 14 To what extent do you agree or disagree that most citizens you hear from are more interested in complaining than in finding solutions? Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Community and Social Issues, Engagement levels, Trust in citizens Question 05f How would you rate the overall effectiveness (whatever "effectiveness" means to you) of cable TV broadcasts and/or online streaming of government meetings for engaging citizens in your jurisdiction's policymaking and/or operations? (Among jurisdictions that reported using cable TV broadcasts and/or online streaming of government meetings) Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Outreach Question 14k To what extent do you agree or disagree that your jurisdiction's engagement efforts mostly attract the same people over and over? Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Community and Social Issues, Engagement levels, Trust in citizens Question 05b Thinking about the next fiscal year, which action has your jurisdiction taken or likely to take regarding charges for fees, licenses, etc.? Survey Spring 2011 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Finances, Revenue, Revenues Question 14l To what extent do you agree or disagree that your jurisdiction's decision-making is transparent to your citizens? Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Engagement levels, Outreach Question 05c Thinking about the next fiscal year, which action has your jurisdiction taken or likely to take regarding reliance on general fund balance? Survey Spring 2011 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, fiscal health, Finances, General fund balance Question 05d Thinking about the next fiscal year, which action has your jurisdiction taken or likely to take regarding reliance on "rainy day" funds? Survey Spring 2011 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Finances, fiscal health, Fiscal health/stress Question 05e Thinking about the next fiscal year, which action has your jurisdiction taken or likely to take regarding the amount of services provided? Survey Spring 2011 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Services, Service provision, Service spending Question 15 Citizens are often asked on opinion surveys how much trust they have in their government. Now we'd like to ask you, as a local official, about trust you have in your jurisdiction's citizens. In terms of their engagement in your jurisdiction's policymaking and/or operations, how much time do you think you can trust the citizens in your community to be responsible participants? Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Community and Social Issues, Trust in citizens, Engagement levels Question 05f Thinking about the next fiscal year, which action has your jurisdiction taken or likely to take regarding actual public safety spending? Survey Spring 2011 Categories Public safety, Services, Finance Budget and Operations, Finances, Service spending Question 16 Would you say that most citizens who are engaged in your jurisdiction's policymaking processes are generally looking out only for themselves or that they want decisions made for the benefit of the community overall? Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Community and Social Issues, Trust in citizens Question 17 Thinking about controversial issues in your community, in general, who do you think should have the final say on your jurisdiction's most controversial decisions — citizens or public officials? Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Community and Social Issues, Trust in citizens Question 05g Thinking about the next fiscal year, which action has your jurisdiction taken or likely to take regarding actual infrastructure spending? Survey Spring 2011 Categories Finances, Service spending, Infrastructure, Services, Finance Budget and Operations Question 18a Overall, thinking about relationships between people in your community and the tone of discussions that take place around local policy issues, how would you describe the state of public discourse between public officials themselves within your jurisdiction? Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Community and Social Issues, Intragovernmental relations, civic discourse Question 05h Thinking about the next fiscal year, which action has your jurisdiction taken or likely to take regarding actual human services spending? Survey Spring 2011 Categories Services, Finance Budget and Operations, Service provision, Finances, Service spending, Human services Question 18b Overall, thinking about relationships between people in your community and the tone of discussions that take place around local policy issues, how would you describe the state of public discourse between public officials and citizens within your jurisdiction? Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Community and Social Issues, civic discourse Question 09b Is your jurisdiction studying and/or planning any new or significantly expanded collaborative efforts for transportation/transit? (Among jurisdictions studying, planning new, or expanding existing collaboration) Survey Fall 2010 Categories Governmental Relations, Transit, Transportation, Services, Service provision, Intergovernmental cooperation, Level of collaboration Question 05m What is the extent of your jurisdiction's collaboration for tax collection and/or property assessing? (Among jurisdictions involved in collaborative effort(s)) Survey Fall 2010 Categories Governmental Relations, Level of collaboration, Intergovernmental cooperation, Service provision Pagination First page first Previous page previous Page 141 Page 142 Page 143 Page 144 Current page 145 Page 146 Page 147 Page 148 Page 149 Next page next Last page last
Question 14c To what extent do you agree or disagree that you don't need formal engagement efforts because your local officials already know what citizens want? Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Trust in citizens, Engagement levels Question 14d To what extent do you agree or disagree that some of your best engagement with citizens happens informally around the community (such as at the grocery store or in a restaurant, etc.)? Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Community and Social Issues, Engagement levels, Outreach Question 14e To what extent do you agree or disagree that your meetings run too long because too many citizens want to speak? Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Community and Social Issues, Engagement levels, Trust in citizens Question 14f To what extent do you agree or disagree that your jurisdiction should pursue engagement with a broader range of citizens? Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Engagement levels, Outreach Question 14g To what extent do you agree or disagree that citizens in your jurisdiction want access to information about the government's performance? Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Engagement levels, Trust in citizens Question 04p Has there been a decrease, an increase, or no change from the previous fiscal year in the cost of current employee health benefits for your jurisdiction? Survey Spring 2011 Categories Workforce, Finance Budget and Operations, Employee compensation, Fringe benefits Question 14h To what extent do you agree or disagree that most citizens aren't willing to take the time to become well-informed on issues facing the jurisdiction? Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Community and Social Issues, Engagement levels, Trust in citizens Question 04q Has there been a decrease, an increase, or no change from the previous fiscal year in the cost of retired employee health benefits for your jurisdiction? Survey Spring 2011 Categories Workforce, Finance Budget and Operations, Employee compensation, OPEB Question 14i To what extent do you agree or disagree that important decisions facing your jurisdiction typically have already been made prior to most public meetings? Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Engagement levels, Outreach Question 14 To what extent do you agree or disagree that most citizens you hear from are more interested in complaining than in finding solutions? Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Community and Social Issues, Engagement levels, Trust in citizens Question 05f How would you rate the overall effectiveness (whatever "effectiveness" means to you) of cable TV broadcasts and/or online streaming of government meetings for engaging citizens in your jurisdiction's policymaking and/or operations? (Among jurisdictions that reported using cable TV broadcasts and/or online streaming of government meetings) Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Outreach Question 14k To what extent do you agree or disagree that your jurisdiction's engagement efforts mostly attract the same people over and over? Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Community and Social Issues, Engagement levels, Trust in citizens Question 05b Thinking about the next fiscal year, which action has your jurisdiction taken or likely to take regarding charges for fees, licenses, etc.? Survey Spring 2011 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Finances, Revenue, Revenues Question 14l To what extent do you agree or disagree that your jurisdiction's decision-making is transparent to your citizens? Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Engagement levels, Outreach Question 05c Thinking about the next fiscal year, which action has your jurisdiction taken or likely to take regarding reliance on general fund balance? Survey Spring 2011 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, fiscal health, Finances, General fund balance Question 05d Thinking about the next fiscal year, which action has your jurisdiction taken or likely to take regarding reliance on "rainy day" funds? Survey Spring 2011 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Finances, fiscal health, Fiscal health/stress Question 05e Thinking about the next fiscal year, which action has your jurisdiction taken or likely to take regarding the amount of services provided? Survey Spring 2011 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Services, Service provision, Service spending Question 15 Citizens are often asked on opinion surveys how much trust they have in their government. Now we'd like to ask you, as a local official, about trust you have in your jurisdiction's citizens. In terms of their engagement in your jurisdiction's policymaking and/or operations, how much time do you think you can trust the citizens in your community to be responsible participants? Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Community and Social Issues, Trust in citizens, Engagement levels Question 05f Thinking about the next fiscal year, which action has your jurisdiction taken or likely to take regarding actual public safety spending? Survey Spring 2011 Categories Public safety, Services, Finance Budget and Operations, Finances, Service spending Question 16 Would you say that most citizens who are engaged in your jurisdiction's policymaking processes are generally looking out only for themselves or that they want decisions made for the benefit of the community overall? Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Community and Social Issues, Trust in citizens Question 17 Thinking about controversial issues in your community, in general, who do you think should have the final say on your jurisdiction's most controversial decisions — citizens or public officials? Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Community and Social Issues, Trust in citizens Question 05g Thinking about the next fiscal year, which action has your jurisdiction taken or likely to take regarding actual infrastructure spending? Survey Spring 2011 Categories Finances, Service spending, Infrastructure, Services, Finance Budget and Operations Question 18a Overall, thinking about relationships between people in your community and the tone of discussions that take place around local policy issues, how would you describe the state of public discourse between public officials themselves within your jurisdiction? Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Community and Social Issues, Intragovernmental relations, civic discourse Question 05h Thinking about the next fiscal year, which action has your jurisdiction taken or likely to take regarding actual human services spending? Survey Spring 2011 Categories Services, Finance Budget and Operations, Service provision, Finances, Service spending, Human services Question 18b Overall, thinking about relationships between people in your community and the tone of discussions that take place around local policy issues, how would you describe the state of public discourse between public officials and citizens within your jurisdiction? Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Community and Social Issues, civic discourse Question 09b Is your jurisdiction studying and/or planning any new or significantly expanded collaborative efforts for transportation/transit? (Among jurisdictions studying, planning new, or expanding existing collaboration) Survey Fall 2010 Categories Governmental Relations, Transit, Transportation, Services, Service provision, Intergovernmental cooperation, Level of collaboration Question 05m What is the extent of your jurisdiction's collaboration for tax collection and/or property assessing? (Among jurisdictions involved in collaborative effort(s)) Survey Fall 2010 Categories Governmental Relations, Level of collaboration, Intergovernmental cooperation, Service provision Pagination First page first Previous page previous Page 141 Page 142 Page 143 Page 144 Current page 145 Page 146 Page 147 Page 148 Page 149 Next page next Last page last
Question 14d To what extent do you agree or disagree that some of your best engagement with citizens happens informally around the community (such as at the grocery store or in a restaurant, etc.)? Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Community and Social Issues, Engagement levels, Outreach Question 14e To what extent do you agree or disagree that your meetings run too long because too many citizens want to speak? Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Community and Social Issues, Engagement levels, Trust in citizens Question 14f To what extent do you agree or disagree that your jurisdiction should pursue engagement with a broader range of citizens? Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Engagement levels, Outreach Question 14g To what extent do you agree or disagree that citizens in your jurisdiction want access to information about the government's performance? Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Engagement levels, Trust in citizens Question 04p Has there been a decrease, an increase, or no change from the previous fiscal year in the cost of current employee health benefits for your jurisdiction? Survey Spring 2011 Categories Workforce, Finance Budget and Operations, Employee compensation, Fringe benefits Question 14h To what extent do you agree or disagree that most citizens aren't willing to take the time to become well-informed on issues facing the jurisdiction? Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Community and Social Issues, Engagement levels, Trust in citizens Question 04q Has there been a decrease, an increase, or no change from the previous fiscal year in the cost of retired employee health benefits for your jurisdiction? Survey Spring 2011 Categories Workforce, Finance Budget and Operations, Employee compensation, OPEB Question 14i To what extent do you agree or disagree that important decisions facing your jurisdiction typically have already been made prior to most public meetings? Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Engagement levels, Outreach Question 14 To what extent do you agree or disagree that most citizens you hear from are more interested in complaining than in finding solutions? Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Community and Social Issues, Engagement levels, Trust in citizens Question 05f How would you rate the overall effectiveness (whatever "effectiveness" means to you) of cable TV broadcasts and/or online streaming of government meetings for engaging citizens in your jurisdiction's policymaking and/or operations? (Among jurisdictions that reported using cable TV broadcasts and/or online streaming of government meetings) Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Outreach Question 14k To what extent do you agree or disagree that your jurisdiction's engagement efforts mostly attract the same people over and over? Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Community and Social Issues, Engagement levels, Trust in citizens Question 05b Thinking about the next fiscal year, which action has your jurisdiction taken or likely to take regarding charges for fees, licenses, etc.? Survey Spring 2011 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Finances, Revenue, Revenues Question 14l To what extent do you agree or disagree that your jurisdiction's decision-making is transparent to your citizens? Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Engagement levels, Outreach Question 05c Thinking about the next fiscal year, which action has your jurisdiction taken or likely to take regarding reliance on general fund balance? Survey Spring 2011 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, fiscal health, Finances, General fund balance Question 05d Thinking about the next fiscal year, which action has your jurisdiction taken or likely to take regarding reliance on "rainy day" funds? Survey Spring 2011 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Finances, fiscal health, Fiscal health/stress Question 05e Thinking about the next fiscal year, which action has your jurisdiction taken or likely to take regarding the amount of services provided? Survey Spring 2011 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Services, Service provision, Service spending Question 15 Citizens are often asked on opinion surveys how much trust they have in their government. Now we'd like to ask you, as a local official, about trust you have in your jurisdiction's citizens. In terms of their engagement in your jurisdiction's policymaking and/or operations, how much time do you think you can trust the citizens in your community to be responsible participants? Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Community and Social Issues, Trust in citizens, Engagement levels Question 05f Thinking about the next fiscal year, which action has your jurisdiction taken or likely to take regarding actual public safety spending? Survey Spring 2011 Categories Public safety, Services, Finance Budget and Operations, Finances, Service spending Question 16 Would you say that most citizens who are engaged in your jurisdiction's policymaking processes are generally looking out only for themselves or that they want decisions made for the benefit of the community overall? Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Community and Social Issues, Trust in citizens Question 17 Thinking about controversial issues in your community, in general, who do you think should have the final say on your jurisdiction's most controversial decisions — citizens or public officials? Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Community and Social Issues, Trust in citizens Question 05g Thinking about the next fiscal year, which action has your jurisdiction taken or likely to take regarding actual infrastructure spending? Survey Spring 2011 Categories Finances, Service spending, Infrastructure, Services, Finance Budget and Operations Question 18a Overall, thinking about relationships between people in your community and the tone of discussions that take place around local policy issues, how would you describe the state of public discourse between public officials themselves within your jurisdiction? Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Community and Social Issues, Intragovernmental relations, civic discourse Question 05h Thinking about the next fiscal year, which action has your jurisdiction taken or likely to take regarding actual human services spending? Survey Spring 2011 Categories Services, Finance Budget and Operations, Service provision, Finances, Service spending, Human services Question 18b Overall, thinking about relationships between people in your community and the tone of discussions that take place around local policy issues, how would you describe the state of public discourse between public officials and citizens within your jurisdiction? Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Community and Social Issues, civic discourse Question 09b Is your jurisdiction studying and/or planning any new or significantly expanded collaborative efforts for transportation/transit? (Among jurisdictions studying, planning new, or expanding existing collaboration) Survey Fall 2010 Categories Governmental Relations, Transit, Transportation, Services, Service provision, Intergovernmental cooperation, Level of collaboration Question 05m What is the extent of your jurisdiction's collaboration for tax collection and/or property assessing? (Among jurisdictions involved in collaborative effort(s)) Survey Fall 2010 Categories Governmental Relations, Level of collaboration, Intergovernmental cooperation, Service provision Pagination First page first Previous page previous Page 141 Page 142 Page 143 Page 144 Current page 145 Page 146 Page 147 Page 148 Page 149 Next page next Last page last
Question 14e To what extent do you agree or disagree that your meetings run too long because too many citizens want to speak? Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Community and Social Issues, Engagement levels, Trust in citizens Question 14f To what extent do you agree or disagree that your jurisdiction should pursue engagement with a broader range of citizens? Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Engagement levels, Outreach Question 14g To what extent do you agree or disagree that citizens in your jurisdiction want access to information about the government's performance? Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Engagement levels, Trust in citizens Question 04p Has there been a decrease, an increase, or no change from the previous fiscal year in the cost of current employee health benefits for your jurisdiction? Survey Spring 2011 Categories Workforce, Finance Budget and Operations, Employee compensation, Fringe benefits Question 14h To what extent do you agree or disagree that most citizens aren't willing to take the time to become well-informed on issues facing the jurisdiction? Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Community and Social Issues, Engagement levels, Trust in citizens Question 04q Has there been a decrease, an increase, or no change from the previous fiscal year in the cost of retired employee health benefits for your jurisdiction? Survey Spring 2011 Categories Workforce, Finance Budget and Operations, Employee compensation, OPEB Question 14i To what extent do you agree or disagree that important decisions facing your jurisdiction typically have already been made prior to most public meetings? Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Engagement levels, Outreach Question 14 To what extent do you agree or disagree that most citizens you hear from are more interested in complaining than in finding solutions? Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Community and Social Issues, Engagement levels, Trust in citizens Question 05f How would you rate the overall effectiveness (whatever "effectiveness" means to you) of cable TV broadcasts and/or online streaming of government meetings for engaging citizens in your jurisdiction's policymaking and/or operations? (Among jurisdictions that reported using cable TV broadcasts and/or online streaming of government meetings) Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Outreach Question 14k To what extent do you agree or disagree that your jurisdiction's engagement efforts mostly attract the same people over and over? Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Community and Social Issues, Engagement levels, Trust in citizens Question 05b Thinking about the next fiscal year, which action has your jurisdiction taken or likely to take regarding charges for fees, licenses, etc.? Survey Spring 2011 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Finances, Revenue, Revenues Question 14l To what extent do you agree or disagree that your jurisdiction's decision-making is transparent to your citizens? Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Engagement levels, Outreach Question 05c Thinking about the next fiscal year, which action has your jurisdiction taken or likely to take regarding reliance on general fund balance? Survey Spring 2011 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, fiscal health, Finances, General fund balance Question 05d Thinking about the next fiscal year, which action has your jurisdiction taken or likely to take regarding reliance on "rainy day" funds? Survey Spring 2011 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Finances, fiscal health, Fiscal health/stress Question 05e Thinking about the next fiscal year, which action has your jurisdiction taken or likely to take regarding the amount of services provided? Survey Spring 2011 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Services, Service provision, Service spending Question 15 Citizens are often asked on opinion surveys how much trust they have in their government. Now we'd like to ask you, as a local official, about trust you have in your jurisdiction's citizens. In terms of their engagement in your jurisdiction's policymaking and/or operations, how much time do you think you can trust the citizens in your community to be responsible participants? Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Community and Social Issues, Trust in citizens, Engagement levels Question 05f Thinking about the next fiscal year, which action has your jurisdiction taken or likely to take regarding actual public safety spending? Survey Spring 2011 Categories Public safety, Services, Finance Budget and Operations, Finances, Service spending Question 16 Would you say that most citizens who are engaged in your jurisdiction's policymaking processes are generally looking out only for themselves or that they want decisions made for the benefit of the community overall? Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Community and Social Issues, Trust in citizens Question 17 Thinking about controversial issues in your community, in general, who do you think should have the final say on your jurisdiction's most controversial decisions — citizens or public officials? Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Community and Social Issues, Trust in citizens Question 05g Thinking about the next fiscal year, which action has your jurisdiction taken or likely to take regarding actual infrastructure spending? Survey Spring 2011 Categories Finances, Service spending, Infrastructure, Services, Finance Budget and Operations Question 18a Overall, thinking about relationships between people in your community and the tone of discussions that take place around local policy issues, how would you describe the state of public discourse between public officials themselves within your jurisdiction? Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Community and Social Issues, Intragovernmental relations, civic discourse Question 05h Thinking about the next fiscal year, which action has your jurisdiction taken or likely to take regarding actual human services spending? Survey Spring 2011 Categories Services, Finance Budget and Operations, Service provision, Finances, Service spending, Human services Question 18b Overall, thinking about relationships between people in your community and the tone of discussions that take place around local policy issues, how would you describe the state of public discourse between public officials and citizens within your jurisdiction? Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Community and Social Issues, civic discourse Question 09b Is your jurisdiction studying and/or planning any new or significantly expanded collaborative efforts for transportation/transit? (Among jurisdictions studying, planning new, or expanding existing collaboration) Survey Fall 2010 Categories Governmental Relations, Transit, Transportation, Services, Service provision, Intergovernmental cooperation, Level of collaboration Question 05m What is the extent of your jurisdiction's collaboration for tax collection and/or property assessing? 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Question 14f To what extent do you agree or disagree that your jurisdiction should pursue engagement with a broader range of citizens? Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Engagement levels, Outreach Question 14g To what extent do you agree or disagree that citizens in your jurisdiction want access to information about the government's performance? Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Engagement levels, Trust in citizens Question 04p Has there been a decrease, an increase, or no change from the previous fiscal year in the cost of current employee health benefits for your jurisdiction? Survey Spring 2011 Categories Workforce, Finance Budget and Operations, Employee compensation, Fringe benefits Question 14h To what extent do you agree or disagree that most citizens aren't willing to take the time to become well-informed on issues facing the jurisdiction? Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Community and Social Issues, Engagement levels, Trust in citizens Question 04q Has there been a decrease, an increase, or no change from the previous fiscal year in the cost of retired employee health benefits for your jurisdiction? Survey Spring 2011 Categories Workforce, Finance Budget and Operations, Employee compensation, OPEB Question 14i To what extent do you agree or disagree that important decisions facing your jurisdiction typically have already been made prior to most public meetings? Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Engagement levels, Outreach Question 14 To what extent do you agree or disagree that most citizens you hear from are more interested in complaining than in finding solutions? Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Community and Social Issues, Engagement levels, Trust in citizens Question 05f How would you rate the overall effectiveness (whatever "effectiveness" means to you) of cable TV broadcasts and/or online streaming of government meetings for engaging citizens in your jurisdiction's policymaking and/or operations? (Among jurisdictions that reported using cable TV broadcasts and/or online streaming of government meetings) Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Outreach Question 14k To what extent do you agree or disagree that your jurisdiction's engagement efforts mostly attract the same people over and over? Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Community and Social Issues, Engagement levels, Trust in citizens Question 05b Thinking about the next fiscal year, which action has your jurisdiction taken or likely to take regarding charges for fees, licenses, etc.? Survey Spring 2011 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Finances, Revenue, Revenues Question 14l To what extent do you agree or disagree that your jurisdiction's decision-making is transparent to your citizens? Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Engagement levels, Outreach Question 05c Thinking about the next fiscal year, which action has your jurisdiction taken or likely to take regarding reliance on general fund balance? Survey Spring 2011 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, fiscal health, Finances, General fund balance Question 05d Thinking about the next fiscal year, which action has your jurisdiction taken or likely to take regarding reliance on "rainy day" funds? Survey Spring 2011 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Finances, fiscal health, Fiscal health/stress Question 05e Thinking about the next fiscal year, which action has your jurisdiction taken or likely to take regarding the amount of services provided? Survey Spring 2011 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Services, Service provision, Service spending Question 15 Citizens are often asked on opinion surveys how much trust they have in their government. Now we'd like to ask you, as a local official, about trust you have in your jurisdiction's citizens. In terms of their engagement in your jurisdiction's policymaking and/or operations, how much time do you think you can trust the citizens in your community to be responsible participants? Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Community and Social Issues, Trust in citizens, Engagement levels Question 05f Thinking about the next fiscal year, which action has your jurisdiction taken or likely to take regarding actual public safety spending? Survey Spring 2011 Categories Public safety, Services, Finance Budget and Operations, Finances, Service spending Question 16 Would you say that most citizens who are engaged in your jurisdiction's policymaking processes are generally looking out only for themselves or that they want decisions made for the benefit of the community overall? Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Community and Social Issues, Trust in citizens Question 17 Thinking about controversial issues in your community, in general, who do you think should have the final say on your jurisdiction's most controversial decisions — citizens or public officials? Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Community and Social Issues, Trust in citizens Question 05g Thinking about the next fiscal year, which action has your jurisdiction taken or likely to take regarding actual infrastructure spending? Survey Spring 2011 Categories Finances, Service spending, Infrastructure, Services, Finance Budget and Operations Question 18a Overall, thinking about relationships between people in your community and the tone of discussions that take place around local policy issues, how would you describe the state of public discourse between public officials themselves within your jurisdiction? Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Community and Social Issues, Intragovernmental relations, civic discourse Question 05h Thinking about the next fiscal year, which action has your jurisdiction taken or likely to take regarding actual human services spending? Survey Spring 2011 Categories Services, Finance Budget and Operations, Service provision, Finances, Service spending, Human services Question 18b Overall, thinking about relationships between people in your community and the tone of discussions that take place around local policy issues, how would you describe the state of public discourse between public officials and citizens within your jurisdiction? Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Community and Social Issues, civic discourse Question 09b Is your jurisdiction studying and/or planning any new or significantly expanded collaborative efforts for transportation/transit? (Among jurisdictions studying, planning new, or expanding existing collaboration) Survey Fall 2010 Categories Governmental Relations, Transit, Transportation, Services, Service provision, Intergovernmental cooperation, Level of collaboration Question 05m What is the extent of your jurisdiction's collaboration for tax collection and/or property assessing? 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Question 14g To what extent do you agree or disagree that citizens in your jurisdiction want access to information about the government's performance? Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Engagement levels, Trust in citizens Question 04p Has there been a decrease, an increase, or no change from the previous fiscal year in the cost of current employee health benefits for your jurisdiction? Survey Spring 2011 Categories Workforce, Finance Budget and Operations, Employee compensation, Fringe benefits Question 14h To what extent do you agree or disagree that most citizens aren't willing to take the time to become well-informed on issues facing the jurisdiction? Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Community and Social Issues, Engagement levels, Trust in citizens Question 04q Has there been a decrease, an increase, or no change from the previous fiscal year in the cost of retired employee health benefits for your jurisdiction? Survey Spring 2011 Categories Workforce, Finance Budget and Operations, Employee compensation, OPEB Question 14i To what extent do you agree or disagree that important decisions facing your jurisdiction typically have already been made prior to most public meetings? Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Engagement levels, Outreach Question 14 To what extent do you agree or disagree that most citizens you hear from are more interested in complaining than in finding solutions? Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Community and Social Issues, Engagement levels, Trust in citizens Question 05f How would you rate the overall effectiveness (whatever "effectiveness" means to you) of cable TV broadcasts and/or online streaming of government meetings for engaging citizens in your jurisdiction's policymaking and/or operations? (Among jurisdictions that reported using cable TV broadcasts and/or online streaming of government meetings) Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Outreach Question 14k To what extent do you agree or disagree that your jurisdiction's engagement efforts mostly attract the same people over and over? Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Community and Social Issues, Engagement levels, Trust in citizens Question 05b Thinking about the next fiscal year, which action has your jurisdiction taken or likely to take regarding charges for fees, licenses, etc.? Survey Spring 2011 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Finances, Revenue, Revenues Question 14l To what extent do you agree or disagree that your jurisdiction's decision-making is transparent to your citizens? Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Engagement levels, Outreach Question 05c Thinking about the next fiscal year, which action has your jurisdiction taken or likely to take regarding reliance on general fund balance? Survey Spring 2011 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, fiscal health, Finances, General fund balance Question 05d Thinking about the next fiscal year, which action has your jurisdiction taken or likely to take regarding reliance on "rainy day" funds? Survey Spring 2011 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Finances, fiscal health, Fiscal health/stress Question 05e Thinking about the next fiscal year, which action has your jurisdiction taken or likely to take regarding the amount of services provided? Survey Spring 2011 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Services, Service provision, Service spending Question 15 Citizens are often asked on opinion surveys how much trust they have in their government. Now we'd like to ask you, as a local official, about trust you have in your jurisdiction's citizens. In terms of their engagement in your jurisdiction's policymaking and/or operations, how much time do you think you can trust the citizens in your community to be responsible participants? Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Community and Social Issues, Trust in citizens, Engagement levels Question 05f Thinking about the next fiscal year, which action has your jurisdiction taken or likely to take regarding actual public safety spending? Survey Spring 2011 Categories Public safety, Services, Finance Budget and Operations, Finances, Service spending Question 16 Would you say that most citizens who are engaged in your jurisdiction's policymaking processes are generally looking out only for themselves or that they want decisions made for the benefit of the community overall? Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Community and Social Issues, Trust in citizens Question 17 Thinking about controversial issues in your community, in general, who do you think should have the final say on your jurisdiction's most controversial decisions — citizens or public officials? Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Community and Social Issues, Trust in citizens Question 05g Thinking about the next fiscal year, which action has your jurisdiction taken or likely to take regarding actual infrastructure spending? Survey Spring 2011 Categories Finances, Service spending, Infrastructure, Services, Finance Budget and Operations Question 18a Overall, thinking about relationships between people in your community and the tone of discussions that take place around local policy issues, how would you describe the state of public discourse between public officials themselves within your jurisdiction? Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Community and Social Issues, Intragovernmental relations, civic discourse Question 05h Thinking about the next fiscal year, which action has your jurisdiction taken or likely to take regarding actual human services spending? Survey Spring 2011 Categories Services, Finance Budget and Operations, Service provision, Finances, Service spending, Human services Question 18b Overall, thinking about relationships between people in your community and the tone of discussions that take place around local policy issues, how would you describe the state of public discourse between public officials and citizens within your jurisdiction? Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Community and Social Issues, civic discourse Question 09b Is your jurisdiction studying and/or planning any new or significantly expanded collaborative efforts for transportation/transit? (Among jurisdictions studying, planning new, or expanding existing collaboration) Survey Fall 2010 Categories Governmental Relations, Transit, Transportation, Services, Service provision, Intergovernmental cooperation, Level of collaboration Question 05m What is the extent of your jurisdiction's collaboration for tax collection and/or property assessing? (Among jurisdictions involved in collaborative effort(s)) Survey Fall 2010 Categories Governmental Relations, Level of collaboration, Intergovernmental cooperation, Service provision Pagination First page first Previous page previous Page 141 Page 142 Page 143 Page 144 Current page 145 Page 146 Page 147 Page 148 Page 149 Next page next Last page last
Question 04p Has there been a decrease, an increase, or no change from the previous fiscal year in the cost of current employee health benefits for your jurisdiction? Survey Spring 2011 Categories Workforce, Finance Budget and Operations, Employee compensation, Fringe benefits Question 14h To what extent do you agree or disagree that most citizens aren't willing to take the time to become well-informed on issues facing the jurisdiction? Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Community and Social Issues, Engagement levels, Trust in citizens Question 04q Has there been a decrease, an increase, or no change from the previous fiscal year in the cost of retired employee health benefits for your jurisdiction? Survey Spring 2011 Categories Workforce, Finance Budget and Operations, Employee compensation, OPEB Question 14i To what extent do you agree or disagree that important decisions facing your jurisdiction typically have already been made prior to most public meetings? Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Engagement levels, Outreach Question 14 To what extent do you agree or disagree that most citizens you hear from are more interested in complaining than in finding solutions? Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Community and Social Issues, Engagement levels, Trust in citizens Question 05f How would you rate the overall effectiveness (whatever "effectiveness" means to you) of cable TV broadcasts and/or online streaming of government meetings for engaging citizens in your jurisdiction's policymaking and/or operations? (Among jurisdictions that reported using cable TV broadcasts and/or online streaming of government meetings) Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Outreach Question 14k To what extent do you agree or disagree that your jurisdiction's engagement efforts mostly attract the same people over and over? Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Community and Social Issues, Engagement levels, Trust in citizens Question 05b Thinking about the next fiscal year, which action has your jurisdiction taken or likely to take regarding charges for fees, licenses, etc.? Survey Spring 2011 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Finances, Revenue, Revenues Question 14l To what extent do you agree or disagree that your jurisdiction's decision-making is transparent to your citizens? Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Engagement levels, Outreach Question 05c Thinking about the next fiscal year, which action has your jurisdiction taken or likely to take regarding reliance on general fund balance? Survey Spring 2011 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, fiscal health, Finances, General fund balance Question 05d Thinking about the next fiscal year, which action has your jurisdiction taken or likely to take regarding reliance on "rainy day" funds? Survey Spring 2011 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Finances, fiscal health, Fiscal health/stress Question 05e Thinking about the next fiscal year, which action has your jurisdiction taken or likely to take regarding the amount of services provided? Survey Spring 2011 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Services, Service provision, Service spending Question 15 Citizens are often asked on opinion surveys how much trust they have in their government. Now we'd like to ask you, as a local official, about trust you have in your jurisdiction's citizens. In terms of their engagement in your jurisdiction's policymaking and/or operations, how much time do you think you can trust the citizens in your community to be responsible participants? Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Community and Social Issues, Trust in citizens, Engagement levels Question 05f Thinking about the next fiscal year, which action has your jurisdiction taken or likely to take regarding actual public safety spending? Survey Spring 2011 Categories Public safety, Services, Finance Budget and Operations, Finances, Service spending Question 16 Would you say that most citizens who are engaged in your jurisdiction's policymaking processes are generally looking out only for themselves or that they want decisions made for the benefit of the community overall? Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Community and Social Issues, Trust in citizens Question 17 Thinking about controversial issues in your community, in general, who do you think should have the final say on your jurisdiction's most controversial decisions — citizens or public officials? Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Community and Social Issues, Trust in citizens Question 05g Thinking about the next fiscal year, which action has your jurisdiction taken or likely to take regarding actual infrastructure spending? Survey Spring 2011 Categories Finances, Service spending, Infrastructure, Services, Finance Budget and Operations Question 18a Overall, thinking about relationships between people in your community and the tone of discussions that take place around local policy issues, how would you describe the state of public discourse between public officials themselves within your jurisdiction? Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Community and Social Issues, Intragovernmental relations, civic discourse Question 05h Thinking about the next fiscal year, which action has your jurisdiction taken or likely to take regarding actual human services spending? Survey Spring 2011 Categories Services, Finance Budget and Operations, Service provision, Finances, Service spending, Human services Question 18b Overall, thinking about relationships between people in your community and the tone of discussions that take place around local policy issues, how would you describe the state of public discourse between public officials and citizens within your jurisdiction? Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Community and Social Issues, civic discourse Question 09b Is your jurisdiction studying and/or planning any new or significantly expanded collaborative efforts for transportation/transit? (Among jurisdictions studying, planning new, or expanding existing collaboration) Survey Fall 2010 Categories Governmental Relations, Transit, Transportation, Services, Service provision, Intergovernmental cooperation, Level of collaboration Question 05m What is the extent of your jurisdiction's collaboration for tax collection and/or property assessing? 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Question 14h To what extent do you agree or disagree that most citizens aren't willing to take the time to become well-informed on issues facing the jurisdiction? Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Community and Social Issues, Engagement levels, Trust in citizens Question 04q Has there been a decrease, an increase, or no change from the previous fiscal year in the cost of retired employee health benefits for your jurisdiction? Survey Spring 2011 Categories Workforce, Finance Budget and Operations, Employee compensation, OPEB Question 14i To what extent do you agree or disagree that important decisions facing your jurisdiction typically have already been made prior to most public meetings? Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Engagement levels, Outreach Question 14 To what extent do you agree or disagree that most citizens you hear from are more interested in complaining than in finding solutions? Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Community and Social Issues, Engagement levels, Trust in citizens Question 05f How would you rate the overall effectiveness (whatever "effectiveness" means to you) of cable TV broadcasts and/or online streaming of government meetings for engaging citizens in your jurisdiction's policymaking and/or operations? (Among jurisdictions that reported using cable TV broadcasts and/or online streaming of government meetings) Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Outreach Question 14k To what extent do you agree or disagree that your jurisdiction's engagement efforts mostly attract the same people over and over? Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Community and Social Issues, Engagement levels, Trust in citizens Question 05b Thinking about the next fiscal year, which action has your jurisdiction taken or likely to take regarding charges for fees, licenses, etc.? Survey Spring 2011 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Finances, Revenue, Revenues Question 14l To what extent do you agree or disagree that your jurisdiction's decision-making is transparent to your citizens? Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Engagement levels, Outreach Question 05c Thinking about the next fiscal year, which action has your jurisdiction taken or likely to take regarding reliance on general fund balance? Survey Spring 2011 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, fiscal health, Finances, General fund balance Question 05d Thinking about the next fiscal year, which action has your jurisdiction taken or likely to take regarding reliance on "rainy day" funds? Survey Spring 2011 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Finances, fiscal health, Fiscal health/stress Question 05e Thinking about the next fiscal year, which action has your jurisdiction taken or likely to take regarding the amount of services provided? Survey Spring 2011 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Services, Service provision, Service spending Question 15 Citizens are often asked on opinion surveys how much trust they have in their government. Now we'd like to ask you, as a local official, about trust you have in your jurisdiction's citizens. In terms of their engagement in your jurisdiction's policymaking and/or operations, how much time do you think you can trust the citizens in your community to be responsible participants? Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Community and Social Issues, Trust in citizens, Engagement levels Question 05f Thinking about the next fiscal year, which action has your jurisdiction taken or likely to take regarding actual public safety spending? Survey Spring 2011 Categories Public safety, Services, Finance Budget and Operations, Finances, Service spending Question 16 Would you say that most citizens who are engaged in your jurisdiction's policymaking processes are generally looking out only for themselves or that they want decisions made for the benefit of the community overall? Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Community and Social Issues, Trust in citizens Question 17 Thinking about controversial issues in your community, in general, who do you think should have the final say on your jurisdiction's most controversial decisions — citizens or public officials? Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Community and Social Issues, Trust in citizens Question 05g Thinking about the next fiscal year, which action has your jurisdiction taken or likely to take regarding actual infrastructure spending? Survey Spring 2011 Categories Finances, Service spending, Infrastructure, Services, Finance Budget and Operations Question 18a Overall, thinking about relationships between people in your community and the tone of discussions that take place around local policy issues, how would you describe the state of public discourse between public officials themselves within your jurisdiction? Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Community and Social Issues, Intragovernmental relations, civic discourse Question 05h Thinking about the next fiscal year, which action has your jurisdiction taken or likely to take regarding actual human services spending? Survey Spring 2011 Categories Services, Finance Budget and Operations, Service provision, Finances, Service spending, Human services Question 18b Overall, thinking about relationships between people in your community and the tone of discussions that take place around local policy issues, how would you describe the state of public discourse between public officials and citizens within your jurisdiction? Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Community and Social Issues, civic discourse Question 09b Is your jurisdiction studying and/or planning any new or significantly expanded collaborative efforts for transportation/transit? (Among jurisdictions studying, planning new, or expanding existing collaboration) Survey Fall 2010 Categories Governmental Relations, Transit, Transportation, Services, Service provision, Intergovernmental cooperation, Level of collaboration Question 05m What is the extent of your jurisdiction's collaboration for tax collection and/or property assessing? 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Question 04q Has there been a decrease, an increase, or no change from the previous fiscal year in the cost of retired employee health benefits for your jurisdiction? Survey Spring 2011 Categories Workforce, Finance Budget and Operations, Employee compensation, OPEB Question 14i To what extent do you agree or disagree that important decisions facing your jurisdiction typically have already been made prior to most public meetings? Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Engagement levels, Outreach Question 14 To what extent do you agree or disagree that most citizens you hear from are more interested in complaining than in finding solutions? Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Community and Social Issues, Engagement levels, Trust in citizens Question 05f How would you rate the overall effectiveness (whatever "effectiveness" means to you) of cable TV broadcasts and/or online streaming of government meetings for engaging citizens in your jurisdiction's policymaking and/or operations? (Among jurisdictions that reported using cable TV broadcasts and/or online streaming of government meetings) Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Outreach Question 14k To what extent do you agree or disagree that your jurisdiction's engagement efforts mostly attract the same people over and over? Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Community and Social Issues, Engagement levels, Trust in citizens Question 05b Thinking about the next fiscal year, which action has your jurisdiction taken or likely to take regarding charges for fees, licenses, etc.? Survey Spring 2011 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Finances, Revenue, Revenues Question 14l To what extent do you agree or disagree that your jurisdiction's decision-making is transparent to your citizens? Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Engagement levels, Outreach Question 05c Thinking about the next fiscal year, which action has your jurisdiction taken or likely to take regarding reliance on general fund balance? Survey Spring 2011 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, fiscal health, Finances, General fund balance Question 05d Thinking about the next fiscal year, which action has your jurisdiction taken or likely to take regarding reliance on "rainy day" funds? Survey Spring 2011 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Finances, fiscal health, Fiscal health/stress Question 05e Thinking about the next fiscal year, which action has your jurisdiction taken or likely to take regarding the amount of services provided? Survey Spring 2011 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Services, Service provision, Service spending Question 15 Citizens are often asked on opinion surveys how much trust they have in their government. Now we'd like to ask you, as a local official, about trust you have in your jurisdiction's citizens. In terms of their engagement in your jurisdiction's policymaking and/or operations, how much time do you think you can trust the citizens in your community to be responsible participants? Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Community and Social Issues, Trust in citizens, Engagement levels Question 05f Thinking about the next fiscal year, which action has your jurisdiction taken or likely to take regarding actual public safety spending? Survey Spring 2011 Categories Public safety, Services, Finance Budget and Operations, Finances, Service spending Question 16 Would you say that most citizens who are engaged in your jurisdiction's policymaking processes are generally looking out only for themselves or that they want decisions made for the benefit of the community overall? Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Community and Social Issues, Trust in citizens Question 17 Thinking about controversial issues in your community, in general, who do you think should have the final say on your jurisdiction's most controversial decisions — citizens or public officials? Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Community and Social Issues, Trust in citizens Question 05g Thinking about the next fiscal year, which action has your jurisdiction taken or likely to take regarding actual infrastructure spending? Survey Spring 2011 Categories Finances, Service spending, Infrastructure, Services, Finance Budget and Operations Question 18a Overall, thinking about relationships between people in your community and the tone of discussions that take place around local policy issues, how would you describe the state of public discourse between public officials themselves within your jurisdiction? Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Community and Social Issues, Intragovernmental relations, civic discourse Question 05h Thinking about the next fiscal year, which action has your jurisdiction taken or likely to take regarding actual human services spending? Survey Spring 2011 Categories Services, Finance Budget and Operations, Service provision, Finances, Service spending, Human services Question 18b Overall, thinking about relationships between people in your community and the tone of discussions that take place around local policy issues, how would you describe the state of public discourse between public officials and citizens within your jurisdiction? Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Community and Social Issues, civic discourse Question 09b Is your jurisdiction studying and/or planning any new or significantly expanded collaborative efforts for transportation/transit? (Among jurisdictions studying, planning new, or expanding existing collaboration) Survey Fall 2010 Categories Governmental Relations, Transit, Transportation, Services, Service provision, Intergovernmental cooperation, Level of collaboration Question 05m What is the extent of your jurisdiction's collaboration for tax collection and/or property assessing? 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Question 14i To what extent do you agree or disagree that important decisions facing your jurisdiction typically have already been made prior to most public meetings? Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Engagement levels, Outreach Question 14 To what extent do you agree or disagree that most citizens you hear from are more interested in complaining than in finding solutions? Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Community and Social Issues, Engagement levels, Trust in citizens Question 05f How would you rate the overall effectiveness (whatever "effectiveness" means to you) of cable TV broadcasts and/or online streaming of government meetings for engaging citizens in your jurisdiction's policymaking and/or operations? (Among jurisdictions that reported using cable TV broadcasts and/or online streaming of government meetings) Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Outreach Question 14k To what extent do you agree or disagree that your jurisdiction's engagement efforts mostly attract the same people over and over? Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Community and Social Issues, Engagement levels, Trust in citizens Question 05b Thinking about the next fiscal year, which action has your jurisdiction taken or likely to take regarding charges for fees, licenses, etc.? Survey Spring 2011 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Finances, Revenue, Revenues Question 14l To what extent do you agree or disagree that your jurisdiction's decision-making is transparent to your citizens? Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Engagement levels, Outreach Question 05c Thinking about the next fiscal year, which action has your jurisdiction taken or likely to take regarding reliance on general fund balance? Survey Spring 2011 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, fiscal health, Finances, General fund balance Question 05d Thinking about the next fiscal year, which action has your jurisdiction taken or likely to take regarding reliance on "rainy day" funds? Survey Spring 2011 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Finances, fiscal health, Fiscal health/stress Question 05e Thinking about the next fiscal year, which action has your jurisdiction taken or likely to take regarding the amount of services provided? Survey Spring 2011 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Services, Service provision, Service spending Question 15 Citizens are often asked on opinion surveys how much trust they have in their government. Now we'd like to ask you, as a local official, about trust you have in your jurisdiction's citizens. In terms of their engagement in your jurisdiction's policymaking and/or operations, how much time do you think you can trust the citizens in your community to be responsible participants? Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Community and Social Issues, Trust in citizens, Engagement levels Question 05f Thinking about the next fiscal year, which action has your jurisdiction taken or likely to take regarding actual public safety spending? Survey Spring 2011 Categories Public safety, Services, Finance Budget and Operations, Finances, Service spending Question 16 Would you say that most citizens who are engaged in your jurisdiction's policymaking processes are generally looking out only for themselves or that they want decisions made for the benefit of the community overall? Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Community and Social Issues, Trust in citizens Question 17 Thinking about controversial issues in your community, in general, who do you think should have the final say on your jurisdiction's most controversial decisions — citizens or public officials? Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Community and Social Issues, Trust in citizens Question 05g Thinking about the next fiscal year, which action has your jurisdiction taken or likely to take regarding actual infrastructure spending? Survey Spring 2011 Categories Finances, Service spending, Infrastructure, Services, Finance Budget and Operations Question 18a Overall, thinking about relationships between people in your community and the tone of discussions that take place around local policy issues, how would you describe the state of public discourse between public officials themselves within your jurisdiction? Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Community and Social Issues, Intragovernmental relations, civic discourse Question 05h Thinking about the next fiscal year, which action has your jurisdiction taken or likely to take regarding actual human services spending? Survey Spring 2011 Categories Services, Finance Budget and Operations, Service provision, Finances, Service spending, Human services Question 18b Overall, thinking about relationships between people in your community and the tone of discussions that take place around local policy issues, how would you describe the state of public discourse between public officials and citizens within your jurisdiction? Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Community and Social Issues, civic discourse Question 09b Is your jurisdiction studying and/or planning any new or significantly expanded collaborative efforts for transportation/transit? (Among jurisdictions studying, planning new, or expanding existing collaboration) Survey Fall 2010 Categories Governmental Relations, Transit, Transportation, Services, Service provision, Intergovernmental cooperation, Level of collaboration Question 05m What is the extent of your jurisdiction's collaboration for tax collection and/or property assessing? (Among jurisdictions involved in collaborative effort(s)) Survey Fall 2010 Categories Governmental Relations, Level of collaboration, Intergovernmental cooperation, Service provision Pagination First page first Previous page previous Page 141 Page 142 Page 143 Page 144 Current page 145 Page 146 Page 147 Page 148 Page 149 Next page next Last page last
Question 14 To what extent do you agree or disagree that most citizens you hear from are more interested in complaining than in finding solutions? Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Community and Social Issues, Engagement levels, Trust in citizens Question 05f How would you rate the overall effectiveness (whatever "effectiveness" means to you) of cable TV broadcasts and/or online streaming of government meetings for engaging citizens in your jurisdiction's policymaking and/or operations? (Among jurisdictions that reported using cable TV broadcasts and/or online streaming of government meetings) Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Outreach Question 14k To what extent do you agree or disagree that your jurisdiction's engagement efforts mostly attract the same people over and over? Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Community and Social Issues, Engagement levels, Trust in citizens Question 05b Thinking about the next fiscal year, which action has your jurisdiction taken or likely to take regarding charges for fees, licenses, etc.? Survey Spring 2011 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Finances, Revenue, Revenues Question 14l To what extent do you agree or disagree that your jurisdiction's decision-making is transparent to your citizens? Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Engagement levels, Outreach Question 05c Thinking about the next fiscal year, which action has your jurisdiction taken or likely to take regarding reliance on general fund balance? Survey Spring 2011 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, fiscal health, Finances, General fund balance Question 05d Thinking about the next fiscal year, which action has your jurisdiction taken or likely to take regarding reliance on "rainy day" funds? Survey Spring 2011 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Finances, fiscal health, Fiscal health/stress Question 05e Thinking about the next fiscal year, which action has your jurisdiction taken or likely to take regarding the amount of services provided? Survey Spring 2011 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Services, Service provision, Service spending Question 15 Citizens are often asked on opinion surveys how much trust they have in their government. Now we'd like to ask you, as a local official, about trust you have in your jurisdiction's citizens. In terms of their engagement in your jurisdiction's policymaking and/or operations, how much time do you think you can trust the citizens in your community to be responsible participants? Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Community and Social Issues, Trust in citizens, Engagement levels Question 05f Thinking about the next fiscal year, which action has your jurisdiction taken or likely to take regarding actual public safety spending? Survey Spring 2011 Categories Public safety, Services, Finance Budget and Operations, Finances, Service spending Question 16 Would you say that most citizens who are engaged in your jurisdiction's policymaking processes are generally looking out only for themselves or that they want decisions made for the benefit of the community overall? Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Community and Social Issues, Trust in citizens Question 17 Thinking about controversial issues in your community, in general, who do you think should have the final say on your jurisdiction's most controversial decisions — citizens or public officials? Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Community and Social Issues, Trust in citizens Question 05g Thinking about the next fiscal year, which action has your jurisdiction taken or likely to take regarding actual infrastructure spending? Survey Spring 2011 Categories Finances, Service spending, Infrastructure, Services, Finance Budget and Operations Question 18a Overall, thinking about relationships between people in your community and the tone of discussions that take place around local policy issues, how would you describe the state of public discourse between public officials themselves within your jurisdiction? Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Community and Social Issues, Intragovernmental relations, civic discourse Question 05h Thinking about the next fiscal year, which action has your jurisdiction taken or likely to take regarding actual human services spending? Survey Spring 2011 Categories Services, Finance Budget and Operations, Service provision, Finances, Service spending, Human services Question 18b Overall, thinking about relationships between people in your community and the tone of discussions that take place around local policy issues, how would you describe the state of public discourse between public officials and citizens within your jurisdiction? Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Community and Social Issues, civic discourse Question 09b Is your jurisdiction studying and/or planning any new or significantly expanded collaborative efforts for transportation/transit? (Among jurisdictions studying, planning new, or expanding existing collaboration) Survey Fall 2010 Categories Governmental Relations, Transit, Transportation, Services, Service provision, Intergovernmental cooperation, Level of collaboration Question 05m What is the extent of your jurisdiction's collaboration for tax collection and/or property assessing? 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Question 05f How would you rate the overall effectiveness (whatever "effectiveness" means to you) of cable TV broadcasts and/or online streaming of government meetings for engaging citizens in your jurisdiction's policymaking and/or operations? (Among jurisdictions that reported using cable TV broadcasts and/or online streaming of government meetings) Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Outreach Question 14k To what extent do you agree or disagree that your jurisdiction's engagement efforts mostly attract the same people over and over? Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Community and Social Issues, Engagement levels, Trust in citizens Question 05b Thinking about the next fiscal year, which action has your jurisdiction taken or likely to take regarding charges for fees, licenses, etc.? Survey Spring 2011 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Finances, Revenue, Revenues Question 14l To what extent do you agree or disagree that your jurisdiction's decision-making is transparent to your citizens? Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Engagement levels, Outreach Question 05c Thinking about the next fiscal year, which action has your jurisdiction taken or likely to take regarding reliance on general fund balance? Survey Spring 2011 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, fiscal health, Finances, General fund balance Question 05d Thinking about the next fiscal year, which action has your jurisdiction taken or likely to take regarding reliance on "rainy day" funds? Survey Spring 2011 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Finances, fiscal health, Fiscal health/stress Question 05e Thinking about the next fiscal year, which action has your jurisdiction taken or likely to take regarding the amount of services provided? Survey Spring 2011 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Services, Service provision, Service spending Question 15 Citizens are often asked on opinion surveys how much trust they have in their government. Now we'd like to ask you, as a local official, about trust you have in your jurisdiction's citizens. In terms of their engagement in your jurisdiction's policymaking and/or operations, how much time do you think you can trust the citizens in your community to be responsible participants? Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Community and Social Issues, Trust in citizens, Engagement levels Question 05f Thinking about the next fiscal year, which action has your jurisdiction taken or likely to take regarding actual public safety spending? Survey Spring 2011 Categories Public safety, Services, Finance Budget and Operations, Finances, Service spending Question 16 Would you say that most citizens who are engaged in your jurisdiction's policymaking processes are generally looking out only for themselves or that they want decisions made for the benefit of the community overall? Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Community and Social Issues, Trust in citizens Question 17 Thinking about controversial issues in your community, in general, who do you think should have the final say on your jurisdiction's most controversial decisions — citizens or public officials? Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Community and Social Issues, Trust in citizens Question 05g Thinking about the next fiscal year, which action has your jurisdiction taken or likely to take regarding actual infrastructure spending? Survey Spring 2011 Categories Finances, Service spending, Infrastructure, Services, Finance Budget and Operations Question 18a Overall, thinking about relationships between people in your community and the tone of discussions that take place around local policy issues, how would you describe the state of public discourse between public officials themselves within your jurisdiction? Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Community and Social Issues, Intragovernmental relations, civic discourse Question 05h Thinking about the next fiscal year, which action has your jurisdiction taken or likely to take regarding actual human services spending? Survey Spring 2011 Categories Services, Finance Budget and Operations, Service provision, Finances, Service spending, Human services Question 18b Overall, thinking about relationships between people in your community and the tone of discussions that take place around local policy issues, how would you describe the state of public discourse between public officials and citizens within your jurisdiction? Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Community and Social Issues, civic discourse Question 09b Is your jurisdiction studying and/or planning any new or significantly expanded collaborative efforts for transportation/transit? (Among jurisdictions studying, planning new, or expanding existing collaboration) Survey Fall 2010 Categories Governmental Relations, Transit, Transportation, Services, Service provision, Intergovernmental cooperation, Level of collaboration Question 05m What is the extent of your jurisdiction's collaboration for tax collection and/or property assessing? 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Question 14k To what extent do you agree or disagree that your jurisdiction's engagement efforts mostly attract the same people over and over? Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Community and Social Issues, Engagement levels, Trust in citizens Question 05b Thinking about the next fiscal year, which action has your jurisdiction taken or likely to take regarding charges for fees, licenses, etc.? Survey Spring 2011 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Finances, Revenue, Revenues Question 14l To what extent do you agree or disagree that your jurisdiction's decision-making is transparent to your citizens? Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Engagement levels, Outreach Question 05c Thinking about the next fiscal year, which action has your jurisdiction taken or likely to take regarding reliance on general fund balance? Survey Spring 2011 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, fiscal health, Finances, General fund balance Question 05d Thinking about the next fiscal year, which action has your jurisdiction taken or likely to take regarding reliance on "rainy day" funds? Survey Spring 2011 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Finances, fiscal health, Fiscal health/stress Question 05e Thinking about the next fiscal year, which action has your jurisdiction taken or likely to take regarding the amount of services provided? Survey Spring 2011 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Services, Service provision, Service spending Question 15 Citizens are often asked on opinion surveys how much trust they have in their government. Now we'd like to ask you, as a local official, about trust you have in your jurisdiction's citizens. In terms of their engagement in your jurisdiction's policymaking and/or operations, how much time do you think you can trust the citizens in your community to be responsible participants? Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Community and Social Issues, Trust in citizens, Engagement levels Question 05f Thinking about the next fiscal year, which action has your jurisdiction taken or likely to take regarding actual public safety spending? Survey Spring 2011 Categories Public safety, Services, Finance Budget and Operations, Finances, Service spending Question 16 Would you say that most citizens who are engaged in your jurisdiction's policymaking processes are generally looking out only for themselves or that they want decisions made for the benefit of the community overall? Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Community and Social Issues, Trust in citizens Question 17 Thinking about controversial issues in your community, in general, who do you think should have the final say on your jurisdiction's most controversial decisions — citizens or public officials? Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Community and Social Issues, Trust in citizens Question 05g Thinking about the next fiscal year, which action has your jurisdiction taken or likely to take regarding actual infrastructure spending? Survey Spring 2011 Categories Finances, Service spending, Infrastructure, Services, Finance Budget and Operations Question 18a Overall, thinking about relationships between people in your community and the tone of discussions that take place around local policy issues, how would you describe the state of public discourse between public officials themselves within your jurisdiction? Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Community and Social Issues, Intragovernmental relations, civic discourse Question 05h Thinking about the next fiscal year, which action has your jurisdiction taken or likely to take regarding actual human services spending? Survey Spring 2011 Categories Services, Finance Budget and Operations, Service provision, Finances, Service spending, Human services Question 18b Overall, thinking about relationships between people in your community and the tone of discussions that take place around local policy issues, how would you describe the state of public discourse between public officials and citizens within your jurisdiction? Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Community and Social Issues, civic discourse Question 09b Is your jurisdiction studying and/or planning any new or significantly expanded collaborative efforts for transportation/transit? (Among jurisdictions studying, planning new, or expanding existing collaboration) Survey Fall 2010 Categories Governmental Relations, Transit, Transportation, Services, Service provision, Intergovernmental cooperation, Level of collaboration Question 05m What is the extent of your jurisdiction's collaboration for tax collection and/or property assessing? (Among jurisdictions involved in collaborative effort(s)) Survey Fall 2010 Categories Governmental Relations, Level of collaboration, Intergovernmental cooperation, Service provision Pagination First page first Previous page previous Page 141 Page 142 Page 143 Page 144 Current page 145 Page 146 Page 147 Page 148 Page 149 Next page next Last page last
Question 05b Thinking about the next fiscal year, which action has your jurisdiction taken or likely to take regarding charges for fees, licenses, etc.? Survey Spring 2011 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Finances, Revenue, Revenues Question 14l To what extent do you agree or disagree that your jurisdiction's decision-making is transparent to your citizens? Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Engagement levels, Outreach Question 05c Thinking about the next fiscal year, which action has your jurisdiction taken or likely to take regarding reliance on general fund balance? Survey Spring 2011 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, fiscal health, Finances, General fund balance Question 05d Thinking about the next fiscal year, which action has your jurisdiction taken or likely to take regarding reliance on "rainy day" funds? Survey Spring 2011 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Finances, fiscal health, Fiscal health/stress Question 05e Thinking about the next fiscal year, which action has your jurisdiction taken or likely to take regarding the amount of services provided? Survey Spring 2011 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Services, Service provision, Service spending Question 15 Citizens are often asked on opinion surveys how much trust they have in their government. Now we'd like to ask you, as a local official, about trust you have in your jurisdiction's citizens. In terms of their engagement in your jurisdiction's policymaking and/or operations, how much time do you think you can trust the citizens in your community to be responsible participants? Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Community and Social Issues, Trust in citizens, Engagement levels Question 05f Thinking about the next fiscal year, which action has your jurisdiction taken or likely to take regarding actual public safety spending? Survey Spring 2011 Categories Public safety, Services, Finance Budget and Operations, Finances, Service spending Question 16 Would you say that most citizens who are engaged in your jurisdiction's policymaking processes are generally looking out only for themselves or that they want decisions made for the benefit of the community overall? Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Community and Social Issues, Trust in citizens Question 17 Thinking about controversial issues in your community, in general, who do you think should have the final say on your jurisdiction's most controversial decisions — citizens or public officials? Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Community and Social Issues, Trust in citizens Question 05g Thinking about the next fiscal year, which action has your jurisdiction taken or likely to take regarding actual infrastructure spending? Survey Spring 2011 Categories Finances, Service spending, Infrastructure, Services, Finance Budget and Operations Question 18a Overall, thinking about relationships between people in your community and the tone of discussions that take place around local policy issues, how would you describe the state of public discourse between public officials themselves within your jurisdiction? Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Community and Social Issues, Intragovernmental relations, civic discourse Question 05h Thinking about the next fiscal year, which action has your jurisdiction taken or likely to take regarding actual human services spending? Survey Spring 2011 Categories Services, Finance Budget and Operations, Service provision, Finances, Service spending, Human services Question 18b Overall, thinking about relationships between people in your community and the tone of discussions that take place around local policy issues, how would you describe the state of public discourse between public officials and citizens within your jurisdiction? Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Community and Social Issues, civic discourse Question 09b Is your jurisdiction studying and/or planning any new or significantly expanded collaborative efforts for transportation/transit? (Among jurisdictions studying, planning new, or expanding existing collaboration) Survey Fall 2010 Categories Governmental Relations, Transit, Transportation, Services, Service provision, Intergovernmental cooperation, Level of collaboration Question 05m What is the extent of your jurisdiction's collaboration for tax collection and/or property assessing? (Among jurisdictions involved in collaborative effort(s)) Survey Fall 2010 Categories Governmental Relations, Level of collaboration, Intergovernmental cooperation, Service provision Pagination First page first Previous page previous Page 141 Page 142 Page 143 Page 144 Current page 145 Page 146 Page 147 Page 148 Page 149 Next page next Last page last
Question 14l To what extent do you agree or disagree that your jurisdiction's decision-making is transparent to your citizens? Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Engagement levels, Outreach Question 05c Thinking about the next fiscal year, which action has your jurisdiction taken or likely to take regarding reliance on general fund balance? Survey Spring 2011 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, fiscal health, Finances, General fund balance Question 05d Thinking about the next fiscal year, which action has your jurisdiction taken or likely to take regarding reliance on "rainy day" funds? Survey Spring 2011 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Finances, fiscal health, Fiscal health/stress Question 05e Thinking about the next fiscal year, which action has your jurisdiction taken or likely to take regarding the amount of services provided? Survey Spring 2011 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Services, Service provision, Service spending Question 15 Citizens are often asked on opinion surveys how much trust they have in their government. Now we'd like to ask you, as a local official, about trust you have in your jurisdiction's citizens. In terms of their engagement in your jurisdiction's policymaking and/or operations, how much time do you think you can trust the citizens in your community to be responsible participants? Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Community and Social Issues, Trust in citizens, Engagement levels Question 05f Thinking about the next fiscal year, which action has your jurisdiction taken or likely to take regarding actual public safety spending? Survey Spring 2011 Categories Public safety, Services, Finance Budget and Operations, Finances, Service spending Question 16 Would you say that most citizens who are engaged in your jurisdiction's policymaking processes are generally looking out only for themselves or that they want decisions made for the benefit of the community overall? Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Community and Social Issues, Trust in citizens Question 17 Thinking about controversial issues in your community, in general, who do you think should have the final say on your jurisdiction's most controversial decisions — citizens or public officials? Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Community and Social Issues, Trust in citizens Question 05g Thinking about the next fiscal year, which action has your jurisdiction taken or likely to take regarding actual infrastructure spending? Survey Spring 2011 Categories Finances, Service spending, Infrastructure, Services, Finance Budget and Operations Question 18a Overall, thinking about relationships between people in your community and the tone of discussions that take place around local policy issues, how would you describe the state of public discourse between public officials themselves within your jurisdiction? Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Community and Social Issues, Intragovernmental relations, civic discourse Question 05h Thinking about the next fiscal year, which action has your jurisdiction taken or likely to take regarding actual human services spending? Survey Spring 2011 Categories Services, Finance Budget and Operations, Service provision, Finances, Service spending, Human services Question 18b Overall, thinking about relationships between people in your community and the tone of discussions that take place around local policy issues, how would you describe the state of public discourse between public officials and citizens within your jurisdiction? Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Community and Social Issues, civic discourse Question 09b Is your jurisdiction studying and/or planning any new or significantly expanded collaborative efforts for transportation/transit? (Among jurisdictions studying, planning new, or expanding existing collaboration) Survey Fall 2010 Categories Governmental Relations, Transit, Transportation, Services, Service provision, Intergovernmental cooperation, Level of collaboration Question 05m What is the extent of your jurisdiction's collaboration for tax collection and/or property assessing? (Among jurisdictions involved in collaborative effort(s)) Survey Fall 2010 Categories Governmental Relations, Level of collaboration, Intergovernmental cooperation, Service provision Pagination First page first Previous page previous Page 141 Page 142 Page 143 Page 144 Current page 145 Page 146 Page 147 Page 148 Page 149 Next page next Last page last
Question 05c Thinking about the next fiscal year, which action has your jurisdiction taken or likely to take regarding reliance on general fund balance? Survey Spring 2011 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, fiscal health, Finances, General fund balance Question 05d Thinking about the next fiscal year, which action has your jurisdiction taken or likely to take regarding reliance on "rainy day" funds? Survey Spring 2011 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Finances, fiscal health, Fiscal health/stress Question 05e Thinking about the next fiscal year, which action has your jurisdiction taken or likely to take regarding the amount of services provided? Survey Spring 2011 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Services, Service provision, Service spending Question 15 Citizens are often asked on opinion surveys how much trust they have in their government. Now we'd like to ask you, as a local official, about trust you have in your jurisdiction's citizens. In terms of their engagement in your jurisdiction's policymaking and/or operations, how much time do you think you can trust the citizens in your community to be responsible participants? Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Community and Social Issues, Trust in citizens, Engagement levels Question 05f Thinking about the next fiscal year, which action has your jurisdiction taken or likely to take regarding actual public safety spending? Survey Spring 2011 Categories Public safety, Services, Finance Budget and Operations, Finances, Service spending Question 16 Would you say that most citizens who are engaged in your jurisdiction's policymaking processes are generally looking out only for themselves or that they want decisions made for the benefit of the community overall? Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Community and Social Issues, Trust in citizens Question 17 Thinking about controversial issues in your community, in general, who do you think should have the final say on your jurisdiction's most controversial decisions — citizens or public officials? Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Community and Social Issues, Trust in citizens Question 05g Thinking about the next fiscal year, which action has your jurisdiction taken or likely to take regarding actual infrastructure spending? Survey Spring 2011 Categories Finances, Service spending, Infrastructure, Services, Finance Budget and Operations Question 18a Overall, thinking about relationships between people in your community and the tone of discussions that take place around local policy issues, how would you describe the state of public discourse between public officials themselves within your jurisdiction? Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Community and Social Issues, Intragovernmental relations, civic discourse Question 05h Thinking about the next fiscal year, which action has your jurisdiction taken or likely to take regarding actual human services spending? Survey Spring 2011 Categories Services, Finance Budget and Operations, Service provision, Finances, Service spending, Human services Question 18b Overall, thinking about relationships between people in your community and the tone of discussions that take place around local policy issues, how would you describe the state of public discourse between public officials and citizens within your jurisdiction? Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Community and Social Issues, civic discourse Question 09b Is your jurisdiction studying and/or planning any new or significantly expanded collaborative efforts for transportation/transit? (Among jurisdictions studying, planning new, or expanding existing collaboration) Survey Fall 2010 Categories Governmental Relations, Transit, Transportation, Services, Service provision, Intergovernmental cooperation, Level of collaboration Question 05m What is the extent of your jurisdiction's collaboration for tax collection and/or property assessing? (Among jurisdictions involved in collaborative effort(s)) Survey Fall 2010 Categories Governmental Relations, Level of collaboration, Intergovernmental cooperation, Service provision Pagination First page first Previous page previous Page 141 Page 142 Page 143 Page 144 Current page 145 Page 146 Page 147 Page 148 Page 149 Next page next Last page last
Question 05d Thinking about the next fiscal year, which action has your jurisdiction taken or likely to take regarding reliance on "rainy day" funds? Survey Spring 2011 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Finances, fiscal health, Fiscal health/stress Question 05e Thinking about the next fiscal year, which action has your jurisdiction taken or likely to take regarding the amount of services provided? Survey Spring 2011 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Services, Service provision, Service spending Question 15 Citizens are often asked on opinion surveys how much trust they have in their government. Now we'd like to ask you, as a local official, about trust you have in your jurisdiction's citizens. In terms of their engagement in your jurisdiction's policymaking and/or operations, how much time do you think you can trust the citizens in your community to be responsible participants? Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Community and Social Issues, Trust in citizens, Engagement levels Question 05f Thinking about the next fiscal year, which action has your jurisdiction taken or likely to take regarding actual public safety spending? Survey Spring 2011 Categories Public safety, Services, Finance Budget and Operations, Finances, Service spending Question 16 Would you say that most citizens who are engaged in your jurisdiction's policymaking processes are generally looking out only for themselves or that they want decisions made for the benefit of the community overall? Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Community and Social Issues, Trust in citizens Question 17 Thinking about controversial issues in your community, in general, who do you think should have the final say on your jurisdiction's most controversial decisions — citizens or public officials? Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Community and Social Issues, Trust in citizens Question 05g Thinking about the next fiscal year, which action has your jurisdiction taken or likely to take regarding actual infrastructure spending? Survey Spring 2011 Categories Finances, Service spending, Infrastructure, Services, Finance Budget and Operations Question 18a Overall, thinking about relationships between people in your community and the tone of discussions that take place around local policy issues, how would you describe the state of public discourse between public officials themselves within your jurisdiction? Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Community and Social Issues, Intragovernmental relations, civic discourse Question 05h Thinking about the next fiscal year, which action has your jurisdiction taken or likely to take regarding actual human services spending? Survey Spring 2011 Categories Services, Finance Budget and Operations, Service provision, Finances, Service spending, Human services Question 18b Overall, thinking about relationships between people in your community and the tone of discussions that take place around local policy issues, how would you describe the state of public discourse between public officials and citizens within your jurisdiction? Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Community and Social Issues, civic discourse Question 09b Is your jurisdiction studying and/or planning any new or significantly expanded collaborative efforts for transportation/transit? (Among jurisdictions studying, planning new, or expanding existing collaboration) Survey Fall 2010 Categories Governmental Relations, Transit, Transportation, Services, Service provision, Intergovernmental cooperation, Level of collaboration Question 05m What is the extent of your jurisdiction's collaboration for tax collection and/or property assessing? (Among jurisdictions involved in collaborative effort(s)) Survey Fall 2010 Categories Governmental Relations, Level of collaboration, Intergovernmental cooperation, Service provision Pagination First page first Previous page previous Page 141 Page 142 Page 143 Page 144 Current page 145 Page 146 Page 147 Page 148 Page 149 Next page next Last page last
Question 05e Thinking about the next fiscal year, which action has your jurisdiction taken or likely to take regarding the amount of services provided? Survey Spring 2011 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Services, Service provision, Service spending Question 15 Citizens are often asked on opinion surveys how much trust they have in their government. Now we'd like to ask you, as a local official, about trust you have in your jurisdiction's citizens. In terms of their engagement in your jurisdiction's policymaking and/or operations, how much time do you think you can trust the citizens in your community to be responsible participants? Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Community and Social Issues, Trust in citizens, Engagement levels Question 05f Thinking about the next fiscal year, which action has your jurisdiction taken or likely to take regarding actual public safety spending? Survey Spring 2011 Categories Public safety, Services, Finance Budget and Operations, Finances, Service spending Question 16 Would you say that most citizens who are engaged in your jurisdiction's policymaking processes are generally looking out only for themselves or that they want decisions made for the benefit of the community overall? Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Community and Social Issues, Trust in citizens Question 17 Thinking about controversial issues in your community, in general, who do you think should have the final say on your jurisdiction's most controversial decisions — citizens or public officials? Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Community and Social Issues, Trust in citizens Question 05g Thinking about the next fiscal year, which action has your jurisdiction taken or likely to take regarding actual infrastructure spending? Survey Spring 2011 Categories Finances, Service spending, Infrastructure, Services, Finance Budget and Operations Question 18a Overall, thinking about relationships between people in your community and the tone of discussions that take place around local policy issues, how would you describe the state of public discourse between public officials themselves within your jurisdiction? Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Community and Social Issues, Intragovernmental relations, civic discourse Question 05h Thinking about the next fiscal year, which action has your jurisdiction taken or likely to take regarding actual human services spending? Survey Spring 2011 Categories Services, Finance Budget and Operations, Service provision, Finances, Service spending, Human services Question 18b Overall, thinking about relationships between people in your community and the tone of discussions that take place around local policy issues, how would you describe the state of public discourse between public officials and citizens within your jurisdiction? Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Community and Social Issues, civic discourse Question 09b Is your jurisdiction studying and/or planning any new or significantly expanded collaborative efforts for transportation/transit? (Among jurisdictions studying, planning new, or expanding existing collaboration) Survey Fall 2010 Categories Governmental Relations, Transit, Transportation, Services, Service provision, Intergovernmental cooperation, Level of collaboration Question 05m What is the extent of your jurisdiction's collaboration for tax collection and/or property assessing? (Among jurisdictions involved in collaborative effort(s)) Survey Fall 2010 Categories Governmental Relations, Level of collaboration, Intergovernmental cooperation, Service provision Pagination First page first Previous page previous Page 141 Page 142 Page 143 Page 144 Current page 145 Page 146 Page 147 Page 148 Page 149 Next page next Last page last
Question 15 Citizens are often asked on opinion surveys how much trust they have in their government. Now we'd like to ask you, as a local official, about trust you have in your jurisdiction's citizens. In terms of their engagement in your jurisdiction's policymaking and/or operations, how much time do you think you can trust the citizens in your community to be responsible participants? Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Community and Social Issues, Trust in citizens, Engagement levels Question 05f Thinking about the next fiscal year, which action has your jurisdiction taken or likely to take regarding actual public safety spending? Survey Spring 2011 Categories Public safety, Services, Finance Budget and Operations, Finances, Service spending Question 16 Would you say that most citizens who are engaged in your jurisdiction's policymaking processes are generally looking out only for themselves or that they want decisions made for the benefit of the community overall? Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Community and Social Issues, Trust in citizens Question 17 Thinking about controversial issues in your community, in general, who do you think should have the final say on your jurisdiction's most controversial decisions — citizens or public officials? Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Community and Social Issues, Trust in citizens Question 05g Thinking about the next fiscal year, which action has your jurisdiction taken or likely to take regarding actual infrastructure spending? Survey Spring 2011 Categories Finances, Service spending, Infrastructure, Services, Finance Budget and Operations Question 18a Overall, thinking about relationships between people in your community and the tone of discussions that take place around local policy issues, how would you describe the state of public discourse between public officials themselves within your jurisdiction? Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Community and Social Issues, Intragovernmental relations, civic discourse Question 05h Thinking about the next fiscal year, which action has your jurisdiction taken or likely to take regarding actual human services spending? Survey Spring 2011 Categories Services, Finance Budget and Operations, Service provision, Finances, Service spending, Human services Question 18b Overall, thinking about relationships between people in your community and the tone of discussions that take place around local policy issues, how would you describe the state of public discourse between public officials and citizens within your jurisdiction? Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Community and Social Issues, civic discourse Question 09b Is your jurisdiction studying and/or planning any new or significantly expanded collaborative efforts for transportation/transit? (Among jurisdictions studying, planning new, or expanding existing collaboration) Survey Fall 2010 Categories Governmental Relations, Transit, Transportation, Services, Service provision, Intergovernmental cooperation, Level of collaboration Question 05m What is the extent of your jurisdiction's collaboration for tax collection and/or property assessing? (Among jurisdictions involved in collaborative effort(s)) Survey Fall 2010 Categories Governmental Relations, Level of collaboration, Intergovernmental cooperation, Service provision Pagination First page first Previous page previous Page 141 Page 142 Page 143 Page 144 Current page 145 Page 146 Page 147 Page 148 Page 149 Next page next Last page last
Question 05f Thinking about the next fiscal year, which action has your jurisdiction taken or likely to take regarding actual public safety spending? Survey Spring 2011 Categories Public safety, Services, Finance Budget and Operations, Finances, Service spending Question 16 Would you say that most citizens who are engaged in your jurisdiction's policymaking processes are generally looking out only for themselves or that they want decisions made for the benefit of the community overall? Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Community and Social Issues, Trust in citizens Question 17 Thinking about controversial issues in your community, in general, who do you think should have the final say on your jurisdiction's most controversial decisions — citizens or public officials? Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Community and Social Issues, Trust in citizens Question 05g Thinking about the next fiscal year, which action has your jurisdiction taken or likely to take regarding actual infrastructure spending? Survey Spring 2011 Categories Finances, Service spending, Infrastructure, Services, Finance Budget and Operations Question 18a Overall, thinking about relationships between people in your community and the tone of discussions that take place around local policy issues, how would you describe the state of public discourse between public officials themselves within your jurisdiction? Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Community and Social Issues, Intragovernmental relations, civic discourse Question 05h Thinking about the next fiscal year, which action has your jurisdiction taken or likely to take regarding actual human services spending? Survey Spring 2011 Categories Services, Finance Budget and Operations, Service provision, Finances, Service spending, Human services Question 18b Overall, thinking about relationships between people in your community and the tone of discussions that take place around local policy issues, how would you describe the state of public discourse between public officials and citizens within your jurisdiction? Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Community and Social Issues, civic discourse Question 09b Is your jurisdiction studying and/or planning any new or significantly expanded collaborative efforts for transportation/transit? (Among jurisdictions studying, planning new, or expanding existing collaboration) Survey Fall 2010 Categories Governmental Relations, Transit, Transportation, Services, Service provision, Intergovernmental cooperation, Level of collaboration Question 05m What is the extent of your jurisdiction's collaboration for tax collection and/or property assessing? (Among jurisdictions involved in collaborative effort(s)) Survey Fall 2010 Categories Governmental Relations, Level of collaboration, Intergovernmental cooperation, Service provision Pagination First page first Previous page previous Page 141 Page 142 Page 143 Page 144 Current page 145 Page 146 Page 147 Page 148 Page 149 Next page next Last page last
Question 16 Would you say that most citizens who are engaged in your jurisdiction's policymaking processes are generally looking out only for themselves or that they want decisions made for the benefit of the community overall? Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Community and Social Issues, Trust in citizens Question 17 Thinking about controversial issues in your community, in general, who do you think should have the final say on your jurisdiction's most controversial decisions — citizens or public officials? Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Community and Social Issues, Trust in citizens Question 05g Thinking about the next fiscal year, which action has your jurisdiction taken or likely to take regarding actual infrastructure spending? Survey Spring 2011 Categories Finances, Service spending, Infrastructure, Services, Finance Budget and Operations Question 18a Overall, thinking about relationships between people in your community and the tone of discussions that take place around local policy issues, how would you describe the state of public discourse between public officials themselves within your jurisdiction? Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Community and Social Issues, Intragovernmental relations, civic discourse Question 05h Thinking about the next fiscal year, which action has your jurisdiction taken or likely to take regarding actual human services spending? Survey Spring 2011 Categories Services, Finance Budget and Operations, Service provision, Finances, Service spending, Human services Question 18b Overall, thinking about relationships between people in your community and the tone of discussions that take place around local policy issues, how would you describe the state of public discourse between public officials and citizens within your jurisdiction? Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Community and Social Issues, civic discourse Question 09b Is your jurisdiction studying and/or planning any new or significantly expanded collaborative efforts for transportation/transit? (Among jurisdictions studying, planning new, or expanding existing collaboration) Survey Fall 2010 Categories Governmental Relations, Transit, Transportation, Services, Service provision, Intergovernmental cooperation, Level of collaboration Question 05m What is the extent of your jurisdiction's collaboration for tax collection and/or property assessing? (Among jurisdictions involved in collaborative effort(s)) Survey Fall 2010 Categories Governmental Relations, Level of collaboration, Intergovernmental cooperation, Service provision Pagination First page first Previous page previous Page 141 Page 142 Page 143 Page 144 Current page 145 Page 146 Page 147 Page 148 Page 149 Next page next Last page last
Question 17 Thinking about controversial issues in your community, in general, who do you think should have the final say on your jurisdiction's most controversial decisions — citizens or public officials? Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Community and Social Issues, Trust in citizens Question 05g Thinking about the next fiscal year, which action has your jurisdiction taken or likely to take regarding actual infrastructure spending? Survey Spring 2011 Categories Finances, Service spending, Infrastructure, Services, Finance Budget and Operations Question 18a Overall, thinking about relationships between people in your community and the tone of discussions that take place around local policy issues, how would you describe the state of public discourse between public officials themselves within your jurisdiction? Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Community and Social Issues, Intragovernmental relations, civic discourse Question 05h Thinking about the next fiscal year, which action has your jurisdiction taken or likely to take regarding actual human services spending? Survey Spring 2011 Categories Services, Finance Budget and Operations, Service provision, Finances, Service spending, Human services Question 18b Overall, thinking about relationships between people in your community and the tone of discussions that take place around local policy issues, how would you describe the state of public discourse between public officials and citizens within your jurisdiction? Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Community and Social Issues, civic discourse Question 09b Is your jurisdiction studying and/or planning any new or significantly expanded collaborative efforts for transportation/transit? (Among jurisdictions studying, planning new, or expanding existing collaboration) Survey Fall 2010 Categories Governmental Relations, Transit, Transportation, Services, Service provision, Intergovernmental cooperation, Level of collaboration Question 05m What is the extent of your jurisdiction's collaboration for tax collection and/or property assessing? (Among jurisdictions involved in collaborative effort(s)) Survey Fall 2010 Categories Governmental Relations, Level of collaboration, Intergovernmental cooperation, Service provision Pagination First page first Previous page previous Page 141 Page 142 Page 143 Page 144 Current page 145 Page 146 Page 147 Page 148 Page 149 Next page next Last page last
Question 05g Thinking about the next fiscal year, which action has your jurisdiction taken or likely to take regarding actual infrastructure spending? Survey Spring 2011 Categories Finances, Service spending, Infrastructure, Services, Finance Budget and Operations Question 18a Overall, thinking about relationships between people in your community and the tone of discussions that take place around local policy issues, how would you describe the state of public discourse between public officials themselves within your jurisdiction? Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Community and Social Issues, Intragovernmental relations, civic discourse Question 05h Thinking about the next fiscal year, which action has your jurisdiction taken or likely to take regarding actual human services spending? Survey Spring 2011 Categories Services, Finance Budget and Operations, Service provision, Finances, Service spending, Human services Question 18b Overall, thinking about relationships between people in your community and the tone of discussions that take place around local policy issues, how would you describe the state of public discourse between public officials and citizens within your jurisdiction? Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Community and Social Issues, civic discourse Question 09b Is your jurisdiction studying and/or planning any new or significantly expanded collaborative efforts for transportation/transit? (Among jurisdictions studying, planning new, or expanding existing collaboration) Survey Fall 2010 Categories Governmental Relations, Transit, Transportation, Services, Service provision, Intergovernmental cooperation, Level of collaboration Question 05m What is the extent of your jurisdiction's collaboration for tax collection and/or property assessing? (Among jurisdictions involved in collaborative effort(s)) Survey Fall 2010 Categories Governmental Relations, Level of collaboration, Intergovernmental cooperation, Service provision Pagination First page first Previous page previous Page 141 Page 142 Page 143 Page 144 Current page 145 Page 146 Page 147 Page 148 Page 149 Next page next Last page last
Question 18a Overall, thinking about relationships between people in your community and the tone of discussions that take place around local policy issues, how would you describe the state of public discourse between public officials themselves within your jurisdiction? Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Community and Social Issues, Intragovernmental relations, civic discourse Question 05h Thinking about the next fiscal year, which action has your jurisdiction taken or likely to take regarding actual human services spending? Survey Spring 2011 Categories Services, Finance Budget and Operations, Service provision, Finances, Service spending, Human services Question 18b Overall, thinking about relationships between people in your community and the tone of discussions that take place around local policy issues, how would you describe the state of public discourse between public officials and citizens within your jurisdiction? Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Community and Social Issues, civic discourse Question 09b Is your jurisdiction studying and/or planning any new or significantly expanded collaborative efforts for transportation/transit? (Among jurisdictions studying, planning new, or expanding existing collaboration) Survey Fall 2010 Categories Governmental Relations, Transit, Transportation, Services, Service provision, Intergovernmental cooperation, Level of collaboration Question 05m What is the extent of your jurisdiction's collaboration for tax collection and/or property assessing? (Among jurisdictions involved in collaborative effort(s)) Survey Fall 2010 Categories Governmental Relations, Level of collaboration, Intergovernmental cooperation, Service provision Pagination First page first Previous page previous Page 141 Page 142 Page 143 Page 144 Current page 145 Page 146 Page 147 Page 148 Page 149 Next page next Last page last
Question 05h Thinking about the next fiscal year, which action has your jurisdiction taken or likely to take regarding actual human services spending? Survey Spring 2011 Categories Services, Finance Budget and Operations, Service provision, Finances, Service spending, Human services Question 18b Overall, thinking about relationships between people in your community and the tone of discussions that take place around local policy issues, how would you describe the state of public discourse between public officials and citizens within your jurisdiction? Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Community and Social Issues, civic discourse Question 09b Is your jurisdiction studying and/or planning any new or significantly expanded collaborative efforts for transportation/transit? (Among jurisdictions studying, planning new, or expanding existing collaboration) Survey Fall 2010 Categories Governmental Relations, Transit, Transportation, Services, Service provision, Intergovernmental cooperation, Level of collaboration Question 05m What is the extent of your jurisdiction's collaboration for tax collection and/or property assessing? (Among jurisdictions involved in collaborative effort(s)) Survey Fall 2010 Categories Governmental Relations, Level of collaboration, Intergovernmental cooperation, Service provision Pagination First page first Previous page previous Page 141 Page 142 Page 143 Page 144 Current page 145 Page 146 Page 147 Page 148 Page 149 Next page next Last page last
Question 18b Overall, thinking about relationships between people in your community and the tone of discussions that take place around local policy issues, how would you describe the state of public discourse between public officials and citizens within your jurisdiction? Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Community and Social Issues, civic discourse Question 09b Is your jurisdiction studying and/or planning any new or significantly expanded collaborative efforts for transportation/transit? (Among jurisdictions studying, planning new, or expanding existing collaboration) Survey Fall 2010 Categories Governmental Relations, Transit, Transportation, Services, Service provision, Intergovernmental cooperation, Level of collaboration Question 05m What is the extent of your jurisdiction's collaboration for tax collection and/or property assessing? (Among jurisdictions involved in collaborative effort(s)) Survey Fall 2010 Categories Governmental Relations, Level of collaboration, Intergovernmental cooperation, Service provision Pagination First page first Previous page previous Page 141 Page 142 Page 143 Page 144 Current page 145 Page 146 Page 147 Page 148 Page 149 Next page next Last page last
Question 09b Is your jurisdiction studying and/or planning any new or significantly expanded collaborative efforts for transportation/transit? (Among jurisdictions studying, planning new, or expanding existing collaboration) Survey Fall 2010 Categories Governmental Relations, Transit, Transportation, Services, Service provision, Intergovernmental cooperation, Level of collaboration Question 05m What is the extent of your jurisdiction's collaboration for tax collection and/or property assessing? (Among jurisdictions involved in collaborative effort(s)) Survey Fall 2010 Categories Governmental Relations, Level of collaboration, Intergovernmental cooperation, Service provision Pagination First page first Previous page previous Page 141 Page 142 Page 143 Page 144 Current page 145 Page 146 Page 147 Page 148 Page 149 Next page next Last page last
Question 05m What is the extent of your jurisdiction's collaboration for tax collection and/or property assessing? (Among jurisdictions involved in collaborative effort(s)) Survey Fall 2010 Categories Governmental Relations, Level of collaboration, Intergovernmental cooperation, Service provision Pagination First page first Previous page previous Page 141 Page 142 Page 143 Page 144 Current page 145 Page 146 Page 147 Page 148 Page 149 Next page next Last page last