Question 17e How effective or ineffective do you think a loan fund from which to borrow for the acquisition, purchase, or construction of capital-intensive items in collaborative efforts would be in encouraging or supporting intergovernmental collaboration? Survey Fall 2010 Categories State support for collaboration, State policies, Intergovernmental cooperation, State government, Governmental Relations Question 05d How would you rate the overall effectiveness (whatever "effectiveness" means to you) of a local government website for engaging citizens in your jurisdiction's policymaking and/or operations? (Among jurisdictions that reported using a local government website) Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Outreach, Technology Question 17f How effective or ineffective do you think online "want ads" for local governments seeking partners for collaboration would be in encouraging or supporting intergovernmental collaboration? Survey Fall 2010 Categories State policies, State support for collaboration, Intergovernmental cooperation, State government, Governmental Relations Question 05e How would you rate the overall effectiveness (whatever "effectiveness" means to you) of local government performance dashboards or reports for engaging citizens in your jurisdiction's policymaking and/or operations? (Among jurisdictions that reported using local government performance dashboards or reports) Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Outreach, Performance management, Dashboards 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 05g How would you rate the overall effectiveness (whatever "effectiveness" means to you) of public comment opportunities at jurisdiction's main governing Council/Board meetings for engaging citizens in your jurisdiction's policymaking and/or operations? (Among jurisdictions that reported using public comment opportunities at jurisdiction's main governing Council/Board meetings) Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Outreach Question 17g How effective or ineffective do you think revenue sharing incentives designed to encourage collaboration would be in encouraging or supporting intergovernmental collaboration? Survey Fall 2010 Categories State policies, State support for collaboration, Intergovernmental cooperation, State government, Governmental Relations Question 05h How would you rate the overall effectiveness (whatever "effectiveness" means to you) of public comment opportunities at other jurisdictional meetings (e.g., planning commission, etc.) for engaging citizens in your jurisdiction's policymaking and/or operations? (Among jurisdictions that reported using public comment opportunities at other jurisdictional meetings (e.g., planning commission, etc.)) Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Outreach Question 05i How would you rate the overall effectiveness (whatever "effectiveness" means to you) of citizen surveys conducted by or for your jurisdiction for engaging citizens in your jurisdiction's policymaking and/or operations? (Among jurisdictions that reported using citizen surveys conducted by or for their jurisdiction) Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Outreach Question 05j How would you rate the overall effectiveness (whatever "effectiveness" means to you) of social media accounts for your jurisdiction (e.g., Facebook or Twitter) for engaging citizens in your jurisdiction's policymaking and/or operations? (Among jurisdictions that reported using social media accounts for their jurisdiction (e.g., Facebook or Twitter)) Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Outreach, Technology Question 17h How effective or ineffective do you think a state-level intergovernmental advisory office to coordinate and administer programs like the ones listed above would be in encouraging or supporting intergovernmental collaboration? Survey Fall 2010 Categories State policies, State support for collaboration, Intergovernmental cooperation, State government, Governmental Relations Question 05k How would you rate the overall effectiveness (whatever "effectiveness" means to you) of internet discussion forums or online input/feedback forms for engaging citizens in your jurisdiction's policymaking and/or operations? (Among jurisdictions that reported using internet discussion forums or online input/feedback forms) Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Outreach, Technology Question 04g Has there been a decrease, an increase, or no change from the previous fiscal year in the number of tax delinquencies in your jurisdiction? Survey Spring 2011 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Revenue, Finances, Taxes, Taxes and revenues, Tax delinquencies and foreclosures Question 05m How would you rate the overall effectiveness (whatever "effectiveness" means to you) of open houses or "coffee with officials" for engaging citizens in your jurisdiction's policymaking and/or operations? (Among jurisdictions that reported using open houses or "coffee with officials") Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Outreach Question 05n How would you rate the overall effectiveness (whatever "effectiveness" means to you) of neighborhood meetings for engaging citizens in your jurisdiction's policymaking and/or operations? (Among jurisdictions that reported using neighborhood meetings) Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Outreach Question 05o How would you rate the overall effectiveness (whatever "effectiveness" means to you) of community-wide "Town Hall" meetings for engaging citizens in your jurisdiction's policymaking and/or operations? (Among jurisdictions that reported using community-wide "Town Hall" meetings) Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Outreach Question 05p How would you rate the overall effectiveness (whatever "effectiveness" means to you) of focus groups conducted by or for your jurisdiction for engaging citizens in your jurisdiction's policymaking and/or operations? (Among jurisdictions that reported using focus groups conducted by or for their jurisdiction) Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Outreach Question 05q How would you rate the overall effectiveness (whatever "effectiveness" means to you) of strategic-planning or "visioning" sessions for engaging citizens in your jurisdiction's policymaking and/or operations? (Among jurisdictions that reported using strategic-planning or "visioning" sessions) Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Outreach Question 05r How would you rate the overall effectiveness (whatever "effectiveness" means to you) of neighborhood-specific committees/teams for engaging citizens in your jurisdiction's policymaking and/or operations? (Among jurisdictions that reported using neighborhood-specific committees/teams) Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Outreach Question 05s How would you rate the overall effectiveness (whatever "effectiveness" means to you) of citizen participation on ad hoc task forces or planning teams for engaging citizens in your jurisdiction's policymaking and/or operations? (Among jurisdictions that reported using citizen participation on ad hoc task forces or planning teams) Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Outreach Question 05t How would you rate the overall effectiveness (whatever "effectiveness" means to you) of citizen participation on formal government boards or commissions for engaging citizens in your jurisdiction's policymaking and/or operations? (Among jurisdictions that reported using citizen participation on formal government boards or commissions) Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Outreach Question 18 Have the employee protection provisions of the Urban Cooperation Act or other state service-sharing enabling laws had a direct impact on your jurisdiction or not? Survey Fall 2010 Categories State support for collaboration, Intergovernmental cooperation, State government, Governmental Relations, State mandates and preemption Question 19 Do you believe Urban Cooperation Act should be amended or remain as it is currently? Survey Fall 2010 Categories State government, Intergovernmental cooperation, State support for collaboration, State mandates and preemption, Governmental Relations Question 21 Do you agree or disagree that there are too many local governments in the state? Survey Fall 2010 Categories Governmental Relations, State government reform, Intergovernmental cooperation, Level of collaboration Question 22a Would the majority of your jurisdiction's citizens support or oppose full consolidation with another local government unit if there were significant cost savings? (Among non-county jurisdictions) Survey Fall 2010 Categories Governmental Relations, Finance Budget and Operations, State government reform, Intergovernmental cooperation, Level of collaboration Question 07a To the best of your knowledge, has the amount of citizen participation increased, decreased, or not changed measurably due to your citizen engagement efforts? Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Engagement levels, Outreach Question 07b To the best of your knowledge, has the amount of information available to local officials for decision-making increased, decreased, or not changed measurably due to your citizen engagement efforts? Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Engagement levels, Outreach Question 20a One way of thinking about the proper role for citizen engagement in local policymaking is along a spectrum. At one end, citizen engagement would focus only on keeping citizens informed about issues. At the other end, citizens would actually make decisions for the jurisdiction. In between would be increasing levels of citizen input in the decisions made by the jurisdiction. While it might differ depending on the topic, in general, what do you think the majority of your jurisdiction's Council/Board believe is the proper role for citizen engagement in local governance? Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Community and Social Issues, Engagement levels, Trust in citizens 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 Pagination First page first Previous page previous Page 136 Page 137 Page 138 Page 139 Current page 140 Page 141 Page 142 Page 143 Page 144 Next page next Last page last
Question 05d How would you rate the overall effectiveness (whatever "effectiveness" means to you) of a local government website for engaging citizens in your jurisdiction's policymaking and/or operations? (Among jurisdictions that reported using a local government website) Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Outreach, Technology Question 17f How effective or ineffective do you think online "want ads" for local governments seeking partners for collaboration would be in encouraging or supporting intergovernmental collaboration? Survey Fall 2010 Categories State policies, State support for collaboration, Intergovernmental cooperation, State government, Governmental Relations Question 05e How would you rate the overall effectiveness (whatever "effectiveness" means to you) of local government performance dashboards or reports for engaging citizens in your jurisdiction's policymaking and/or operations? (Among jurisdictions that reported using local government performance dashboards or reports) Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Outreach, Performance management, Dashboards 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 05g How would you rate the overall effectiveness (whatever "effectiveness" means to you) of public comment opportunities at jurisdiction's main governing Council/Board meetings for engaging citizens in your jurisdiction's policymaking and/or operations? (Among jurisdictions that reported using public comment opportunities at jurisdiction's main governing Council/Board meetings) Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Outreach Question 17g How effective or ineffective do you think revenue sharing incentives designed to encourage collaboration would be in encouraging or supporting intergovernmental collaboration? Survey Fall 2010 Categories State policies, State support for collaboration, Intergovernmental cooperation, State government, Governmental Relations Question 05h How would you rate the overall effectiveness (whatever "effectiveness" means to you) of public comment opportunities at other jurisdictional meetings (e.g., planning commission, etc.) for engaging citizens in your jurisdiction's policymaking and/or operations? (Among jurisdictions that reported using public comment opportunities at other jurisdictional meetings (e.g., planning commission, etc.)) Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Outreach Question 05i How would you rate the overall effectiveness (whatever "effectiveness" means to you) of citizen surveys conducted by or for your jurisdiction for engaging citizens in your jurisdiction's policymaking and/or operations? (Among jurisdictions that reported using citizen surveys conducted by or for their jurisdiction) Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Outreach Question 05j How would you rate the overall effectiveness (whatever "effectiveness" means to you) of social media accounts for your jurisdiction (e.g., Facebook or Twitter) for engaging citizens in your jurisdiction's policymaking and/or operations? (Among jurisdictions that reported using social media accounts for their jurisdiction (e.g., Facebook or Twitter)) Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Outreach, Technology Question 17h How effective or ineffective do you think a state-level intergovernmental advisory office to coordinate and administer programs like the ones listed above would be in encouraging or supporting intergovernmental collaboration? Survey Fall 2010 Categories State policies, State support for collaboration, Intergovernmental cooperation, State government, Governmental Relations Question 05k How would you rate the overall effectiveness (whatever "effectiveness" means to you) of internet discussion forums or online input/feedback forms for engaging citizens in your jurisdiction's policymaking and/or operations? (Among jurisdictions that reported using internet discussion forums or online input/feedback forms) Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Outreach, Technology Question 04g Has there been a decrease, an increase, or no change from the previous fiscal year in the number of tax delinquencies in your jurisdiction? Survey Spring 2011 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Revenue, Finances, Taxes, Taxes and revenues, Tax delinquencies and foreclosures Question 05m How would you rate the overall effectiveness (whatever "effectiveness" means to you) of open houses or "coffee with officials" for engaging citizens in your jurisdiction's policymaking and/or operations? (Among jurisdictions that reported using open houses or "coffee with officials") Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Outreach Question 05n How would you rate the overall effectiveness (whatever "effectiveness" means to you) of neighborhood meetings for engaging citizens in your jurisdiction's policymaking and/or operations? (Among jurisdictions that reported using neighborhood meetings) Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Outreach Question 05o How would you rate the overall effectiveness (whatever "effectiveness" means to you) of community-wide "Town Hall" meetings for engaging citizens in your jurisdiction's policymaking and/or operations? (Among jurisdictions that reported using community-wide "Town Hall" meetings) Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Outreach Question 05p How would you rate the overall effectiveness (whatever "effectiveness" means to you) of focus groups conducted by or for your jurisdiction for engaging citizens in your jurisdiction's policymaking and/or operations? (Among jurisdictions that reported using focus groups conducted by or for their jurisdiction) Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Outreach Question 05q How would you rate the overall effectiveness (whatever "effectiveness" means to you) of strategic-planning or "visioning" sessions for engaging citizens in your jurisdiction's policymaking and/or operations? (Among jurisdictions that reported using strategic-planning or "visioning" sessions) Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Outreach Question 05r How would you rate the overall effectiveness (whatever "effectiveness" means to you) of neighborhood-specific committees/teams for engaging citizens in your jurisdiction's policymaking and/or operations? (Among jurisdictions that reported using neighborhood-specific committees/teams) Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Outreach Question 05s How would you rate the overall effectiveness (whatever "effectiveness" means to you) of citizen participation on ad hoc task forces or planning teams for engaging citizens in your jurisdiction's policymaking and/or operations? (Among jurisdictions that reported using citizen participation on ad hoc task forces or planning teams) Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Outreach Question 05t How would you rate the overall effectiveness (whatever "effectiveness" means to you) of citizen participation on formal government boards or commissions for engaging citizens in your jurisdiction's policymaking and/or operations? (Among jurisdictions that reported using citizen participation on formal government boards or commissions) Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Outreach Question 18 Have the employee protection provisions of the Urban Cooperation Act or other state service-sharing enabling laws had a direct impact on your jurisdiction or not? Survey Fall 2010 Categories State support for collaboration, Intergovernmental cooperation, State government, Governmental Relations, State mandates and preemption Question 19 Do you believe Urban Cooperation Act should be amended or remain as it is currently? Survey Fall 2010 Categories State government, Intergovernmental cooperation, State support for collaboration, State mandates and preemption, Governmental Relations Question 21 Do you agree or disagree that there are too many local governments in the state? Survey Fall 2010 Categories Governmental Relations, State government reform, Intergovernmental cooperation, Level of collaboration Question 22a Would the majority of your jurisdiction's citizens support or oppose full consolidation with another local government unit if there were significant cost savings? (Among non-county jurisdictions) Survey Fall 2010 Categories Governmental Relations, Finance Budget and Operations, State government reform, Intergovernmental cooperation, Level of collaboration Question 07a To the best of your knowledge, has the amount of citizen participation increased, decreased, or not changed measurably due to your citizen engagement efforts? Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Engagement levels, Outreach Question 07b To the best of your knowledge, has the amount of information available to local officials for decision-making increased, decreased, or not changed measurably due to your citizen engagement efforts? Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Engagement levels, Outreach Question 20a One way of thinking about the proper role for citizen engagement in local policymaking is along a spectrum. At one end, citizen engagement would focus only on keeping citizens informed about issues. At the other end, citizens would actually make decisions for the jurisdiction. In between would be increasing levels of citizen input in the decisions made by the jurisdiction. While it might differ depending on the topic, in general, what do you think the majority of your jurisdiction's Council/Board believe is the proper role for citizen engagement in local governance? Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Community and Social Issues, Engagement levels, Trust in citizens 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 Pagination First page first Previous page previous Page 136 Page 137 Page 138 Page 139 Current page 140 Page 141 Page 142 Page 143 Page 144 Next page next Last page last
Question 17f How effective or ineffective do you think online "want ads" for local governments seeking partners for collaboration would be in encouraging or supporting intergovernmental collaboration? Survey Fall 2010 Categories State policies, State support for collaboration, Intergovernmental cooperation, State government, Governmental Relations Question 05e How would you rate the overall effectiveness (whatever "effectiveness" means to you) of local government performance dashboards or reports for engaging citizens in your jurisdiction's policymaking and/or operations? (Among jurisdictions that reported using local government performance dashboards or reports) Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Outreach, Performance management, Dashboards 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 05g How would you rate the overall effectiveness (whatever "effectiveness" means to you) of public comment opportunities at jurisdiction's main governing Council/Board meetings for engaging citizens in your jurisdiction's policymaking and/or operations? (Among jurisdictions that reported using public comment opportunities at jurisdiction's main governing Council/Board meetings) Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Outreach Question 17g How effective or ineffective do you think revenue sharing incentives designed to encourage collaboration would be in encouraging or supporting intergovernmental collaboration? Survey Fall 2010 Categories State policies, State support for collaboration, Intergovernmental cooperation, State government, Governmental Relations Question 05h How would you rate the overall effectiveness (whatever "effectiveness" means to you) of public comment opportunities at other jurisdictional meetings (e.g., planning commission, etc.) for engaging citizens in your jurisdiction's policymaking and/or operations? (Among jurisdictions that reported using public comment opportunities at other jurisdictional meetings (e.g., planning commission, etc.)) Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Outreach Question 05i How would you rate the overall effectiveness (whatever "effectiveness" means to you) of citizen surveys conducted by or for your jurisdiction for engaging citizens in your jurisdiction's policymaking and/or operations? (Among jurisdictions that reported using citizen surveys conducted by or for their jurisdiction) Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Outreach Question 05j How would you rate the overall effectiveness (whatever "effectiveness" means to you) of social media accounts for your jurisdiction (e.g., Facebook or Twitter) for engaging citizens in your jurisdiction's policymaking and/or operations? (Among jurisdictions that reported using social media accounts for their jurisdiction (e.g., Facebook or Twitter)) Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Outreach, Technology Question 17h How effective or ineffective do you think a state-level intergovernmental advisory office to coordinate and administer programs like the ones listed above would be in encouraging or supporting intergovernmental collaboration? Survey Fall 2010 Categories State policies, State support for collaboration, Intergovernmental cooperation, State government, Governmental Relations Question 05k How would you rate the overall effectiveness (whatever "effectiveness" means to you) of internet discussion forums or online input/feedback forms for engaging citizens in your jurisdiction's policymaking and/or operations? (Among jurisdictions that reported using internet discussion forums or online input/feedback forms) Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Outreach, Technology Question 04g Has there been a decrease, an increase, or no change from the previous fiscal year in the number of tax delinquencies in your jurisdiction? Survey Spring 2011 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Revenue, Finances, Taxes, Taxes and revenues, Tax delinquencies and foreclosures Question 05m How would you rate the overall effectiveness (whatever "effectiveness" means to you) of open houses or "coffee with officials" for engaging citizens in your jurisdiction's policymaking and/or operations? (Among jurisdictions that reported using open houses or "coffee with officials") Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Outreach Question 05n How would you rate the overall effectiveness (whatever "effectiveness" means to you) of neighborhood meetings for engaging citizens in your jurisdiction's policymaking and/or operations? (Among jurisdictions that reported using neighborhood meetings) Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Outreach Question 05o How would you rate the overall effectiveness (whatever "effectiveness" means to you) of community-wide "Town Hall" meetings for engaging citizens in your jurisdiction's policymaking and/or operations? (Among jurisdictions that reported using community-wide "Town Hall" meetings) Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Outreach Question 05p How would you rate the overall effectiveness (whatever "effectiveness" means to you) of focus groups conducted by or for your jurisdiction for engaging citizens in your jurisdiction's policymaking and/or operations? (Among jurisdictions that reported using focus groups conducted by or for their jurisdiction) Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Outreach Question 05q How would you rate the overall effectiveness (whatever "effectiveness" means to you) of strategic-planning or "visioning" sessions for engaging citizens in your jurisdiction's policymaking and/or operations? (Among jurisdictions that reported using strategic-planning or "visioning" sessions) Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Outreach Question 05r How would you rate the overall effectiveness (whatever "effectiveness" means to you) of neighborhood-specific committees/teams for engaging citizens in your jurisdiction's policymaking and/or operations? (Among jurisdictions that reported using neighborhood-specific committees/teams) Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Outreach Question 05s How would you rate the overall effectiveness (whatever "effectiveness" means to you) of citizen participation on ad hoc task forces or planning teams for engaging citizens in your jurisdiction's policymaking and/or operations? (Among jurisdictions that reported using citizen participation on ad hoc task forces or planning teams) Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Outreach Question 05t How would you rate the overall effectiveness (whatever "effectiveness" means to you) of citizen participation on formal government boards or commissions for engaging citizens in your jurisdiction's policymaking and/or operations? (Among jurisdictions that reported using citizen participation on formal government boards or commissions) Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Outreach Question 18 Have the employee protection provisions of the Urban Cooperation Act or other state service-sharing enabling laws had a direct impact on your jurisdiction or not? Survey Fall 2010 Categories State support for collaboration, Intergovernmental cooperation, State government, Governmental Relations, State mandates and preemption Question 19 Do you believe Urban Cooperation Act should be amended or remain as it is currently? Survey Fall 2010 Categories State government, Intergovernmental cooperation, State support for collaboration, State mandates and preemption, Governmental Relations Question 21 Do you agree or disagree that there are too many local governments in the state? Survey Fall 2010 Categories Governmental Relations, State government reform, Intergovernmental cooperation, Level of collaboration Question 22a Would the majority of your jurisdiction's citizens support or oppose full consolidation with another local government unit if there were significant cost savings? (Among non-county jurisdictions) Survey Fall 2010 Categories Governmental Relations, Finance Budget and Operations, State government reform, Intergovernmental cooperation, Level of collaboration Question 07a To the best of your knowledge, has the amount of citizen participation increased, decreased, or not changed measurably due to your citizen engagement efforts? Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Engagement levels, Outreach Question 07b To the best of your knowledge, has the amount of information available to local officials for decision-making increased, decreased, or not changed measurably due to your citizen engagement efforts? Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Engagement levels, Outreach Question 20a One way of thinking about the proper role for citizen engagement in local policymaking is along a spectrum. At one end, citizen engagement would focus only on keeping citizens informed about issues. At the other end, citizens would actually make decisions for the jurisdiction. In between would be increasing levels of citizen input in the decisions made by the jurisdiction. While it might differ depending on the topic, in general, what do you think the majority of your jurisdiction's Council/Board believe is the proper role for citizen engagement in local governance? Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Community and Social Issues, Engagement levels, Trust in citizens 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 Pagination First page first Previous page previous Page 136 Page 137 Page 138 Page 139 Current page 140 Page 141 Page 142 Page 143 Page 144 Next page next Last page last
Question 05e How would you rate the overall effectiveness (whatever "effectiveness" means to you) of local government performance dashboards or reports for engaging citizens in your jurisdiction's policymaking and/or operations? (Among jurisdictions that reported using local government performance dashboards or reports) Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Outreach, Performance management, Dashboards 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 05g How would you rate the overall effectiveness (whatever "effectiveness" means to you) of public comment opportunities at jurisdiction's main governing Council/Board meetings for engaging citizens in your jurisdiction's policymaking and/or operations? (Among jurisdictions that reported using public comment opportunities at jurisdiction's main governing Council/Board meetings) Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Outreach Question 17g How effective or ineffective do you think revenue sharing incentives designed to encourage collaboration would be in encouraging or supporting intergovernmental collaboration? Survey Fall 2010 Categories State policies, State support for collaboration, Intergovernmental cooperation, State government, Governmental Relations Question 05h How would you rate the overall effectiveness (whatever "effectiveness" means to you) of public comment opportunities at other jurisdictional meetings (e.g., planning commission, etc.) for engaging citizens in your jurisdiction's policymaking and/or operations? (Among jurisdictions that reported using public comment opportunities at other jurisdictional meetings (e.g., planning commission, etc.)) Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Outreach Question 05i How would you rate the overall effectiveness (whatever "effectiveness" means to you) of citizen surveys conducted by or for your jurisdiction for engaging citizens in your jurisdiction's policymaking and/or operations? (Among jurisdictions that reported using citizen surveys conducted by or for their jurisdiction) Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Outreach Question 05j How would you rate the overall effectiveness (whatever "effectiveness" means to you) of social media accounts for your jurisdiction (e.g., Facebook or Twitter) for engaging citizens in your jurisdiction's policymaking and/or operations? (Among jurisdictions that reported using social media accounts for their jurisdiction (e.g., Facebook or Twitter)) Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Outreach, Technology Question 17h How effective or ineffective do you think a state-level intergovernmental advisory office to coordinate and administer programs like the ones listed above would be in encouraging or supporting intergovernmental collaboration? Survey Fall 2010 Categories State policies, State support for collaboration, Intergovernmental cooperation, State government, Governmental Relations Question 05k How would you rate the overall effectiveness (whatever "effectiveness" means to you) of internet discussion forums or online input/feedback forms for engaging citizens in your jurisdiction's policymaking and/or operations? (Among jurisdictions that reported using internet discussion forums or online input/feedback forms) Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Outreach, Technology Question 04g Has there been a decrease, an increase, or no change from the previous fiscal year in the number of tax delinquencies in your jurisdiction? Survey Spring 2011 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Revenue, Finances, Taxes, Taxes and revenues, Tax delinquencies and foreclosures Question 05m How would you rate the overall effectiveness (whatever "effectiveness" means to you) of open houses or "coffee with officials" for engaging citizens in your jurisdiction's policymaking and/or operations? (Among jurisdictions that reported using open houses or "coffee with officials") Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Outreach Question 05n How would you rate the overall effectiveness (whatever "effectiveness" means to you) of neighborhood meetings for engaging citizens in your jurisdiction's policymaking and/or operations? (Among jurisdictions that reported using neighborhood meetings) Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Outreach Question 05o How would you rate the overall effectiveness (whatever "effectiveness" means to you) of community-wide "Town Hall" meetings for engaging citizens in your jurisdiction's policymaking and/or operations? (Among jurisdictions that reported using community-wide "Town Hall" meetings) Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Outreach Question 05p How would you rate the overall effectiveness (whatever "effectiveness" means to you) of focus groups conducted by or for your jurisdiction for engaging citizens in your jurisdiction's policymaking and/or operations? (Among jurisdictions that reported using focus groups conducted by or for their jurisdiction) Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Outreach Question 05q How would you rate the overall effectiveness (whatever "effectiveness" means to you) of strategic-planning or "visioning" sessions for engaging citizens in your jurisdiction's policymaking and/or operations? (Among jurisdictions that reported using strategic-planning or "visioning" sessions) Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Outreach Question 05r How would you rate the overall effectiveness (whatever "effectiveness" means to you) of neighborhood-specific committees/teams for engaging citizens in your jurisdiction's policymaking and/or operations? (Among jurisdictions that reported using neighborhood-specific committees/teams) Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Outreach Question 05s How would you rate the overall effectiveness (whatever "effectiveness" means to you) of citizen participation on ad hoc task forces or planning teams for engaging citizens in your jurisdiction's policymaking and/or operations? (Among jurisdictions that reported using citizen participation on ad hoc task forces or planning teams) Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Outreach Question 05t How would you rate the overall effectiveness (whatever "effectiveness" means to you) of citizen participation on formal government boards or commissions for engaging citizens in your jurisdiction's policymaking and/or operations? (Among jurisdictions that reported using citizen participation on formal government boards or commissions) Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Outreach Question 18 Have the employee protection provisions of the Urban Cooperation Act or other state service-sharing enabling laws had a direct impact on your jurisdiction or not? Survey Fall 2010 Categories State support for collaboration, Intergovernmental cooperation, State government, Governmental Relations, State mandates and preemption Question 19 Do you believe Urban Cooperation Act should be amended or remain as it is currently? Survey Fall 2010 Categories State government, Intergovernmental cooperation, State support for collaboration, State mandates and preemption, Governmental Relations Question 21 Do you agree or disagree that there are too many local governments in the state? Survey Fall 2010 Categories Governmental Relations, State government reform, Intergovernmental cooperation, Level of collaboration Question 22a Would the majority of your jurisdiction's citizens support or oppose full consolidation with another local government unit if there were significant cost savings? (Among non-county jurisdictions) Survey Fall 2010 Categories Governmental Relations, Finance Budget and Operations, State government reform, Intergovernmental cooperation, Level of collaboration Question 07a To the best of your knowledge, has the amount of citizen participation increased, decreased, or not changed measurably due to your citizen engagement efforts? Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Engagement levels, Outreach Question 07b To the best of your knowledge, has the amount of information available to local officials for decision-making increased, decreased, or not changed measurably due to your citizen engagement efforts? Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Engagement levels, Outreach Question 20a One way of thinking about the proper role for citizen engagement in local policymaking is along a spectrum. At one end, citizen engagement would focus only on keeping citizens informed about issues. At the other end, citizens would actually make decisions for the jurisdiction. In between would be increasing levels of citizen input in the decisions made by the jurisdiction. While it might differ depending on the topic, in general, what do you think the majority of your jurisdiction's Council/Board believe is the proper role for citizen engagement in local governance? Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Community and Social Issues, Engagement levels, Trust in citizens 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 Pagination First page first Previous page previous Page 136 Page 137 Page 138 Page 139 Current page 140 Page 141 Page 142 Page 143 Page 144 Next page next Last page last
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 05g How would you rate the overall effectiveness (whatever "effectiveness" means to you) of public comment opportunities at jurisdiction's main governing Council/Board meetings for engaging citizens in your jurisdiction's policymaking and/or operations? (Among jurisdictions that reported using public comment opportunities at jurisdiction's main governing Council/Board meetings) Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Outreach Question 17g How effective or ineffective do you think revenue sharing incentives designed to encourage collaboration would be in encouraging or supporting intergovernmental collaboration? Survey Fall 2010 Categories State policies, State support for collaboration, Intergovernmental cooperation, State government, Governmental Relations Question 05h How would you rate the overall effectiveness (whatever "effectiveness" means to you) of public comment opportunities at other jurisdictional meetings (e.g., planning commission, etc.) for engaging citizens in your jurisdiction's policymaking and/or operations? (Among jurisdictions that reported using public comment opportunities at other jurisdictional meetings (e.g., planning commission, etc.)) Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Outreach Question 05i How would you rate the overall effectiveness (whatever "effectiveness" means to you) of citizen surveys conducted by or for your jurisdiction for engaging citizens in your jurisdiction's policymaking and/or operations? (Among jurisdictions that reported using citizen surveys conducted by or for their jurisdiction) Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Outreach Question 05j How would you rate the overall effectiveness (whatever "effectiveness" means to you) of social media accounts for your jurisdiction (e.g., Facebook or Twitter) for engaging citizens in your jurisdiction's policymaking and/or operations? (Among jurisdictions that reported using social media accounts for their jurisdiction (e.g., Facebook or Twitter)) Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Outreach, Technology Question 17h How effective or ineffective do you think a state-level intergovernmental advisory office to coordinate and administer programs like the ones listed above would be in encouraging or supporting intergovernmental collaboration? Survey Fall 2010 Categories State policies, State support for collaboration, Intergovernmental cooperation, State government, Governmental Relations Question 05k How would you rate the overall effectiveness (whatever "effectiveness" means to you) of internet discussion forums or online input/feedback forms for engaging citizens in your jurisdiction's policymaking and/or operations? (Among jurisdictions that reported using internet discussion forums or online input/feedback forms) Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Outreach, Technology Question 04g Has there been a decrease, an increase, or no change from the previous fiscal year in the number of tax delinquencies in your jurisdiction? Survey Spring 2011 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Revenue, Finances, Taxes, Taxes and revenues, Tax delinquencies and foreclosures Question 05m How would you rate the overall effectiveness (whatever "effectiveness" means to you) of open houses or "coffee with officials" for engaging citizens in your jurisdiction's policymaking and/or operations? (Among jurisdictions that reported using open houses or "coffee with officials") Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Outreach Question 05n How would you rate the overall effectiveness (whatever "effectiveness" means to you) of neighborhood meetings for engaging citizens in your jurisdiction's policymaking and/or operations? (Among jurisdictions that reported using neighborhood meetings) Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Outreach Question 05o How would you rate the overall effectiveness (whatever "effectiveness" means to you) of community-wide "Town Hall" meetings for engaging citizens in your jurisdiction's policymaking and/or operations? (Among jurisdictions that reported using community-wide "Town Hall" meetings) Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Outreach Question 05p How would you rate the overall effectiveness (whatever "effectiveness" means to you) of focus groups conducted by or for your jurisdiction for engaging citizens in your jurisdiction's policymaking and/or operations? (Among jurisdictions that reported using focus groups conducted by or for their jurisdiction) Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Outreach Question 05q How would you rate the overall effectiveness (whatever "effectiveness" means to you) of strategic-planning or "visioning" sessions for engaging citizens in your jurisdiction's policymaking and/or operations? (Among jurisdictions that reported using strategic-planning or "visioning" sessions) Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Outreach Question 05r How would you rate the overall effectiveness (whatever "effectiveness" means to you) of neighborhood-specific committees/teams for engaging citizens in your jurisdiction's policymaking and/or operations? (Among jurisdictions that reported using neighborhood-specific committees/teams) Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Outreach Question 05s How would you rate the overall effectiveness (whatever "effectiveness" means to you) of citizen participation on ad hoc task forces or planning teams for engaging citizens in your jurisdiction's policymaking and/or operations? (Among jurisdictions that reported using citizen participation on ad hoc task forces or planning teams) Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Outreach Question 05t How would you rate the overall effectiveness (whatever "effectiveness" means to you) of citizen participation on formal government boards or commissions for engaging citizens in your jurisdiction's policymaking and/or operations? (Among jurisdictions that reported using citizen participation on formal government boards or commissions) Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Outreach Question 18 Have the employee protection provisions of the Urban Cooperation Act or other state service-sharing enabling laws had a direct impact on your jurisdiction or not? Survey Fall 2010 Categories State support for collaboration, Intergovernmental cooperation, State government, Governmental Relations, State mandates and preemption Question 19 Do you believe Urban Cooperation Act should be amended or remain as it is currently? Survey Fall 2010 Categories State government, Intergovernmental cooperation, State support for collaboration, State mandates and preemption, Governmental Relations Question 21 Do you agree or disagree that there are too many local governments in the state? Survey Fall 2010 Categories Governmental Relations, State government reform, Intergovernmental cooperation, Level of collaboration Question 22a Would the majority of your jurisdiction's citizens support or oppose full consolidation with another local government unit if there were significant cost savings? (Among non-county jurisdictions) Survey Fall 2010 Categories Governmental Relations, Finance Budget and Operations, State government reform, Intergovernmental cooperation, Level of collaboration Question 07a To the best of your knowledge, has the amount of citizen participation increased, decreased, or not changed measurably due to your citizen engagement efforts? Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Engagement levels, Outreach Question 07b To the best of your knowledge, has the amount of information available to local officials for decision-making increased, decreased, or not changed measurably due to your citizen engagement efforts? Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Engagement levels, Outreach Question 20a One way of thinking about the proper role for citizen engagement in local policymaking is along a spectrum. At one end, citizen engagement would focus only on keeping citizens informed about issues. At the other end, citizens would actually make decisions for the jurisdiction. In between would be increasing levels of citizen input in the decisions made by the jurisdiction. While it might differ depending on the topic, in general, what do you think the majority of your jurisdiction's Council/Board believe is the proper role for citizen engagement in local governance? Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Community and Social Issues, Engagement levels, Trust in citizens 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 Pagination First page first Previous page previous Page 136 Page 137 Page 138 Page 139 Current page 140 Page 141 Page 142 Page 143 Page 144 Next page next Last page last
Question 05g How would you rate the overall effectiveness (whatever "effectiveness" means to you) of public comment opportunities at jurisdiction's main governing Council/Board meetings for engaging citizens in your jurisdiction's policymaking and/or operations? (Among jurisdictions that reported using public comment opportunities at jurisdiction's main governing Council/Board meetings) Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Outreach Question 17g How effective or ineffective do you think revenue sharing incentives designed to encourage collaboration would be in encouraging or supporting intergovernmental collaboration? Survey Fall 2010 Categories State policies, State support for collaboration, Intergovernmental cooperation, State government, Governmental Relations Question 05h How would you rate the overall effectiveness (whatever "effectiveness" means to you) of public comment opportunities at other jurisdictional meetings (e.g., planning commission, etc.) for engaging citizens in your jurisdiction's policymaking and/or operations? (Among jurisdictions that reported using public comment opportunities at other jurisdictional meetings (e.g., planning commission, etc.)) Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Outreach Question 05i How would you rate the overall effectiveness (whatever "effectiveness" means to you) of citizen surveys conducted by or for your jurisdiction for engaging citizens in your jurisdiction's policymaking and/or operations? (Among jurisdictions that reported using citizen surveys conducted by or for their jurisdiction) Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Outreach Question 05j How would you rate the overall effectiveness (whatever "effectiveness" means to you) of social media accounts for your jurisdiction (e.g., Facebook or Twitter) for engaging citizens in your jurisdiction's policymaking and/or operations? (Among jurisdictions that reported using social media accounts for their jurisdiction (e.g., Facebook or Twitter)) Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Outreach, Technology Question 17h How effective or ineffective do you think a state-level intergovernmental advisory office to coordinate and administer programs like the ones listed above would be in encouraging or supporting intergovernmental collaboration? Survey Fall 2010 Categories State policies, State support for collaboration, Intergovernmental cooperation, State government, Governmental Relations Question 05k How would you rate the overall effectiveness (whatever "effectiveness" means to you) of internet discussion forums or online input/feedback forms for engaging citizens in your jurisdiction's policymaking and/or operations? (Among jurisdictions that reported using internet discussion forums or online input/feedback forms) Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Outreach, Technology Question 04g Has there been a decrease, an increase, or no change from the previous fiscal year in the number of tax delinquencies in your jurisdiction? Survey Spring 2011 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Revenue, Finances, Taxes, Taxes and revenues, Tax delinquencies and foreclosures Question 05m How would you rate the overall effectiveness (whatever "effectiveness" means to you) of open houses or "coffee with officials" for engaging citizens in your jurisdiction's policymaking and/or operations? (Among jurisdictions that reported using open houses or "coffee with officials") Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Outreach Question 05n How would you rate the overall effectiveness (whatever "effectiveness" means to you) of neighborhood meetings for engaging citizens in your jurisdiction's policymaking and/or operations? (Among jurisdictions that reported using neighborhood meetings) Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Outreach Question 05o How would you rate the overall effectiveness (whatever "effectiveness" means to you) of community-wide "Town Hall" meetings for engaging citizens in your jurisdiction's policymaking and/or operations? (Among jurisdictions that reported using community-wide "Town Hall" meetings) Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Outreach Question 05p How would you rate the overall effectiveness (whatever "effectiveness" means to you) of focus groups conducted by or for your jurisdiction for engaging citizens in your jurisdiction's policymaking and/or operations? (Among jurisdictions that reported using focus groups conducted by or for their jurisdiction) Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Outreach Question 05q How would you rate the overall effectiveness (whatever "effectiveness" means to you) of strategic-planning or "visioning" sessions for engaging citizens in your jurisdiction's policymaking and/or operations? (Among jurisdictions that reported using strategic-planning or "visioning" sessions) Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Outreach Question 05r How would you rate the overall effectiveness (whatever "effectiveness" means to you) of neighborhood-specific committees/teams for engaging citizens in your jurisdiction's policymaking and/or operations? (Among jurisdictions that reported using neighborhood-specific committees/teams) Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Outreach Question 05s How would you rate the overall effectiveness (whatever "effectiveness" means to you) of citizen participation on ad hoc task forces or planning teams for engaging citizens in your jurisdiction's policymaking and/or operations? (Among jurisdictions that reported using citizen participation on ad hoc task forces or planning teams) Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Outreach Question 05t How would you rate the overall effectiveness (whatever "effectiveness" means to you) of citizen participation on formal government boards or commissions for engaging citizens in your jurisdiction's policymaking and/or operations? (Among jurisdictions that reported using citizen participation on formal government boards or commissions) Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Outreach Question 18 Have the employee protection provisions of the Urban Cooperation Act or other state service-sharing enabling laws had a direct impact on your jurisdiction or not? Survey Fall 2010 Categories State support for collaboration, Intergovernmental cooperation, State government, Governmental Relations, State mandates and preemption Question 19 Do you believe Urban Cooperation Act should be amended or remain as it is currently? Survey Fall 2010 Categories State government, Intergovernmental cooperation, State support for collaboration, State mandates and preemption, Governmental Relations Question 21 Do you agree or disagree that there are too many local governments in the state? Survey Fall 2010 Categories Governmental Relations, State government reform, Intergovernmental cooperation, Level of collaboration Question 22a Would the majority of your jurisdiction's citizens support or oppose full consolidation with another local government unit if there were significant cost savings? (Among non-county jurisdictions) Survey Fall 2010 Categories Governmental Relations, Finance Budget and Operations, State government reform, Intergovernmental cooperation, Level of collaboration Question 07a To the best of your knowledge, has the amount of citizen participation increased, decreased, or not changed measurably due to your citizen engagement efforts? Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Engagement levels, Outreach Question 07b To the best of your knowledge, has the amount of information available to local officials for decision-making increased, decreased, or not changed measurably due to your citizen engagement efforts? Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Engagement levels, Outreach Question 20a One way of thinking about the proper role for citizen engagement in local policymaking is along a spectrum. At one end, citizen engagement would focus only on keeping citizens informed about issues. At the other end, citizens would actually make decisions for the jurisdiction. In between would be increasing levels of citizen input in the decisions made by the jurisdiction. While it might differ depending on the topic, in general, what do you think the majority of your jurisdiction's Council/Board believe is the proper role for citizen engagement in local governance? Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Community and Social Issues, Engagement levels, Trust in citizens 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 Pagination First page first Previous page previous Page 136 Page 137 Page 138 Page 139 Current page 140 Page 141 Page 142 Page 143 Page 144 Next page next Last page last
Question 17g How effective or ineffective do you think revenue sharing incentives designed to encourage collaboration would be in encouraging or supporting intergovernmental collaboration? Survey Fall 2010 Categories State policies, State support for collaboration, Intergovernmental cooperation, State government, Governmental Relations Question 05h How would you rate the overall effectiveness (whatever "effectiveness" means to you) of public comment opportunities at other jurisdictional meetings (e.g., planning commission, etc.) for engaging citizens in your jurisdiction's policymaking and/or operations? (Among jurisdictions that reported using public comment opportunities at other jurisdictional meetings (e.g., planning commission, etc.)) Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Outreach Question 05i How would you rate the overall effectiveness (whatever "effectiveness" means to you) of citizen surveys conducted by or for your jurisdiction for engaging citizens in your jurisdiction's policymaking and/or operations? (Among jurisdictions that reported using citizen surveys conducted by or for their jurisdiction) Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Outreach Question 05j How would you rate the overall effectiveness (whatever "effectiveness" means to you) of social media accounts for your jurisdiction (e.g., Facebook or Twitter) for engaging citizens in your jurisdiction's policymaking and/or operations? (Among jurisdictions that reported using social media accounts for their jurisdiction (e.g., Facebook or Twitter)) Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Outreach, Technology Question 17h How effective or ineffective do you think a state-level intergovernmental advisory office to coordinate and administer programs like the ones listed above would be in encouraging or supporting intergovernmental collaboration? Survey Fall 2010 Categories State policies, State support for collaboration, Intergovernmental cooperation, State government, Governmental Relations Question 05k How would you rate the overall effectiveness (whatever "effectiveness" means to you) of internet discussion forums or online input/feedback forms for engaging citizens in your jurisdiction's policymaking and/or operations? (Among jurisdictions that reported using internet discussion forums or online input/feedback forms) Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Outreach, Technology Question 04g Has there been a decrease, an increase, or no change from the previous fiscal year in the number of tax delinquencies in your jurisdiction? Survey Spring 2011 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Revenue, Finances, Taxes, Taxes and revenues, Tax delinquencies and foreclosures Question 05m How would you rate the overall effectiveness (whatever "effectiveness" means to you) of open houses or "coffee with officials" for engaging citizens in your jurisdiction's policymaking and/or operations? (Among jurisdictions that reported using open houses or "coffee with officials") Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Outreach Question 05n How would you rate the overall effectiveness (whatever "effectiveness" means to you) of neighborhood meetings for engaging citizens in your jurisdiction's policymaking and/or operations? (Among jurisdictions that reported using neighborhood meetings) Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Outreach Question 05o How would you rate the overall effectiveness (whatever "effectiveness" means to you) of community-wide "Town Hall" meetings for engaging citizens in your jurisdiction's policymaking and/or operations? (Among jurisdictions that reported using community-wide "Town Hall" meetings) Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Outreach Question 05p How would you rate the overall effectiveness (whatever "effectiveness" means to you) of focus groups conducted by or for your jurisdiction for engaging citizens in your jurisdiction's policymaking and/or operations? (Among jurisdictions that reported using focus groups conducted by or for their jurisdiction) Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Outreach Question 05q How would you rate the overall effectiveness (whatever "effectiveness" means to you) of strategic-planning or "visioning" sessions for engaging citizens in your jurisdiction's policymaking and/or operations? (Among jurisdictions that reported using strategic-planning or "visioning" sessions) Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Outreach Question 05r How would you rate the overall effectiveness (whatever "effectiveness" means to you) of neighborhood-specific committees/teams for engaging citizens in your jurisdiction's policymaking and/or operations? (Among jurisdictions that reported using neighborhood-specific committees/teams) Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Outreach Question 05s How would you rate the overall effectiveness (whatever "effectiveness" means to you) of citizen participation on ad hoc task forces or planning teams for engaging citizens in your jurisdiction's policymaking and/or operations? (Among jurisdictions that reported using citizen participation on ad hoc task forces or planning teams) Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Outreach Question 05t How would you rate the overall effectiveness (whatever "effectiveness" means to you) of citizen participation on formal government boards or commissions for engaging citizens in your jurisdiction's policymaking and/or operations? (Among jurisdictions that reported using citizen participation on formal government boards or commissions) Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Outreach Question 18 Have the employee protection provisions of the Urban Cooperation Act or other state service-sharing enabling laws had a direct impact on your jurisdiction or not? Survey Fall 2010 Categories State support for collaboration, Intergovernmental cooperation, State government, Governmental Relations, State mandates and preemption Question 19 Do you believe Urban Cooperation Act should be amended or remain as it is currently? Survey Fall 2010 Categories State government, Intergovernmental cooperation, State support for collaboration, State mandates and preemption, Governmental Relations Question 21 Do you agree or disagree that there are too many local governments in the state? Survey Fall 2010 Categories Governmental Relations, State government reform, Intergovernmental cooperation, Level of collaboration Question 22a Would the majority of your jurisdiction's citizens support or oppose full consolidation with another local government unit if there were significant cost savings? (Among non-county jurisdictions) Survey Fall 2010 Categories Governmental Relations, Finance Budget and Operations, State government reform, Intergovernmental cooperation, Level of collaboration Question 07a To the best of your knowledge, has the amount of citizen participation increased, decreased, or not changed measurably due to your citizen engagement efforts? Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Engagement levels, Outreach Question 07b To the best of your knowledge, has the amount of information available to local officials for decision-making increased, decreased, or not changed measurably due to your citizen engagement efforts? Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Engagement levels, Outreach Question 20a One way of thinking about the proper role for citizen engagement in local policymaking is along a spectrum. At one end, citizen engagement would focus only on keeping citizens informed about issues. At the other end, citizens would actually make decisions for the jurisdiction. In between would be increasing levels of citizen input in the decisions made by the jurisdiction. While it might differ depending on the topic, in general, what do you think the majority of your jurisdiction's Council/Board believe is the proper role for citizen engagement in local governance? Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Community and Social Issues, Engagement levels, Trust in citizens 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 Pagination First page first Previous page previous Page 136 Page 137 Page 138 Page 139 Current page 140 Page 141 Page 142 Page 143 Page 144 Next page next Last page last
Question 05h How would you rate the overall effectiveness (whatever "effectiveness" means to you) of public comment opportunities at other jurisdictional meetings (e.g., planning commission, etc.) for engaging citizens in your jurisdiction's policymaking and/or operations? (Among jurisdictions that reported using public comment opportunities at other jurisdictional meetings (e.g., planning commission, etc.)) Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Outreach Question 05i How would you rate the overall effectiveness (whatever "effectiveness" means to you) of citizen surveys conducted by or for your jurisdiction for engaging citizens in your jurisdiction's policymaking and/or operations? (Among jurisdictions that reported using citizen surveys conducted by or for their jurisdiction) Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Outreach Question 05j How would you rate the overall effectiveness (whatever "effectiveness" means to you) of social media accounts for your jurisdiction (e.g., Facebook or Twitter) for engaging citizens in your jurisdiction's policymaking and/or operations? (Among jurisdictions that reported using social media accounts for their jurisdiction (e.g., Facebook or Twitter)) Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Outreach, Technology Question 17h How effective or ineffective do you think a state-level intergovernmental advisory office to coordinate and administer programs like the ones listed above would be in encouraging or supporting intergovernmental collaboration? Survey Fall 2010 Categories State policies, State support for collaboration, Intergovernmental cooperation, State government, Governmental Relations Question 05k How would you rate the overall effectiveness (whatever "effectiveness" means to you) of internet discussion forums or online input/feedback forms for engaging citizens in your jurisdiction's policymaking and/or operations? (Among jurisdictions that reported using internet discussion forums or online input/feedback forms) Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Outreach, Technology Question 04g Has there been a decrease, an increase, or no change from the previous fiscal year in the number of tax delinquencies in your jurisdiction? Survey Spring 2011 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Revenue, Finances, Taxes, Taxes and revenues, Tax delinquencies and foreclosures Question 05m How would you rate the overall effectiveness (whatever "effectiveness" means to you) of open houses or "coffee with officials" for engaging citizens in your jurisdiction's policymaking and/or operations? (Among jurisdictions that reported using open houses or "coffee with officials") Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Outreach Question 05n How would you rate the overall effectiveness (whatever "effectiveness" means to you) of neighborhood meetings for engaging citizens in your jurisdiction's policymaking and/or operations? (Among jurisdictions that reported using neighborhood meetings) Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Outreach Question 05o How would you rate the overall effectiveness (whatever "effectiveness" means to you) of community-wide "Town Hall" meetings for engaging citizens in your jurisdiction's policymaking and/or operations? (Among jurisdictions that reported using community-wide "Town Hall" meetings) Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Outreach Question 05p How would you rate the overall effectiveness (whatever "effectiveness" means to you) of focus groups conducted by or for your jurisdiction for engaging citizens in your jurisdiction's policymaking and/or operations? (Among jurisdictions that reported using focus groups conducted by or for their jurisdiction) Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Outreach Question 05q How would you rate the overall effectiveness (whatever "effectiveness" means to you) of strategic-planning or "visioning" sessions for engaging citizens in your jurisdiction's policymaking and/or operations? (Among jurisdictions that reported using strategic-planning or "visioning" sessions) Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Outreach Question 05r How would you rate the overall effectiveness (whatever "effectiveness" means to you) of neighborhood-specific committees/teams for engaging citizens in your jurisdiction's policymaking and/or operations? (Among jurisdictions that reported using neighborhood-specific committees/teams) Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Outreach Question 05s How would you rate the overall effectiveness (whatever "effectiveness" means to you) of citizen participation on ad hoc task forces or planning teams for engaging citizens in your jurisdiction's policymaking and/or operations? (Among jurisdictions that reported using citizen participation on ad hoc task forces or planning teams) Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Outreach Question 05t How would you rate the overall effectiveness (whatever "effectiveness" means to you) of citizen participation on formal government boards or commissions for engaging citizens in your jurisdiction's policymaking and/or operations? (Among jurisdictions that reported using citizen participation on formal government boards or commissions) Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Outreach Question 18 Have the employee protection provisions of the Urban Cooperation Act or other state service-sharing enabling laws had a direct impact on your jurisdiction or not? Survey Fall 2010 Categories State support for collaboration, Intergovernmental cooperation, State government, Governmental Relations, State mandates and preemption Question 19 Do you believe Urban Cooperation Act should be amended or remain as it is currently? Survey Fall 2010 Categories State government, Intergovernmental cooperation, State support for collaboration, State mandates and preemption, Governmental Relations Question 21 Do you agree or disagree that there are too many local governments in the state? Survey Fall 2010 Categories Governmental Relations, State government reform, Intergovernmental cooperation, Level of collaboration Question 22a Would the majority of your jurisdiction's citizens support or oppose full consolidation with another local government unit if there were significant cost savings? (Among non-county jurisdictions) Survey Fall 2010 Categories Governmental Relations, Finance Budget and Operations, State government reform, Intergovernmental cooperation, Level of collaboration Question 07a To the best of your knowledge, has the amount of citizen participation increased, decreased, or not changed measurably due to your citizen engagement efforts? Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Engagement levels, Outreach Question 07b To the best of your knowledge, has the amount of information available to local officials for decision-making increased, decreased, or not changed measurably due to your citizen engagement efforts? Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Engagement levels, Outreach Question 20a One way of thinking about the proper role for citizen engagement in local policymaking is along a spectrum. At one end, citizen engagement would focus only on keeping citizens informed about issues. At the other end, citizens would actually make decisions for the jurisdiction. In between would be increasing levels of citizen input in the decisions made by the jurisdiction. While it might differ depending on the topic, in general, what do you think the majority of your jurisdiction's Council/Board believe is the proper role for citizen engagement in local governance? Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Community and Social Issues, Engagement levels, Trust in citizens 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 Pagination First page first Previous page previous Page 136 Page 137 Page 138 Page 139 Current page 140 Page 141 Page 142 Page 143 Page 144 Next page next Last page last
Question 05i How would you rate the overall effectiveness (whatever "effectiveness" means to you) of citizen surveys conducted by or for your jurisdiction for engaging citizens in your jurisdiction's policymaking and/or operations? (Among jurisdictions that reported using citizen surveys conducted by or for their jurisdiction) Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Outreach Question 05j How would you rate the overall effectiveness (whatever "effectiveness" means to you) of social media accounts for your jurisdiction (e.g., Facebook or Twitter) for engaging citizens in your jurisdiction's policymaking and/or operations? (Among jurisdictions that reported using social media accounts for their jurisdiction (e.g., Facebook or Twitter)) Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Outreach, Technology Question 17h How effective or ineffective do you think a state-level intergovernmental advisory office to coordinate and administer programs like the ones listed above would be in encouraging or supporting intergovernmental collaboration? Survey Fall 2010 Categories State policies, State support for collaboration, Intergovernmental cooperation, State government, Governmental Relations Question 05k How would you rate the overall effectiveness (whatever "effectiveness" means to you) of internet discussion forums or online input/feedback forms for engaging citizens in your jurisdiction's policymaking and/or operations? (Among jurisdictions that reported using internet discussion forums or online input/feedback forms) Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Outreach, Technology Question 04g Has there been a decrease, an increase, or no change from the previous fiscal year in the number of tax delinquencies in your jurisdiction? Survey Spring 2011 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Revenue, Finances, Taxes, Taxes and revenues, Tax delinquencies and foreclosures Question 05m How would you rate the overall effectiveness (whatever "effectiveness" means to you) of open houses or "coffee with officials" for engaging citizens in your jurisdiction's policymaking and/or operations? (Among jurisdictions that reported using open houses or "coffee with officials") Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Outreach Question 05n How would you rate the overall effectiveness (whatever "effectiveness" means to you) of neighborhood meetings for engaging citizens in your jurisdiction's policymaking and/or operations? (Among jurisdictions that reported using neighborhood meetings) Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Outreach Question 05o How would you rate the overall effectiveness (whatever "effectiveness" means to you) of community-wide "Town Hall" meetings for engaging citizens in your jurisdiction's policymaking and/or operations? (Among jurisdictions that reported using community-wide "Town Hall" meetings) Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Outreach Question 05p How would you rate the overall effectiveness (whatever "effectiveness" means to you) of focus groups conducted by or for your jurisdiction for engaging citizens in your jurisdiction's policymaking and/or operations? (Among jurisdictions that reported using focus groups conducted by or for their jurisdiction) Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Outreach Question 05q How would you rate the overall effectiveness (whatever "effectiveness" means to you) of strategic-planning or "visioning" sessions for engaging citizens in your jurisdiction's policymaking and/or operations? (Among jurisdictions that reported using strategic-planning or "visioning" sessions) Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Outreach Question 05r How would you rate the overall effectiveness (whatever "effectiveness" means to you) of neighborhood-specific committees/teams for engaging citizens in your jurisdiction's policymaking and/or operations? (Among jurisdictions that reported using neighborhood-specific committees/teams) Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Outreach Question 05s How would you rate the overall effectiveness (whatever "effectiveness" means to you) of citizen participation on ad hoc task forces or planning teams for engaging citizens in your jurisdiction's policymaking and/or operations? (Among jurisdictions that reported using citizen participation on ad hoc task forces or planning teams) Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Outreach Question 05t How would you rate the overall effectiveness (whatever "effectiveness" means to you) of citizen participation on formal government boards or commissions for engaging citizens in your jurisdiction's policymaking and/or operations? (Among jurisdictions that reported using citizen participation on formal government boards or commissions) Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Outreach Question 18 Have the employee protection provisions of the Urban Cooperation Act or other state service-sharing enabling laws had a direct impact on your jurisdiction or not? Survey Fall 2010 Categories State support for collaboration, Intergovernmental cooperation, State government, Governmental Relations, State mandates and preemption Question 19 Do you believe Urban Cooperation Act should be amended or remain as it is currently? Survey Fall 2010 Categories State government, Intergovernmental cooperation, State support for collaboration, State mandates and preemption, Governmental Relations Question 21 Do you agree or disagree that there are too many local governments in the state? Survey Fall 2010 Categories Governmental Relations, State government reform, Intergovernmental cooperation, Level of collaboration Question 22a Would the majority of your jurisdiction's citizens support or oppose full consolidation with another local government unit if there were significant cost savings? (Among non-county jurisdictions) Survey Fall 2010 Categories Governmental Relations, Finance Budget and Operations, State government reform, Intergovernmental cooperation, Level of collaboration Question 07a To the best of your knowledge, has the amount of citizen participation increased, decreased, or not changed measurably due to your citizen engagement efforts? Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Engagement levels, Outreach Question 07b To the best of your knowledge, has the amount of information available to local officials for decision-making increased, decreased, or not changed measurably due to your citizen engagement efforts? Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Engagement levels, Outreach Question 20a One way of thinking about the proper role for citizen engagement in local policymaking is along a spectrum. At one end, citizen engagement would focus only on keeping citizens informed about issues. At the other end, citizens would actually make decisions for the jurisdiction. In between would be increasing levels of citizen input in the decisions made by the jurisdiction. While it might differ depending on the topic, in general, what do you think the majority of your jurisdiction's Council/Board believe is the proper role for citizen engagement in local governance? Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Community and Social Issues, Engagement levels, Trust in citizens 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 Pagination First page first Previous page previous Page 136 Page 137 Page 138 Page 139 Current page 140 Page 141 Page 142 Page 143 Page 144 Next page next Last page last
Question 05j How would you rate the overall effectiveness (whatever "effectiveness" means to you) of social media accounts for your jurisdiction (e.g., Facebook or Twitter) for engaging citizens in your jurisdiction's policymaking and/or operations? (Among jurisdictions that reported using social media accounts for their jurisdiction (e.g., Facebook or Twitter)) Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Outreach, Technology Question 17h How effective or ineffective do you think a state-level intergovernmental advisory office to coordinate and administer programs like the ones listed above would be in encouraging or supporting intergovernmental collaboration? Survey Fall 2010 Categories State policies, State support for collaboration, Intergovernmental cooperation, State government, Governmental Relations Question 05k How would you rate the overall effectiveness (whatever "effectiveness" means to you) of internet discussion forums or online input/feedback forms for engaging citizens in your jurisdiction's policymaking and/or operations? (Among jurisdictions that reported using internet discussion forums or online input/feedback forms) Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Outreach, Technology Question 04g Has there been a decrease, an increase, or no change from the previous fiscal year in the number of tax delinquencies in your jurisdiction? Survey Spring 2011 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Revenue, Finances, Taxes, Taxes and revenues, Tax delinquencies and foreclosures Question 05m How would you rate the overall effectiveness (whatever "effectiveness" means to you) of open houses or "coffee with officials" for engaging citizens in your jurisdiction's policymaking and/or operations? (Among jurisdictions that reported using open houses or "coffee with officials") Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Outreach Question 05n How would you rate the overall effectiveness (whatever "effectiveness" means to you) of neighborhood meetings for engaging citizens in your jurisdiction's policymaking and/or operations? (Among jurisdictions that reported using neighborhood meetings) Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Outreach Question 05o How would you rate the overall effectiveness (whatever "effectiveness" means to you) of community-wide "Town Hall" meetings for engaging citizens in your jurisdiction's policymaking and/or operations? (Among jurisdictions that reported using community-wide "Town Hall" meetings) Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Outreach Question 05p How would you rate the overall effectiveness (whatever "effectiveness" means to you) of focus groups conducted by or for your jurisdiction for engaging citizens in your jurisdiction's policymaking and/or operations? (Among jurisdictions that reported using focus groups conducted by or for their jurisdiction) Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Outreach Question 05q How would you rate the overall effectiveness (whatever "effectiveness" means to you) of strategic-planning or "visioning" sessions for engaging citizens in your jurisdiction's policymaking and/or operations? (Among jurisdictions that reported using strategic-planning or "visioning" sessions) Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Outreach Question 05r How would you rate the overall effectiveness (whatever "effectiveness" means to you) of neighborhood-specific committees/teams for engaging citizens in your jurisdiction's policymaking and/or operations? (Among jurisdictions that reported using neighborhood-specific committees/teams) Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Outreach Question 05s How would you rate the overall effectiveness (whatever "effectiveness" means to you) of citizen participation on ad hoc task forces or planning teams for engaging citizens in your jurisdiction's policymaking and/or operations? (Among jurisdictions that reported using citizen participation on ad hoc task forces or planning teams) Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Outreach Question 05t How would you rate the overall effectiveness (whatever "effectiveness" means to you) of citizen participation on formal government boards or commissions for engaging citizens in your jurisdiction's policymaking and/or operations? (Among jurisdictions that reported using citizen participation on formal government boards or commissions) Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Outreach Question 18 Have the employee protection provisions of the Urban Cooperation Act or other state service-sharing enabling laws had a direct impact on your jurisdiction or not? Survey Fall 2010 Categories State support for collaboration, Intergovernmental cooperation, State government, Governmental Relations, State mandates and preemption Question 19 Do you believe Urban Cooperation Act should be amended or remain as it is currently? Survey Fall 2010 Categories State government, Intergovernmental cooperation, State support for collaboration, State mandates and preemption, Governmental Relations Question 21 Do you agree or disagree that there are too many local governments in the state? Survey Fall 2010 Categories Governmental Relations, State government reform, Intergovernmental cooperation, Level of collaboration Question 22a Would the majority of your jurisdiction's citizens support or oppose full consolidation with another local government unit if there were significant cost savings? (Among non-county jurisdictions) Survey Fall 2010 Categories Governmental Relations, Finance Budget and Operations, State government reform, Intergovernmental cooperation, Level of collaboration Question 07a To the best of your knowledge, has the amount of citizen participation increased, decreased, or not changed measurably due to your citizen engagement efforts? Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Engagement levels, Outreach Question 07b To the best of your knowledge, has the amount of information available to local officials for decision-making increased, decreased, or not changed measurably due to your citizen engagement efforts? Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Engagement levels, Outreach Question 20a One way of thinking about the proper role for citizen engagement in local policymaking is along a spectrum. At one end, citizen engagement would focus only on keeping citizens informed about issues. At the other end, citizens would actually make decisions for the jurisdiction. In between would be increasing levels of citizen input in the decisions made by the jurisdiction. While it might differ depending on the topic, in general, what do you think the majority of your jurisdiction's Council/Board believe is the proper role for citizen engagement in local governance? Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Community and Social Issues, Engagement levels, Trust in citizens 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 Pagination First page first Previous page previous Page 136 Page 137 Page 138 Page 139 Current page 140 Page 141 Page 142 Page 143 Page 144 Next page next Last page last
Question 17h How effective or ineffective do you think a state-level intergovernmental advisory office to coordinate and administer programs like the ones listed above would be in encouraging or supporting intergovernmental collaboration? Survey Fall 2010 Categories State policies, State support for collaboration, Intergovernmental cooperation, State government, Governmental Relations Question 05k How would you rate the overall effectiveness (whatever "effectiveness" means to you) of internet discussion forums or online input/feedback forms for engaging citizens in your jurisdiction's policymaking and/or operations? (Among jurisdictions that reported using internet discussion forums or online input/feedback forms) Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Outreach, Technology Question 04g Has there been a decrease, an increase, or no change from the previous fiscal year in the number of tax delinquencies in your jurisdiction? Survey Spring 2011 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Revenue, Finances, Taxes, Taxes and revenues, Tax delinquencies and foreclosures Question 05m How would you rate the overall effectiveness (whatever "effectiveness" means to you) of open houses or "coffee with officials" for engaging citizens in your jurisdiction's policymaking and/or operations? (Among jurisdictions that reported using open houses or "coffee with officials") Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Outreach Question 05n How would you rate the overall effectiveness (whatever "effectiveness" means to you) of neighborhood meetings for engaging citizens in your jurisdiction's policymaking and/or operations? (Among jurisdictions that reported using neighborhood meetings) Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Outreach Question 05o How would you rate the overall effectiveness (whatever "effectiveness" means to you) of community-wide "Town Hall" meetings for engaging citizens in your jurisdiction's policymaking and/or operations? (Among jurisdictions that reported using community-wide "Town Hall" meetings) Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Outreach Question 05p How would you rate the overall effectiveness (whatever "effectiveness" means to you) of focus groups conducted by or for your jurisdiction for engaging citizens in your jurisdiction's policymaking and/or operations? (Among jurisdictions that reported using focus groups conducted by or for their jurisdiction) Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Outreach Question 05q How would you rate the overall effectiveness (whatever "effectiveness" means to you) of strategic-planning or "visioning" sessions for engaging citizens in your jurisdiction's policymaking and/or operations? (Among jurisdictions that reported using strategic-planning or "visioning" sessions) Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Outreach Question 05r How would you rate the overall effectiveness (whatever "effectiveness" means to you) of neighborhood-specific committees/teams for engaging citizens in your jurisdiction's policymaking and/or operations? (Among jurisdictions that reported using neighborhood-specific committees/teams) Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Outreach Question 05s How would you rate the overall effectiveness (whatever "effectiveness" means to you) of citizen participation on ad hoc task forces or planning teams for engaging citizens in your jurisdiction's policymaking and/or operations? (Among jurisdictions that reported using citizen participation on ad hoc task forces or planning teams) Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Outreach Question 05t How would you rate the overall effectiveness (whatever "effectiveness" means to you) of citizen participation on formal government boards or commissions for engaging citizens in your jurisdiction's policymaking and/or operations? (Among jurisdictions that reported using citizen participation on formal government boards or commissions) Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Outreach Question 18 Have the employee protection provisions of the Urban Cooperation Act or other state service-sharing enabling laws had a direct impact on your jurisdiction or not? Survey Fall 2010 Categories State support for collaboration, Intergovernmental cooperation, State government, Governmental Relations, State mandates and preemption Question 19 Do you believe Urban Cooperation Act should be amended or remain as it is currently? Survey Fall 2010 Categories State government, Intergovernmental cooperation, State support for collaboration, State mandates and preemption, Governmental Relations Question 21 Do you agree or disagree that there are too many local governments in the state? Survey Fall 2010 Categories Governmental Relations, State government reform, Intergovernmental cooperation, Level of collaboration Question 22a Would the majority of your jurisdiction's citizens support or oppose full consolidation with another local government unit if there were significant cost savings? (Among non-county jurisdictions) Survey Fall 2010 Categories Governmental Relations, Finance Budget and Operations, State government reform, Intergovernmental cooperation, Level of collaboration Question 07a To the best of your knowledge, has the amount of citizen participation increased, decreased, or not changed measurably due to your citizen engagement efforts? Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Engagement levels, Outreach Question 07b To the best of your knowledge, has the amount of information available to local officials for decision-making increased, decreased, or not changed measurably due to your citizen engagement efforts? Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Engagement levels, Outreach Question 20a One way of thinking about the proper role for citizen engagement in local policymaking is along a spectrum. At one end, citizen engagement would focus only on keeping citizens informed about issues. At the other end, citizens would actually make decisions for the jurisdiction. In between would be increasing levels of citizen input in the decisions made by the jurisdiction. While it might differ depending on the topic, in general, what do you think the majority of your jurisdiction's Council/Board believe is the proper role for citizen engagement in local governance? Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Community and Social Issues, Engagement levels, Trust in citizens 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 Pagination First page first Previous page previous Page 136 Page 137 Page 138 Page 139 Current page 140 Page 141 Page 142 Page 143 Page 144 Next page next Last page last
Question 05k How would you rate the overall effectiveness (whatever "effectiveness" means to you) of internet discussion forums or online input/feedback forms for engaging citizens in your jurisdiction's policymaking and/or operations? (Among jurisdictions that reported using internet discussion forums or online input/feedback forms) Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Outreach, Technology Question 04g Has there been a decrease, an increase, or no change from the previous fiscal year in the number of tax delinquencies in your jurisdiction? Survey Spring 2011 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Revenue, Finances, Taxes, Taxes and revenues, Tax delinquencies and foreclosures Question 05m How would you rate the overall effectiveness (whatever "effectiveness" means to you) of open houses or "coffee with officials" for engaging citizens in your jurisdiction's policymaking and/or operations? (Among jurisdictions that reported using open houses or "coffee with officials") Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Outreach Question 05n How would you rate the overall effectiveness (whatever "effectiveness" means to you) of neighborhood meetings for engaging citizens in your jurisdiction's policymaking and/or operations? (Among jurisdictions that reported using neighborhood meetings) Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Outreach Question 05o How would you rate the overall effectiveness (whatever "effectiveness" means to you) of community-wide "Town Hall" meetings for engaging citizens in your jurisdiction's policymaking and/or operations? (Among jurisdictions that reported using community-wide "Town Hall" meetings) Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Outreach Question 05p How would you rate the overall effectiveness (whatever "effectiveness" means to you) of focus groups conducted by or for your jurisdiction for engaging citizens in your jurisdiction's policymaking and/or operations? (Among jurisdictions that reported using focus groups conducted by or for their jurisdiction) Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Outreach Question 05q How would you rate the overall effectiveness (whatever "effectiveness" means to you) of strategic-planning or "visioning" sessions for engaging citizens in your jurisdiction's policymaking and/or operations? (Among jurisdictions that reported using strategic-planning or "visioning" sessions) Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Outreach Question 05r How would you rate the overall effectiveness (whatever "effectiveness" means to you) of neighborhood-specific committees/teams for engaging citizens in your jurisdiction's policymaking and/or operations? (Among jurisdictions that reported using neighborhood-specific committees/teams) Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Outreach Question 05s How would you rate the overall effectiveness (whatever "effectiveness" means to you) of citizen participation on ad hoc task forces or planning teams for engaging citizens in your jurisdiction's policymaking and/or operations? (Among jurisdictions that reported using citizen participation on ad hoc task forces or planning teams) Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Outreach Question 05t How would you rate the overall effectiveness (whatever "effectiveness" means to you) of citizen participation on formal government boards or commissions for engaging citizens in your jurisdiction's policymaking and/or operations? (Among jurisdictions that reported using citizen participation on formal government boards or commissions) Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Outreach Question 18 Have the employee protection provisions of the Urban Cooperation Act or other state service-sharing enabling laws had a direct impact on your jurisdiction or not? Survey Fall 2010 Categories State support for collaboration, Intergovernmental cooperation, State government, Governmental Relations, State mandates and preemption Question 19 Do you believe Urban Cooperation Act should be amended or remain as it is currently? Survey Fall 2010 Categories State government, Intergovernmental cooperation, State support for collaboration, State mandates and preemption, Governmental Relations Question 21 Do you agree or disagree that there are too many local governments in the state? Survey Fall 2010 Categories Governmental Relations, State government reform, Intergovernmental cooperation, Level of collaboration Question 22a Would the majority of your jurisdiction's citizens support or oppose full consolidation with another local government unit if there were significant cost savings? (Among non-county jurisdictions) Survey Fall 2010 Categories Governmental Relations, Finance Budget and Operations, State government reform, Intergovernmental cooperation, Level of collaboration Question 07a To the best of your knowledge, has the amount of citizen participation increased, decreased, or not changed measurably due to your citizen engagement efforts? Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Engagement levels, Outreach Question 07b To the best of your knowledge, has the amount of information available to local officials for decision-making increased, decreased, or not changed measurably due to your citizen engagement efforts? Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Engagement levels, Outreach Question 20a One way of thinking about the proper role for citizen engagement in local policymaking is along a spectrum. At one end, citizen engagement would focus only on keeping citizens informed about issues. At the other end, citizens would actually make decisions for the jurisdiction. In between would be increasing levels of citizen input in the decisions made by the jurisdiction. While it might differ depending on the topic, in general, what do you think the majority of your jurisdiction's Council/Board believe is the proper role for citizen engagement in local governance? Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Community and Social Issues, Engagement levels, Trust in citizens 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 Pagination First page first Previous page previous Page 136 Page 137 Page 138 Page 139 Current page 140 Page 141 Page 142 Page 143 Page 144 Next page next Last page last
Question 04g Has there been a decrease, an increase, or no change from the previous fiscal year in the number of tax delinquencies in your jurisdiction? Survey Spring 2011 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Revenue, Finances, Taxes, Taxes and revenues, Tax delinquencies and foreclosures Question 05m How would you rate the overall effectiveness (whatever "effectiveness" means to you) of open houses or "coffee with officials" for engaging citizens in your jurisdiction's policymaking and/or operations? (Among jurisdictions that reported using open houses or "coffee with officials") Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Outreach Question 05n How would you rate the overall effectiveness (whatever "effectiveness" means to you) of neighborhood meetings for engaging citizens in your jurisdiction's policymaking and/or operations? (Among jurisdictions that reported using neighborhood meetings) Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Outreach Question 05o How would you rate the overall effectiveness (whatever "effectiveness" means to you) of community-wide "Town Hall" meetings for engaging citizens in your jurisdiction's policymaking and/or operations? (Among jurisdictions that reported using community-wide "Town Hall" meetings) Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Outreach Question 05p How would you rate the overall effectiveness (whatever "effectiveness" means to you) of focus groups conducted by or for your jurisdiction for engaging citizens in your jurisdiction's policymaking and/or operations? (Among jurisdictions that reported using focus groups conducted by or for their jurisdiction) Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Outreach Question 05q How would you rate the overall effectiveness (whatever "effectiveness" means to you) of strategic-planning or "visioning" sessions for engaging citizens in your jurisdiction's policymaking and/or operations? (Among jurisdictions that reported using strategic-planning or "visioning" sessions) Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Outreach Question 05r How would you rate the overall effectiveness (whatever "effectiveness" means to you) of neighborhood-specific committees/teams for engaging citizens in your jurisdiction's policymaking and/or operations? (Among jurisdictions that reported using neighborhood-specific committees/teams) Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Outreach Question 05s How would you rate the overall effectiveness (whatever "effectiveness" means to you) of citizen participation on ad hoc task forces or planning teams for engaging citizens in your jurisdiction's policymaking and/or operations? (Among jurisdictions that reported using citizen participation on ad hoc task forces or planning teams) Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Outreach Question 05t How would you rate the overall effectiveness (whatever "effectiveness" means to you) of citizen participation on formal government boards or commissions for engaging citizens in your jurisdiction's policymaking and/or operations? (Among jurisdictions that reported using citizen participation on formal government boards or commissions) Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Outreach Question 18 Have the employee protection provisions of the Urban Cooperation Act or other state service-sharing enabling laws had a direct impact on your jurisdiction or not? Survey Fall 2010 Categories State support for collaboration, Intergovernmental cooperation, State government, Governmental Relations, State mandates and preemption Question 19 Do you believe Urban Cooperation Act should be amended or remain as it is currently? Survey Fall 2010 Categories State government, Intergovernmental cooperation, State support for collaboration, State mandates and preemption, Governmental Relations Question 21 Do you agree or disagree that there are too many local governments in the state? Survey Fall 2010 Categories Governmental Relations, State government reform, Intergovernmental cooperation, Level of collaboration Question 22a Would the majority of your jurisdiction's citizens support or oppose full consolidation with another local government unit if there were significant cost savings? (Among non-county jurisdictions) Survey Fall 2010 Categories Governmental Relations, Finance Budget and Operations, State government reform, Intergovernmental cooperation, Level of collaboration Question 07a To the best of your knowledge, has the amount of citizen participation increased, decreased, or not changed measurably due to your citizen engagement efforts? Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Engagement levels, Outreach Question 07b To the best of your knowledge, has the amount of information available to local officials for decision-making increased, decreased, or not changed measurably due to your citizen engagement efforts? Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Engagement levels, Outreach Question 20a One way of thinking about the proper role for citizen engagement in local policymaking is along a spectrum. At one end, citizen engagement would focus only on keeping citizens informed about issues. At the other end, citizens would actually make decisions for the jurisdiction. In between would be increasing levels of citizen input in the decisions made by the jurisdiction. While it might differ depending on the topic, in general, what do you think the majority of your jurisdiction's Council/Board believe is the proper role for citizen engagement in local governance? Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Community and Social Issues, Engagement levels, Trust in citizens 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 Pagination First page first Previous page previous Page 136 Page 137 Page 138 Page 139 Current page 140 Page 141 Page 142 Page 143 Page 144 Next page next Last page last
Question 05m How would you rate the overall effectiveness (whatever "effectiveness" means to you) of open houses or "coffee with officials" for engaging citizens in your jurisdiction's policymaking and/or operations? (Among jurisdictions that reported using open houses or "coffee with officials") Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Outreach Question 05n How would you rate the overall effectiveness (whatever "effectiveness" means to you) of neighborhood meetings for engaging citizens in your jurisdiction's policymaking and/or operations? (Among jurisdictions that reported using neighborhood meetings) Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Outreach Question 05o How would you rate the overall effectiveness (whatever "effectiveness" means to you) of community-wide "Town Hall" meetings for engaging citizens in your jurisdiction's policymaking and/or operations? (Among jurisdictions that reported using community-wide "Town Hall" meetings) Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Outreach Question 05p How would you rate the overall effectiveness (whatever "effectiveness" means to you) of focus groups conducted by or for your jurisdiction for engaging citizens in your jurisdiction's policymaking and/or operations? (Among jurisdictions that reported using focus groups conducted by or for their jurisdiction) Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Outreach Question 05q How would you rate the overall effectiveness (whatever "effectiveness" means to you) of strategic-planning or "visioning" sessions for engaging citizens in your jurisdiction's policymaking and/or operations? (Among jurisdictions that reported using strategic-planning or "visioning" sessions) Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Outreach Question 05r How would you rate the overall effectiveness (whatever "effectiveness" means to you) of neighborhood-specific committees/teams for engaging citizens in your jurisdiction's policymaking and/or operations? (Among jurisdictions that reported using neighborhood-specific committees/teams) Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Outreach Question 05s How would you rate the overall effectiveness (whatever "effectiveness" means to you) of citizen participation on ad hoc task forces or planning teams for engaging citizens in your jurisdiction's policymaking and/or operations? (Among jurisdictions that reported using citizen participation on ad hoc task forces or planning teams) Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Outreach Question 05t How would you rate the overall effectiveness (whatever "effectiveness" means to you) of citizen participation on formal government boards or commissions for engaging citizens in your jurisdiction's policymaking and/or operations? (Among jurisdictions that reported using citizen participation on formal government boards or commissions) Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Outreach Question 18 Have the employee protection provisions of the Urban Cooperation Act or other state service-sharing enabling laws had a direct impact on your jurisdiction or not? Survey Fall 2010 Categories State support for collaboration, Intergovernmental cooperation, State government, Governmental Relations, State mandates and preemption Question 19 Do you believe Urban Cooperation Act should be amended or remain as it is currently? Survey Fall 2010 Categories State government, Intergovernmental cooperation, State support for collaboration, State mandates and preemption, Governmental Relations Question 21 Do you agree or disagree that there are too many local governments in the state? Survey Fall 2010 Categories Governmental Relations, State government reform, Intergovernmental cooperation, Level of collaboration Question 22a Would the majority of your jurisdiction's citizens support or oppose full consolidation with another local government unit if there were significant cost savings? (Among non-county jurisdictions) Survey Fall 2010 Categories Governmental Relations, Finance Budget and Operations, State government reform, Intergovernmental cooperation, Level of collaboration Question 07a To the best of your knowledge, has the amount of citizen participation increased, decreased, or not changed measurably due to your citizen engagement efforts? Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Engagement levels, Outreach Question 07b To the best of your knowledge, has the amount of information available to local officials for decision-making increased, decreased, or not changed measurably due to your citizen engagement efforts? Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Engagement levels, Outreach Question 20a One way of thinking about the proper role for citizen engagement in local policymaking is along a spectrum. At one end, citizen engagement would focus only on keeping citizens informed about issues. At the other end, citizens would actually make decisions for the jurisdiction. In between would be increasing levels of citizen input in the decisions made by the jurisdiction. While it might differ depending on the topic, in general, what do you think the majority of your jurisdiction's Council/Board believe is the proper role for citizen engagement in local governance? Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Community and Social Issues, Engagement levels, Trust in citizens 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 Pagination First page first Previous page previous Page 136 Page 137 Page 138 Page 139 Current page 140 Page 141 Page 142 Page 143 Page 144 Next page next Last page last
Question 05n How would you rate the overall effectiveness (whatever "effectiveness" means to you) of neighborhood meetings for engaging citizens in your jurisdiction's policymaking and/or operations? (Among jurisdictions that reported using neighborhood meetings) Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Outreach Question 05o How would you rate the overall effectiveness (whatever "effectiveness" means to you) of community-wide "Town Hall" meetings for engaging citizens in your jurisdiction's policymaking and/or operations? (Among jurisdictions that reported using community-wide "Town Hall" meetings) Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Outreach Question 05p How would you rate the overall effectiveness (whatever "effectiveness" means to you) of focus groups conducted by or for your jurisdiction for engaging citizens in your jurisdiction's policymaking and/or operations? (Among jurisdictions that reported using focus groups conducted by or for their jurisdiction) Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Outreach Question 05q How would you rate the overall effectiveness (whatever "effectiveness" means to you) of strategic-planning or "visioning" sessions for engaging citizens in your jurisdiction's policymaking and/or operations? (Among jurisdictions that reported using strategic-planning or "visioning" sessions) Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Outreach Question 05r How would you rate the overall effectiveness (whatever "effectiveness" means to you) of neighborhood-specific committees/teams for engaging citizens in your jurisdiction's policymaking and/or operations? (Among jurisdictions that reported using neighborhood-specific committees/teams) Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Outreach Question 05s How would you rate the overall effectiveness (whatever "effectiveness" means to you) of citizen participation on ad hoc task forces or planning teams for engaging citizens in your jurisdiction's policymaking and/or operations? (Among jurisdictions that reported using citizen participation on ad hoc task forces or planning teams) Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Outreach Question 05t How would you rate the overall effectiveness (whatever "effectiveness" means to you) of citizen participation on formal government boards or commissions for engaging citizens in your jurisdiction's policymaking and/or operations? (Among jurisdictions that reported using citizen participation on formal government boards or commissions) Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Outreach Question 18 Have the employee protection provisions of the Urban Cooperation Act or other state service-sharing enabling laws had a direct impact on your jurisdiction or not? Survey Fall 2010 Categories State support for collaboration, Intergovernmental cooperation, State government, Governmental Relations, State mandates and preemption Question 19 Do you believe Urban Cooperation Act should be amended or remain as it is currently? Survey Fall 2010 Categories State government, Intergovernmental cooperation, State support for collaboration, State mandates and preemption, Governmental Relations Question 21 Do you agree or disagree that there are too many local governments in the state? Survey Fall 2010 Categories Governmental Relations, State government reform, Intergovernmental cooperation, Level of collaboration Question 22a Would the majority of your jurisdiction's citizens support or oppose full consolidation with another local government unit if there were significant cost savings? (Among non-county jurisdictions) Survey Fall 2010 Categories Governmental Relations, Finance Budget and Operations, State government reform, Intergovernmental cooperation, Level of collaboration Question 07a To the best of your knowledge, has the amount of citizen participation increased, decreased, or not changed measurably due to your citizen engagement efforts? Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Engagement levels, Outreach Question 07b To the best of your knowledge, has the amount of information available to local officials for decision-making increased, decreased, or not changed measurably due to your citizen engagement efforts? Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Engagement levels, Outreach Question 20a One way of thinking about the proper role for citizen engagement in local policymaking is along a spectrum. At one end, citizen engagement would focus only on keeping citizens informed about issues. At the other end, citizens would actually make decisions for the jurisdiction. In between would be increasing levels of citizen input in the decisions made by the jurisdiction. While it might differ depending on the topic, in general, what do you think the majority of your jurisdiction's Council/Board believe is the proper role for citizen engagement in local governance? Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Community and Social Issues, Engagement levels, Trust in citizens 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 Pagination First page first Previous page previous Page 136 Page 137 Page 138 Page 139 Current page 140 Page 141 Page 142 Page 143 Page 144 Next page next Last page last
Question 05o How would you rate the overall effectiveness (whatever "effectiveness" means to you) of community-wide "Town Hall" meetings for engaging citizens in your jurisdiction's policymaking and/or operations? (Among jurisdictions that reported using community-wide "Town Hall" meetings) Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Outreach Question 05p How would you rate the overall effectiveness (whatever "effectiveness" means to you) of focus groups conducted by or for your jurisdiction for engaging citizens in your jurisdiction's policymaking and/or operations? (Among jurisdictions that reported using focus groups conducted by or for their jurisdiction) Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Outreach Question 05q How would you rate the overall effectiveness (whatever "effectiveness" means to you) of strategic-planning or "visioning" sessions for engaging citizens in your jurisdiction's policymaking and/or operations? (Among jurisdictions that reported using strategic-planning or "visioning" sessions) Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Outreach Question 05r How would you rate the overall effectiveness (whatever "effectiveness" means to you) of neighborhood-specific committees/teams for engaging citizens in your jurisdiction's policymaking and/or operations? (Among jurisdictions that reported using neighborhood-specific committees/teams) Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Outreach Question 05s How would you rate the overall effectiveness (whatever "effectiveness" means to you) of citizen participation on ad hoc task forces or planning teams for engaging citizens in your jurisdiction's policymaking and/or operations? (Among jurisdictions that reported using citizen participation on ad hoc task forces or planning teams) Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Outreach Question 05t How would you rate the overall effectiveness (whatever "effectiveness" means to you) of citizen participation on formal government boards or commissions for engaging citizens in your jurisdiction's policymaking and/or operations? (Among jurisdictions that reported using citizen participation on formal government boards or commissions) Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Outreach Question 18 Have the employee protection provisions of the Urban Cooperation Act or other state service-sharing enabling laws had a direct impact on your jurisdiction or not? Survey Fall 2010 Categories State support for collaboration, Intergovernmental cooperation, State government, Governmental Relations, State mandates and preemption Question 19 Do you believe Urban Cooperation Act should be amended or remain as it is currently? Survey Fall 2010 Categories State government, Intergovernmental cooperation, State support for collaboration, State mandates and preemption, Governmental Relations Question 21 Do you agree or disagree that there are too many local governments in the state? Survey Fall 2010 Categories Governmental Relations, State government reform, Intergovernmental cooperation, Level of collaboration Question 22a Would the majority of your jurisdiction's citizens support or oppose full consolidation with another local government unit if there were significant cost savings? (Among non-county jurisdictions) Survey Fall 2010 Categories Governmental Relations, Finance Budget and Operations, State government reform, Intergovernmental cooperation, Level of collaboration Question 07a To the best of your knowledge, has the amount of citizen participation increased, decreased, or not changed measurably due to your citizen engagement efforts? Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Engagement levels, Outreach Question 07b To the best of your knowledge, has the amount of information available to local officials for decision-making increased, decreased, or not changed measurably due to your citizen engagement efforts? Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Engagement levels, Outreach Question 20a One way of thinking about the proper role for citizen engagement in local policymaking is along a spectrum. At one end, citizen engagement would focus only on keeping citizens informed about issues. At the other end, citizens would actually make decisions for the jurisdiction. In between would be increasing levels of citizen input in the decisions made by the jurisdiction. While it might differ depending on the topic, in general, what do you think the majority of your jurisdiction's Council/Board believe is the proper role for citizen engagement in local governance? Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Community and Social Issues, Engagement levels, Trust in citizens 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 Pagination First page first Previous page previous Page 136 Page 137 Page 138 Page 139 Current page 140 Page 141 Page 142 Page 143 Page 144 Next page next Last page last
Question 05p How would you rate the overall effectiveness (whatever "effectiveness" means to you) of focus groups conducted by or for your jurisdiction for engaging citizens in your jurisdiction's policymaking and/or operations? (Among jurisdictions that reported using focus groups conducted by or for their jurisdiction) Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Outreach Question 05q How would you rate the overall effectiveness (whatever "effectiveness" means to you) of strategic-planning or "visioning" sessions for engaging citizens in your jurisdiction's policymaking and/or operations? (Among jurisdictions that reported using strategic-planning or "visioning" sessions) Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Outreach Question 05r How would you rate the overall effectiveness (whatever "effectiveness" means to you) of neighborhood-specific committees/teams for engaging citizens in your jurisdiction's policymaking and/or operations? (Among jurisdictions that reported using neighborhood-specific committees/teams) Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Outreach Question 05s How would you rate the overall effectiveness (whatever "effectiveness" means to you) of citizen participation on ad hoc task forces or planning teams for engaging citizens in your jurisdiction's policymaking and/or operations? (Among jurisdictions that reported using citizen participation on ad hoc task forces or planning teams) Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Outreach Question 05t How would you rate the overall effectiveness (whatever "effectiveness" means to you) of citizen participation on formal government boards or commissions for engaging citizens in your jurisdiction's policymaking and/or operations? (Among jurisdictions that reported using citizen participation on formal government boards or commissions) Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Outreach Question 18 Have the employee protection provisions of the Urban Cooperation Act or other state service-sharing enabling laws had a direct impact on your jurisdiction or not? Survey Fall 2010 Categories State support for collaboration, Intergovernmental cooperation, State government, Governmental Relations, State mandates and preemption Question 19 Do you believe Urban Cooperation Act should be amended or remain as it is currently? Survey Fall 2010 Categories State government, Intergovernmental cooperation, State support for collaboration, State mandates and preemption, Governmental Relations Question 21 Do you agree or disagree that there are too many local governments in the state? Survey Fall 2010 Categories Governmental Relations, State government reform, Intergovernmental cooperation, Level of collaboration Question 22a Would the majority of your jurisdiction's citizens support or oppose full consolidation with another local government unit if there were significant cost savings? (Among non-county jurisdictions) Survey Fall 2010 Categories Governmental Relations, Finance Budget and Operations, State government reform, Intergovernmental cooperation, Level of collaboration Question 07a To the best of your knowledge, has the amount of citizen participation increased, decreased, or not changed measurably due to your citizen engagement efforts? Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Engagement levels, Outreach Question 07b To the best of your knowledge, has the amount of information available to local officials for decision-making increased, decreased, or not changed measurably due to your citizen engagement efforts? Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Engagement levels, Outreach Question 20a One way of thinking about the proper role for citizen engagement in local policymaking is along a spectrum. At one end, citizen engagement would focus only on keeping citizens informed about issues. At the other end, citizens would actually make decisions for the jurisdiction. In between would be increasing levels of citizen input in the decisions made by the jurisdiction. While it might differ depending on the topic, in general, what do you think the majority of your jurisdiction's Council/Board believe is the proper role for citizen engagement in local governance? Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Community and Social Issues, Engagement levels, Trust in citizens 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 Pagination First page first Previous page previous Page 136 Page 137 Page 138 Page 139 Current page 140 Page 141 Page 142 Page 143 Page 144 Next page next Last page last
Question 05q How would you rate the overall effectiveness (whatever "effectiveness" means to you) of strategic-planning or "visioning" sessions for engaging citizens in your jurisdiction's policymaking and/or operations? (Among jurisdictions that reported using strategic-planning or "visioning" sessions) Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Outreach Question 05r How would you rate the overall effectiveness (whatever "effectiveness" means to you) of neighborhood-specific committees/teams for engaging citizens in your jurisdiction's policymaking and/or operations? (Among jurisdictions that reported using neighborhood-specific committees/teams) Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Outreach Question 05s How would you rate the overall effectiveness (whatever "effectiveness" means to you) of citizen participation on ad hoc task forces or planning teams for engaging citizens in your jurisdiction's policymaking and/or operations? (Among jurisdictions that reported using citizen participation on ad hoc task forces or planning teams) Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Outreach Question 05t How would you rate the overall effectiveness (whatever "effectiveness" means to you) of citizen participation on formal government boards or commissions for engaging citizens in your jurisdiction's policymaking and/or operations? (Among jurisdictions that reported using citizen participation on formal government boards or commissions) Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Outreach Question 18 Have the employee protection provisions of the Urban Cooperation Act or other state service-sharing enabling laws had a direct impact on your jurisdiction or not? Survey Fall 2010 Categories State support for collaboration, Intergovernmental cooperation, State government, Governmental Relations, State mandates and preemption Question 19 Do you believe Urban Cooperation Act should be amended or remain as it is currently? Survey Fall 2010 Categories State government, Intergovernmental cooperation, State support for collaboration, State mandates and preemption, Governmental Relations Question 21 Do you agree or disagree that there are too many local governments in the state? Survey Fall 2010 Categories Governmental Relations, State government reform, Intergovernmental cooperation, Level of collaboration Question 22a Would the majority of your jurisdiction's citizens support or oppose full consolidation with another local government unit if there were significant cost savings? (Among non-county jurisdictions) Survey Fall 2010 Categories Governmental Relations, Finance Budget and Operations, State government reform, Intergovernmental cooperation, Level of collaboration Question 07a To the best of your knowledge, has the amount of citizen participation increased, decreased, or not changed measurably due to your citizen engagement efforts? Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Engagement levels, Outreach Question 07b To the best of your knowledge, has the amount of information available to local officials for decision-making increased, decreased, or not changed measurably due to your citizen engagement efforts? Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Engagement levels, Outreach Question 20a One way of thinking about the proper role for citizen engagement in local policymaking is along a spectrum. At one end, citizen engagement would focus only on keeping citizens informed about issues. At the other end, citizens would actually make decisions for the jurisdiction. In between would be increasing levels of citizen input in the decisions made by the jurisdiction. While it might differ depending on the topic, in general, what do you think the majority of your jurisdiction's Council/Board believe is the proper role for citizen engagement in local governance? Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Community and Social Issues, Engagement levels, Trust in citizens 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 Pagination First page first Previous page previous Page 136 Page 137 Page 138 Page 139 Current page 140 Page 141 Page 142 Page 143 Page 144 Next page next Last page last
Question 05r How would you rate the overall effectiveness (whatever "effectiveness" means to you) of neighborhood-specific committees/teams for engaging citizens in your jurisdiction's policymaking and/or operations? (Among jurisdictions that reported using neighborhood-specific committees/teams) Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Outreach Question 05s How would you rate the overall effectiveness (whatever "effectiveness" means to you) of citizen participation on ad hoc task forces or planning teams for engaging citizens in your jurisdiction's policymaking and/or operations? (Among jurisdictions that reported using citizen participation on ad hoc task forces or planning teams) Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Outreach Question 05t How would you rate the overall effectiveness (whatever "effectiveness" means to you) of citizen participation on formal government boards or commissions for engaging citizens in your jurisdiction's policymaking and/or operations? (Among jurisdictions that reported using citizen participation on formal government boards or commissions) Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Outreach Question 18 Have the employee protection provisions of the Urban Cooperation Act or other state service-sharing enabling laws had a direct impact on your jurisdiction or not? Survey Fall 2010 Categories State support for collaboration, Intergovernmental cooperation, State government, Governmental Relations, State mandates and preemption Question 19 Do you believe Urban Cooperation Act should be amended or remain as it is currently? Survey Fall 2010 Categories State government, Intergovernmental cooperation, State support for collaboration, State mandates and preemption, Governmental Relations Question 21 Do you agree or disagree that there are too many local governments in the state? Survey Fall 2010 Categories Governmental Relations, State government reform, Intergovernmental cooperation, Level of collaboration Question 22a Would the majority of your jurisdiction's citizens support or oppose full consolidation with another local government unit if there were significant cost savings? (Among non-county jurisdictions) Survey Fall 2010 Categories Governmental Relations, Finance Budget and Operations, State government reform, Intergovernmental cooperation, Level of collaboration Question 07a To the best of your knowledge, has the amount of citizen participation increased, decreased, or not changed measurably due to your citizen engagement efforts? Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Engagement levels, Outreach Question 07b To the best of your knowledge, has the amount of information available to local officials for decision-making increased, decreased, or not changed measurably due to your citizen engagement efforts? Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Engagement levels, Outreach Question 20a One way of thinking about the proper role for citizen engagement in local policymaking is along a spectrum. At one end, citizen engagement would focus only on keeping citizens informed about issues. At the other end, citizens would actually make decisions for the jurisdiction. In between would be increasing levels of citizen input in the decisions made by the jurisdiction. While it might differ depending on the topic, in general, what do you think the majority of your jurisdiction's Council/Board believe is the proper role for citizen engagement in local governance? Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Community and Social Issues, Engagement levels, Trust in citizens 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 Pagination First page first Previous page previous Page 136 Page 137 Page 138 Page 139 Current page 140 Page 141 Page 142 Page 143 Page 144 Next page next Last page last
Question 05s How would you rate the overall effectiveness (whatever "effectiveness" means to you) of citizen participation on ad hoc task forces or planning teams for engaging citizens in your jurisdiction's policymaking and/or operations? (Among jurisdictions that reported using citizen participation on ad hoc task forces or planning teams) Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Outreach Question 05t How would you rate the overall effectiveness (whatever "effectiveness" means to you) of citizen participation on formal government boards or commissions for engaging citizens in your jurisdiction's policymaking and/or operations? (Among jurisdictions that reported using citizen participation on formal government boards or commissions) Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Outreach Question 18 Have the employee protection provisions of the Urban Cooperation Act or other state service-sharing enabling laws had a direct impact on your jurisdiction or not? Survey Fall 2010 Categories State support for collaboration, Intergovernmental cooperation, State government, Governmental Relations, State mandates and preemption Question 19 Do you believe Urban Cooperation Act should be amended or remain as it is currently? Survey Fall 2010 Categories State government, Intergovernmental cooperation, State support for collaboration, State mandates and preemption, Governmental Relations Question 21 Do you agree or disagree that there are too many local governments in the state? Survey Fall 2010 Categories Governmental Relations, State government reform, Intergovernmental cooperation, Level of collaboration Question 22a Would the majority of your jurisdiction's citizens support or oppose full consolidation with another local government unit if there were significant cost savings? (Among non-county jurisdictions) Survey Fall 2010 Categories Governmental Relations, Finance Budget and Operations, State government reform, Intergovernmental cooperation, Level of collaboration Question 07a To the best of your knowledge, has the amount of citizen participation increased, decreased, or not changed measurably due to your citizen engagement efforts? Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Engagement levels, Outreach Question 07b To the best of your knowledge, has the amount of information available to local officials for decision-making increased, decreased, or not changed measurably due to your citizen engagement efforts? Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Engagement levels, Outreach Question 20a One way of thinking about the proper role for citizen engagement in local policymaking is along a spectrum. At one end, citizen engagement would focus only on keeping citizens informed about issues. At the other end, citizens would actually make decisions for the jurisdiction. In between would be increasing levels of citizen input in the decisions made by the jurisdiction. While it might differ depending on the topic, in general, what do you think the majority of your jurisdiction's Council/Board believe is the proper role for citizen engagement in local governance? Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Community and Social Issues, Engagement levels, Trust in citizens 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 Pagination First page first Previous page previous Page 136 Page 137 Page 138 Page 139 Current page 140 Page 141 Page 142 Page 143 Page 144 Next page next Last page last
Question 05t How would you rate the overall effectiveness (whatever "effectiveness" means to you) of citizen participation on formal government boards or commissions for engaging citizens in your jurisdiction's policymaking and/or operations? (Among jurisdictions that reported using citizen participation on formal government boards or commissions) Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Outreach Question 18 Have the employee protection provisions of the Urban Cooperation Act or other state service-sharing enabling laws had a direct impact on your jurisdiction or not? Survey Fall 2010 Categories State support for collaboration, Intergovernmental cooperation, State government, Governmental Relations, State mandates and preemption Question 19 Do you believe Urban Cooperation Act should be amended or remain as it is currently? Survey Fall 2010 Categories State government, Intergovernmental cooperation, State support for collaboration, State mandates and preemption, Governmental Relations Question 21 Do you agree or disagree that there are too many local governments in the state? Survey Fall 2010 Categories Governmental Relations, State government reform, Intergovernmental cooperation, Level of collaboration Question 22a Would the majority of your jurisdiction's citizens support or oppose full consolidation with another local government unit if there were significant cost savings? (Among non-county jurisdictions) Survey Fall 2010 Categories Governmental Relations, Finance Budget and Operations, State government reform, Intergovernmental cooperation, Level of collaboration Question 07a To the best of your knowledge, has the amount of citizen participation increased, decreased, or not changed measurably due to your citizen engagement efforts? Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Engagement levels, Outreach Question 07b To the best of your knowledge, has the amount of information available to local officials for decision-making increased, decreased, or not changed measurably due to your citizen engagement efforts? Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Engagement levels, Outreach Question 20a One way of thinking about the proper role for citizen engagement in local policymaking is along a spectrum. At one end, citizen engagement would focus only on keeping citizens informed about issues. At the other end, citizens would actually make decisions for the jurisdiction. In between would be increasing levels of citizen input in the decisions made by the jurisdiction. While it might differ depending on the topic, in general, what do you think the majority of your jurisdiction's Council/Board believe is the proper role for citizen engagement in local governance? Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Community and Social Issues, Engagement levels, Trust in citizens 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 Pagination First page first Previous page previous Page 136 Page 137 Page 138 Page 139 Current page 140 Page 141 Page 142 Page 143 Page 144 Next page next Last page last
Question 18 Have the employee protection provisions of the Urban Cooperation Act or other state service-sharing enabling laws had a direct impact on your jurisdiction or not? Survey Fall 2010 Categories State support for collaboration, Intergovernmental cooperation, State government, Governmental Relations, State mandates and preemption Question 19 Do you believe Urban Cooperation Act should be amended or remain as it is currently? Survey Fall 2010 Categories State government, Intergovernmental cooperation, State support for collaboration, State mandates and preemption, Governmental Relations Question 21 Do you agree or disagree that there are too many local governments in the state? Survey Fall 2010 Categories Governmental Relations, State government reform, Intergovernmental cooperation, Level of collaboration Question 22a Would the majority of your jurisdiction's citizens support or oppose full consolidation with another local government unit if there were significant cost savings? (Among non-county jurisdictions) Survey Fall 2010 Categories Governmental Relations, Finance Budget and Operations, State government reform, Intergovernmental cooperation, Level of collaboration Question 07a To the best of your knowledge, has the amount of citizen participation increased, decreased, or not changed measurably due to your citizen engagement efforts? Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Engagement levels, Outreach Question 07b To the best of your knowledge, has the amount of information available to local officials for decision-making increased, decreased, or not changed measurably due to your citizen engagement efforts? Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Engagement levels, Outreach Question 20a One way of thinking about the proper role for citizen engagement in local policymaking is along a spectrum. At one end, citizen engagement would focus only on keeping citizens informed about issues. At the other end, citizens would actually make decisions for the jurisdiction. In between would be increasing levels of citizen input in the decisions made by the jurisdiction. While it might differ depending on the topic, in general, what do you think the majority of your jurisdiction's Council/Board believe is the proper role for citizen engagement in local governance? Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Community and Social Issues, Engagement levels, Trust in citizens 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 Pagination First page first Previous page previous Page 136 Page 137 Page 138 Page 139 Current page 140 Page 141 Page 142 Page 143 Page 144 Next page next Last page last
Question 19 Do you believe Urban Cooperation Act should be amended or remain as it is currently? Survey Fall 2010 Categories State government, Intergovernmental cooperation, State support for collaboration, State mandates and preemption, Governmental Relations Question 21 Do you agree or disagree that there are too many local governments in the state? Survey Fall 2010 Categories Governmental Relations, State government reform, Intergovernmental cooperation, Level of collaboration Question 22a Would the majority of your jurisdiction's citizens support or oppose full consolidation with another local government unit if there were significant cost savings? (Among non-county jurisdictions) Survey Fall 2010 Categories Governmental Relations, Finance Budget and Operations, State government reform, Intergovernmental cooperation, Level of collaboration Question 07a To the best of your knowledge, has the amount of citizen participation increased, decreased, or not changed measurably due to your citizen engagement efforts? Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Engagement levels, Outreach Question 07b To the best of your knowledge, has the amount of information available to local officials for decision-making increased, decreased, or not changed measurably due to your citizen engagement efforts? Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Engagement levels, Outreach Question 20a One way of thinking about the proper role for citizen engagement in local policymaking is along a spectrum. At one end, citizen engagement would focus only on keeping citizens informed about issues. At the other end, citizens would actually make decisions for the jurisdiction. In between would be increasing levels of citizen input in the decisions made by the jurisdiction. While it might differ depending on the topic, in general, what do you think the majority of your jurisdiction's Council/Board believe is the proper role for citizen engagement in local governance? Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Community and Social Issues, Engagement levels, Trust in citizens 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 Pagination First page first Previous page previous Page 136 Page 137 Page 138 Page 139 Current page 140 Page 141 Page 142 Page 143 Page 144 Next page next Last page last
Question 21 Do you agree or disagree that there are too many local governments in the state? Survey Fall 2010 Categories Governmental Relations, State government reform, Intergovernmental cooperation, Level of collaboration Question 22a Would the majority of your jurisdiction's citizens support or oppose full consolidation with another local government unit if there were significant cost savings? (Among non-county jurisdictions) Survey Fall 2010 Categories Governmental Relations, Finance Budget and Operations, State government reform, Intergovernmental cooperation, Level of collaboration Question 07a To the best of your knowledge, has the amount of citizen participation increased, decreased, or not changed measurably due to your citizen engagement efforts? Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Engagement levels, Outreach Question 07b To the best of your knowledge, has the amount of information available to local officials for decision-making increased, decreased, or not changed measurably due to your citizen engagement efforts? Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Engagement levels, Outreach Question 20a One way of thinking about the proper role for citizen engagement in local policymaking is along a spectrum. At one end, citizen engagement would focus only on keeping citizens informed about issues. At the other end, citizens would actually make decisions for the jurisdiction. In between would be increasing levels of citizen input in the decisions made by the jurisdiction. While it might differ depending on the topic, in general, what do you think the majority of your jurisdiction's Council/Board believe is the proper role for citizen engagement in local governance? Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Community and Social Issues, Engagement levels, Trust in citizens 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 Pagination First page first Previous page previous Page 136 Page 137 Page 138 Page 139 Current page 140 Page 141 Page 142 Page 143 Page 144 Next page next Last page last
Question 22a Would the majority of your jurisdiction's citizens support or oppose full consolidation with another local government unit if there were significant cost savings? (Among non-county jurisdictions) Survey Fall 2010 Categories Governmental Relations, Finance Budget and Operations, State government reform, Intergovernmental cooperation, Level of collaboration Question 07a To the best of your knowledge, has the amount of citizen participation increased, decreased, or not changed measurably due to your citizen engagement efforts? Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Engagement levels, Outreach Question 07b To the best of your knowledge, has the amount of information available to local officials for decision-making increased, decreased, or not changed measurably due to your citizen engagement efforts? Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Engagement levels, Outreach Question 20a One way of thinking about the proper role for citizen engagement in local policymaking is along a spectrum. At one end, citizen engagement would focus only on keeping citizens informed about issues. At the other end, citizens would actually make decisions for the jurisdiction. In between would be increasing levels of citizen input in the decisions made by the jurisdiction. While it might differ depending on the topic, in general, what do you think the majority of your jurisdiction's Council/Board believe is the proper role for citizen engagement in local governance? Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Community and Social Issues, Engagement levels, Trust in citizens 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 Pagination First page first Previous page previous Page 136 Page 137 Page 138 Page 139 Current page 140 Page 141 Page 142 Page 143 Page 144 Next page next Last page last
Question 07a To the best of your knowledge, has the amount of citizen participation increased, decreased, or not changed measurably due to your citizen engagement efforts? Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Engagement levels, Outreach Question 07b To the best of your knowledge, has the amount of information available to local officials for decision-making increased, decreased, or not changed measurably due to your citizen engagement efforts? Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Engagement levels, Outreach Question 20a One way of thinking about the proper role for citizen engagement in local policymaking is along a spectrum. At one end, citizen engagement would focus only on keeping citizens informed about issues. At the other end, citizens would actually make decisions for the jurisdiction. In between would be increasing levels of citizen input in the decisions made by the jurisdiction. While it might differ depending on the topic, in general, what do you think the majority of your jurisdiction's Council/Board believe is the proper role for citizen engagement in local governance? Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Community and Social Issues, Engagement levels, Trust in citizens 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 Pagination First page first Previous page previous Page 136 Page 137 Page 138 Page 139 Current page 140 Page 141 Page 142 Page 143 Page 144 Next page next Last page last
Question 07b To the best of your knowledge, has the amount of information available to local officials for decision-making increased, decreased, or not changed measurably due to your citizen engagement efforts? Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Engagement levels, Outreach Question 20a One way of thinking about the proper role for citizen engagement in local policymaking is along a spectrum. At one end, citizen engagement would focus only on keeping citizens informed about issues. At the other end, citizens would actually make decisions for the jurisdiction. In between would be increasing levels of citizen input in the decisions made by the jurisdiction. While it might differ depending on the topic, in general, what do you think the majority of your jurisdiction's Council/Board believe is the proper role for citizen engagement in local governance? Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Community and Social Issues, Engagement levels, Trust in citizens 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 Pagination First page first Previous page previous Page 136 Page 137 Page 138 Page 139 Current page 140 Page 141 Page 142 Page 143 Page 144 Next page next Last page last
Question 20a One way of thinking about the proper role for citizen engagement in local policymaking is along a spectrum. At one end, citizen engagement would focus only on keeping citizens informed about issues. At the other end, citizens would actually make decisions for the jurisdiction. In between would be increasing levels of citizen input in the decisions made by the jurisdiction. While it might differ depending on the topic, in general, what do you think the majority of your jurisdiction's Council/Board believe is the proper role for citizen engagement in local governance? Survey Fall 2012 Categories Citizen engagement, Community and Social Issues, Engagement levels, Trust in citizens 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 Pagination First page first Previous page previous Page 136 Page 137 Page 138 Page 139 Current page 140 Page 141 Page 142 Page 143 Page 144 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 Pagination First page first Previous page previous Page 136 Page 137 Page 138 Page 139 Current page 140 Page 141 Page 142 Page 143 Page 144 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 Pagination First page first Previous page previous Page 136 Page 137 Page 138 Page 139 Current page 140 Page 141 Page 142 Page 143 Page 144 Next page next Last page last
