Question 04e Has there been a decrease, an increase, or no change from the previous fiscal year in the amount of federal aid to your jurisdiction? Survey Spring 2016 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, federal government, Revenue, fiscal health, Finances Question 04f Has there been a decrease, an increase, or no change from the previous fiscal year in the amount of state aid to your jurisdiction? Survey Spring 2016 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Revenue, Taxes, Finances, Taxes and revenues 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 2016 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Revenue, Finances, Taxes, Taxes and revenues, Tax delinquencies and foreclosures Question 04h Has there been a decrease, an increase, or no change from the previous fiscal year in the number of home foreclosures in your jurisdiction? Survey Spring 2016 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, fiscal health, Tax delinquencies and foreclosures, Housing, Fiscal health/stress, Finances Question 04i Has there been a decrease, an increase, or no change from the previous fiscal year in the public safety needs for your jurisdiction? Survey Spring 2016 Categories Services, Finance Budget and Operations, Finances, Service demand, Public safety Question 04j Has there been a decrease, an increase, or no change from the previous fiscal year in the infrastructure needs for your jurisdiction? Survey Spring 2016 Categories Services, Service demand, Finance Budget and Operations, Finances, Infrastructure Question 04k Has there been a decrease, an increase, or no change from the previous fiscal year in the human service needs for your jurisdiction? Survey Spring 2016 Categories Services, Finance Budget and Operations, Finances, Service demand, Service provision, Human services Question 04l Has there been a decrease, an increase, or no change from the previous fiscal year in the general government operations needs for your jurisdiction? Survey Spring 2016 Categories Services, Finance Budget and Operations, Finances, Service demand, Infrastructure Question 05a Thinking about the next fiscal year, which action has your jurisdiction taken or is likely to take regarding property tax rates? Survey Spring 2016 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Finances, Taxes, Revenue, Property taxes, Taxes and revenues Question 05b Thinking about the next fiscal year, which action has your jurisdiction taken or is likely to take regarding charges for fees, licenses, etc.? Survey Spring 2016 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Finances, Revenue, Revenues Question 05c Thinking about the next fiscal year, which action has your jurisdiction taken or is likely to take regarding reliance on general fund balance? Survey Spring 2016 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, fiscal health, Finances, General fund balance Question 05d Thinking about the next fiscal year, which action has your jurisdiction taken or is likely to take regarding reliance on "rainy day" funds? Survey Spring 2016 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Finances, fiscal health, Fiscal health/stress Question 05f Thinking about the next fiscal year, which action has your jurisdiction taken or is likely to take regarding actual public safety spending? Survey Spring 2016 Categories Public safety, Services, Finance Budget and Operations, Finances, Service spending Question 05g Thinking about the next fiscal year, which action has your jurisdiction taken or is likely to take regarding actual infrastructure spending? Survey Spring 2016 Categories Finances, Service spending, Infrastructure, Services, Finance Budget and Operations Question 05h Thinking about the next fiscal year, which action has your jurisdiction taken or is likely to take regarding actual human services spending? Survey Spring 2016 Categories Services, Finance Budget and Operations, Service provision, Finances, Service spending, Human services Question 05i Thinking about the next fiscal year, which action has your jurisdiction taken or is likely to take regarding actual general government operations spending? Survey Spring 2016 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Service provision, Finances, Service spending, General operations Question 05j Thinking about the next fiscal year, which action has your jurisdiction taken or is likely to take regarding funding for economic development programs? Survey Spring 2016 Categories Economic Development, Development funding, Finances, Development program funding Question 05k Thinking about the next fiscal year, which action has your jurisdiction taken or is likely to take regarding the amount of debt? Survey Spring 2016 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, fiscal health, Finances, Debt Question 05m Thinking about the next fiscal year, which action has your jurisdiction taken or is likely to take regarding privatizing or contracting out of services? Survey Spring 2016 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Service provision, Finances, Services, Privatization Question 06 Different local jurisdictions manage their unreserved/unassigned general fund balances in different ways depending on their specific circumstances. Despite these differences, we’re interested in tracking overall changes in these balances over time. Approximately what was your jurisdiction’s unreserved/unassigned general fund balance as a percentage of general fund expenditures at the end of its last fiscal year? Survey Spring 2016 Categories General fund balance, fiscal health, Finance Budget and Operations, Finances Question 07 Thinking about your jurisdiction’s fiscal needs, overall, do you consider your jurisdiction’s unreserved/unassigned general fund balance to be too high, about right, or too low? Survey Spring 2016 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, General fund balance, Finances, fiscal health Question 08 In your opinion, is your jurisdiction’s cash flow and its ability to pay bills in a timely manner a significant fiscal problem, somewhat of a problem, not much of a problem, or not a problem at all? Survey Spring 2016 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Finances, fiscal health, cash flow, Fiscal health/stress Question 09b Now, thinking about the overall fiscal stress in your jurisdiction today and what you expect it to be down the road — including any future financial obligations it may have — on a scale from 1 to 10, where 1 is the best: perfect fiscal health and 10 is the worst: fiscal crisis, how would you rate your jurisdiction’s overall fiscal stress as you expect it to be five years from now? Survey Spring 2016 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Finances, fiscal health, Fiscal health/stress Question 12a Thinking about the revenue caps facing your jurisdiction (for example, the Headlee Amendment, Proposal A, etc.), if the economy improves gradually over the coming years, do you agree or disagree that the current system of funding the local government will provide adequate funding to maintain the current quantity and quality of services your jurisdiction provides? Survey Spring 2016 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Services, State government, State oversight, Revenue, fiscal health, Finances, State policies, System of Funding Local Government Question 12b Thinking about the revenue caps facing your jurisdiction (for example, the Headlee Amendment, Proposal A, etc.), if the economy improves gradually over the coming years, do you agree or disagree that the current system of funding the local government will provide adequate funding to improve or add more services if they are necessary or desired? Survey Spring 2016 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Services, State government, State oversight, Revenue, fiscal health, Finances, State policies, System of Funding Local Government Pagination First page first Previous page previous Page 4 Page 5 Page 6 Page 7 Current page 8 Page 9 Page 10 Page 11 Page 12 Next page next Last page last
Question 04f Has there been a decrease, an increase, or no change from the previous fiscal year in the amount of state aid to your jurisdiction? Survey Spring 2016 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Revenue, Taxes, Finances, Taxes and revenues 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 2016 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Revenue, Finances, Taxes, Taxes and revenues, Tax delinquencies and foreclosures Question 04h Has there been a decrease, an increase, or no change from the previous fiscal year in the number of home foreclosures in your jurisdiction? Survey Spring 2016 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, fiscal health, Tax delinquencies and foreclosures, Housing, Fiscal health/stress, Finances Question 04i Has there been a decrease, an increase, or no change from the previous fiscal year in the public safety needs for your jurisdiction? Survey Spring 2016 Categories Services, Finance Budget and Operations, Finances, Service demand, Public safety Question 04j Has there been a decrease, an increase, or no change from the previous fiscal year in the infrastructure needs for your jurisdiction? Survey Spring 2016 Categories Services, Service demand, Finance Budget and Operations, Finances, Infrastructure Question 04k Has there been a decrease, an increase, or no change from the previous fiscal year in the human service needs for your jurisdiction? Survey Spring 2016 Categories Services, Finance Budget and Operations, Finances, Service demand, Service provision, Human services Question 04l Has there been a decrease, an increase, or no change from the previous fiscal year in the general government operations needs for your jurisdiction? Survey Spring 2016 Categories Services, Finance Budget and Operations, Finances, Service demand, Infrastructure Question 05a Thinking about the next fiscal year, which action has your jurisdiction taken or is likely to take regarding property tax rates? Survey Spring 2016 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Finances, Taxes, Revenue, Property taxes, Taxes and revenues Question 05b Thinking about the next fiscal year, which action has your jurisdiction taken or is likely to take regarding charges for fees, licenses, etc.? Survey Spring 2016 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Finances, Revenue, Revenues Question 05c Thinking about the next fiscal year, which action has your jurisdiction taken or is likely to take regarding reliance on general fund balance? Survey Spring 2016 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, fiscal health, Finances, General fund balance Question 05d Thinking about the next fiscal year, which action has your jurisdiction taken or is likely to take regarding reliance on "rainy day" funds? Survey Spring 2016 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Finances, fiscal health, Fiscal health/stress Question 05f Thinking about the next fiscal year, which action has your jurisdiction taken or is likely to take regarding actual public safety spending? Survey Spring 2016 Categories Public safety, Services, Finance Budget and Operations, Finances, Service spending Question 05g Thinking about the next fiscal year, which action has your jurisdiction taken or is likely to take regarding actual infrastructure spending? Survey Spring 2016 Categories Finances, Service spending, Infrastructure, Services, Finance Budget and Operations Question 05h Thinking about the next fiscal year, which action has your jurisdiction taken or is likely to take regarding actual human services spending? Survey Spring 2016 Categories Services, Finance Budget and Operations, Service provision, Finances, Service spending, Human services Question 05i Thinking about the next fiscal year, which action has your jurisdiction taken or is likely to take regarding actual general government operations spending? Survey Spring 2016 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Service provision, Finances, Service spending, General operations Question 05j Thinking about the next fiscal year, which action has your jurisdiction taken or is likely to take regarding funding for economic development programs? Survey Spring 2016 Categories Economic Development, Development funding, Finances, Development program funding Question 05k Thinking about the next fiscal year, which action has your jurisdiction taken or is likely to take regarding the amount of debt? Survey Spring 2016 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, fiscal health, Finances, Debt Question 05m Thinking about the next fiscal year, which action has your jurisdiction taken or is likely to take regarding privatizing or contracting out of services? Survey Spring 2016 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Service provision, Finances, Services, Privatization Question 06 Different local jurisdictions manage their unreserved/unassigned general fund balances in different ways depending on their specific circumstances. Despite these differences, we’re interested in tracking overall changes in these balances over time. Approximately what was your jurisdiction’s unreserved/unassigned general fund balance as a percentage of general fund expenditures at the end of its last fiscal year? Survey Spring 2016 Categories General fund balance, fiscal health, Finance Budget and Operations, Finances Question 07 Thinking about your jurisdiction’s fiscal needs, overall, do you consider your jurisdiction’s unreserved/unassigned general fund balance to be too high, about right, or too low? Survey Spring 2016 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, General fund balance, Finances, fiscal health Question 08 In your opinion, is your jurisdiction’s cash flow and its ability to pay bills in a timely manner a significant fiscal problem, somewhat of a problem, not much of a problem, or not a problem at all? Survey Spring 2016 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Finances, fiscal health, cash flow, Fiscal health/stress Question 09b Now, thinking about the overall fiscal stress in your jurisdiction today and what you expect it to be down the road — including any future financial obligations it may have — on a scale from 1 to 10, where 1 is the best: perfect fiscal health and 10 is the worst: fiscal crisis, how would you rate your jurisdiction’s overall fiscal stress as you expect it to be five years from now? Survey Spring 2016 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Finances, fiscal health, Fiscal health/stress Question 12a Thinking about the revenue caps facing your jurisdiction (for example, the Headlee Amendment, Proposal A, etc.), if the economy improves gradually over the coming years, do you agree or disagree that the current system of funding the local government will provide adequate funding to maintain the current quantity and quality of services your jurisdiction provides? Survey Spring 2016 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Services, State government, State oversight, Revenue, fiscal health, Finances, State policies, System of Funding Local Government Question 12b Thinking about the revenue caps facing your jurisdiction (for example, the Headlee Amendment, Proposal A, etc.), if the economy improves gradually over the coming years, do you agree or disagree that the current system of funding the local government will provide adequate funding to improve or add more services if they are necessary or desired? Survey Spring 2016 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Services, State government, State oversight, Revenue, fiscal health, Finances, State policies, System of Funding Local Government Pagination First page first Previous page previous Page 4 Page 5 Page 6 Page 7 Current page 8 Page 9 Page 10 Page 11 Page 12 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 2016 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Revenue, Finances, Taxes, Taxes and revenues, Tax delinquencies and foreclosures Question 04h Has there been a decrease, an increase, or no change from the previous fiscal year in the number of home foreclosures in your jurisdiction? Survey Spring 2016 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, fiscal health, Tax delinquencies and foreclosures, Housing, Fiscal health/stress, Finances Question 04i Has there been a decrease, an increase, or no change from the previous fiscal year in the public safety needs for your jurisdiction? Survey Spring 2016 Categories Services, Finance Budget and Operations, Finances, Service demand, Public safety Question 04j Has there been a decrease, an increase, or no change from the previous fiscal year in the infrastructure needs for your jurisdiction? Survey Spring 2016 Categories Services, Service demand, Finance Budget and Operations, Finances, Infrastructure Question 04k Has there been a decrease, an increase, or no change from the previous fiscal year in the human service needs for your jurisdiction? Survey Spring 2016 Categories Services, Finance Budget and Operations, Finances, Service demand, Service provision, Human services Question 04l Has there been a decrease, an increase, or no change from the previous fiscal year in the general government operations needs for your jurisdiction? Survey Spring 2016 Categories Services, Finance Budget and Operations, Finances, Service demand, Infrastructure Question 05a Thinking about the next fiscal year, which action has your jurisdiction taken or is likely to take regarding property tax rates? Survey Spring 2016 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Finances, Taxes, Revenue, Property taxes, Taxes and revenues Question 05b Thinking about the next fiscal year, which action has your jurisdiction taken or is likely to take regarding charges for fees, licenses, etc.? Survey Spring 2016 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Finances, Revenue, Revenues Question 05c Thinking about the next fiscal year, which action has your jurisdiction taken or is likely to take regarding reliance on general fund balance? Survey Spring 2016 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, fiscal health, Finances, General fund balance Question 05d Thinking about the next fiscal year, which action has your jurisdiction taken or is likely to take regarding reliance on "rainy day" funds? Survey Spring 2016 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Finances, fiscal health, Fiscal health/stress Question 05f Thinking about the next fiscal year, which action has your jurisdiction taken or is likely to take regarding actual public safety spending? Survey Spring 2016 Categories Public safety, Services, Finance Budget and Operations, Finances, Service spending Question 05g Thinking about the next fiscal year, which action has your jurisdiction taken or is likely to take regarding actual infrastructure spending? Survey Spring 2016 Categories Finances, Service spending, Infrastructure, Services, Finance Budget and Operations Question 05h Thinking about the next fiscal year, which action has your jurisdiction taken or is likely to take regarding actual human services spending? Survey Spring 2016 Categories Services, Finance Budget and Operations, Service provision, Finances, Service spending, Human services Question 05i Thinking about the next fiscal year, which action has your jurisdiction taken or is likely to take regarding actual general government operations spending? Survey Spring 2016 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Service provision, Finances, Service spending, General operations Question 05j Thinking about the next fiscal year, which action has your jurisdiction taken or is likely to take regarding funding for economic development programs? Survey Spring 2016 Categories Economic Development, Development funding, Finances, Development program funding Question 05k Thinking about the next fiscal year, which action has your jurisdiction taken or is likely to take regarding the amount of debt? Survey Spring 2016 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, fiscal health, Finances, Debt Question 05m Thinking about the next fiscal year, which action has your jurisdiction taken or is likely to take regarding privatizing or contracting out of services? Survey Spring 2016 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Service provision, Finances, Services, Privatization Question 06 Different local jurisdictions manage their unreserved/unassigned general fund balances in different ways depending on their specific circumstances. Despite these differences, we’re interested in tracking overall changes in these balances over time. Approximately what was your jurisdiction’s unreserved/unassigned general fund balance as a percentage of general fund expenditures at the end of its last fiscal year? Survey Spring 2016 Categories General fund balance, fiscal health, Finance Budget and Operations, Finances Question 07 Thinking about your jurisdiction’s fiscal needs, overall, do you consider your jurisdiction’s unreserved/unassigned general fund balance to be too high, about right, or too low? Survey Spring 2016 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, General fund balance, Finances, fiscal health Question 08 In your opinion, is your jurisdiction’s cash flow and its ability to pay bills in a timely manner a significant fiscal problem, somewhat of a problem, not much of a problem, or not a problem at all? Survey Spring 2016 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Finances, fiscal health, cash flow, Fiscal health/stress Question 09b Now, thinking about the overall fiscal stress in your jurisdiction today and what you expect it to be down the road — including any future financial obligations it may have — on a scale from 1 to 10, where 1 is the best: perfect fiscal health and 10 is the worst: fiscal crisis, how would you rate your jurisdiction’s overall fiscal stress as you expect it to be five years from now? Survey Spring 2016 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Finances, fiscal health, Fiscal health/stress Question 12a Thinking about the revenue caps facing your jurisdiction (for example, the Headlee Amendment, Proposal A, etc.), if the economy improves gradually over the coming years, do you agree or disagree that the current system of funding the local government will provide adequate funding to maintain the current quantity and quality of services your jurisdiction provides? Survey Spring 2016 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Services, State government, State oversight, Revenue, fiscal health, Finances, State policies, System of Funding Local Government Question 12b Thinking about the revenue caps facing your jurisdiction (for example, the Headlee Amendment, Proposal A, etc.), if the economy improves gradually over the coming years, do you agree or disagree that the current system of funding the local government will provide adequate funding to improve or add more services if they are necessary or desired? Survey Spring 2016 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Services, State government, State oversight, Revenue, fiscal health, Finances, State policies, System of Funding Local Government Pagination First page first Previous page previous Page 4 Page 5 Page 6 Page 7 Current page 8 Page 9 Page 10 Page 11 Page 12 Next page next Last page last
Question 04h Has there been a decrease, an increase, or no change from the previous fiscal year in the number of home foreclosures in your jurisdiction? Survey Spring 2016 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, fiscal health, Tax delinquencies and foreclosures, Housing, Fiscal health/stress, Finances Question 04i Has there been a decrease, an increase, or no change from the previous fiscal year in the public safety needs for your jurisdiction? Survey Spring 2016 Categories Services, Finance Budget and Operations, Finances, Service demand, Public safety Question 04j Has there been a decrease, an increase, or no change from the previous fiscal year in the infrastructure needs for your jurisdiction? Survey Spring 2016 Categories Services, Service demand, Finance Budget and Operations, Finances, Infrastructure Question 04k Has there been a decrease, an increase, or no change from the previous fiscal year in the human service needs for your jurisdiction? Survey Spring 2016 Categories Services, Finance Budget and Operations, Finances, Service demand, Service provision, Human services Question 04l Has there been a decrease, an increase, or no change from the previous fiscal year in the general government operations needs for your jurisdiction? Survey Spring 2016 Categories Services, Finance Budget and Operations, Finances, Service demand, Infrastructure Question 05a Thinking about the next fiscal year, which action has your jurisdiction taken or is likely to take regarding property tax rates? Survey Spring 2016 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Finances, Taxes, Revenue, Property taxes, Taxes and revenues Question 05b Thinking about the next fiscal year, which action has your jurisdiction taken or is likely to take regarding charges for fees, licenses, etc.? Survey Spring 2016 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Finances, Revenue, Revenues Question 05c Thinking about the next fiscal year, which action has your jurisdiction taken or is likely to take regarding reliance on general fund balance? Survey Spring 2016 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, fiscal health, Finances, General fund balance Question 05d Thinking about the next fiscal year, which action has your jurisdiction taken or is likely to take regarding reliance on "rainy day" funds? Survey Spring 2016 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Finances, fiscal health, Fiscal health/stress Question 05f Thinking about the next fiscal year, which action has your jurisdiction taken or is likely to take regarding actual public safety spending? Survey Spring 2016 Categories Public safety, Services, Finance Budget and Operations, Finances, Service spending Question 05g Thinking about the next fiscal year, which action has your jurisdiction taken or is likely to take regarding actual infrastructure spending? Survey Spring 2016 Categories Finances, Service spending, Infrastructure, Services, Finance Budget and Operations Question 05h Thinking about the next fiscal year, which action has your jurisdiction taken or is likely to take regarding actual human services spending? Survey Spring 2016 Categories Services, Finance Budget and Operations, Service provision, Finances, Service spending, Human services Question 05i Thinking about the next fiscal year, which action has your jurisdiction taken or is likely to take regarding actual general government operations spending? Survey Spring 2016 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Service provision, Finances, Service spending, General operations Question 05j Thinking about the next fiscal year, which action has your jurisdiction taken or is likely to take regarding funding for economic development programs? Survey Spring 2016 Categories Economic Development, Development funding, Finances, Development program funding Question 05k Thinking about the next fiscal year, which action has your jurisdiction taken or is likely to take regarding the amount of debt? Survey Spring 2016 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, fiscal health, Finances, Debt Question 05m Thinking about the next fiscal year, which action has your jurisdiction taken or is likely to take regarding privatizing or contracting out of services? Survey Spring 2016 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Service provision, Finances, Services, Privatization Question 06 Different local jurisdictions manage their unreserved/unassigned general fund balances in different ways depending on their specific circumstances. Despite these differences, we’re interested in tracking overall changes in these balances over time. Approximately what was your jurisdiction’s unreserved/unassigned general fund balance as a percentage of general fund expenditures at the end of its last fiscal year? Survey Spring 2016 Categories General fund balance, fiscal health, Finance Budget and Operations, Finances Question 07 Thinking about your jurisdiction’s fiscal needs, overall, do you consider your jurisdiction’s unreserved/unassigned general fund balance to be too high, about right, or too low? Survey Spring 2016 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, General fund balance, Finances, fiscal health Question 08 In your opinion, is your jurisdiction’s cash flow and its ability to pay bills in a timely manner a significant fiscal problem, somewhat of a problem, not much of a problem, or not a problem at all? Survey Spring 2016 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Finances, fiscal health, cash flow, Fiscal health/stress Question 09b Now, thinking about the overall fiscal stress in your jurisdiction today and what you expect it to be down the road — including any future financial obligations it may have — on a scale from 1 to 10, where 1 is the best: perfect fiscal health and 10 is the worst: fiscal crisis, how would you rate your jurisdiction’s overall fiscal stress as you expect it to be five years from now? Survey Spring 2016 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Finances, fiscal health, Fiscal health/stress Question 12a Thinking about the revenue caps facing your jurisdiction (for example, the Headlee Amendment, Proposal A, etc.), if the economy improves gradually over the coming years, do you agree or disagree that the current system of funding the local government will provide adequate funding to maintain the current quantity and quality of services your jurisdiction provides? Survey Spring 2016 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Services, State government, State oversight, Revenue, fiscal health, Finances, State policies, System of Funding Local Government Question 12b Thinking about the revenue caps facing your jurisdiction (for example, the Headlee Amendment, Proposal A, etc.), if the economy improves gradually over the coming years, do you agree or disagree that the current system of funding the local government will provide adequate funding to improve or add more services if they are necessary or desired? Survey Spring 2016 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Services, State government, State oversight, Revenue, fiscal health, Finances, State policies, System of Funding Local Government Pagination First page first Previous page previous Page 4 Page 5 Page 6 Page 7 Current page 8 Page 9 Page 10 Page 11 Page 12 Next page next Last page last
Question 04i Has there been a decrease, an increase, or no change from the previous fiscal year in the public safety needs for your jurisdiction? Survey Spring 2016 Categories Services, Finance Budget and Operations, Finances, Service demand, Public safety Question 04j Has there been a decrease, an increase, or no change from the previous fiscal year in the infrastructure needs for your jurisdiction? Survey Spring 2016 Categories Services, Service demand, Finance Budget and Operations, Finances, Infrastructure Question 04k Has there been a decrease, an increase, or no change from the previous fiscal year in the human service needs for your jurisdiction? Survey Spring 2016 Categories Services, Finance Budget and Operations, Finances, Service demand, Service provision, Human services Question 04l Has there been a decrease, an increase, or no change from the previous fiscal year in the general government operations needs for your jurisdiction? Survey Spring 2016 Categories Services, Finance Budget and Operations, Finances, Service demand, Infrastructure Question 05a Thinking about the next fiscal year, which action has your jurisdiction taken or is likely to take regarding property tax rates? Survey Spring 2016 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Finances, Taxes, Revenue, Property taxes, Taxes and revenues Question 05b Thinking about the next fiscal year, which action has your jurisdiction taken or is likely to take regarding charges for fees, licenses, etc.? Survey Spring 2016 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Finances, Revenue, Revenues Question 05c Thinking about the next fiscal year, which action has your jurisdiction taken or is likely to take regarding reliance on general fund balance? Survey Spring 2016 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, fiscal health, Finances, General fund balance Question 05d Thinking about the next fiscal year, which action has your jurisdiction taken or is likely to take regarding reliance on "rainy day" funds? Survey Spring 2016 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Finances, fiscal health, Fiscal health/stress Question 05f Thinking about the next fiscal year, which action has your jurisdiction taken or is likely to take regarding actual public safety spending? Survey Spring 2016 Categories Public safety, Services, Finance Budget and Operations, Finances, Service spending Question 05g Thinking about the next fiscal year, which action has your jurisdiction taken or is likely to take regarding actual infrastructure spending? Survey Spring 2016 Categories Finances, Service spending, Infrastructure, Services, Finance Budget and Operations Question 05h Thinking about the next fiscal year, which action has your jurisdiction taken or is likely to take regarding actual human services spending? Survey Spring 2016 Categories Services, Finance Budget and Operations, Service provision, Finances, Service spending, Human services Question 05i Thinking about the next fiscal year, which action has your jurisdiction taken or is likely to take regarding actual general government operations spending? Survey Spring 2016 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Service provision, Finances, Service spending, General operations Question 05j Thinking about the next fiscal year, which action has your jurisdiction taken or is likely to take regarding funding for economic development programs? Survey Spring 2016 Categories Economic Development, Development funding, Finances, Development program funding Question 05k Thinking about the next fiscal year, which action has your jurisdiction taken or is likely to take regarding the amount of debt? Survey Spring 2016 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, fiscal health, Finances, Debt Question 05m Thinking about the next fiscal year, which action has your jurisdiction taken or is likely to take regarding privatizing or contracting out of services? Survey Spring 2016 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Service provision, Finances, Services, Privatization Question 06 Different local jurisdictions manage their unreserved/unassigned general fund balances in different ways depending on their specific circumstances. Despite these differences, we’re interested in tracking overall changes in these balances over time. Approximately what was your jurisdiction’s unreserved/unassigned general fund balance as a percentage of general fund expenditures at the end of its last fiscal year? Survey Spring 2016 Categories General fund balance, fiscal health, Finance Budget and Operations, Finances Question 07 Thinking about your jurisdiction’s fiscal needs, overall, do you consider your jurisdiction’s unreserved/unassigned general fund balance to be too high, about right, or too low? Survey Spring 2016 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, General fund balance, Finances, fiscal health Question 08 In your opinion, is your jurisdiction’s cash flow and its ability to pay bills in a timely manner a significant fiscal problem, somewhat of a problem, not much of a problem, or not a problem at all? Survey Spring 2016 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Finances, fiscal health, cash flow, Fiscal health/stress Question 09b Now, thinking about the overall fiscal stress in your jurisdiction today and what you expect it to be down the road — including any future financial obligations it may have — on a scale from 1 to 10, where 1 is the best: perfect fiscal health and 10 is the worst: fiscal crisis, how would you rate your jurisdiction’s overall fiscal stress as you expect it to be five years from now? Survey Spring 2016 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Finances, fiscal health, Fiscal health/stress Question 12a Thinking about the revenue caps facing your jurisdiction (for example, the Headlee Amendment, Proposal A, etc.), if the economy improves gradually over the coming years, do you agree or disagree that the current system of funding the local government will provide adequate funding to maintain the current quantity and quality of services your jurisdiction provides? Survey Spring 2016 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Services, State government, State oversight, Revenue, fiscal health, Finances, State policies, System of Funding Local Government Question 12b Thinking about the revenue caps facing your jurisdiction (for example, the Headlee Amendment, Proposal A, etc.), if the economy improves gradually over the coming years, do you agree or disagree that the current system of funding the local government will provide adequate funding to improve or add more services if they are necessary or desired? Survey Spring 2016 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Services, State government, State oversight, Revenue, fiscal health, Finances, State policies, System of Funding Local Government Pagination First page first Previous page previous Page 4 Page 5 Page 6 Page 7 Current page 8 Page 9 Page 10 Page 11 Page 12 Next page next Last page last
Question 04j Has there been a decrease, an increase, or no change from the previous fiscal year in the infrastructure needs for your jurisdiction? Survey Spring 2016 Categories Services, Service demand, Finance Budget and Operations, Finances, Infrastructure Question 04k Has there been a decrease, an increase, or no change from the previous fiscal year in the human service needs for your jurisdiction? Survey Spring 2016 Categories Services, Finance Budget and Operations, Finances, Service demand, Service provision, Human services Question 04l Has there been a decrease, an increase, or no change from the previous fiscal year in the general government operations needs for your jurisdiction? Survey Spring 2016 Categories Services, Finance Budget and Operations, Finances, Service demand, Infrastructure Question 05a Thinking about the next fiscal year, which action has your jurisdiction taken or is likely to take regarding property tax rates? Survey Spring 2016 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Finances, Taxes, Revenue, Property taxes, Taxes and revenues Question 05b Thinking about the next fiscal year, which action has your jurisdiction taken or is likely to take regarding charges for fees, licenses, etc.? Survey Spring 2016 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Finances, Revenue, Revenues Question 05c Thinking about the next fiscal year, which action has your jurisdiction taken or is likely to take regarding reliance on general fund balance? Survey Spring 2016 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, fiscal health, Finances, General fund balance Question 05d Thinking about the next fiscal year, which action has your jurisdiction taken or is likely to take regarding reliance on "rainy day" funds? Survey Spring 2016 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Finances, fiscal health, Fiscal health/stress Question 05f Thinking about the next fiscal year, which action has your jurisdiction taken or is likely to take regarding actual public safety spending? Survey Spring 2016 Categories Public safety, Services, Finance Budget and Operations, Finances, Service spending Question 05g Thinking about the next fiscal year, which action has your jurisdiction taken or is likely to take regarding actual infrastructure spending? Survey Spring 2016 Categories Finances, Service spending, Infrastructure, Services, Finance Budget and Operations Question 05h Thinking about the next fiscal year, which action has your jurisdiction taken or is likely to take regarding actual human services spending? Survey Spring 2016 Categories Services, Finance Budget and Operations, Service provision, Finances, Service spending, Human services Question 05i Thinking about the next fiscal year, which action has your jurisdiction taken or is likely to take regarding actual general government operations spending? Survey Spring 2016 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Service provision, Finances, Service spending, General operations Question 05j Thinking about the next fiscal year, which action has your jurisdiction taken or is likely to take regarding funding for economic development programs? Survey Spring 2016 Categories Economic Development, Development funding, Finances, Development program funding Question 05k Thinking about the next fiscal year, which action has your jurisdiction taken or is likely to take regarding the amount of debt? Survey Spring 2016 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, fiscal health, Finances, Debt Question 05m Thinking about the next fiscal year, which action has your jurisdiction taken or is likely to take regarding privatizing or contracting out of services? Survey Spring 2016 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Service provision, Finances, Services, Privatization Question 06 Different local jurisdictions manage their unreserved/unassigned general fund balances in different ways depending on their specific circumstances. Despite these differences, we’re interested in tracking overall changes in these balances over time. Approximately what was your jurisdiction’s unreserved/unassigned general fund balance as a percentage of general fund expenditures at the end of its last fiscal year? Survey Spring 2016 Categories General fund balance, fiscal health, Finance Budget and Operations, Finances Question 07 Thinking about your jurisdiction’s fiscal needs, overall, do you consider your jurisdiction’s unreserved/unassigned general fund balance to be too high, about right, or too low? Survey Spring 2016 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, General fund balance, Finances, fiscal health Question 08 In your opinion, is your jurisdiction’s cash flow and its ability to pay bills in a timely manner a significant fiscal problem, somewhat of a problem, not much of a problem, or not a problem at all? Survey Spring 2016 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Finances, fiscal health, cash flow, Fiscal health/stress Question 09b Now, thinking about the overall fiscal stress in your jurisdiction today and what you expect it to be down the road — including any future financial obligations it may have — on a scale from 1 to 10, where 1 is the best: perfect fiscal health and 10 is the worst: fiscal crisis, how would you rate your jurisdiction’s overall fiscal stress as you expect it to be five years from now? Survey Spring 2016 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Finances, fiscal health, Fiscal health/stress Question 12a Thinking about the revenue caps facing your jurisdiction (for example, the Headlee Amendment, Proposal A, etc.), if the economy improves gradually over the coming years, do you agree or disagree that the current system of funding the local government will provide adequate funding to maintain the current quantity and quality of services your jurisdiction provides? Survey Spring 2016 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Services, State government, State oversight, Revenue, fiscal health, Finances, State policies, System of Funding Local Government Question 12b Thinking about the revenue caps facing your jurisdiction (for example, the Headlee Amendment, Proposal A, etc.), if the economy improves gradually over the coming years, do you agree or disagree that the current system of funding the local government will provide adequate funding to improve or add more services if they are necessary or desired? Survey Spring 2016 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Services, State government, State oversight, Revenue, fiscal health, Finances, State policies, System of Funding Local Government Pagination First page first Previous page previous Page 4 Page 5 Page 6 Page 7 Current page 8 Page 9 Page 10 Page 11 Page 12 Next page next Last page last
Question 04k Has there been a decrease, an increase, or no change from the previous fiscal year in the human service needs for your jurisdiction? Survey Spring 2016 Categories Services, Finance Budget and Operations, Finances, Service demand, Service provision, Human services Question 04l Has there been a decrease, an increase, or no change from the previous fiscal year in the general government operations needs for your jurisdiction? Survey Spring 2016 Categories Services, Finance Budget and Operations, Finances, Service demand, Infrastructure Question 05a Thinking about the next fiscal year, which action has your jurisdiction taken or is likely to take regarding property tax rates? Survey Spring 2016 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Finances, Taxes, Revenue, Property taxes, Taxes and revenues Question 05b Thinking about the next fiscal year, which action has your jurisdiction taken or is likely to take regarding charges for fees, licenses, etc.? Survey Spring 2016 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Finances, Revenue, Revenues Question 05c Thinking about the next fiscal year, which action has your jurisdiction taken or is likely to take regarding reliance on general fund balance? Survey Spring 2016 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, fiscal health, Finances, General fund balance Question 05d Thinking about the next fiscal year, which action has your jurisdiction taken or is likely to take regarding reliance on "rainy day" funds? Survey Spring 2016 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Finances, fiscal health, Fiscal health/stress Question 05f Thinking about the next fiscal year, which action has your jurisdiction taken or is likely to take regarding actual public safety spending? Survey Spring 2016 Categories Public safety, Services, Finance Budget and Operations, Finances, Service spending Question 05g Thinking about the next fiscal year, which action has your jurisdiction taken or is likely to take regarding actual infrastructure spending? Survey Spring 2016 Categories Finances, Service spending, Infrastructure, Services, Finance Budget and Operations Question 05h Thinking about the next fiscal year, which action has your jurisdiction taken or is likely to take regarding actual human services spending? Survey Spring 2016 Categories Services, Finance Budget and Operations, Service provision, Finances, Service spending, Human services Question 05i Thinking about the next fiscal year, which action has your jurisdiction taken or is likely to take regarding actual general government operations spending? Survey Spring 2016 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Service provision, Finances, Service spending, General operations Question 05j Thinking about the next fiscal year, which action has your jurisdiction taken or is likely to take regarding funding for economic development programs? Survey Spring 2016 Categories Economic Development, Development funding, Finances, Development program funding Question 05k Thinking about the next fiscal year, which action has your jurisdiction taken or is likely to take regarding the amount of debt? Survey Spring 2016 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, fiscal health, Finances, Debt Question 05m Thinking about the next fiscal year, which action has your jurisdiction taken or is likely to take regarding privatizing or contracting out of services? Survey Spring 2016 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Service provision, Finances, Services, Privatization Question 06 Different local jurisdictions manage their unreserved/unassigned general fund balances in different ways depending on their specific circumstances. Despite these differences, we’re interested in tracking overall changes in these balances over time. Approximately what was your jurisdiction’s unreserved/unassigned general fund balance as a percentage of general fund expenditures at the end of its last fiscal year? Survey Spring 2016 Categories General fund balance, fiscal health, Finance Budget and Operations, Finances Question 07 Thinking about your jurisdiction’s fiscal needs, overall, do you consider your jurisdiction’s unreserved/unassigned general fund balance to be too high, about right, or too low? Survey Spring 2016 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, General fund balance, Finances, fiscal health Question 08 In your opinion, is your jurisdiction’s cash flow and its ability to pay bills in a timely manner a significant fiscal problem, somewhat of a problem, not much of a problem, or not a problem at all? Survey Spring 2016 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Finances, fiscal health, cash flow, Fiscal health/stress Question 09b Now, thinking about the overall fiscal stress in your jurisdiction today and what you expect it to be down the road — including any future financial obligations it may have — on a scale from 1 to 10, where 1 is the best: perfect fiscal health and 10 is the worst: fiscal crisis, how would you rate your jurisdiction’s overall fiscal stress as you expect it to be five years from now? Survey Spring 2016 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Finances, fiscal health, Fiscal health/stress Question 12a Thinking about the revenue caps facing your jurisdiction (for example, the Headlee Amendment, Proposal A, etc.), if the economy improves gradually over the coming years, do you agree or disagree that the current system of funding the local government will provide adequate funding to maintain the current quantity and quality of services your jurisdiction provides? Survey Spring 2016 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Services, State government, State oversight, Revenue, fiscal health, Finances, State policies, System of Funding Local Government Question 12b Thinking about the revenue caps facing your jurisdiction (for example, the Headlee Amendment, Proposal A, etc.), if the economy improves gradually over the coming years, do you agree or disagree that the current system of funding the local government will provide adequate funding to improve or add more services if they are necessary or desired? Survey Spring 2016 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Services, State government, State oversight, Revenue, fiscal health, Finances, State policies, System of Funding Local Government Pagination First page first Previous page previous Page 4 Page 5 Page 6 Page 7 Current page 8 Page 9 Page 10 Page 11 Page 12 Next page next Last page last
Question 04l Has there been a decrease, an increase, or no change from the previous fiscal year in the general government operations needs for your jurisdiction? Survey Spring 2016 Categories Services, Finance Budget and Operations, Finances, Service demand, Infrastructure Question 05a Thinking about the next fiscal year, which action has your jurisdiction taken or is likely to take regarding property tax rates? Survey Spring 2016 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Finances, Taxes, Revenue, Property taxes, Taxes and revenues Question 05b Thinking about the next fiscal year, which action has your jurisdiction taken or is likely to take regarding charges for fees, licenses, etc.? Survey Spring 2016 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Finances, Revenue, Revenues Question 05c Thinking about the next fiscal year, which action has your jurisdiction taken or is likely to take regarding reliance on general fund balance? Survey Spring 2016 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, fiscal health, Finances, General fund balance Question 05d Thinking about the next fiscal year, which action has your jurisdiction taken or is likely to take regarding reliance on "rainy day" funds? Survey Spring 2016 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Finances, fiscal health, Fiscal health/stress Question 05f Thinking about the next fiscal year, which action has your jurisdiction taken or is likely to take regarding actual public safety spending? Survey Spring 2016 Categories Public safety, Services, Finance Budget and Operations, Finances, Service spending Question 05g Thinking about the next fiscal year, which action has your jurisdiction taken or is likely to take regarding actual infrastructure spending? Survey Spring 2016 Categories Finances, Service spending, Infrastructure, Services, Finance Budget and Operations Question 05h Thinking about the next fiscal year, which action has your jurisdiction taken or is likely to take regarding actual human services spending? Survey Spring 2016 Categories Services, Finance Budget and Operations, Service provision, Finances, Service spending, Human services Question 05i Thinking about the next fiscal year, which action has your jurisdiction taken or is likely to take regarding actual general government operations spending? Survey Spring 2016 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Service provision, Finances, Service spending, General operations Question 05j Thinking about the next fiscal year, which action has your jurisdiction taken or is likely to take regarding funding for economic development programs? Survey Spring 2016 Categories Economic Development, Development funding, Finances, Development program funding Question 05k Thinking about the next fiscal year, which action has your jurisdiction taken or is likely to take regarding the amount of debt? Survey Spring 2016 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, fiscal health, Finances, Debt Question 05m Thinking about the next fiscal year, which action has your jurisdiction taken or is likely to take regarding privatizing or contracting out of services? Survey Spring 2016 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Service provision, Finances, Services, Privatization Question 06 Different local jurisdictions manage their unreserved/unassigned general fund balances in different ways depending on their specific circumstances. Despite these differences, we’re interested in tracking overall changes in these balances over time. Approximately what was your jurisdiction’s unreserved/unassigned general fund balance as a percentage of general fund expenditures at the end of its last fiscal year? Survey Spring 2016 Categories General fund balance, fiscal health, Finance Budget and Operations, Finances Question 07 Thinking about your jurisdiction’s fiscal needs, overall, do you consider your jurisdiction’s unreserved/unassigned general fund balance to be too high, about right, or too low? Survey Spring 2016 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, General fund balance, Finances, fiscal health Question 08 In your opinion, is your jurisdiction’s cash flow and its ability to pay bills in a timely manner a significant fiscal problem, somewhat of a problem, not much of a problem, or not a problem at all? Survey Spring 2016 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Finances, fiscal health, cash flow, Fiscal health/stress Question 09b Now, thinking about the overall fiscal stress in your jurisdiction today and what you expect it to be down the road — including any future financial obligations it may have — on a scale from 1 to 10, where 1 is the best: perfect fiscal health and 10 is the worst: fiscal crisis, how would you rate your jurisdiction’s overall fiscal stress as you expect it to be five years from now? Survey Spring 2016 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Finances, fiscal health, Fiscal health/stress Question 12a Thinking about the revenue caps facing your jurisdiction (for example, the Headlee Amendment, Proposal A, etc.), if the economy improves gradually over the coming years, do you agree or disagree that the current system of funding the local government will provide adequate funding to maintain the current quantity and quality of services your jurisdiction provides? Survey Spring 2016 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Services, State government, State oversight, Revenue, fiscal health, Finances, State policies, System of Funding Local Government Question 12b Thinking about the revenue caps facing your jurisdiction (for example, the Headlee Amendment, Proposal A, etc.), if the economy improves gradually over the coming years, do you agree or disagree that the current system of funding the local government will provide adequate funding to improve or add more services if they are necessary or desired? Survey Spring 2016 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Services, State government, State oversight, Revenue, fiscal health, Finances, State policies, System of Funding Local Government Pagination First page first Previous page previous Page 4 Page 5 Page 6 Page 7 Current page 8 Page 9 Page 10 Page 11 Page 12 Next page next Last page last
Question 05a Thinking about the next fiscal year, which action has your jurisdiction taken or is likely to take regarding property tax rates? Survey Spring 2016 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Finances, Taxes, Revenue, Property taxes, Taxes and revenues Question 05b Thinking about the next fiscal year, which action has your jurisdiction taken or is likely to take regarding charges for fees, licenses, etc.? Survey Spring 2016 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Finances, Revenue, Revenues Question 05c Thinking about the next fiscal year, which action has your jurisdiction taken or is likely to take regarding reliance on general fund balance? Survey Spring 2016 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, fiscal health, Finances, General fund balance Question 05d Thinking about the next fiscal year, which action has your jurisdiction taken or is likely to take regarding reliance on "rainy day" funds? Survey Spring 2016 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Finances, fiscal health, Fiscal health/stress Question 05f Thinking about the next fiscal year, which action has your jurisdiction taken or is likely to take regarding actual public safety spending? Survey Spring 2016 Categories Public safety, Services, Finance Budget and Operations, Finances, Service spending Question 05g Thinking about the next fiscal year, which action has your jurisdiction taken or is likely to take regarding actual infrastructure spending? Survey Spring 2016 Categories Finances, Service spending, Infrastructure, Services, Finance Budget and Operations Question 05h Thinking about the next fiscal year, which action has your jurisdiction taken or is likely to take regarding actual human services spending? Survey Spring 2016 Categories Services, Finance Budget and Operations, Service provision, Finances, Service spending, Human services Question 05i Thinking about the next fiscal year, which action has your jurisdiction taken or is likely to take regarding actual general government operations spending? Survey Spring 2016 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Service provision, Finances, Service spending, General operations Question 05j Thinking about the next fiscal year, which action has your jurisdiction taken or is likely to take regarding funding for economic development programs? Survey Spring 2016 Categories Economic Development, Development funding, Finances, Development program funding Question 05k Thinking about the next fiscal year, which action has your jurisdiction taken or is likely to take regarding the amount of debt? Survey Spring 2016 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, fiscal health, Finances, Debt Question 05m Thinking about the next fiscal year, which action has your jurisdiction taken or is likely to take regarding privatizing or contracting out of services? Survey Spring 2016 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Service provision, Finances, Services, Privatization Question 06 Different local jurisdictions manage their unreserved/unassigned general fund balances in different ways depending on their specific circumstances. Despite these differences, we’re interested in tracking overall changes in these balances over time. Approximately what was your jurisdiction’s unreserved/unassigned general fund balance as a percentage of general fund expenditures at the end of its last fiscal year? Survey Spring 2016 Categories General fund balance, fiscal health, Finance Budget and Operations, Finances Question 07 Thinking about your jurisdiction’s fiscal needs, overall, do you consider your jurisdiction’s unreserved/unassigned general fund balance to be too high, about right, or too low? Survey Spring 2016 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, General fund balance, Finances, fiscal health Question 08 In your opinion, is your jurisdiction’s cash flow and its ability to pay bills in a timely manner a significant fiscal problem, somewhat of a problem, not much of a problem, or not a problem at all? Survey Spring 2016 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Finances, fiscal health, cash flow, Fiscal health/stress Question 09b Now, thinking about the overall fiscal stress in your jurisdiction today and what you expect it to be down the road — including any future financial obligations it may have — on a scale from 1 to 10, where 1 is the best: perfect fiscal health and 10 is the worst: fiscal crisis, how would you rate your jurisdiction’s overall fiscal stress as you expect it to be five years from now? Survey Spring 2016 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Finances, fiscal health, Fiscal health/stress Question 12a Thinking about the revenue caps facing your jurisdiction (for example, the Headlee Amendment, Proposal A, etc.), if the economy improves gradually over the coming years, do you agree or disagree that the current system of funding the local government will provide adequate funding to maintain the current quantity and quality of services your jurisdiction provides? Survey Spring 2016 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Services, State government, State oversight, Revenue, fiscal health, Finances, State policies, System of Funding Local Government Question 12b Thinking about the revenue caps facing your jurisdiction (for example, the Headlee Amendment, Proposal A, etc.), if the economy improves gradually over the coming years, do you agree or disagree that the current system of funding the local government will provide adequate funding to improve or add more services if they are necessary or desired? Survey Spring 2016 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Services, State government, State oversight, Revenue, fiscal health, Finances, State policies, System of Funding Local Government Pagination First page first Previous page previous Page 4 Page 5 Page 6 Page 7 Current page 8 Page 9 Page 10 Page 11 Page 12 Next page next Last page last
Question 05b Thinking about the next fiscal year, which action has your jurisdiction taken or is likely to take regarding charges for fees, licenses, etc.? Survey Spring 2016 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Finances, Revenue, Revenues Question 05c Thinking about the next fiscal year, which action has your jurisdiction taken or is likely to take regarding reliance on general fund balance? Survey Spring 2016 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, fiscal health, Finances, General fund balance Question 05d Thinking about the next fiscal year, which action has your jurisdiction taken or is likely to take regarding reliance on "rainy day" funds? Survey Spring 2016 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Finances, fiscal health, Fiscal health/stress Question 05f Thinking about the next fiscal year, which action has your jurisdiction taken or is likely to take regarding actual public safety spending? Survey Spring 2016 Categories Public safety, Services, Finance Budget and Operations, Finances, Service spending Question 05g Thinking about the next fiscal year, which action has your jurisdiction taken or is likely to take regarding actual infrastructure spending? Survey Spring 2016 Categories Finances, Service spending, Infrastructure, Services, Finance Budget and Operations Question 05h Thinking about the next fiscal year, which action has your jurisdiction taken or is likely to take regarding actual human services spending? Survey Spring 2016 Categories Services, Finance Budget and Operations, Service provision, Finances, Service spending, Human services Question 05i Thinking about the next fiscal year, which action has your jurisdiction taken or is likely to take regarding actual general government operations spending? Survey Spring 2016 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Service provision, Finances, Service spending, General operations Question 05j Thinking about the next fiscal year, which action has your jurisdiction taken or is likely to take regarding funding for economic development programs? Survey Spring 2016 Categories Economic Development, Development funding, Finances, Development program funding Question 05k Thinking about the next fiscal year, which action has your jurisdiction taken or is likely to take regarding the amount of debt? Survey Spring 2016 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, fiscal health, Finances, Debt Question 05m Thinking about the next fiscal year, which action has your jurisdiction taken or is likely to take regarding privatizing or contracting out of services? Survey Spring 2016 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Service provision, Finances, Services, Privatization Question 06 Different local jurisdictions manage their unreserved/unassigned general fund balances in different ways depending on their specific circumstances. Despite these differences, we’re interested in tracking overall changes in these balances over time. Approximately what was your jurisdiction’s unreserved/unassigned general fund balance as a percentage of general fund expenditures at the end of its last fiscal year? Survey Spring 2016 Categories General fund balance, fiscal health, Finance Budget and Operations, Finances Question 07 Thinking about your jurisdiction’s fiscal needs, overall, do you consider your jurisdiction’s unreserved/unassigned general fund balance to be too high, about right, or too low? Survey Spring 2016 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, General fund balance, Finances, fiscal health Question 08 In your opinion, is your jurisdiction’s cash flow and its ability to pay bills in a timely manner a significant fiscal problem, somewhat of a problem, not much of a problem, or not a problem at all? Survey Spring 2016 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Finances, fiscal health, cash flow, Fiscal health/stress Question 09b Now, thinking about the overall fiscal stress in your jurisdiction today and what you expect it to be down the road — including any future financial obligations it may have — on a scale from 1 to 10, where 1 is the best: perfect fiscal health and 10 is the worst: fiscal crisis, how would you rate your jurisdiction’s overall fiscal stress as you expect it to be five years from now? Survey Spring 2016 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Finances, fiscal health, Fiscal health/stress Question 12a Thinking about the revenue caps facing your jurisdiction (for example, the Headlee Amendment, Proposal A, etc.), if the economy improves gradually over the coming years, do you agree or disagree that the current system of funding the local government will provide adequate funding to maintain the current quantity and quality of services your jurisdiction provides? Survey Spring 2016 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Services, State government, State oversight, Revenue, fiscal health, Finances, State policies, System of Funding Local Government Question 12b Thinking about the revenue caps facing your jurisdiction (for example, the Headlee Amendment, Proposal A, etc.), if the economy improves gradually over the coming years, do you agree or disagree that the current system of funding the local government will provide adequate funding to improve or add more services if they are necessary or desired? Survey Spring 2016 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Services, State government, State oversight, Revenue, fiscal health, Finances, State policies, System of Funding Local Government Pagination First page first Previous page previous Page 4 Page 5 Page 6 Page 7 Current page 8 Page 9 Page 10 Page 11 Page 12 Next page next Last page last
Question 05c Thinking about the next fiscal year, which action has your jurisdiction taken or is likely to take regarding reliance on general fund balance? Survey Spring 2016 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, fiscal health, Finances, General fund balance Question 05d Thinking about the next fiscal year, which action has your jurisdiction taken or is likely to take regarding reliance on "rainy day" funds? Survey Spring 2016 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Finances, fiscal health, Fiscal health/stress Question 05f Thinking about the next fiscal year, which action has your jurisdiction taken or is likely to take regarding actual public safety spending? Survey Spring 2016 Categories Public safety, Services, Finance Budget and Operations, Finances, Service spending Question 05g Thinking about the next fiscal year, which action has your jurisdiction taken or is likely to take regarding actual infrastructure spending? Survey Spring 2016 Categories Finances, Service spending, Infrastructure, Services, Finance Budget and Operations Question 05h Thinking about the next fiscal year, which action has your jurisdiction taken or is likely to take regarding actual human services spending? Survey Spring 2016 Categories Services, Finance Budget and Operations, Service provision, Finances, Service spending, Human services Question 05i Thinking about the next fiscal year, which action has your jurisdiction taken or is likely to take regarding actual general government operations spending? Survey Spring 2016 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Service provision, Finances, Service spending, General operations Question 05j Thinking about the next fiscal year, which action has your jurisdiction taken or is likely to take regarding funding for economic development programs? Survey Spring 2016 Categories Economic Development, Development funding, Finances, Development program funding Question 05k Thinking about the next fiscal year, which action has your jurisdiction taken or is likely to take regarding the amount of debt? Survey Spring 2016 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, fiscal health, Finances, Debt Question 05m Thinking about the next fiscal year, which action has your jurisdiction taken or is likely to take regarding privatizing or contracting out of services? Survey Spring 2016 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Service provision, Finances, Services, Privatization Question 06 Different local jurisdictions manage their unreserved/unassigned general fund balances in different ways depending on their specific circumstances. Despite these differences, we’re interested in tracking overall changes in these balances over time. Approximately what was your jurisdiction’s unreserved/unassigned general fund balance as a percentage of general fund expenditures at the end of its last fiscal year? Survey Spring 2016 Categories General fund balance, fiscal health, Finance Budget and Operations, Finances Question 07 Thinking about your jurisdiction’s fiscal needs, overall, do you consider your jurisdiction’s unreserved/unassigned general fund balance to be too high, about right, or too low? Survey Spring 2016 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, General fund balance, Finances, fiscal health Question 08 In your opinion, is your jurisdiction’s cash flow and its ability to pay bills in a timely manner a significant fiscal problem, somewhat of a problem, not much of a problem, or not a problem at all? Survey Spring 2016 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Finances, fiscal health, cash flow, Fiscal health/stress Question 09b Now, thinking about the overall fiscal stress in your jurisdiction today and what you expect it to be down the road — including any future financial obligations it may have — on a scale from 1 to 10, where 1 is the best: perfect fiscal health and 10 is the worst: fiscal crisis, how would you rate your jurisdiction’s overall fiscal stress as you expect it to be five years from now? Survey Spring 2016 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Finances, fiscal health, Fiscal health/stress Question 12a Thinking about the revenue caps facing your jurisdiction (for example, the Headlee Amendment, Proposal A, etc.), if the economy improves gradually over the coming years, do you agree or disagree that the current system of funding the local government will provide adequate funding to maintain the current quantity and quality of services your jurisdiction provides? Survey Spring 2016 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Services, State government, State oversight, Revenue, fiscal health, Finances, State policies, System of Funding Local Government Question 12b Thinking about the revenue caps facing your jurisdiction (for example, the Headlee Amendment, Proposal A, etc.), if the economy improves gradually over the coming years, do you agree or disagree that the current system of funding the local government will provide adequate funding to improve or add more services if they are necessary or desired? Survey Spring 2016 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Services, State government, State oversight, Revenue, fiscal health, Finances, State policies, System of Funding Local Government Pagination First page first Previous page previous Page 4 Page 5 Page 6 Page 7 Current page 8 Page 9 Page 10 Page 11 Page 12 Next page next Last page last
Question 05d Thinking about the next fiscal year, which action has your jurisdiction taken or is likely to take regarding reliance on "rainy day" funds? Survey Spring 2016 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Finances, fiscal health, Fiscal health/stress Question 05f Thinking about the next fiscal year, which action has your jurisdiction taken or is likely to take regarding actual public safety spending? Survey Spring 2016 Categories Public safety, Services, Finance Budget and Operations, Finances, Service spending Question 05g Thinking about the next fiscal year, which action has your jurisdiction taken or is likely to take regarding actual infrastructure spending? Survey Spring 2016 Categories Finances, Service spending, Infrastructure, Services, Finance Budget and Operations Question 05h Thinking about the next fiscal year, which action has your jurisdiction taken or is likely to take regarding actual human services spending? Survey Spring 2016 Categories Services, Finance Budget and Operations, Service provision, Finances, Service spending, Human services Question 05i Thinking about the next fiscal year, which action has your jurisdiction taken or is likely to take regarding actual general government operations spending? Survey Spring 2016 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Service provision, Finances, Service spending, General operations Question 05j Thinking about the next fiscal year, which action has your jurisdiction taken or is likely to take regarding funding for economic development programs? Survey Spring 2016 Categories Economic Development, Development funding, Finances, Development program funding Question 05k Thinking about the next fiscal year, which action has your jurisdiction taken or is likely to take regarding the amount of debt? Survey Spring 2016 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, fiscal health, Finances, Debt Question 05m Thinking about the next fiscal year, which action has your jurisdiction taken or is likely to take regarding privatizing or contracting out of services? Survey Spring 2016 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Service provision, Finances, Services, Privatization Question 06 Different local jurisdictions manage their unreserved/unassigned general fund balances in different ways depending on their specific circumstances. Despite these differences, we’re interested in tracking overall changes in these balances over time. Approximately what was your jurisdiction’s unreserved/unassigned general fund balance as a percentage of general fund expenditures at the end of its last fiscal year? Survey Spring 2016 Categories General fund balance, fiscal health, Finance Budget and Operations, Finances Question 07 Thinking about your jurisdiction’s fiscal needs, overall, do you consider your jurisdiction’s unreserved/unassigned general fund balance to be too high, about right, or too low? Survey Spring 2016 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, General fund balance, Finances, fiscal health Question 08 In your opinion, is your jurisdiction’s cash flow and its ability to pay bills in a timely manner a significant fiscal problem, somewhat of a problem, not much of a problem, or not a problem at all? Survey Spring 2016 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Finances, fiscal health, cash flow, Fiscal health/stress Question 09b Now, thinking about the overall fiscal stress in your jurisdiction today and what you expect it to be down the road — including any future financial obligations it may have — on a scale from 1 to 10, where 1 is the best: perfect fiscal health and 10 is the worst: fiscal crisis, how would you rate your jurisdiction’s overall fiscal stress as you expect it to be five years from now? Survey Spring 2016 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Finances, fiscal health, Fiscal health/stress Question 12a Thinking about the revenue caps facing your jurisdiction (for example, the Headlee Amendment, Proposal A, etc.), if the economy improves gradually over the coming years, do you agree or disagree that the current system of funding the local government will provide adequate funding to maintain the current quantity and quality of services your jurisdiction provides? Survey Spring 2016 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Services, State government, State oversight, Revenue, fiscal health, Finances, State policies, System of Funding Local Government Question 12b Thinking about the revenue caps facing your jurisdiction (for example, the Headlee Amendment, Proposal A, etc.), if the economy improves gradually over the coming years, do you agree or disagree that the current system of funding the local government will provide adequate funding to improve or add more services if they are necessary or desired? Survey Spring 2016 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Services, State government, State oversight, Revenue, fiscal health, Finances, State policies, System of Funding Local Government Pagination First page first Previous page previous Page 4 Page 5 Page 6 Page 7 Current page 8 Page 9 Page 10 Page 11 Page 12 Next page next Last page last
Question 05f Thinking about the next fiscal year, which action has your jurisdiction taken or is likely to take regarding actual public safety spending? Survey Spring 2016 Categories Public safety, Services, Finance Budget and Operations, Finances, Service spending Question 05g Thinking about the next fiscal year, which action has your jurisdiction taken or is likely to take regarding actual infrastructure spending? Survey Spring 2016 Categories Finances, Service spending, Infrastructure, Services, Finance Budget and Operations Question 05h Thinking about the next fiscal year, which action has your jurisdiction taken or is likely to take regarding actual human services spending? Survey Spring 2016 Categories Services, Finance Budget and Operations, Service provision, Finances, Service spending, Human services Question 05i Thinking about the next fiscal year, which action has your jurisdiction taken or is likely to take regarding actual general government operations spending? Survey Spring 2016 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Service provision, Finances, Service spending, General operations Question 05j Thinking about the next fiscal year, which action has your jurisdiction taken or is likely to take regarding funding for economic development programs? Survey Spring 2016 Categories Economic Development, Development funding, Finances, Development program funding Question 05k Thinking about the next fiscal year, which action has your jurisdiction taken or is likely to take regarding the amount of debt? Survey Spring 2016 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, fiscal health, Finances, Debt Question 05m Thinking about the next fiscal year, which action has your jurisdiction taken or is likely to take regarding privatizing or contracting out of services? Survey Spring 2016 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Service provision, Finances, Services, Privatization Question 06 Different local jurisdictions manage their unreserved/unassigned general fund balances in different ways depending on their specific circumstances. Despite these differences, we’re interested in tracking overall changes in these balances over time. Approximately what was your jurisdiction’s unreserved/unassigned general fund balance as a percentage of general fund expenditures at the end of its last fiscal year? Survey Spring 2016 Categories General fund balance, fiscal health, Finance Budget and Operations, Finances Question 07 Thinking about your jurisdiction’s fiscal needs, overall, do you consider your jurisdiction’s unreserved/unassigned general fund balance to be too high, about right, or too low? Survey Spring 2016 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, General fund balance, Finances, fiscal health Question 08 In your opinion, is your jurisdiction’s cash flow and its ability to pay bills in a timely manner a significant fiscal problem, somewhat of a problem, not much of a problem, or not a problem at all? Survey Spring 2016 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Finances, fiscal health, cash flow, Fiscal health/stress Question 09b Now, thinking about the overall fiscal stress in your jurisdiction today and what you expect it to be down the road — including any future financial obligations it may have — on a scale from 1 to 10, where 1 is the best: perfect fiscal health and 10 is the worst: fiscal crisis, how would you rate your jurisdiction’s overall fiscal stress as you expect it to be five years from now? Survey Spring 2016 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Finances, fiscal health, Fiscal health/stress Question 12a Thinking about the revenue caps facing your jurisdiction (for example, the Headlee Amendment, Proposal A, etc.), if the economy improves gradually over the coming years, do you agree or disagree that the current system of funding the local government will provide adequate funding to maintain the current quantity and quality of services your jurisdiction provides? Survey Spring 2016 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Services, State government, State oversight, Revenue, fiscal health, Finances, State policies, System of Funding Local Government Question 12b Thinking about the revenue caps facing your jurisdiction (for example, the Headlee Amendment, Proposal A, etc.), if the economy improves gradually over the coming years, do you agree or disagree that the current system of funding the local government will provide adequate funding to improve or add more services if they are necessary or desired? Survey Spring 2016 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Services, State government, State oversight, Revenue, fiscal health, Finances, State policies, System of Funding Local Government Pagination First page first Previous page previous Page 4 Page 5 Page 6 Page 7 Current page 8 Page 9 Page 10 Page 11 Page 12 Next page next Last page last
Question 05g Thinking about the next fiscal year, which action has your jurisdiction taken or is likely to take regarding actual infrastructure spending? Survey Spring 2016 Categories Finances, Service spending, Infrastructure, Services, Finance Budget and Operations Question 05h Thinking about the next fiscal year, which action has your jurisdiction taken or is likely to take regarding actual human services spending? Survey Spring 2016 Categories Services, Finance Budget and Operations, Service provision, Finances, Service spending, Human services Question 05i Thinking about the next fiscal year, which action has your jurisdiction taken or is likely to take regarding actual general government operations spending? Survey Spring 2016 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Service provision, Finances, Service spending, General operations Question 05j Thinking about the next fiscal year, which action has your jurisdiction taken or is likely to take regarding funding for economic development programs? Survey Spring 2016 Categories Economic Development, Development funding, Finances, Development program funding Question 05k Thinking about the next fiscal year, which action has your jurisdiction taken or is likely to take regarding the amount of debt? Survey Spring 2016 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, fiscal health, Finances, Debt Question 05m Thinking about the next fiscal year, which action has your jurisdiction taken or is likely to take regarding privatizing or contracting out of services? Survey Spring 2016 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Service provision, Finances, Services, Privatization Question 06 Different local jurisdictions manage their unreserved/unassigned general fund balances in different ways depending on their specific circumstances. Despite these differences, we’re interested in tracking overall changes in these balances over time. Approximately what was your jurisdiction’s unreserved/unassigned general fund balance as a percentage of general fund expenditures at the end of its last fiscal year? Survey Spring 2016 Categories General fund balance, fiscal health, Finance Budget and Operations, Finances Question 07 Thinking about your jurisdiction’s fiscal needs, overall, do you consider your jurisdiction’s unreserved/unassigned general fund balance to be too high, about right, or too low? Survey Spring 2016 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, General fund balance, Finances, fiscal health Question 08 In your opinion, is your jurisdiction’s cash flow and its ability to pay bills in a timely manner a significant fiscal problem, somewhat of a problem, not much of a problem, or not a problem at all? Survey Spring 2016 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Finances, fiscal health, cash flow, Fiscal health/stress Question 09b Now, thinking about the overall fiscal stress in your jurisdiction today and what you expect it to be down the road — including any future financial obligations it may have — on a scale from 1 to 10, where 1 is the best: perfect fiscal health and 10 is the worst: fiscal crisis, how would you rate your jurisdiction’s overall fiscal stress as you expect it to be five years from now? Survey Spring 2016 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Finances, fiscal health, Fiscal health/stress Question 12a Thinking about the revenue caps facing your jurisdiction (for example, the Headlee Amendment, Proposal A, etc.), if the economy improves gradually over the coming years, do you agree or disagree that the current system of funding the local government will provide adequate funding to maintain the current quantity and quality of services your jurisdiction provides? Survey Spring 2016 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Services, State government, State oversight, Revenue, fiscal health, Finances, State policies, System of Funding Local Government Question 12b Thinking about the revenue caps facing your jurisdiction (for example, the Headlee Amendment, Proposal A, etc.), if the economy improves gradually over the coming years, do you agree or disagree that the current system of funding the local government will provide adequate funding to improve or add more services if they are necessary or desired? Survey Spring 2016 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Services, State government, State oversight, Revenue, fiscal health, Finances, State policies, System of Funding Local Government Pagination First page first Previous page previous Page 4 Page 5 Page 6 Page 7 Current page 8 Page 9 Page 10 Page 11 Page 12 Next page next Last page last
Question 05h Thinking about the next fiscal year, which action has your jurisdiction taken or is likely to take regarding actual human services spending? Survey Spring 2016 Categories Services, Finance Budget and Operations, Service provision, Finances, Service spending, Human services Question 05i Thinking about the next fiscal year, which action has your jurisdiction taken or is likely to take regarding actual general government operations spending? Survey Spring 2016 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Service provision, Finances, Service spending, General operations Question 05j Thinking about the next fiscal year, which action has your jurisdiction taken or is likely to take regarding funding for economic development programs? Survey Spring 2016 Categories Economic Development, Development funding, Finances, Development program funding Question 05k Thinking about the next fiscal year, which action has your jurisdiction taken or is likely to take regarding the amount of debt? Survey Spring 2016 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, fiscal health, Finances, Debt Question 05m Thinking about the next fiscal year, which action has your jurisdiction taken or is likely to take regarding privatizing or contracting out of services? Survey Spring 2016 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Service provision, Finances, Services, Privatization Question 06 Different local jurisdictions manage their unreserved/unassigned general fund balances in different ways depending on their specific circumstances. Despite these differences, we’re interested in tracking overall changes in these balances over time. Approximately what was your jurisdiction’s unreserved/unassigned general fund balance as a percentage of general fund expenditures at the end of its last fiscal year? Survey Spring 2016 Categories General fund balance, fiscal health, Finance Budget and Operations, Finances Question 07 Thinking about your jurisdiction’s fiscal needs, overall, do you consider your jurisdiction’s unreserved/unassigned general fund balance to be too high, about right, or too low? Survey Spring 2016 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, General fund balance, Finances, fiscal health Question 08 In your opinion, is your jurisdiction’s cash flow and its ability to pay bills in a timely manner a significant fiscal problem, somewhat of a problem, not much of a problem, or not a problem at all? Survey Spring 2016 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Finances, fiscal health, cash flow, Fiscal health/stress Question 09b Now, thinking about the overall fiscal stress in your jurisdiction today and what you expect it to be down the road — including any future financial obligations it may have — on a scale from 1 to 10, where 1 is the best: perfect fiscal health and 10 is the worst: fiscal crisis, how would you rate your jurisdiction’s overall fiscal stress as you expect it to be five years from now? Survey Spring 2016 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Finances, fiscal health, Fiscal health/stress Question 12a Thinking about the revenue caps facing your jurisdiction (for example, the Headlee Amendment, Proposal A, etc.), if the economy improves gradually over the coming years, do you agree or disagree that the current system of funding the local government will provide adequate funding to maintain the current quantity and quality of services your jurisdiction provides? Survey Spring 2016 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Services, State government, State oversight, Revenue, fiscal health, Finances, State policies, System of Funding Local Government Question 12b Thinking about the revenue caps facing your jurisdiction (for example, the Headlee Amendment, Proposal A, etc.), if the economy improves gradually over the coming years, do you agree or disagree that the current system of funding the local government will provide adequate funding to improve or add more services if they are necessary or desired? Survey Spring 2016 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Services, State government, State oversight, Revenue, fiscal health, Finances, State policies, System of Funding Local Government Pagination First page first Previous page previous Page 4 Page 5 Page 6 Page 7 Current page 8 Page 9 Page 10 Page 11 Page 12 Next page next Last page last
Question 05i Thinking about the next fiscal year, which action has your jurisdiction taken or is likely to take regarding actual general government operations spending? Survey Spring 2016 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Service provision, Finances, Service spending, General operations Question 05j Thinking about the next fiscal year, which action has your jurisdiction taken or is likely to take regarding funding for economic development programs? Survey Spring 2016 Categories Economic Development, Development funding, Finances, Development program funding Question 05k Thinking about the next fiscal year, which action has your jurisdiction taken or is likely to take regarding the amount of debt? Survey Spring 2016 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, fiscal health, Finances, Debt Question 05m Thinking about the next fiscal year, which action has your jurisdiction taken or is likely to take regarding privatizing or contracting out of services? Survey Spring 2016 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Service provision, Finances, Services, Privatization Question 06 Different local jurisdictions manage their unreserved/unassigned general fund balances in different ways depending on their specific circumstances. Despite these differences, we’re interested in tracking overall changes in these balances over time. Approximately what was your jurisdiction’s unreserved/unassigned general fund balance as a percentage of general fund expenditures at the end of its last fiscal year? Survey Spring 2016 Categories General fund balance, fiscal health, Finance Budget and Operations, Finances Question 07 Thinking about your jurisdiction’s fiscal needs, overall, do you consider your jurisdiction’s unreserved/unassigned general fund balance to be too high, about right, or too low? Survey Spring 2016 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, General fund balance, Finances, fiscal health Question 08 In your opinion, is your jurisdiction’s cash flow and its ability to pay bills in a timely manner a significant fiscal problem, somewhat of a problem, not much of a problem, or not a problem at all? Survey Spring 2016 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Finances, fiscal health, cash flow, Fiscal health/stress Question 09b Now, thinking about the overall fiscal stress in your jurisdiction today and what you expect it to be down the road — including any future financial obligations it may have — on a scale from 1 to 10, where 1 is the best: perfect fiscal health and 10 is the worst: fiscal crisis, how would you rate your jurisdiction’s overall fiscal stress as you expect it to be five years from now? Survey Spring 2016 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Finances, fiscal health, Fiscal health/stress Question 12a Thinking about the revenue caps facing your jurisdiction (for example, the Headlee Amendment, Proposal A, etc.), if the economy improves gradually over the coming years, do you agree or disagree that the current system of funding the local government will provide adequate funding to maintain the current quantity and quality of services your jurisdiction provides? Survey Spring 2016 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Services, State government, State oversight, Revenue, fiscal health, Finances, State policies, System of Funding Local Government Question 12b Thinking about the revenue caps facing your jurisdiction (for example, the Headlee Amendment, Proposal A, etc.), if the economy improves gradually over the coming years, do you agree or disagree that the current system of funding the local government will provide adequate funding to improve or add more services if they are necessary or desired? Survey Spring 2016 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Services, State government, State oversight, Revenue, fiscal health, Finances, State policies, System of Funding Local Government Pagination First page first Previous page previous Page 4 Page 5 Page 6 Page 7 Current page 8 Page 9 Page 10 Page 11 Page 12 Next page next Last page last
Question 05j Thinking about the next fiscal year, which action has your jurisdiction taken or is likely to take regarding funding for economic development programs? Survey Spring 2016 Categories Economic Development, Development funding, Finances, Development program funding Question 05k Thinking about the next fiscal year, which action has your jurisdiction taken or is likely to take regarding the amount of debt? Survey Spring 2016 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, fiscal health, Finances, Debt Question 05m Thinking about the next fiscal year, which action has your jurisdiction taken or is likely to take regarding privatizing or contracting out of services? Survey Spring 2016 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Service provision, Finances, Services, Privatization Question 06 Different local jurisdictions manage their unreserved/unassigned general fund balances in different ways depending on their specific circumstances. Despite these differences, we’re interested in tracking overall changes in these balances over time. Approximately what was your jurisdiction’s unreserved/unassigned general fund balance as a percentage of general fund expenditures at the end of its last fiscal year? Survey Spring 2016 Categories General fund balance, fiscal health, Finance Budget and Operations, Finances Question 07 Thinking about your jurisdiction’s fiscal needs, overall, do you consider your jurisdiction’s unreserved/unassigned general fund balance to be too high, about right, or too low? Survey Spring 2016 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, General fund balance, Finances, fiscal health Question 08 In your opinion, is your jurisdiction’s cash flow and its ability to pay bills in a timely manner a significant fiscal problem, somewhat of a problem, not much of a problem, or not a problem at all? Survey Spring 2016 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Finances, fiscal health, cash flow, Fiscal health/stress Question 09b Now, thinking about the overall fiscal stress in your jurisdiction today and what you expect it to be down the road — including any future financial obligations it may have — on a scale from 1 to 10, where 1 is the best: perfect fiscal health and 10 is the worst: fiscal crisis, how would you rate your jurisdiction’s overall fiscal stress as you expect it to be five years from now? Survey Spring 2016 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Finances, fiscal health, Fiscal health/stress Question 12a Thinking about the revenue caps facing your jurisdiction (for example, the Headlee Amendment, Proposal A, etc.), if the economy improves gradually over the coming years, do you agree or disagree that the current system of funding the local government will provide adequate funding to maintain the current quantity and quality of services your jurisdiction provides? Survey Spring 2016 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Services, State government, State oversight, Revenue, fiscal health, Finances, State policies, System of Funding Local Government Question 12b Thinking about the revenue caps facing your jurisdiction (for example, the Headlee Amendment, Proposal A, etc.), if the economy improves gradually over the coming years, do you agree or disagree that the current system of funding the local government will provide adequate funding to improve or add more services if they are necessary or desired? Survey Spring 2016 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Services, State government, State oversight, Revenue, fiscal health, Finances, State policies, System of Funding Local Government Pagination First page first Previous page previous Page 4 Page 5 Page 6 Page 7 Current page 8 Page 9 Page 10 Page 11 Page 12 Next page next Last page last
Question 05k Thinking about the next fiscal year, which action has your jurisdiction taken or is likely to take regarding the amount of debt? Survey Spring 2016 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, fiscal health, Finances, Debt Question 05m Thinking about the next fiscal year, which action has your jurisdiction taken or is likely to take regarding privatizing or contracting out of services? Survey Spring 2016 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Service provision, Finances, Services, Privatization Question 06 Different local jurisdictions manage their unreserved/unassigned general fund balances in different ways depending on their specific circumstances. Despite these differences, we’re interested in tracking overall changes in these balances over time. Approximately what was your jurisdiction’s unreserved/unassigned general fund balance as a percentage of general fund expenditures at the end of its last fiscal year? Survey Spring 2016 Categories General fund balance, fiscal health, Finance Budget and Operations, Finances Question 07 Thinking about your jurisdiction’s fiscal needs, overall, do you consider your jurisdiction’s unreserved/unassigned general fund balance to be too high, about right, or too low? Survey Spring 2016 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, General fund balance, Finances, fiscal health Question 08 In your opinion, is your jurisdiction’s cash flow and its ability to pay bills in a timely manner a significant fiscal problem, somewhat of a problem, not much of a problem, or not a problem at all? Survey Spring 2016 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Finances, fiscal health, cash flow, Fiscal health/stress Question 09b Now, thinking about the overall fiscal stress in your jurisdiction today and what you expect it to be down the road — including any future financial obligations it may have — on a scale from 1 to 10, where 1 is the best: perfect fiscal health and 10 is the worst: fiscal crisis, how would you rate your jurisdiction’s overall fiscal stress as you expect it to be five years from now? Survey Spring 2016 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Finances, fiscal health, Fiscal health/stress Question 12a Thinking about the revenue caps facing your jurisdiction (for example, the Headlee Amendment, Proposal A, etc.), if the economy improves gradually over the coming years, do you agree or disagree that the current system of funding the local government will provide adequate funding to maintain the current quantity and quality of services your jurisdiction provides? Survey Spring 2016 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Services, State government, State oversight, Revenue, fiscal health, Finances, State policies, System of Funding Local Government Question 12b Thinking about the revenue caps facing your jurisdiction (for example, the Headlee Amendment, Proposal A, etc.), if the economy improves gradually over the coming years, do you agree or disagree that the current system of funding the local government will provide adequate funding to improve or add more services if they are necessary or desired? Survey Spring 2016 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Services, State government, State oversight, Revenue, fiscal health, Finances, State policies, System of Funding Local Government Pagination First page first Previous page previous Page 4 Page 5 Page 6 Page 7 Current page 8 Page 9 Page 10 Page 11 Page 12 Next page next Last page last
Question 05m Thinking about the next fiscal year, which action has your jurisdiction taken or is likely to take regarding privatizing or contracting out of services? Survey Spring 2016 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Service provision, Finances, Services, Privatization Question 06 Different local jurisdictions manage their unreserved/unassigned general fund balances in different ways depending on their specific circumstances. Despite these differences, we’re interested in tracking overall changes in these balances over time. Approximately what was your jurisdiction’s unreserved/unassigned general fund balance as a percentage of general fund expenditures at the end of its last fiscal year? Survey Spring 2016 Categories General fund balance, fiscal health, Finance Budget and Operations, Finances Question 07 Thinking about your jurisdiction’s fiscal needs, overall, do you consider your jurisdiction’s unreserved/unassigned general fund balance to be too high, about right, or too low? Survey Spring 2016 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, General fund balance, Finances, fiscal health Question 08 In your opinion, is your jurisdiction’s cash flow and its ability to pay bills in a timely manner a significant fiscal problem, somewhat of a problem, not much of a problem, or not a problem at all? Survey Spring 2016 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Finances, fiscal health, cash flow, Fiscal health/stress Question 09b Now, thinking about the overall fiscal stress in your jurisdiction today and what you expect it to be down the road — including any future financial obligations it may have — on a scale from 1 to 10, where 1 is the best: perfect fiscal health and 10 is the worst: fiscal crisis, how would you rate your jurisdiction’s overall fiscal stress as you expect it to be five years from now? Survey Spring 2016 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Finances, fiscal health, Fiscal health/stress Question 12a Thinking about the revenue caps facing your jurisdiction (for example, the Headlee Amendment, Proposal A, etc.), if the economy improves gradually over the coming years, do you agree or disagree that the current system of funding the local government will provide adequate funding to maintain the current quantity and quality of services your jurisdiction provides? Survey Spring 2016 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Services, State government, State oversight, Revenue, fiscal health, Finances, State policies, System of Funding Local Government Question 12b Thinking about the revenue caps facing your jurisdiction (for example, the Headlee Amendment, Proposal A, etc.), if the economy improves gradually over the coming years, do you agree or disagree that the current system of funding the local government will provide adequate funding to improve or add more services if they are necessary or desired? Survey Spring 2016 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Services, State government, State oversight, Revenue, fiscal health, Finances, State policies, System of Funding Local Government Pagination First page first Previous page previous Page 4 Page 5 Page 6 Page 7 Current page 8 Page 9 Page 10 Page 11 Page 12 Next page next Last page last
Question 06 Different local jurisdictions manage their unreserved/unassigned general fund balances in different ways depending on their specific circumstances. Despite these differences, we’re interested in tracking overall changes in these balances over time. Approximately what was your jurisdiction’s unreserved/unassigned general fund balance as a percentage of general fund expenditures at the end of its last fiscal year? Survey Spring 2016 Categories General fund balance, fiscal health, Finance Budget and Operations, Finances Question 07 Thinking about your jurisdiction’s fiscal needs, overall, do you consider your jurisdiction’s unreserved/unassigned general fund balance to be too high, about right, or too low? Survey Spring 2016 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, General fund balance, Finances, fiscal health Question 08 In your opinion, is your jurisdiction’s cash flow and its ability to pay bills in a timely manner a significant fiscal problem, somewhat of a problem, not much of a problem, or not a problem at all? Survey Spring 2016 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Finances, fiscal health, cash flow, Fiscal health/stress Question 09b Now, thinking about the overall fiscal stress in your jurisdiction today and what you expect it to be down the road — including any future financial obligations it may have — on a scale from 1 to 10, where 1 is the best: perfect fiscal health and 10 is the worst: fiscal crisis, how would you rate your jurisdiction’s overall fiscal stress as you expect it to be five years from now? Survey Spring 2016 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Finances, fiscal health, Fiscal health/stress Question 12a Thinking about the revenue caps facing your jurisdiction (for example, the Headlee Amendment, Proposal A, etc.), if the economy improves gradually over the coming years, do you agree or disagree that the current system of funding the local government will provide adequate funding to maintain the current quantity and quality of services your jurisdiction provides? Survey Spring 2016 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Services, State government, State oversight, Revenue, fiscal health, Finances, State policies, System of Funding Local Government Question 12b Thinking about the revenue caps facing your jurisdiction (for example, the Headlee Amendment, Proposal A, etc.), if the economy improves gradually over the coming years, do you agree or disagree that the current system of funding the local government will provide adequate funding to improve or add more services if they are necessary or desired? Survey Spring 2016 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Services, State government, State oversight, Revenue, fiscal health, Finances, State policies, System of Funding Local Government Pagination First page first Previous page previous Page 4 Page 5 Page 6 Page 7 Current page 8 Page 9 Page 10 Page 11 Page 12 Next page next Last page last
Question 07 Thinking about your jurisdiction’s fiscal needs, overall, do you consider your jurisdiction’s unreserved/unassigned general fund balance to be too high, about right, or too low? Survey Spring 2016 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, General fund balance, Finances, fiscal health Question 08 In your opinion, is your jurisdiction’s cash flow and its ability to pay bills in a timely manner a significant fiscal problem, somewhat of a problem, not much of a problem, or not a problem at all? Survey Spring 2016 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Finances, fiscal health, cash flow, Fiscal health/stress Question 09b Now, thinking about the overall fiscal stress in your jurisdiction today and what you expect it to be down the road — including any future financial obligations it may have — on a scale from 1 to 10, where 1 is the best: perfect fiscal health and 10 is the worst: fiscal crisis, how would you rate your jurisdiction’s overall fiscal stress as you expect it to be five years from now? Survey Spring 2016 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Finances, fiscal health, Fiscal health/stress Question 12a Thinking about the revenue caps facing your jurisdiction (for example, the Headlee Amendment, Proposal A, etc.), if the economy improves gradually over the coming years, do you agree or disagree that the current system of funding the local government will provide adequate funding to maintain the current quantity and quality of services your jurisdiction provides? Survey Spring 2016 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Services, State government, State oversight, Revenue, fiscal health, Finances, State policies, System of Funding Local Government Question 12b Thinking about the revenue caps facing your jurisdiction (for example, the Headlee Amendment, Proposal A, etc.), if the economy improves gradually over the coming years, do you agree or disagree that the current system of funding the local government will provide adequate funding to improve or add more services if they are necessary or desired? Survey Spring 2016 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Services, State government, State oversight, Revenue, fiscal health, Finances, State policies, System of Funding Local Government Pagination First page first Previous page previous Page 4 Page 5 Page 6 Page 7 Current page 8 Page 9 Page 10 Page 11 Page 12 Next page next Last page last
Question 08 In your opinion, is your jurisdiction’s cash flow and its ability to pay bills in a timely manner a significant fiscal problem, somewhat of a problem, not much of a problem, or not a problem at all? Survey Spring 2016 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Finances, fiscal health, cash flow, Fiscal health/stress Question 09b Now, thinking about the overall fiscal stress in your jurisdiction today and what you expect it to be down the road — including any future financial obligations it may have — on a scale from 1 to 10, where 1 is the best: perfect fiscal health and 10 is the worst: fiscal crisis, how would you rate your jurisdiction’s overall fiscal stress as you expect it to be five years from now? Survey Spring 2016 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Finances, fiscal health, Fiscal health/stress Question 12a Thinking about the revenue caps facing your jurisdiction (for example, the Headlee Amendment, Proposal A, etc.), if the economy improves gradually over the coming years, do you agree or disagree that the current system of funding the local government will provide adequate funding to maintain the current quantity and quality of services your jurisdiction provides? Survey Spring 2016 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Services, State government, State oversight, Revenue, fiscal health, Finances, State policies, System of Funding Local Government Question 12b Thinking about the revenue caps facing your jurisdiction (for example, the Headlee Amendment, Proposal A, etc.), if the economy improves gradually over the coming years, do you agree or disagree that the current system of funding the local government will provide adequate funding to improve or add more services if they are necessary or desired? Survey Spring 2016 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Services, State government, State oversight, Revenue, fiscal health, Finances, State policies, System of Funding Local Government Pagination First page first Previous page previous Page 4 Page 5 Page 6 Page 7 Current page 8 Page 9 Page 10 Page 11 Page 12 Next page next Last page last
Question 09b Now, thinking about the overall fiscal stress in your jurisdiction today and what you expect it to be down the road — including any future financial obligations it may have — on a scale from 1 to 10, where 1 is the best: perfect fiscal health and 10 is the worst: fiscal crisis, how would you rate your jurisdiction’s overall fiscal stress as you expect it to be five years from now? Survey Spring 2016 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Finances, fiscal health, Fiscal health/stress Question 12a Thinking about the revenue caps facing your jurisdiction (for example, the Headlee Amendment, Proposal A, etc.), if the economy improves gradually over the coming years, do you agree or disagree that the current system of funding the local government will provide adequate funding to maintain the current quantity and quality of services your jurisdiction provides? Survey Spring 2016 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Services, State government, State oversight, Revenue, fiscal health, Finances, State policies, System of Funding Local Government Question 12b Thinking about the revenue caps facing your jurisdiction (for example, the Headlee Amendment, Proposal A, etc.), if the economy improves gradually over the coming years, do you agree or disagree that the current system of funding the local government will provide adequate funding to improve or add more services if they are necessary or desired? Survey Spring 2016 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Services, State government, State oversight, Revenue, fiscal health, Finances, State policies, System of Funding Local Government Pagination First page first Previous page previous Page 4 Page 5 Page 6 Page 7 Current page 8 Page 9 Page 10 Page 11 Page 12 Next page next Last page last
Question 12a Thinking about the revenue caps facing your jurisdiction (for example, the Headlee Amendment, Proposal A, etc.), if the economy improves gradually over the coming years, do you agree or disagree that the current system of funding the local government will provide adequate funding to maintain the current quantity and quality of services your jurisdiction provides? Survey Spring 2016 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Services, State government, State oversight, Revenue, fiscal health, Finances, State policies, System of Funding Local Government Question 12b Thinking about the revenue caps facing your jurisdiction (for example, the Headlee Amendment, Proposal A, etc.), if the economy improves gradually over the coming years, do you agree or disagree that the current system of funding the local government will provide adequate funding to improve or add more services if they are necessary or desired? Survey Spring 2016 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Services, State government, State oversight, Revenue, fiscal health, Finances, State policies, System of Funding Local Government Pagination First page first Previous page previous Page 4 Page 5 Page 6 Page 7 Current page 8 Page 9 Page 10 Page 11 Page 12 Next page next Last page last
Question 12b Thinking about the revenue caps facing your jurisdiction (for example, the Headlee Amendment, Proposal A, etc.), if the economy improves gradually over the coming years, do you agree or disagree that the current system of funding the local government will provide adequate funding to improve or add more services if they are necessary or desired? Survey Spring 2016 Categories Finance Budget and Operations, Services, State government, State oversight, Revenue, fiscal health, Finances, State policies, System of Funding Local Government Pagination First page first Previous page previous Page 4 Page 5 Page 6 Page 7 Current page 8 Page 9 Page 10 Page 11 Page 12 Next page next Last page last