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Where finance officers go to know

The Municipal Posted on June 18, 2015 by Anne Meyer BylerAugust 2, 2023
The Government Finance Officers Association aims to help all those responsible for local government finance issues understand the latest in municipal funding options, reporting requirements and finance trends.

What ıssues are local fınance offıcıals dealing with currently, and how are they managing them? A good place to get an overall picture is from the Government Finance Officers Association. Eighty-five percent of cities and counties with populations over 25,000 … Continue reading →

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CDBG funding to fight blight

The Municipal Posted on June 16, 2015 by Lauren CaggianoAugust 2, 2023
In a 2013 study, Steel Valley, Turtle Creek and Twin Rivers Council of Governments in Pennsylvania found that their 41 collective communities had incurred $10,720,302 in direct costs to municipal services; $8,637,875 in costs related to the loss of tax revenue; and nearly $250 million associated with a loss in property value from blighted properties. With cdBg support and the realignment of existing resources, or donations, they created revenueneutral land banks and are revitalizing the neighborhoods.

It can be a nightmare for any neighborhood: A house or apartment complex in disrepair is ruining the block, and the landlord defies cleanup/renovation orders. Eventually, local government is tasked with taking matters into its own hands. Programs like the … Continue reading →

Posted in Funding & Finances | Tagged blight

Are happier days here again? Improvements indicate the beginning of a turnaround

The Municipal Posted on June 15, 2015 by Julie YoungAugust 2, 2023
clocktower in maine

Although no one’s goıng on a spendıng spree anytime soon, for the first time since the economic turndown, local, state and federal governments are loosening the purse strings a little. Vacancies have been filled in some departments, and a few … Continue reading →

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Property tax revenue: Awaiting the trickle-down

The Municipal Posted on June 12, 2015 by Sarah WrightAugust 2, 2023
Property tax caps are hampering recovery

The good news ıs ın. Accordıng to a recent Moody’s report, property values are on the rise, albeit slowly. While this trend is favorable, local governments are finding their hands tied when it comes to capturing additional revenue from property … Continue reading →

Posted in Funding & Finances | Tagged Property Taxes

Bond financing for small and mid-size cities

The Municipal Posted on June 11, 2015 by Andrew BussAugust 2, 2023
bond financing

The National League of Cities recently noted how intergovernmental grants to municipalities are shrinking and becoming more competitive. As a result of this and other factors, local governments have been searching for other ways of obtaining funding, often with mixed … Continue reading →

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Civic crowdfunding

The Municipal Posted on June 2, 2015 by Denise FedorowAugust 2, 2023
2014 touch a truck event

As budgets get stretched tighter and tighter, everyone is looking for innovative ways to complete civic projects. Civic crowdfunding is an avenue that has met with some success. Crowdfunding is defined as the practice of obtaining needed services, ideas or … Continue reading →

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Keeping up with the Jones’ Bringing big-city technology to small-town USA

The Municipal Posted on March 16, 2015 by Julie YoungAugust 2, 2023

If you live in a community where the local grapevine outpaces the information superhighway, then take heart. You are not alone. While small municipalities across the nation struggle to offer their residents Matrix-level technology on a Pawnee budget, some have … Continue reading →

Posted in Funding & Finances, Technology | Tagged communications, community, information, social media

To TIF or not to TIF?

The Municipal Posted on July 3, 2014 by Ray BaloghAugust 2, 2023
Incorporating the existing waterway, historic Fourth Ward Park in Atlanta, Ga., offers an enticing respite of natural beauty beneath the nearby towering urban edifices. Included in the oasis are a variety of decorative vegetation, a fountain, bike paths, walkways and an amphitheater. (Photo provided)

Tax incremental financing is sometimes hailed as the greatest thing since sliced bread. Other times it’s denounced as a poison pill for local government budgets. TIF, a taxing method to entice urban redevelopment, was invented by the California legislature in … Continue reading →

Posted in Funding & Finances, Parks & Recreation | Tagged atlanta, cities, development, district, o’toole, project, projects, tif

Financial challenges 2014

The Municipal Posted on June 30, 2014 by The MunicipalAugust 2, 2023
Knox Ross

KNOX ROSS | Guest columnist Mayor, Pelahatchie, Miss. Pelahatchie, Miss., a small town of 1,500 located in the Jackson urbanized area, faces a situation that many other small towns on the periphery of the urban growth pattern face: that is, … Continue reading →

Posted in Funding & Finances | Tagged areas, development, infrastructure, investment, private, public, resources, town

Pooling resources, reaping benefits

The Municipal Posted on June 9, 2014 by Sarah WrightAugust 2, 2023
Several mayors, clerks of court, assessors, finance officials and others turned out to the 2013 LAMP Annual Meeting. LAMP has 636 local Louisiana governmental units participating in its pool, with 96 of those participants being cities, towns and villages. (Photo provided)

After 20 years the Louisiana Asset Management Pool continues to go strong, with 636 local Louisiana governmental units participating in the program and pooling a total of $1.6 billion in local government funds. Of those participants, 96 are cities, towns … Continue reading →

Posted in Funding & Finances | Tagged access, funds, lamp, local, louisiana, participants, sanders

Hidden drivers of budgetary expenditures

The Municipal Posted on June 4, 2014 by The MunicipalAugust 2, 2023
DAVID MOLGAARD | Guest columnist City manager, Charleston, W.V.

Personnel costs typically make up the largest expenditure of any municipal budget and regardless of our budgeting philosophy, our approach to these costs as managers and budget directors is often formulaic. We project the personnel hours needed to fulfill our … Continue reading →

Posted in Funding & Finances | Tagged annual, budget, cfd, duty, hours, leave, sick, vacation

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