Budget-balancing tactics in local government

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City and county government officials searching for strategies to cope with revenue shortages in local government will benefit from Budget-Balancing Tactics in Local Government. This publication from the University of North Carolina's School of Government was prepared during the budget crisis of the Great Recession and draws on news reports from.

David N. Ammons and Trevor A. Fleck February Budget-Balancing Tactics in Local Government book chapters, bulletins, and other reference works related to state and local government.

Each day that the General Assembly is in session, the. Get this from a library. Budget-balancing tactics in local government. [David N Ammons; Trevor A Fleck; University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

School of Government.]. Budget-Balancing Tac-tics in Local Government, which draws on news reports from across the country and includes survey findings from North Carolina local gov-ernments. The report identifies a broad array of cost-cutting and revenue-enhancing approaches currently used by local governments.

Follow-ing are some of the tactics highlighted in this. Budget-Balancing Tactics in Local Government Municipal Productivity: A Comparison Of Fourteen High Quality Service Cities Selecting Prison Sites:.

Balancing the budget therefore means that, once we exclude interest payments, spending plus transfers would have to be much smaller than tax revenues. If there is outstanding debt, a balanced budget means that the government must run a primary surplus. To summarize, we have discovered three things about a balancing the budget.

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Ammons’s most popular book is Handbook of Human Resources Management in Government. Budget-Balancing Tactics in Local Government 7 cuts were 5 percentIn Clark County, Indiana, departments were told to come up with cuts of 22 percent, as the council grappled with the proposed budget In North Carolina, Wilkes County imposed a 20 percent across-the-board cut during the fiscal year.

Picking apart Gov. Martin O'Malley's proposed fiscal budget, the legislature's chief fiscal analyst told lawmakers Monday that the administration relied on "familiar budget balancing strategies" to make the numbers work.

They included a small than average surplus, shifting special funds, replacing cash with bonds, tapping reserves and cutting pension payments.

Budget-Balancing Tactics in Local Government, with Trevor A. Fleck. Chapel Hill, NC: School of Government/University of North Carolina, Measuring the Results of Economic Stimulus Investments: Local Government Leading the Way.

A Policy Issue White Paper prepared on behalf of the Governmental Affairs and Policy Committee of ICMA. In our book, Restoring Fiscal Sanity, we propose three alternative plans for balancing the budget over the next ten years.

They differ in the mix of spending cuts and revenue increases used to. A balanced-budget amendment: Bad idea, for many reasons States and local government balanced-budget requirements have “driven a lot of activity into independent authorities,” says.

The budget balancing act After years of overspending on a burgeoning government in a low-growth environment, SA’s fiscal maths no longer adds up. Author: Claire Bisseker. Use a consistent travel booking service such as American Express Global Business Travel to help control costs.

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Heathfield. 'Big Easy Budget Game' is a new website that asks New Orleanians to help balance the city's budget. While many cities allow residents to provide input about important budget issues, not everyone has the time or the knowledge to offer their suggestions.

Different disciplines have different perspectives on government budgeting. Regardless of those perspectives, a government budget becomes a legal document once it is approved by the legislature. As the budgetary process is more political than technical, it is imperative for public administrators to understand the political dynamics of government budgeting.

This would. Considering the Effects of Time on Leadership Development: A Local Government Training Evaluation Article in Public personnel management 44(3). The book talks about the high cost of public pensions which is probably the big reason local and state government are in trouble.

The book talks about some states luring companies from other states. It also offers ideas of how states can economically recover/5(84). An analysis of local government strategies to cutback expenditures mandated by Proposition 2 1/2 in Massachusetts is the focus of this thesis.

Ten local governments in Massachusetts, five cities and five towns are used to evaluate the way local governments develop their. Do you know how the city’s budget works, or where the money comes from? Do you want to provide feedback on how you think the City should be spending your tax dollars?

The Balancing Act budget simulation tool allows you to adjust budgets for various city departments to align resources with the services that m atter most to you. The key is that you have to balance the. In the October PM cover story, authors Jon Johnson, Chris Fabian, and Cheryl Hilvert argue that in the coming “decade of local government,” city and county managers will not be able to return to the status quo that existed before the recession.

We will instead need to “manage, use, and optimize resources in a much different way than has been done in the .It’s the dreaded "B" word—budgeting. Unfortunately, the word budget has gotten a bad it all boils down, a budget is basically just a plan for your money. Budgeting means you’re spending with purpose before the month begins.

But many people view a budget as a straitjacket that will keep them from doing what they want.