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Intergovernmental Issues in Indiana 2010 IACIR Survey

Intergovernmental Issues in Indiana 2010 IACIR Survey. Results. 2010 Themes. Community conditions Effects of property tax caps Responses to property tax caps and revenue reductions Service arrangements Pensions, health insurance, and training Infrastructure 9-1-1 and 2-1-1.

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Intergovernmental Issues in Indiana 2010 IACIR Survey

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  1. Intergovernmental Issues in Indiana2010 IACIR Survey Results

  2. 2010 Themes • Community conditions • Effects of property tax caps • Responses to property tax caps and revenue reductions • Service arrangements • Pensions, health insurance, and training • Infrastructure • 9-1-1 and 2-1-1

  3. Response Rates

  4. Response Rates

  5. Response rates .

  6. Responses by County • Began asking to identify local government in 2008 • 2010 survey respondents: • Represent 370 individual local governments • At least one local government from every county, except Fayette County.

  7. Paper vs. Online

  8. Feelings about Community Direction

  9. Top Five Issues Identified as Major or Moderate Problems

  10. Top Five Issues Identified Most Often as Improved Since Last Year

  11. Top Five Issues Identified Most Often as Worsened Since Last Year

  12. Top Five Issues Ranked as Most Improved During the Past Year

  13. Top Five Issues Ranked as Most Deteriorated During the Past Year

  14. Top Five Issues Ranked as Most Important to Work on over the Next Two Years

  15. TIF and Tax Abatement • Counties and municipalities continue to use TIF and tax abatement (151) • Generally, reported using tax abatement more than TIF • Generally, report using both tools more in 2010 than in 2009.

  16. Payment In Lieu of Taxes for Governments and Nonprofits

  17. Governments and Nonprofits Provide Services at Reduced Cost

  18. 2008 Responses to Property Tax Reform

  19. Responses to Property Tax Caps and Reduced Revenue • Revenue • Hiring, salaries/benefits, training • Operational changes • Specific service cuts • Changes in service arrangements

  20. Responses to Property Tax Caps and Reduced Revenue • General • Froze or reduced employees salaries/wages • Stopped hiring • Cut or delayed capital expenditures • Cut or reduced training and travel • Reduced spending on roads and streets • Operational changes 6. Reduced benefits/increased employee contributions

  21. Responses to Property Tax Caps and Reduced Revenue • Counties • Froze or reduced employees salaries/wages • Stopped hiring • Reduced spending on roads and streets • Cut or delayed capital expenditures 5. Reduced benefits/increased employee contributions

  22. Responses to Property Tax Caps and Reduced Revenue • Cities and towns • Froze or reduced employees salaries/wages • Reduced spending on roads and streets • Stopped hiring • Made operational changes 4. Reduced spending on parks

  23. Responses to Property Tax Caps and Reduced Revenue • Townships • Stopped hiring 1. Froze or reduced employees salaries/wages 3. Cut or reduced training and travel 4. Froze or reduced employees salaries/wages 5. Reduced spending on roads and streets

  24. Responses to Property Tax Caps and Reduced Revenue • Schools • Cut or reduced training and travel • Froze or reduced employees salaries/wages 2. Stopped hiring 4. Reduced benefits/increased employee contributions 5. Made operational changes

  25. Service Arrangements • Internal resources • Agreement with another local governments • Agreement with a private firm • Agreement with a nonprofit

  26. Service Arrangements • Other local government • Juvenile detention (51%) • Vocation education (41%) • Special education (38%) • Property assessment (36%) • Emergency dispatch (34%)

  27. Service Arrangements • For profit firm • Solid waste (20%) • Property tax assessment (15%) • Juvenile detention (12%) • Emergency medical services (12%) • Drinking water utility (11%)

  28. Service Arrangements • Nonprofit • Vocational education (23%) • Special education (18%) • Economic development (17%) • Emergency medical services (8%) • Fire services (7%)

  29. Intergovernmental Cooperation • Cooperative purchasing • 38% of officials report cooperative purchasing • School boards 77% • Mayors 55% • Commissioners 46% • Increases from 2008 in all groups except township trustees

  30. Intergovernmental Cooperation • Changes in cooperative activity over the last year • Except for cities, a majority of other officials report “stayed about the same” • 61% of mayors reported an increase in cooperative activity • 49% of school board members

  31. Intergovernmental Cooperation • Relationships with other local governments in county • Local governments report positive relationships with other local governments • More reported having a relationship and having more positive relationships than in 2001.

  32. Intergovernmental Cooperation • Conclusion • Evidence of increased cooperation among local governments • Additional opportunities available

  33. Local Government Benefits – Pension/Retirement Contributions

  34. Local Government Benefits – Health Insurance

  35. Local Government Benefits – Responses to Increasing Health Costs

  36. Local Government Benefits – Increasing Health Insurance Costs

  37. Local Government Benefits – Responses to Increasing Health Costs

  38. Local Government Benefits – Responses to Increasing Health Costs

  39. Local Government Benefits – Training

  40. Infrastructure Investment • A majority of respondents reported adequate investment in all infrastructure categories, except roads and streets. • Public school performance and athletics (18%), public library facilities (10%), and public school classrooms (9%) chosen most often for overinvestment

  41. Infrastructure Investment • Underinvestment: • Local roads and streets (56%) • Highways (44%) • Storm sewers (38%) • Bridges (36%) • Parks (32%) • Public school classrooms (31%)

  42. Road Funding – Change over Last Three Years

  43. Road Funding – Future Needs

  44. Funding Options for Roads and Streets • Earmark state sales tax revenue from motor vehicle fuel purchases for roads (68%) • Remove State Police from MVH (48%) • Exempt local gov’ts from state gas tax (36%) • Increase state gas tax (34%)

  45. 9-1-1 – Declining Revenues

  46. 9-1-1 – Additional Revenue

  47. 2-1-1 • 2-1-1 is a service that allows citizens to dial a simple number to get help with health and human services • 2-1-1 services provide referrals to a variety of organizations, including community, faith-based, and government agencies

  48. 2-1-1 Services Available in Community

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