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How city governments can navigate the fiscal cliff

American City & Country

Louis struggle with resource constraints and grapple with the significant challenges cities face in balancing budgets, maintaining public services and managing infrastructure needs. It results from past budget deficits and requires ongoing management through interest and principal repayments.

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City of Joplin, MO Residents Engage with City Budget Survey to Rank Seven City Priorities

PBB Center for Priority Based Budgeting

"Priority-based budgeting will allow city officials to regain control of the budget." - City Manager Sam Anselm The City of Joplin, Missouri is in their first year of the priority based budgeting process. As part of this process, Joplin conducted a citizen survey to collect public input and validate community results.

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What’s Going On with ARP Infrastructure Investment in North Carolina?

Community and Economic Development Program of UNC

The Tracker provides ARP budgeted data through last December (2022) for all local governments except Tier 5 (the smallest cities and counties). The data reflect adopted budgets only, not proposals or expenses. Nationally, only about 11% of adopted budget ARP dollars have gone to infrastructure projects. Public Space 12.5

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The unintended consequences of converting office buildings to housing: the need for public safety; schools; amenities

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

To riff off this, there are five other elements at a minimum that matter a lot, that cities aren't budgeting or planning for, if their central business districts become meccas for housing: public safety. sustainable mobility. In general, people don't want schools to be bad. civic assets need to be available.

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Smart Governance: Leveraging Data for Better Municipal Management

AccessE11

Smaller cities often operate with limited budgets and manpower, which can hinder the adoption of advanced data collection and analysis technologies. Challenges in Smaller Communities Implementing a data-centric culture in smaller municipalities does not come without it’s challenges. One of the primary obstacles is the scarcity of resources.

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2023 – A Year In Review

AccessE11

They will also improve infrastructure management and aid in sustainable city development. For instance, municipalities are increasingly focusing on integrating these technologies into their infrastructure to improve everything from traffic management and waste disposal to energy usage and public safety.

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What Tyler v. Hennepin County Means for the Future of Property Tax Foreclosure Systems Across the Country

Center for Community Progress

And property taxes fund basic community services like schools, roads, parks, sidewalks, and public safety—the things that enable families to live and build wealth in vibrant, secure neighborhoods. That consequence exists for a reason. Property has intrinsic and monetary value.