Center for Regional Development 2006 Conference

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Center for Regional Development 2006 Conference

• Opportunities for Local Government Collaboration

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• Modernize the local government
• Opportunities are always therefind the political
  will
• Spending local government 28 of U.S. direct
  spending
• Direct spending, Indiana, local government 57
• Are local governments cost efficient?
• Paying too much taxes?
• Number of local governments depends on the type
  of services

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• City-County Consolidation is not the answer
• Efficiency vs. effectiveness
• Instruments Intergovernmental/contract
• Special District
• General Regional Authority
• Functions Transfers
• Regional economic vitality and growth
• Win, win situation

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• Intergovernmental Collaboration
• Local government reform
• State taxes are competitive
• Local taxes
• HB1362 Local government units can reorganize
• Depends on the community decision
• Rejection threshold
• Opportunities for local government to seize their
  opportunity

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• Inter local agreements
• IACIR state commission
• Study of inter local agreements in Iowa
• Comments Correlation between taxes vs.
  collaboration?
• Separate the two issues
• IN taxes below the national average
• Low tax, low service state
• Tax potential vs. tax burden
• Lower taxes by consolidation
• Risky argument
• Business look for local government collaboration
• NE Minnesota 5 community colleges
• Collaborated education - employers

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• How can we help the entrepreneurs and businesses?
• In 5 years 10 years
• Attraction vs. retention
• Effective measurement tools
• Incredibly efficient not very effective or
  effective not efficient
• Enhance effectiveness and efficiency to all local
  units of government
• Voting for one county commissioner/treasurer

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• Proposed changes to assessment of property taxes
• Eliminating a position - referendum
• Leadership is required
• At a low-tax either eliminate services or
  innovate services
• Scott County inter local agreement dispatch
• Collaboration is a way to save money
• Measure cost efficiency
• Leadership effectiveness
• IU, Bloomington
• True collaboration

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Contact Information
Session Presenter Alfred Ho Associate
Professor School of Public and Environmental
Affairs Indiana University-Purdue University
Indianapolis 801 West Michigan Street, BS
3027 Indianapolis, IN 46202 317-278-4898 altho_at_iup
ui.edu Neil Pickett Senior Advisor for Policy
and Projects Office of the Governor State House,
Room 206 Indianapolis, IN 46204 317-233-9690 npick
ett_at_gov.in.gov

• Session Moderator
• David Bottorff
• Executive Director
• Association of Indiana Counties
• 10 West Market Street, Suite 1060
• Indianapolis, IN 46204-2986
• 317-684-3710
• dbottorff_at_indianacounties.org
• Session Presenter
• Jamie L. Palmer
• Associate Director of the Indiana Advisory
  Commission on Intergovernmental Relations (IACIR)
• Policy Analyst
• Center for Urban Policy and the Environment
• 342 N. Senate Avenue
• Indianapolis, IN 46204
• 317-261-3046
• jlpalmer_at_iupui.edu