Browsing by Author "Palmer, Jamie L."

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    Hendricks County Stormwater Finance
    (IU Public Policy Institute, 2008-08) Palmer, Jamie L.; Sapp, Dona
    The Center prepared a stormwater financial analysis to assist Hendricks County (unincorporated urbanized area), Danville, and Pittsboro in choosing mechanisms to finance the newly required management activities. This report has a community-specific executive summary.
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    Intergovernmental Issues in Indiana: 2010 IACIR Survey
    (IU Public Policy Institute, 2011-11) Palmer, Jamie L.; Wyeth, Debbie; Chang, Joice
    Intergovernmental Issues in Indiana (2010) is the tenth in a series of periodic surveys of elected officials designed to help the Indiana Advisory Commission on Intergovernmental Relations (IACIR) and the Indiana General Assembly understand issues facing local governments. The 2010 survey included 33 questions and addressed many issues included in previous IACIR surveys, as well as “hot topics” affecting local governments currently. The heart of the survey is a series of questions about 71 community conditions in six categories: health, economics, public safety, local services, land use, and community quality of life.
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    Intergovernmental Issues in Indiana: 2012 IACIR Survey
    (IU Public Policy Institute, 2013-07) Palmer, Jamie L.; Wyeth, Debbie; Barreto, Tami; Jellison, Jalyn
    Intergovernmental Issues in Indiana (2012) is the eleventh in a series of periodic surveys of electe4d officials designed to help the Indiana Advisory Commission on Intergovernmental Relations (IACIR) and the General Assembly understand issues facing local governments. The 2012 survey included 42 questions and addressed many issues included in previous IACIR surveys, as well as topics currently affecting local governments. The heart of the survey is a series of questions about 75 community conditions in six categories: health, economics, public safety, local services and infrastructure, land use, and community quality of life. The main findings are: Economic issues, the cost of health insurance, obesity, drug issues, abandoned properties, and local roadways are issues for many communities Local governments respond to fiscal challenges in a variety of ways Local governments contribute to retirement and health insurance benefits for employees, but the proportion making these contributions decreased from 2010 Local governments communicate with residents electronically Perceived trustworthiness decrease with organization's increased distance Officials credit residents with being informed about local government, but think current civic education efforts are lacking Local governments provide training for elected officials Investments in local roadways are important to communities Issues relating to funding are uppermost in the minds of local government officials
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    Managing Local Government Employee Health Insurance Costs
    (IU Public Policy Institute, 2015-03) Palmer, Jamie L.
    he IACIR's findings and recommendations on the costs of local government employee health insurance from the 2014 document, Report to the General Assembly: 911-Dispatch Consolidation and Funding, Fiscal Benchmarking, and Managing Local Government Employee Health Care Costs, is summarized in this two-page brief.
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    Recommendations for a Thriving Indiana
    (IU Public Policy Institute, 2016-03) Littlepage, Laura; Lawrence, R. Mark; Klacik, Drew; Marron, John; Palmer, Jamie L.; Burow, Sue; Merritt, Breanca; Spalding, Ronnetta; Wyeth, Debbie; Cobb-Dennard, Jamar; Glaze, Brittany; Camacho-Reyes, Karla
    When it comes to Indiana, one size does not fit all. Our state is blessed with open spaces and small, rural communities reminiscent of simpler times, friends on front porches, or a Norman Rockwell painting. At the other end of the spectrum is Indianapolis, the 14th largest city in America, and urban communities from Gary to New Albany, Evansville to Fort Wayne. In between are cities, suburbs, towns, and rural communities of various shapes and sizes. All have differing assets, opportunities, and needs. So Thriving Communities, Thriving State is, in essence, three studies in one: an urban communities study, a mid-sized communities study, and a rural/small communities study (see definitions on page 2). This report is a summary of those three reports. The work was informed by three commissions composed of people from many walks of life in each kind of community. The research, analysis, and resulting recommendations were guided by their knowledge of the kinds of communities in which they live, work, and serve. Thriving Communities, Thriving State, produced community-based recommendations that require policy decisions at the local, regional, and state levels. In other words, it’s not only what Indiana can do for its communities, but also what communities can do for themselves and the state. All three commissions prioritized: • Education/workforce preparation • Leadership and engagement • Quality of life and quality of place In addition to these overlapping goals, the commissions each identified other areas including government innovation/local control, entrepreneurship, and acceptance of diversity.
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    Recommendations for Thriving Mid-sized Communities
    (IU Public Policy Institute, 2016-03) Palmer, Jamie L.; Merritt, Breanca; Glaze, Brittany; Lawrence, R. Mark; Littlepage, Laura
    The Mid-sized Communities Commission brought together 16 individuals from the public, private, and nonprofit sectors in mid-sized communities to identify common community challenges and opportunities and to develop recommendations and strategies to address them over the next ten years. This report summarizes the Mid-sized Communities Commission and their work, including recommendations in four focus areas: • Quality of life and quality of place • Improving pathways and eliminating barriers to post-secondary education • Cultivating community leadership and civic engagement • Local government reform and innovation Thriving Communities, Thriving State is a Policy Choices project of the Indiana University Public Policy Institute. Informed by a representative group of community leaders and other stakeholders, it explores state and local strategies and policies that can help Indiana communities of all sizes thrive and fulfill their critical roles in attracting businesses, new business investment, and workers to Indiana. Instead of examining local issues on a one-size-fits-all basis, Thriving Communities, Thriving State frames Indiana’s changing demographic and economic realities for three kinds of communities: • Urban: First- or second-class cities that have been among the 10 largest cities since 1900, generally with a population of 50,000+ • Mid-sized: 15,000+ population in 2010 that are not included in urban • Rural/small town: Small towns are those not captured above with a population between 5,000 and 15,000 or a seat of county government smaller than 5,000. For the purposes of these designations, small communities and unincorporated areas are considered to be rural.
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    Report to the Indiana General Assembly: 911-Dispatch Consolidation and Funding; Fiscal Benchmarking; Managing Local Government Employee Health Care Costs
    (IU Public Policy Institute, 2014-12) Palmer, Jamie L.
    In the spring and fall of 2014, the Indiana Advisory Commission on Intergovernmental Relations (IACIR) conducted reviews of local government 911-dispatch consolidation and funding. More specifically, the commission reviewed the structure and funding of 911-dispatch or public safety answering points (PSAPs) in light of both the 2014 deadline for consolidation of PSAPs and the 2015 sunset of the current funding structure. Also in the fall of 2014, the commission received information on a recently released compendium of local government fiscal benchmarks and reviewed the strategies local governments are using to manage rising employee health care costs.