FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT/ Selecting a pension fund adviser 1st February 2001 Pension boards should develop specific criteria for the search.Local government pension boards are composed of individuals who have a fiduciary responsibility
FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT/ Lease-purchase agreements offer flexibility 1st January 2001 Financial officers must budget millions of dollars for capital equipment each year, but they rarely have enough funding to buy what they need. Faced with
FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT/Utility is recognized for sound finances 1st December 2000 Cobb County, Ga., water system’s bonds have received upgrades from two rating companies this year. The independently funded water and wastewater system
Brownfield project helps city retain jobs 1st December 2000 Three years ago, when Toledo, Ohio, learned that one of its largest employers might move to another city, officials were alarmed. However, with creative
FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT/City fares well with online bond sales 1st November 2000 In July 1999, New Haven became the first city in Connecticut to delve into the realm of online bond sales when it used the Internet to sell $48 million
Economic development Web site initiates links 1st November 2000 The Economic Development Commission (EDC) of Mid-Florida has developed a Web site to attract corporations to Orange, Seminole, Lake and Osceola counties.
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT/Sacremento helps save historic chinatown 1st November 2000 Sixty miles east of San Francisco, Locke, Calif., is the country’s last free-standing rural Chinatown community. The 10-acre town was founded in 1915
EVENT PLANNING/Looking to sports for development dollars 1st October 2000 Over the past 20 years, sports tourism has boomed. According to a study conducted by the Georgia Institute of Technology in Atlanta, sports in general
FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT/Survey examines fiscal practices 1st October 2000 Aided by a strong national economy and increased tax and fee rates, municipal fiscal conditions have strengthened steadily for nearly a decade. As a result,
Shielding local goverment: A look at bond insurance 1st September 2000 In 1971, the Greater Juneau (Alaska) Borough approached the Ambac Assurance Corp. with a novel idea. The borough wanted Ambac, whose primary concentration
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