Local Government Webinar Series
Information on previous webinars can be found here.
Fiscal Condition and Trends of Iowa Cities and Counties: Using available educational resources in Iowa.
Iowa State University Extension and Outreach in collaboration with the Iowa League of Cities, and Iowa State Association of Counties (ISAC) work to provide cities and counties in Iowa with educational resources. While the main emphasis is on local government finance, the Iowa Government Finance Initiative (IGFI), the public finance outreach initiative strives to provide resources and highlight topics that are not only educational but also assist in decision-making for local government officials, elected and appointed as well as other stakeholder groups. As communities across Iowa, in rural and urban places confront the economic and fiscal issues that impact local governments' ability to generate revenues, the level of fiscal stress experienced by cities and counties in Iowa continues to be a challenge. To assist in better understanding local financial situation and trends, we recently published the FYE 2023 Fiscal condition reports for all 940 cities and 99 counties in Iowa.
The main objective of the webinar as part of the Local Government Education Webinar series is to discuss what these resources provide and how best to use them.
The webinar will include:
- Introduction of the educational resources available through joint efforts of ISU Extension, the League of Cities and ISAC.
- Situation and trends in city and county revenues
- Situation and trends in city and county spending
- Using the reports in decision making
There will be breakout sessions to allow ‘peer’ conversations and sharing of ideas.
Come join other communities from Iowa in this important conversation.
Date: January 08, Wednesday, 11 am -12:30 pm.
Presenters: Biswa Das, Erin Mullenix and Julie Aberg-Robison
Registration fee: Free
Registration Link: https://go.iastate.edu/WO9PMB
Website: Local Government Education | Iowa Government Finance Initiative (iastate.edu)