RubinBrown Public Sector Stats 2017

How the Regions Compare

DENVER REGION

KANSAS CITY REGION

STATE OF TENNESSEE

ST. LOUIS REGION

AVERAGE POPULATION OF MUNICIPALITY

MEDIAN CHANGE IN NET POSITION

8.5%

9%

8.1%

7%

5.2%

22,000

4.4%

5%

4.0%

4.0%

3.3%

3.1%

2.5%

2.4%

3%

1.1%

1%

47,000

2014

2015

2016

MUNICIPALITY’S RISK OF CREDITOR CLAIMS ON ASSETS (median debt to assets leverage ratio)

82,000

5.9%

18.5% 14.4%

29.5%

0% lower

30% higher

OPERATING CUSHION OF MUNICIPALITY’S GENERAL FUND (median unrestricted fund balance as a percent of total expenditures net of transfers)

53,000

50%

25%

RELIANCE ON EXTERNAL REVENUE SOURCES OUTSIDE OF MUNICIPALITY’S CONTROL (median total grants, contributions and other intergovernmental revenue as a percent of total revenue) 39.6% 49.4% 16.4% 24.0% 10.0% 5.7% 35.7%

MUNICIPALITY’S ABILITY TO PAY CURRENT LIABILITIES (median liquidity)

45.6%

MINIMUM GFOA RECOMMENDS

0%

0 lower

5

0% less reliant

30% more reliant

higher

Executive Summary

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