Government Budgeting and Finance
Using one set of the factors used to determine financial solvency as discussed in Table 7.1 of this chapter, analyze the financial condition of Jacksonville. Your analysis should focus on the condition of the city not an agency within the city. Your trend analysis must use as least 5 years of data. Hence you will need financial data and demographic data for Jacksonville for at least five years. The financial information can be found in Jacksonville’s Comprehensive Annual Financial Reports . The community needs and resources demographic data can be obtained from the US Census Bureau Quick Facts on-line portal. Instructions for finding the Census data are attached below. It would take too long to examine each characteristic, so choose four key factors from the list of financial or environmental factors. Use the Table template attached below to present your analysis. Use graphs of the trends in the key financial and demographic variables where appropriate to support your analysis. Finally write a policy statement based on your analysis that discusses Jacksonville’s strengths and challenges going forward, and policy options for dealing with those challenges.
You can choose whether to analyze financial factors or environmental factors for this assignment by going to the People/Group button on the left-hand side menu and self-selecting into a group
COJ.net – Annual Comprehensive Financial Reports