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Rules for Missouri Ambulance Districts

Publication date: July 1, 2020

Ballard Local Government SeriesAcknowledgmentsThe purpose of this manual is to help ambulance district officials understand and comply with the state’s requirements. It is, first and foremost, the work of the late John Ballard. This manual would ...

Rules for Missouri Fire Protection Districts

Publication date: May 1, 2020

Ballard Local Government SeriesAcknowledgmentsThe purpose of this manual is to help fire protection district officials understand and comply with the state’s requirements. It is, first and foremost, the work of the late John Ballard. This edition ...

Population Change and Fiscal Stress in Missouri’s Third Class Counties

Publication date: Oct. 1, 2019

During the recent recession, local governments struggled to manage budgets as revenues dropped. Because the recession was deeper and longer than any in the past half-century, with a slower recovery, reserve funds were not sufficient.With lower ...

Missouri’s Third Class County Budget Trend Analysis

Publication date: Jan. 1, 2019

A gift in honor of the contributions of Dr. Curtis Bracheler contributed to this project. Dr. James Ahrenholz established the gift.This electronic workbook enables Missouri third class counties to analyze county fiscal trends from 1996 to 2017. A ...

Missouri’s Third Class County Budget Trend Analysis: Workbook User’s Manual

Publication date: June 1, 2016

The electronic workbook, Third Class County Budget Trend Analysis: 1996–2013, is a set of spreadsheets, or workbook, that enables Missouri third-class counties to analyze county fiscal trends from 1996 to 2013. A county can make a detailed study of ...

Missouri State and Local Taxes and Revenues: A 50-State Comparison for 2012

Publication date: Sept. 1, 2015

The individual income tax is a major source of revenue for the state of Missouri. For local governments, a major source of revenue is the property tax, but this varies by type of local government.The state and local tax systems of Missouri are ...

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