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Have Your Water Utility Rates Kept Up With the Times?
By Scott A. Miller, CPA, Partner, February 22, 2012Articles: Utilities Related, Latest News
Second in a series — Every few years Umbaugh steps back and takes a broad look at the trends across the state in the rates and charges for municipally owned...
Understanding Outside City Utility Rates
By John M. Seever, CPA, Partner, February 9, 2012Articles: Utilities Related, Latest News
With household budgets stretched, more consumers are looking at their utility bills, and we have seen renewed interest and activity on setting adequate utility rates, including “outside city” rates. ...
Have Your Utility Rates Kept Up With the Times?
By Scott A. Miller, CPA, Partner, February 9, 2012Articles: Utilities Related, Latest News
Three Umbaugh Rate Studies Examine the Trends — First in a series — From 2007 to 2011 the cost of electricity increased more than 19%, the cost of gasoline went...
A Fresh Strategic Approach for Cities, Towns and Counties
By Gerald G. Malone, CPA, Partner, January 11, 2012Latest News
It would be an understatement to say the world of local government has changed in three years. Think about where we were throughout most of 2008. The financial...
Do You Have a Financial Roadmap to the Future?
By Paige E. Sansone, CPA, Principal, January 11, 2012Latest News
The start of a new year and (if it applies) a new administration is a good time to develop a plan for the future. Many communities across Indiana, large and...
The Impact of Banking Regulations, Part 2
By Jeffrey A. Messer, Director of Umbaugh Cash Advisory Services, LLC, January 11, 2012Latest News
Investment Alternatives Available for Michigan Public Entities In the last issue of Footnotes, we outlined the 10 Steps to Investing Public Funds. Step 6 is to Determine Appropriate Investments....
Umbaugh’s Matthes Wins IEDA Excellence in Leadership Award
By Umbaugh Announcements, December 14, 2011Latest News
Please join us in congratulating Loren Matthes of Umbaugh who received a top award from the Indiana Economic Development Association (IEDA). IEDA presented Loren with its Excellence in Leadership Award...
2012 Community Focus Fund Grants
By Scott A. Miller, CPA, Partner, December 14, 2011Latest News
If your community is considering applying for a Community Focus Fund (CCF) grant, there will be just one scheduled funding round in 2012, rather than the two rounds that have...
Gateway Reporting Update
By Paige E. Sansone, CPA, Principal, December 2, 2011Articles: Budget Related, Latest News
As of December first, 95.7% of Indiana local governmental units had submitted their 2012 adopted budgets to the Department of Local Government Finance’s (DLGF) new Gateway website. Since this...