Subject(s): Public Finance in United States -- Evaluation of Public administration -- Importance of fiscal health , Factors effecting local government fiscal health, Fiscal manager's situation, Fiscal capacity framework -- Fiscal health literature -- Macro trends affecting local governments : Demographic and social trends, Telecommunications infrastructure, Technology and global economy, Institutional and policy fragmentation, Increased Problem complexity, Demand for services, Citizen, group and elected official activism and regional issues, Looming structural budget gaps -- Financing trends and options : Fiscal federalism, Size of government, Local response to the Macrotrends, Local revenue sources, Regional sprawl and local finances, Intergovernmental assistance, Changing patterns of state assistance, Local tax options, Property tax revisions and improved administration, User charges and fees, Restructuring the system of local government, Public authorities and special districts, Tax base sharing, Transfer of power and intergovernmental agreements, Trends interacting with revenue diversification -- Alternative service delivery (ASD) options : intermunicipality cooperation, Outsourcing principles -- Tools for analysing local fiscal health : ten-point test -- Analysis and interpretation : Glendon county, Sharpelle county, City of Meirwood -- Fiscal effects of local government boundary adjustments : Inter government aid impact, Impact of consolidation on debt burden, Property tax impact, Impact on cost associated with detachment and annexation, Impact of consolidation on local service costs, Impact on farmers, Intergovernmental aid impact, Debt burden, Property tax impact, Expenditures since consolidation, Staffing changes -- Practical strategies for local health : Expand the tax base, Reduce the demand of service, Shift costs on Non-residents, Increase spending flexibility, Improve management of existing resources, Diversify revenue sources