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Today's environment of government fiscal austerity requires careful investment planning and innovative project financing for capital improvements. William-Lynn-James works with cities and public agencies in several ways to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of their financial planning. In this era of escalating infrastructure needs and increasingly tight budgets, agencies at all levels of government must have realistic answers to five tough questions:
 

What are the client's short-term and long-term capital and maintenance needs? What kinds of improvement strategies are most cost-effective over the life of the client's facilities? How should improvement projects be prioritized? How can capital improvements be financed? What do taxpayers want?

We work with local agencies to identify how changes in regulation, tax incentives, tax rates, grant programs, and infrastructure improvements will affect a community's ability to attract businesses and jobs.

William-Lynn-James uses analytical techniques to evaluate the fiscal questions facing a community. These questions depend upon the community and its fiscal complexity. The list below outlines several analytical tools that William-Lynn-James has found useful in assisting communities in the capital-planning and needs-assessment process.

Analytical Techniques

• The Fiscal Analysis Impact Report forecasts local government services demand, associated public costs incurred, and revenues received.

• The Development Finance Report is a pro-forma investment/return and cash-flow analysis of alternative funding arrangements for public-private development projects.

• The Alternative Funding Evaluation Report identifies potential federal and state grant programs, alternative tax resources, and private cost-sharing options for funding local and regional economic development and infrastructure investment.

The wide range of professional skills of our principals offers creative solutions to the most challenging client assignments.

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Last Revised: May 2008

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