Financial Conditions and Long-Range Plans
(Are they able to do a deal?)

  Comprehensive Annual Financial Report (CAFR)

-  Get the latest audit and financial reporting regarding infrastructure capacity (debt loads; asset management, and accounting).

-  Does the local government receive the important Government Finance Officers Association's Certificate of Achievement for Excellence in Financial Reporting?

  Budget Summaries

-  Is there an annual plan? Is it a program or performance-based budget?

-  Does the local government have a five-year capital budget? 

-  Does the local government receive the Government Finance Officers Association's Distinguished Budget Presentation Award?

  Strategic Plan/Plan of Development

-  Do they have a long-range economic plan of development and sustainable growth planning option?