Ohio Constitutional Modernization Commission for the Education, Public Institutions, Miscellaneous and Local Government Committee July 11,2013 Alison D. Goebel Associate Director Greater Ohio Policy Center [email protected]Lavea Brachman Executive Director Greater Ohio Policy Center [email protected]g Overview of Local Government in Ohio
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GOPC presented an overview of Ohio's local government terrain to the Eduation, Public Institutions and Miscellaneous and Local Government Committee of the Ohio Constitutional Modernization Commission on July 11, 2013.
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Ohio Constitutional Modernization Commission
for the Education, Public Institutions,
Miscellaneous and Local Government Committee
July 11,2013
Alison D. GoebelAssociate DirectorGreater Ohio Policy [email protected]
An outcome-oriented statewide non-profit organization that develops and implements policies and practices to:
• revitalize Ohio’s urban cores and metropolitan regions
• achieve sustainable land reuse and economic growth
Sustainable Growth and Local Government
Ohio’s current local government structure impacts sustainable growth:
• Communities and taxpayers face the legacy costs of a 19th century structure in a 21st century economy
• Ohio’s population growth is stagnating
• 45th in population growth, but 8th in land consumption
• Fragmented and duplicative local governments prevent effective economic competition on world market
State of Local Government in Ohio
How much does Ohio’s local government cost?
How does Ohio compare nationally?
Cost of Ohio’s Local Government
• 20th highest local tax burden in U.S. (2010)
• 34th highest for state taxes, as a % of income (2012)
• 45th in population growth, but 8th in land consumption
Cost of Ohio’s Local Government
• 29% above peer state average (IN, MI, PA, KY, IL) in monthly local government payroll
• ~2x national average for monthly local government payroll
Monthly payroll expenditures for local government in Ohio cost $1.8 billion in 2011
Monthly employment expenditures for local government are almost 3 times that of state government.
2003 2007 2011$0
$500,000,000
$1,000,000,000
$1,500,000,000
$2,000,000,000
$2,500,000,000
$3,000,000,000
$483,289,081 $597,895,507 $653,416,073
$2,054,318,446
$1,692,070,025
$1,817,460,033
state gov't payroll local gov't payroll
Greater Ohio Policy Center
payroll costs of key levels of local government, 2011
monthly payroll costs of key components of local gov’t, March 2011
Source: Greater Ohio Policy Center, Census of Governments; Government Organization, 2011
$0
$20,000,000
$40,000,000
$60,000,000
$80,000,000
$100,000,000
$120,000,000
$140,000,000
$160,000,000
Ohio is MIDDLE of the pack in per capita costs of local government payroll in the midwest and peer states
state 2011 per capita cost of local government
Indiana $130.71Michigan $137.22Pennsylvania $139.79Wisconsin $153.49Minnesota $156.19Ohio $157.49Illinois $176.30New York $251.60 US Total $160.58
State of Local Government in Ohio
How much local government does Ohio have?
How does Ohio’s local government system compare nationally?
Ohio has over 3,600 local government jurisdictions
Source: : U.S. Census Bureau, 2012 Census of Governments, Organization Component Preliminary Estimates2012
counties (88) municipalities (940)
townships (1,308)
traditional school districts
(614)
0
200
400
600
800
1000
1200
1400
types and number of local governments
and over 4,000 special district governments
Source: Greater Ohio Policy Center, Census of Governments; Government Organization, 2012, research by Randy Cole
metro. h
ousing a
uth. (75)
park dist
ricts
(90)
airports
(97)
joint fire
or ambulan
ce dist
rict (1
45)
municipal
& county
courts
(165)
librar
y dist
ricts
(251)
senior c
enter
s (450)0
100200300400500
examples of special district governments
Ohio ranks 7th nationally in raw numbers of local governments per state
rank state # of local gov'ts1Illinois 6,9682Pennsylvania 4,9053Texas 4,8564California 4,3505Kansas 3,8066Missouri 3,7527Ohio 3,7028Minnesota 3,6339New York 3,454
10Wisconsin 3,123
Source: Greater Ohio Policy Center, US Census of Governments, 2012
and 8th nationally in local governments per square mile
Source: Greater Ohio Policy Center, US Census of Governments, 2012
rank stateSize of state in square mile
# of local govts govts/sq mi
1 New Jersey 8,214 1,344 0.1642 Delaware 2,396 338 0.1413 Illinois 57,914 6,968 0.120