City of Troy Meets the New State Standards
for Accountability and Transparency
(TROY, MI) –The City
of Troy has a long history of fiscal transparency, evidenced by the information
contained on its comprehensive website, its community conversations and best
practices of cost reduction and fiscal responsibility. City Management engaged
in a massive restructuring initiative to take control of its future to assure
that Troy would deliver municipal services in the most cost efficient and
effective manner.
When the State of Michigan introduced the Economic Vitality
Incentive Program (EVIP), it was easily determined that Troy could meet
the new state standards. The Performance Dashboards proposed by
Governor Rick Snyder would include those financial and operating measures that
are most important to the government and its citizens. The Dashboards
provide a quick assessment of a community’s performance in five key areas that
affect families today: economic strength; health and education; value for
government; quality of life; and public safety.
“Troy has
always been a very lean operation with a history of being fiscally
responsible,” City Manager John Szerlag said.
“This Dashboard gives us one more
way to provide transparency, accountability and a comparative analysis to our citizens. For more than 15 years, the City of Troy has
worked to put best practices in place including engaging in a massive restructuring initiative during these tough
times as well as many public and private partnerships.”
Troy’s Dashboard,
along with providing the State’s mandatory requirements, which also include the
Popular Annual Financial Report, also contains additional information such as
its Best Practices Report and the Three Year Budget (2011/12 – 2013/14).
Residents
can visit the City of Troy website at http://troymi.gov/dashboard to monitor trends and obtain detailed information.
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