City–County Consolidation: Promises Made, Promises Kept?

Index

315 ! Index " Index NOTE: f indicates a figure; t indicates a table. A accountability, 6, 12, 306 Nashville/Davidson County, Tennessee, 296 Wyandotte County/Kansas City, Kansas, 251 ad valorem, 123, 124t, 125t annexation, 18, 58, 84, 86, 247, 294, 299, 302, 304 Carson City/Ormsby County, Nevada, 108 Jacksonville/Duval County, Florida, 89 Lexington/Fayette County, Kentucky, x, 18, 136–37, 139, 141–44, 145, 146, 157–59, 295 Lynchburg/Moore County, Tennessee, 18, 180, 181–82, 190–91, 201, 210, 292, 294 Nashville/Davidson County, Tennessee, 27, 32–34 Tampa/Hillsborough County, Florida, 89, 91, 94, 100 Virginia Beach/Princess Anne County, Virginia, x, 18, 58, 60, 62–66, 79, 80n3, 295 Wyandotte County/Kansas City, Kansas, 251 B board of county commissioners Butte/Silver Bow County, Montana, 165–67, 170, 298 Carson City/Ormsby County, Nevada, 107–9 Lynchburg/Moore County, Tennessee, 181, 183, 190 Wyandotte County/Kansas City, Kansas, 249, 250 budgets, 21n3, 61f, 177, 183, 222, 242n6, 267n4, 274, 303 C c3 model, 15f, 137–38, 276t, 277t, 286t, 287t, 288t, 289t Lexington/FayetteCounty, Kentucky, 138, 139t Louisville/Jefferson County, Kentucky, 138, 139t campaigns, ix, 1, 18, 20, 30, 32–34, 66t, 79, 94, 137, 139, 142, 143, 145, 163–66, 180, 189, 190, 211, 218–20, 265, 271, 280, 283, 293–95, 297, 299, 302, 308 anticonsolidation, x, 30, 138, 163 proconsolidation, ix, x, 1, 3, 12, 31, 34, 63–64, 71, 78–79, 158, 163, 166, 170, 200, 216, 218–20, 238, 251, 272 central cities, 30, 84, 136 chamber of commerce Butte/Silver Bow County, Montana, 164 Decatur/Meigs County, Tennessee, 188 Jacksonville/Duval County, Florida, 93 Lynchburg/Moore County, Tennessee, 188, 201 Tallahassee/Leon County, Florida, 94 Wyandotte County/Kansas City, Kansas, 249, 250 316 Index charter provisions, 113, 129n2 Athens/Clarke County, Georgia, 216–18, 220–22, 240, 242n6, 297 Carson City/Ormsby County, Nevada, 107–9, 127, 129nn2–3, 130n10, 297 Jacksonville/Duval County, Florida, 297 Lexington/Fayette County, Kentucky, 136–37, 141 Lynchburg/Moore County, Tennessee, 181, 212n3 minor municipalities, 7 Nashville/Davidson County, Tennessee, 28–34 service districts, 108. See also general service district; urban service district taxing districts, 108, 127, 129n2, 221. See also tax districts Virginia Beach/Princess Anne County, Virginia, 66t Wyandotte County/Kansas City, Kansas, 246 citizen satisfaction, 11, 28, 34, 35, 36–37, 47–50, 51, 53, 99–100, 263, 265–66, 291, 296, 307 city council, 58 Athens/Clarke County, Georgia, 217, 219, 221, 240 Carson City/Ormsby County, Nevada, 108–9 Jacksonville/Duval County, Florida, 93 Nashville/Davidson County, Tennessee, 29, 32 Wyandotte County/Kansas City, Kansas, 249 city–county consolidation model. See c3 model city–county manager, 6, 107, 279 civic elite, 3, 66, 218 Butte/Silver Bow County, Montana, 162, 164 Jacksonville/Duval County, Florida, 92 Virginia Beach/Princess Anne County, Virginia, 65–66 companion cases. See under methodology consolidation opposition, 2, 86. See also campaigns: anticonsolidation Athens/Clarke County, Georgia, 219, 221, 239 Butte/Silver Bow County, Montana, 162, 164 Carson City/Ormsby County, Nevada, 109 Jacksonville/Duval County, Florida, 93 Lexington/FayetteCounty, Kentucky, 143 Nashville/Davidson County, Tennessee, 30–32 Wyandotte County/Kansas City, Kansas, 265 consolidation study commission Athens/Clarke County, Georgia, 216–21, 242n4 Butte/Silver Bow County, Montana, 165, 166 Lexington/FayetteCounty, Kentucky, 141, 142 Lynchburg/Moore County, Tennessee, 181 Nashville/Davidson County, Tennessee, 27 Wyandotte County/Kansas City, Kansas, 249–50 consolidation vote, x, 1, 4t, 7, 84, 106, 159. See also referendum Athens/Clarke County, Georgia, 216–18, 240 Augusta/Richmond County, Georgia, 242n2 Butte/Silver Bow County, Montana, 162–66 c3 model, 137, 158, 283, 299, 302 Carson City/Ormsby County, Nevada, 107–8 Jacksonville/Duval County, Florida, 89, 92, 99 Lexington/FayetteCounty, Kentucky, Index 317 137, 143 Lynchburg/Moore County, Tennessee, 181 Nashville/Davidson County, Tennessee, 30–34 Richmond/HenricoCounty,Virginia, 64 Tampa/Hillsborough County, Florida, 89, 91–92 Tribune/Greeley County, Kansas, 2 Virginia Beach/Princess Anne County, Virginia, 67 Wyandotte County/Kansas City, Kansas, 246, 250, 251–52, 296 corruption, 247 Butte/Silver Bow County, Montana, 163 Jacksonville/Duval County, Florida, 92, 98, 297 Lexington/Fayette County, Kentucky, 144, 159n3 Wyandotte County/Kansas City, Kansas, 5, 249, 264, 296 D debt, 61, 69, 72–75, 300 Bozeman/Gallatin County, Montana, 173, 174 Butte/Silver Bow County, Montana, 173–76 Decatur/Meigs County, Tennessee, 208 Lexington/Fayette County, Kentucky, 156–57 Louisville/Jefferson County, Kentucky, 155...