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Policy & Guidance
Interim Economic Guidance for Water Quality Standards
Worksheet F
Calculating The Secondary Score
Please check the appropriate box in each row, and record the corresponding score in the final column. Then, sum the scores and compute the average.
Remember, if one of the debt or socioeconomic indicators is not available, average the two financial management indicators and use this averaged value as a single indicator with the remaining indicators.
| Secondary Indicators | Score | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Indicator | Weak* | Mid-Range** | Strong*** | ________ | |
| Bond
Rating
Worsksheet E, (4) |
Below BBB (S&P)
Below Baa (Moody's) |
BBB (S&P)
Baa (Moody's) |
Above BBB (S&P) or Baa (Moody's) | ________ | |
| Overall Net
Debt as Percent of Full Market Value of Taxable Property
Worksheet E, (12) |
Above 5% | 2%-5% | Below 2% |
________ | |
| Unemployment
Worksheet E, (5)& (6) |
Above National Average | National Average | Below National Average | ________ | |
| Median
Household Income
Worksheet E, (7) & (8) |
Below State Median | State Median | Above State Median | ________ | |
| Property Tax
Revenues as a Percent of Full Market Value of Taxable
Property
Worksheet E, (13) |
Above 4% | 2%-4% | Below 2% |
________ | |
| Property Tax
Collection Rate
Worksheet E, (9) |
< 94% | 94% - 98% | > 98% | ________ | |
| * Weak is a score of 1 point
** Mid-Range is a score of 2 points |
SUM | ________ | |||
| *** Strong is a score of 3 points | AVERAGE | ________ | |||