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The Michigan Public Policy Survey (MPPS), a program of biannual state-wide surveys of local government leaders in Michigan, was launched by the Center for Local, State, and Urban Policy (CLOSUP) in 2009. The surveys cover a wide range of issues important to local and state governance, such as fiscal, budgetary and operational policy, fiscal health, public sector compensation, workforce development, local-state governmental relations, intergovernmental collaboration, privatization, economic development strategies and initiatives such as placemaking and economic gardening, the role of local government in environmental sustainability, energy topics such as hydraulic fracturing ("fracking") and wind power, trust in government, views on state policymaker performance, and much more.
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| Wave | Q# | Question Text | Data Tables |
|---|---|---|---|
| Spring 2018 | Q2 |
During the next twelve months, do you think your community will have good times financially, or bad times? Finance Budget and Operations, Economic Development Finances, fiscal health, Development conditions, Business conditions |
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| Spring 2018 | Q3a |
Would you say that your unit of government is less able or better able to meet its financial needs in this fiscal year compared to the last fiscal year? Finance Budget and Operations Finances, fiscal health, Better/less able fiscal needs |
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| Spring 2018 | Q3b |
Would you say that your unit of government is less able or better able to meet its financial needs in the next fiscal year compared to this fiscal year? Finance Budget and Operations Finances, fiscal health, Better/less able fiscal needs |
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| Spring 2018 | Q4a |
Comparing your jurisdiction's current fiscal year to its previous fiscal year, please consider the ways the following items have changed. Indicate whether - in your opinion - there has been a decrease, an increase, or no change from the previous fiscal year: Revenue from property taxes Finance Budget and Operations Revenue, Taxes, Finances, Property taxes, Taxes and revenues |
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| Spring 2018 | Q4b |
Comparing your jurisdiction's current fiscal year to its previous fiscal year, please consider the ways the following items have changed. Indicate whether - in your opinion - there has been a decrease, an increase, or no change from the previous fiscal year: Amount of state aid to your jurisdiction State Government, Finance Budget and Operations State oversight, Revenue, fiscal health, Finances, System of funding local government |
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