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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 2020 | Q18 |
How confident are you in your rating (in Q17 above) regarding your jurisdiction's fiscal stress today? Finance Budget and Operations Finances, fiscal health, Fiscal health/stress |
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| Spring 2020 | Q18 |
How confident are you in your rating (in Q17 above) regarding your jurisdiction's fiscal stress today? Finance Budget and Operations Finances, fiscal health, Fiscal health/stress |
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| Spring 2020 | Q19 |
How confident are you in your rating (in Q17 above) regarding your jurisdiction's expected fiscal stress five years from now? Finance Budget and Operations Finances, fiscal health, Fiscal health/stress |
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| Spring 2020 | Q19 |
How confident are you in your rating (in Q17 above) regarding your jurisdiction's expected fiscal stress five years from now? Finance Budget and Operations Finances, fiscal health, Fiscal health/stress |
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| Spring 2019 | Q10 |
Different local jurisdictions manage their unreserved/unassigned general fund balances in different ways depending on their specific circumstances. Despite these differences, we're interested in tracking overall changes in these balances over time. Approximately what was your jurisdiction's unreserved/unassigned general fund balance as a percentage of general fund expenditures at the end of its last fiscal year? Finance Budget and Operations Finances, fiscal health, General fund balance |
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