Assessment of level of jurisdiction's unreserved general fund balance
Full Question Text
Thinking about your jurisdiction’s fiscal needs, overall, do you consider your jurisdiction’s unreserved/unassigned general fund balance to be too high, about right, or too low?
| % Statewide | ||
| Total | ||
|---|---|---|
| Thinking about your jurisdiction’s fiscal needs, overall, do you consider your jurisdiction’s unreserved/unassigned general fund balance to be too high, about right, or too low? | Too High | 4% |
| About Right | 71% | |
| Too Low | 19% | |
| Don't Know | 6% | |
| % within Jurisdiction Type | ||||||
| Jurisdiction Type | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| County | Township | City | Village | |||
| Thinking about your jurisdiction’s fiscal needs, overall, do you consider your jurisdiction’s unreserved/unassigned general fund balance to be too high, about right, or too low? | Too High | 6% | 4% | 6% | 3% | 4% |
| About Right | 59% | 74% | 62% | 69% | 71% | |
| Too Low | 35% | 14% | 30% | 25% | 19% | |
| Don't Know | 0% | 7% | 1% | 3% | 6% | |
| % within Population Size | |||||||
| Population Size | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| <1500 | 1500-5000 | 5001-10000 | 10001-30000 | >30000 | |||
| Thinking about your jurisdiction’s fiscal needs, overall, do you consider your jurisdiction’s unreserved/unassigned general fund balance to be too high, about right, or too low? | Too High | 3% | 4% | 7% | 10% | 6% | 4% |
| About Right | 70% | 74% | 72% | 65% | 62% | 71% | |
| Too Low | 21% | 15% | 18% | 23% | 30% | 19% | |
| Don't Know | 7% | 7% | 3% | 1% | 1% | 6% | |
| % within Region of Michigan | ||||||||
| Region of Michigan | Total | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Upper Peninsula | Northern Lower Peninsula | West Central Lower Peninsula | East Central Lower Peninsula | Southwest Lower Peninsula | Southeast Lower Peninsula | |||
| Thinking about your jurisdiction’s fiscal needs, overall, do you consider your jurisdiction’s unreserved/unassigned general fund balance to be too high, about right, or too low? | Too High | 2% | 4% | 5% | 4% | 6% | 5% | 4% |
| About Right | 69% | 70% | 69% | 72% | 71% | 73% | 71% | |
| Too Low | 26% | 18% | 18% | 18% | 18% | 19% | 19% | |
| Don't Know | 3% | 8% | 8% | 6% | 4% | 3% | 6% | |
| % within Urban/Rural Self Identification | |||||||
| Urban/Rural Self Identification | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rural | Mostly rural | Mostly urban | Urban | Don't know | |||
| Thinking about your jurisdiction’s fiscal needs, overall, do you consider your jurisdiction’s unreserved/unassigned general fund balance to be too high, about right, or too low? | Too High | 3% | 5% | 11% | 3% | 12% | 4% |
| About Right | 70% | 77% | 72% | 53% | 31% | 71% | |
| Too Low | 21% | 15% | 16% | 42% | 21% | 19% | |
| Don't Know | 6% | 3% | 1% | 2% | 36% | 6% | |