Mixed signals continue for Michigan local governments' fiscal health, while future outlooks worsen

This report presents Michigan local government leaders’ assessments of their jurisdictions’ fiscal conditions and the actions they plan to take in the coming year given their financial situations. The findings are based on responses from 10 statewide survey waves of the Michigan Public Policy Survey (MPPS) conducted annually each spring from 2009 through 2019.

• Annual Fiscal Health Tracking
• Better/less able fiscal needs
• cash flow
• Finance Budget and Operations
• Finances
• fiscal health
• General fund balance
• Pay rates and wages
• Service demand and spending
• Spending
• Fiscal stress
• Spring 2019 MPPS