Spring 2011 Michigan Public Policy Survey Homepage

The Spring 2011 Michigan Public Policy Survey

• Topics:
  • Annual tracking items for fiscal, budget, operation policies; employee compensation; retiree health care; pensions; special tax authorities (DDAs, Brownfield authorities, etc.); tax charge backs by county government; emergency manager law; performance measurement and management; dashboards; federal stimulus package; job approval evaluations for governor, legislature; right direction vs. wrong track for state and own jurisdiction
• Methodology:
  • This survey ran from April 18 to June 10, 2011 and received responses from 69% of jurisdictions
• Survey questionnaire
• Pre-run data tables
• Publications:
  • Assessments of state's direction and state policymaker job performance
  • Public sector unions in Michigan: their presence and impact according to local government leaders
  • Fiscal health continues decline, though some trends have eased in 2011
• Access data at ICPSR:
  • Learn more about MPPS data access at ICPSR
  • Public/Student-use datasets
    • Annual tracking data on budget and operations policy and fiscal health
    • Emergency manager law
    • Employee compensation
    • Federal stimulus package
    • Performance measurement and government dashboards
    • Retiree health care benefits (OPEB)
    • Special tax authorities
    • State direction and policymaker job performance evaluations
    • Public employee unions
  • Restricted-use dataset
    • Restricted-use codebook

A special advisory committee of expert stakeholders helped plan the Spring 2011 MPPS, including the following people:

• Eric Scorsone, MI Senate Fiscal Agency (Chair)
• Nickie Bateson, City of Northville
• Colleen Coogan, Michigan Government Finance Officers Association
• Peter Goodstein, Goodstein and Grossman
• Denise Hammond, West Bloomfield Township
• Joe Heffernan, Plante Moran
• Luke Huelskamp, CFO, Michigan Employees Retirement System (MERS)
• Eric Lupher, Citizens' Reseach Council
• Larry Merrill, Michigan Townships Association
• Rowan Miranda, University of Michigan, Associate VP for Finance
• Mark Skidmore, MSU Department of Economics
• MoReno Taylor, Michigan Association of Counties
• Arnold Weinfeld, Michigan Municipal League

The final questionnaire design reflects decisions made the CLOSUP MPPS staff, which may not represent the views of advisory committee members or others who provided input.