Survey Overview | Resources | Policy Issues |
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Satisfaction with law enforcement services; relationships between law enforcement agencies and local government; law enforcement personnel issues and funding; assessments of crime in community and police-community relations; specific policing policies including surveillance technology, alternative responders, and Extreme Risk Protection Orders; accountability in law enforcement; annual tracking items for fiscal health metrics; the state of democracy | ||
Regulation and siting of energy infrastructure on public and private property; local renewable energy goals or requirements; planning and/or zoning regarding energy, including division of authority between state and local governments; local electric vehicle (EV) policies; the Michigan Uniform Energy Code and code enforcement; attitudes toward statewide energy policies; trust in sources of information on energy; climate change | ||
Annual tracking items for fiscal, budget, operation policies; American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) funding for local governments; housing; public sector unions and negotiations; right-to-work legislation; right direction vs. wrong track for state and country; job approval evaluations for governor, legislature, state agencies; relationship between the State & local governments; the state of democracy | ||
Annual tracking items for fiscal, budget, operation policies; American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) funding for local governments; local government employee issues; election administration; Michigan's new Independent Citizens Redistricting Commission; job approval evaluations for Governor, Michigan Legislature, President, and U.S. Congress; right direction vs. wrong track for state, and country; civic discourse; relationships between local government officials and their residents; the state of democracy | ||
Local funding structures and recycling policies (or lack thereof); community member support for or opposition to recycling; perceptions of costs and barriers; resources needed to advance community recycling | ||
Annual tracking items for fiscal, budget, operation policies; Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19); local government use of online technology; Michigan's new Independent Citizens Redistricting Commission; job approval evaluations for Governor, Michigan Legislature, President, and U.S. Congress; right direction vs. wrong track for state, and country; civic discourse; the state of democracy; confidence in institutions | ||
Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19); annual tracking items for fiscal, budget, operation policies; election administration and security; Michigan's new Independent Citizens Redistricting Commission; the 2020 U.S. Census; job approval evaluations for Governor, Michigan Legislature, President, and U.S. Congress; right direction vs. wrong track for state, and country; trust in government; the state of democracy | ||
Regulation and siting of energy infrastructure on public and private property; governments’ engagement with citizens and businesses on energy issues; planning and/or zoning regarding energy; local electric vehicle (EV) policies; local renewable energy goals or requirements; energy use in public and private buildings and the use of audits; the Michigan Uniform Energy Code and code enforcement; collaboration on energy and sustainability policies; climate change | ||
Annual tracking items for fiscal, budget, operation policies; most important problem facing community; next economic recession; opioids; energy issues; 2020 U.S. Census; job approval evaluations for Governor, Michigan Legislature, President, and U.S. Congress; right direction vs. wrong track for state and country | ||
Annual tracking items for fiscal, budget, operation policies; community poverty; local government relationships; medical marijuana; job approval evaluations for Governor, Michigan Legislature, President, and U.S. Congress; right direction vs. wrong track for own jurisdiction, state, and country | ||
Land-use planning and zoning; housing; performance measurement and management | ||
Annual tracking items for fiscal, budget, operation policies; election administration; local government workforce; job approval evaluations for Governor, Michigan Legislature, various state agencies, President, and U.S. Congress; right direction vs. wrong track for state and country | ||
Relationship between the State & local governments; emergency manager law; citizen engagement | ||
Annual tracking items for fiscal, budget, operation policies; package of services provided and trade-off with taxes; system of funding local government; drinking water issues and infrastructure; property tax appeals; job approval evaluations for governor, legislature; right direction vs. wrong track for state | ||
Public safety issues: police services; police-community relations; fire services; emergency medical services | ||
Annual tracking items for fiscal, budget, operation policies; retiree health care; pensions; job approval evaluations for governor, legislature; right direction vs. wrong track for state and own jurisdiction | ||
Road issues: road conditions, maintenance, funding; private roads; complete streets; transit; relations with and evaluation of county road commissions; state and local government ethics | ||
Annual tracking items for fiscal, budget, operation policies; privatization; GFOA-recommended financial policies; job approval evaluations for governor, legislature, state agencies; right direction vs. wrong track for state and own jurisdiction; ballot proposals: citizen referenda, part-time legislature | ||
Energy and environmental issues: the Great Lakes, wind power, fracking, energy sources, environmental sustainability; Detroit bankruptcy | ||
Annual tracking items for fiscal, budget, operation policies; retiree health care; public sector unions and negotiations; right-to-work legislation; property tax exemptions; placemaking economic development; entrepreneurship; job approval evaluations for governor, legislature, state agencies; right direction vs. wrong track for state and own jurisdiction; trust in government | ||
Citizen engagement, including technology related issues | ||
Annual tracking items for fiscal, budget, operation policies; public sector unions and negotiations; package of services provided and trade-off with taxes; system of funding local government; personal property tax; emergency manager law; k-12 education; job approval evaluations for governor, legislature, state agencies; right direction vs. wrong track for state and own jurisdiction | ||
Performance measurement and management, use of data in decision-making; economic vitality incentive program; dashboards | ||
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 | ||
Inter-governmental cooperation, consolidation, service sharing; local government environmental leadership, energy efficiency, global warming | ||
Annual tracking items for fiscal, budget, operation policies; employee compensation; retiree health care; pensions; trade-offs between services and taxes; economic gardening; revenue sharing and local tax authority; independent redistricting commission; U.S. Census; federal stimulus package | ||
Workforce development; k-12 and higher education; brain drain; MI Public Act 312 (public safety union negotiations); state constitutional convention; term limits; job approval evaluations for governor, legislature; federal stimulus package | ||
Annual tracking items for fiscal, budget, operation policies; most important problem; economic development; placemaking; trust in government; inter-governmental cooperation; land-use planning; federal stimulus package |
Individual surveys
Follow the links below to access the survey overview pages from each of the individual surveys of the Michigan Public Policy Survey program (and/or to access each survey's pre-run data tables, and questionnaires). The overview pages provide a general overview of each survey's subject matter and methodology, as well as links to reports, presentations, questionnaires, and pre-run data tables.