Spring 2021

Beyond any short-term assistance from the Rescue Act funding, in the longer term, do you think it will have positive or negative impacts on the fiscal health of your jurisdiction?

Beyond any short-term assistance from the Rescue Act funding, in the longer term, do you think it will have positive or negative impacts on the fiscal health of the State of Michigan?

Beyond any short-term assistance from the Rescue Act funding, in the longer term, do you think it will have positive or negative impacts on the fiscal health of the federal government?

Has your jurisdiction taken or is it planning to take any of the following actions to support local businesses in response to COVID-19? (check all that apply)

a. There are no local businesses in the community

Has your jurisdiction taken or is it planning to take any of the following actions to support local businesses in response to COVID-19? (check all that apply)

b. No actions taken or planned

Has your jurisdiction taken or is it planning to take any of the following actions to support local businesses in response to COVID-19? (check all that apply)

c. Facilitating financial assistance (e.g., small business grants/loans, etc.)

Has your jurisdiction taken or is it planning to take any of the following actions to support local businesses in response to COVID-19? (check all that apply)

d. Waiving fees, fines, extending payment deadlines, etc.

If there were no restrictions on use of the funds, how important do you think it would be to apply the American Rescue Plan Act money to replenishing depleted fund balances/reserves, if at all?

Has your jurisdiction taken or is it planning to take any of the following actions to support local businesses in response to COVID-19? (check all that apply)

f. Creating more space for social distancing (e.g., support for outdoor dining, closed local roads, etc.)

Q17g. Has your jurisdiction taken or is it planning to take any of the following actions to support local businesses in response to COVID-19? (check all that apply)

Has your jurisdiction taken or is it planning to take any of the following actions to support local businesses in response to COVID-19? (check all that apply)

Which of the following, if any, are reasons that your jurisdiction has not taken or is not planning to take actions to support local businesses in response to COVID-19? (check all that apply) (Among jurisdictions that report taking or planning no actions to support local businesses in response to COVID-19)

a. No action needed (local businesses are doing okay)

Which of the following, if any, are reasons that your jurisdiction has not taken or is not planning to take actions to support local businesses in response to COVID-19? (check all that apply) (Among jurisdictions that report taking or planning no actions to support local businesses in response to COVID-19)

b. Our jurisdiction lacks resources to provide such help

Which of the following, if any, are reasons that your jurisdiction has not taken or is not planning to take actions to support local businesses in response to COVID-19? (check all that apply) (Among jurisdictions that report taking or planning no actions to support local businesses in response to COVID-19)

c. Our community is divided or opposes such actions

Which of the following, if any, are reasons that your jurisdiction has not taken or is not planning to take actions to support local businesses in response to COVID-19? (check all that apply) (Among jurisdictions that report taking or planning no actions to support local businesses in response to COVID-19)

d. Our Board/Council is divided or opposes such actions

Which of the following, if any, are reasons that your jurisdiction has not taken or is not planning to take actions to support local businesses in response to COVID-19? (check all that apply) (Among jurisdictions that report taking or planning no actions to support local businesses in response to COVID-19)

e. Don't know

Overall, how effective or ineffective would you say the action(s) your jurisdiction has taken so far to support local businesses in response to COVID-19 have been? (Among jurisdictions that report taking at least one action to support local businesses in response to COVID-19)

In your opinion, how effective or ineffective overall has the coordination on COVID-19 been so far between your jurisdiction and Michigan Department of Health and Human Services (MDHHS)?

How confident are you in your rating regarding your jurisdiction's expected fiscal stress five years from now?

Thinking about the effects of COVID-19 in your community, please identify its impacts so far on public health in your community.

Thinking about the effects of COVID-19 in your community, please identify its impacts so far on your residents’ welfare (food security, mental health, job security, etc.).

Thinking about the effects of COVID-19 in your community, please identify its impacts so far on your jurisdiction officials’ and/or employees’ work-related experiences (morale, mental health, job security, etc.).

Thinking about the effects of COVID-19 in your community, please identify its impacts so far on economic conditions in your community (businesses closing, unemployment, etc.).

Thinking about the effects of COVID-19 in your community, please identify its impacts so far on continuity of your jurisdiction’s public services.

Thinking about the effects of COVID-19 in your community, please identify its overall impact on your community.

In your opinion, how effective or ineffective overall has the coordination on COVID-19 been so far between your jurisdiction and your county health department?

In your opinion, how effective or ineffective has the coordination on COVID-19 been so far between your jurisdiction and other units of the county government (e.g., sheriff, county human services)?

Thinking about business conditions in your community, do you think that during the next twelve months your community will have good times financially, or bad times financially?

In your opinion, how effective or ineffective overall has the coordination on COVID-19 been so far between your jurisdiction and other units of the state government (e.g., Dept. of Labor and Economic Opportunity, State Police, etc.)?

Thinking about the resources necessary for your jurisdiction to address COVID-19, do you agree or disagree that, so far, your jurisdiction’s local government has gotten the public health resources it needs from the state or federal government?