Michigan Public Policy Survey (MPPS)

Looking forward to the next fiscal year, do you expect your jurisdiction will completely eliminate any particular service(s), but it will be provided by another entity?

Thinking about the next fiscal year, which action has your jurisdiction taken or is likely to take regarding property tax rates?

Has there been a decrease, an increase, or no change from the previous fiscal year in the pay rates for your jurisdiction's employee wages and salaries?

Has there been a decrease, an increase, or no change from the previous fiscal year in the cost of government employee pensions for your jurisdiction?

Has there been a decrease, an increase, or no change from the previous fiscal year in the cost of current government employee health benefits for your jurisdiction?

Has there been a decrease, an increase, or no change from the previous fiscal year in the cost of retired government employee health benefits for your jurisdiction?

What overall impact, if any, do you believe the Right-To-Work laws will have over time on the ability of your community to attract and/or retain businesses?

Urban/Rural Self Identification

What overall impact, if any, do you believe the Right-To-Work laws will have over time on the ability of your local government to attract and/or retain desired employees?

We are also interested in the factors that may encourage or discourage privatization. Whether or not your jurisdiction is currently involved in privatization effort(s) of any kind, as far as you know, has the influence of citizens played a role in encouraging your jurisdiction to contract out services or operations?

What overall impact, if any, do you believe the Right-To-Work laws will have over time on the relationship between your jurisdiction's administration and its union(s)?

Looking forward to the next fiscal year, do you expect your jurisdiction to not completely eliminate any particular service?

Thinking about the next fiscal year, which action has your jurisdiction taken or is likely to take regarding charges for fees, licenses, etc.?

Thinking about the next fiscal year, which action has your jurisdiction taken or is likely to take regarding reliance on general fund balance?

Thinking about the next fiscal year, which action has your jurisdiction taken or is likely to take regarding the amount of services provided?

Q4h.  If additional resources were available, which of the following, if any, do you think would most help your office/department recruit additional personnel and/or retain current personnel? (check all that apply) 

h. Investing in community trust and relationship-building

Thinking about the next fiscal year, which action has your jurisdiction taken or is likely to take regarding public safety spending?

In the current fiscal year, did your jurisdiction utilize employee furloughs?

Thinking about the next fiscal year, which action has your jurisdiction taken or is likely to take regarding infrastructure spending?

In the current fiscal year, did your jurisdiction utilize a four-day work week?

Thinking about the next fiscal year, which action has your jurisdiction taken or is likely to take regarding human services spending?

We are also interested in the factors that may encourage or discourage privatization. Whether or not your jurisdiction is currently involved in privatization effort(s) of any kind, as far as you know, have labor contracts in your jurisdiction played a role in encouraging your jurisdiction to contract out services or operations?

Q28b. Thinking about how the State government relates to your jurisdiction in particular, in your role as a local official, how would you rate the way the Department of the Attorney General has been performing the past few years?

We're interested in getting a general sense about the impact of property-tax exemptions on your jurisdiction's tax revenues. Do you have any state forest land within your jurisdiction?

We are also interested in the factors that may encourage or discourage privatization. Whether or not your jurisdiction is currently involved in privatization effort(s) of any kind, as far as you know, has the influence of your jurisdiction's employees played a role in encouraging your jurisdiction to contract out services or operations?

We're interested in getting a general sense about the impact of property-tax exemptions on your jurisdiction's tax revenues. Do you have any nonprofit land holdings such as conservation easements within your jurisdiction?

Which of the following factors, if any, would likely pose challenges to adding new publicly-accessible EV charging stations in your jurisdiction? (among jurisdictions which have at least considered energy policies) (check all that apply)

b. Lack of interest among residents

We're interested in getting a general sense about the impact of property-tax exemptions on your jurisdiction's tax revenues. Do you have any other governmental property (for example, federal or state offices, libraries, etc.) within your jurisdiction?

We're interested in getting a general sense about the impact of property-tax exemptions on your jurisdiction's tax revenues. Do you have any local K-12 school system property within your jurisdiction?

In general, to what extent do you support or oppose mandating energy efficiency/conservation measures through state law in Michigan?