Michigan Public Policy Survey (MPPS)

Please indicate whether your jurisdiction uses cable TV broadcasts and/or online streaming of government meetings to engage its citizens in your government's policymaking and/or operations.

To what extent overall have tax structures encouraged or discouraged your jurisdiction's decision(s) about collaboration for the provision of new or existing services?

Please indicate whether your jurisdiction uses local government performance dashboards or reports to engage its citizens in your government's policymaking and/or operations.

To what extent overall have labor contracts in other jurisdictions encouraged or discouraged your jurisdiction's decision(s) about collaboration for the provision of new or existing services?

To what extent overall have labor contracts in your jurisdiction encouraged or discouraged your jurisdiction's decision(s) about collaboration for the provision of new or existing services?

Please indicate whether your jurisdiction uses a local government website to engage its citizens in your government's policymaking and/or operations.

To what extent overall have state laws encouraged or discouraged your jurisdiction's decision(s) about collaboration for the provision of new or existing services?

Whether or not your jurisdiction has plans to adopt new energy efficiency policies in your government facilities, if the State of Michigan offered the following resources, would your jurisdiction be likely to take advantage of any of the following? (check all that apply)

g. A comprehensive web portal with information on funding or planning for improvements

Please indicate whether your jurisdiction uses internet discussion forums or online input/feedback forms to engage its citizens in your government's policymaking and/or operations.

Please indicate whether your jurisdiction uses informal one-on-one discussions with citizens to engage its citizens in your government's policymaking and/or operations.

How effective or ineffective do you think state mandates establishing common minimum operating standards, below which collaboration would be required to provide the service, would be in encouraging or supporting intergovernmental collaboration?

How effective or ineffective do you think state mandates requiring that certain service-sharing elements be included in local master plans would be in encouraging or supporting intergovernmental collaboration?

How effective or ineffective do you think state mandates requiring that revenue sharing be used first to support service-sharing agreements would be in encouraging or supporting intergovernmental collaboration?

Thinking about State mandates to encourage intergovernmental collaboration, which of the following best describes your view?

Please indicate whether your jurisdiction uses open houses or "coffee with officials" to engage its citizens in your government's policymaking and/or operations.

How effective or ineffective do you think an inventory of best practices and examples of previous successful collaborative efforts would be in encouraging or supporting intergovernmental collaboration?

Please indicate whether your jurisdiction uses neighborhood meetings to engage its citizens in your government's policymaking and/or operations.

How effective or ineffective do you think grants to support planning stages for collaborative efforts would be in encouraging or supporting intergovernmental collaboration?

Please indicate whether your jurisdiction uses community-wide "Town Hall" meetings to engage its citizens in your government's policymaking and/or operations.

Please indicate whether your jurisdiction uses focus groups conducted by or for your jurisdiction to engage its citizens in your government's policymaking and/or operations.

Please indicate whether your jurisdiction uses strategic-planning or "visioning" sessions to engage its citizens in your government's policymaking and/or operations.

Please indicate whether your jurisdiction uses neighborhood-specific committees/teams to engage its citizens in your government's policymaking and/or operations.

Please indicate whether your jurisdiction uses citizen participation on ad hoc task forces or planning teams to engage its citizens in your government's policymaking and/or operations.

Has there been a decrease, an increase, or no change from the previous fiscal year in the number of home foreclosures in your jurisdiction?

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 pay rates for the jurisdiction's employee wages and salaries?

Has there been a decrease, an increase, or no change from the previous fiscal year in the number of employees for your jurisdiction?

Has there been a decrease, an increase, or no change from the previous fiscal year in the general government operations needs for your jurisdiction?

Has there been a decrease, an increase, or no change from the previous fiscal year in the human service needs for your jurisdiction?

Has there been a decrease, an increase, or no change from the previous fiscal year in the infrastructure needs for your jurisdiction?