Michigan Public Policy Survey (MPPS)

To what extent do you agree or disagree that your meetings run too long because too many citizens want to speak?

To what extent do you agree or disagree that some of your best engagement with citizens happens informally around the community (such as at the grocery store or in a restaurant, etc.)?

To what extent do you agree or disagree that you don't need formal engagement efforts because your local officials already know what citizens want?

Has your jurisdiction's use of technology for citizen engagement been discouraged by no particular leaders among jurisdiction personnel pushing for adoption?

During the next twelve months, do you think your community will have good times financially, or bad times financially?

Has your jurisdiction's use of technology for citizen engagement been discouraged by concerns that unrepresentative people or groups would dominate citizen input?

Has your jurisdiction's use of technology for citizen engagement been discouraged by issues concerning compliance with the Open Meetings Act and/or the Freedom of Information Act?

Has your jurisdiction's use of technology for citizen engagement been discouraged by issues of privacy/security?

Different local jurisdictions manage their unreserved general fund balances in different ways depending on their specific circumstances. Despite these differences, we're interested in tracking overall changes in these balances over time. Approximately what was your jurisdiction's unreserved general fund balance as a percentage of general fund expenditures at the end of its last fiscal year?

Has your jurisdiction's use of technology for citizen engagement been discouraged by lack of interest among citizens?

In your current fiscal year, has your jurisdiction had to make any significant mid-year adjustments due to an inaccurate budget forecast?

Has your jurisdiction's use of technology for citizen engagement been discouraged by resistance among jurisdiction personnel?

Thinking about your jurisdiction's fiscal needs, overall, do you consider your jurisdiction's unreserved general fund balance to be too high, about right, or too low?

How likely is it that your jurisdiction will adopt formal multi-year budgeting in the next 12 months? (Among those jurisdictions reporting using single-year budgets)

Does your jurisdiction adopt single-year budgets or multi-year budgets?

Has your jurisdiction's use of technology for citizen engagement been discouraged by lack of technical skills among your citizens?

Has your jurisdiction's use of technology for citizen engagement been discouraged by lack of technical expertise among jurisdiction personnel?

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

Has your jurisdiction's use of technology for citizen engagement been discouraged by lack of funding?

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?

Looking forward to the next fiscal year, do you expect your jurisdiction will completely eliminate any particular service(s), and it will no longer be provided at all?

In your opinion, overall, have your DDA and/or other special taxing authorities been an asset, a liability, or neither to your jurisdiction's fiscal health to date? (Among those jurisdictions that reported having one or more special tax authorities)

Overall, do you consider your jurisdiction's fringe benefits package(s) for current employees to be too generous, about right, or not generous enough? (Among those jurisdictions that reported providing fringe benefits to current employees)

Overall, do you consider your jurisdiction's fringe benefits package(s) for new hires to be too generous, about right, or not generous enough? (Among those jurisdictions that reported providing fringe benefits to new hires)

Does your jurisdiction provide any fringe benefits (i.e., health care, dental, vision, life insurance, etc) to current employees?

Does your jurisdiction provide any fringe benefits (i.e., health care, dental, vision, life insurance, etc) to new hires?

Overall, do you consider your jurisdiction's pay rate(s) for current employees to be too high, about right, or too low?

Overall, do you consider your jurisdiction's pay rate(s) for new hires to be too high, about right, or too low?

In your opinion, are the special taxing authorities' debt obligations a significant fiscal problem, somewhat of a problem, not much of a problem, or not a problem at all for your jurisdiction's fiscal health? (Among those jurisdictions that reported having one or more special tax authorities and did not report them having no debt)

In your opinion, how likely is it that one or more of your special taxing authorities will have serious difficulty repaying their current debt? (Among those jurisdictions that reported having one or more special tax authorities)