Michigan Public Policy Survey (MPPS)

To the best of your knowledge, please indicate whether your local government currently, either on its own or in collaboration with other governments or partners, electronically posts meeting agendas online.

To the best of your knowledge, please indicate whether your local government currently, either on its own or in collaboration with other governments or partners, electronically streams/posts video of jurisdiction hearings or meetings.

In your current fiscal year, did your jurisdiction completely eliminate any service(s), but is now provided by another entity?

In your current fiscal year, did your jurisdiction completely eliminate any service(s) that is no longer provided at all?

In the next fiscal year, how likely is it that your jurisdiction will utilize reduced or eliminated training for local officials and/or local employees?

In the next fiscal year, how likely is it that your jurisdiction will utilize reduced pay rates and/or benefits packages for new hires, compared to current employee compensation rates?

Has there been a decrease, an increase, or no change from the previous fiscal year in your jurisdiction's amount of debt?

In the next fiscal year, how likely is it that your jurisdiction will utilize a four-day work week?

In the next fiscal year, how likely is it that your jurisdiction will utilize employee furloughs?

In the current fiscal year, did your jurisdiction utilize reduced or eliminated training opportunities for local officials and/or local employees?

In the current fiscal year, did your jurisdiction utilize reduced pay rates and/or benefits packages for new hires, compared to current employee compensation rates?

In the current fiscal year, did your jurisdiction utilize early retirement incentives or buyouts?

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

To the best of your knowledge, please indicate whether your local government currently, either on its own or in collaboration with other governments or partners, electronically enables citizens to post comments online.

To what extent overall has the influence of your jurisdiction's labor unions and/or employees 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 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?

Please indicate whether your jurisdiction uses electronic/email newsletters or notices to engage its citizens in your government's policymaking and/or operations.

To what extent overall has the influence of a persistent community leader/organizer encouraged or discouraged your jurisdiction's decision(s) about collaboration for the provision of new or existing services?

Please indicate whether your jurisdiction uses hard copy newsletters or notices to engage its citizens in your government's policymaking and/or operations.

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

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 do you feel your jurisdiction offers opportunities to citizens for engagement with your jurisdiction in its policymaking and/or operations?

To what extent overall has the influence of your jurisdiction's elected officials encouraged or discouraged your jurisdiction's decision(s) about collaboration for the provision of new or existing services?

To what extent overall has the influence of neighboring governments encouraged or discouraged your jurisdiction's decision(s) about collaboration for the provision of new or existing services?

To what extent overall has the influence of businesses or business groups encouraged or discouraged your jurisdiction's decision(s) about collaboration for the provision of new or existing services?

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

 We want to start by getting a very broad sense of citizen engagement with your local government. How would you describe citizen engagement — whatever that means to you — with your jurisdiction? Overall, citizens in your jurisdiction are...