Michigan Public Policy Survey (MPPS)

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

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

Please indicate whether your jurisdiction uses public comment opportunities at other jurisdictional meetings (e.g., planning commissions, etc.) to engage its citizens in your government's policymaking and/or operations.

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?

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 establishing common minimum operating standards, below which collaboration would be required to provide the service, would be in encouraging or supporting intergovernmental collaboration?

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.

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 social media accounts for your jurisdiction (e.g., Facebook or Twitter) to engage its citizens in your government's policymaking and/or operations.

How effective or ineffective do you think state mandates establishing common accounting and budgeting standards would be in encouraging or supporting intergovernmental collaboration?

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

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

To what extent overall has compatibility of culture, values, expectations among partnering jurisdictions encouraged or discouraged your jurisdiction's decision(s) about collaboration for the provision of new or existing services?

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

Please indicate whether your jurisdiction uses public comment opportunities at jurisdiction's main governing Council/Board meetings to engage its citizens in your government's policymaking and/or operations.

To what extent overall has availability of facilitators or other outside experts encouraged or discouraged your jurisdiction's decision(s) about collaboration for the provision of new or existing services?

To what extent overall has compatibility of accounting and budgeting systems encouraged or discouraged your jurisdiction's decision(s) about collaboration for the provision of new or existing services?

To what extent overall have upfront/transition costs of implementing new collaborative agreements encouraged or discouraged your jurisdiction's decision(s) about collaboration for the provision of new or existing services?

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?

Is your jurisdiction studying and/or planning any new or expanded efforts with a village? (Among jurisdictions studying, planning new, or expanding existing collaboration)

Is your jurisdiction studying and/or planning any new or significantly expanded collaborative efforts for 911 emergency services? (Among jurisdictions studying, planning new, or expanding existing collaboration)

Is your jurisdiction studying and/or planning any new or significantly expanded collaborative efforts for fire services? (Among jurisdictions studying, planning new, or expanding existing collaboration)

Is your jurisdiction studying and/or planning any new or significantly expanded collaborative efforts for police services? (Among jurisdictions studying, planning new, or expanding existing collaboration)

Is your jurisdiction studying and/or planning any new or significantly expanded collaborative efforts for transportation/transit? (Among jurisdictions studying, planning new, or expanding existing collaboration)

Is your jurisdiction studying and/or planning any new or significantly expanded collaborative efforts for land use planning and/or zoning? (Among jurisdictions studying, planning new, or expanding existing collaboration)

Is your jurisdiction studying and/or planning any new or expanded efforts with a regional organization? (Among jurisdictions studying, planning new, or expanding existing collaboration)

Is your jurisdiction studying and/or planning any new or expanded efforts with a higher education institution? (Among jurisdictions studying, planning new, or expanding existing collaboration)

Is your jurisdiction studying and/or planning any new or expanded efforts with a K-12 school district? (Among jurisdictions studying, planning new, or expanding existing collaboration)

Is your jurisdiction studying and/or planning any new or significantly expanded collaborative efforts for utilities/water/sewer/recycling/waste services? (Among jurisdictions studying, planning new, or expanding existing collaboration)