Michigan Public Policy Survey (MPPS)

Thinking about the effects of COVID-19 in your community, please identify its impacts so far on public health in your community.

For each level of government, please indicate whether you think it should have a great deal of responsibility, some responsibility, or no responsibility for taking actions to address climate change. Local governments

Thinking about the effects of COVID-19 in your community, please identify its impacts so far on your residents’ welfare (food security, mental health, job security, etc.).

Thinking about the effects of COVID-19 in your community, please identify its impacts so far on your jurisdiction officials’ and/or employees’ work-related experiences (morale, mental health, job security, etc.).

Thinking about the effects of COVID-19 in your community, please identify its impacts so far on economic conditions in your community (businesses closing, unemployment, etc.).

Please indicate, as far as you know, if your jurisdiction has privatized surveying, either in whole or in part.

Q15b. Thinking about the overall housing supply in your jurisdiction, to what extent do you agree or disagree that your jurisdiction has housing stock that suffers from blight?

How confident are you in your rating regarding your jurisdiction's expected fiscal stress five years from now?

Thinking about the next fiscal year, which action has your jurisdiction taken or is likely to take regarding the jurisdiction's number of employees?

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

Thinking about the next fiscal year, which action has your jurisdiction taken or is likely to take regarding employees' share of premiums, deductibles, and/or co-pays on health insurance?

Thinking about the next fiscal year, which action has your jurisdiction taken or is likely to take regarding employees’ share of contributions to retirement funds?

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

In your opinion, is your jurisdiction’s cash flow and its ability to pay bills in a timely manner a significant fiscal problem, somewhat of a problem, not much of a problem, or not a problem at all?

In your best estimate, how often is there consensus among Board/Council members regarding votes on budgeting and fiscal policy?

To what extent would you trust private energy contractors or consultants to provide information on local energy programs or policies?

Thinking about the overall fiscal stress of your jurisdiction today and what you expect it to be down the road - including any future financial obligations it may have - on a scale from 1 to 10, where 1 is the best: perfect fiscal health and 10 is the worst: fiscal crisis, how would you rate your jurisdiction's overall fiscal stress today?

Thinking about the overall fiscal stress of your jurisdiction today and what you expect it to be down the road - including any future financial obligations it may have - on a scale from 1 to 10, where 1 is the best: perfect fiscal health and 10 is the worst: fiscal crisis, how would you rate your jurisdiction's overall fiscal stress as you expect it to be five years from now?

How confident are you in your rating regarding your jurisdiction’s fiscal stress today?

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

To what extent would you, in your role as a local official, oppose or support new development of large-scale wind projects in your jurisdiction?

Q17a. How familiar are you with the Michigan Housing Opportunities Promoting Energy Efficiency (MI-HOPE) program?

To what extent would you, in your role as a local official, oppose or support new development of solar panels on rooftops of homes or businesses in your jurisdiction?

Q16b. Are other community groups or advocates in your community interested in helping develop affordable housing or subsidizing housing for the local workforce?

How often, if at all, would you say local elected and/or appointed officials in your jurisdiction’s government face issues that present potential conflicts of interest (that is, where the official or his/her family may receive tangible benefits—personal or business-related—because of actions taken or decisions made as a government official)?

Does your jurisdiction’s local government have a code of ethics?

To what extent would you, in your role as a local official, oppose or support new development of large-scale solar projects in your jurisdiction?

To what extent would you trust nonprofits dedicated to energy issues to provide information on local energy programs or policies?

Thinking about all the energy infrastructure in your community (e.g., power plants, transmission lines, wind turbines, solar panels, oil or gas wells, etc.), do you think your jurisdiction currently hosts more or less than its fair share of statewide energy infrastructure?

To what extent would you trust a college or university to provide information on local energy programs or policies?