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Michigan local leaders’ views on state preemption and how to share policy authority

June 1, 2017

This report presents the opinions of Michigan’s local government leaders regarding concerns over state government preemption of local decision making and preferred areas of shared and separate policy authority between local and state government. The...

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Improving communication, building trust are seen as keys to fixing relationships between local jurisdictions and the State government

April 1, 2017

This report presents the opinions of Michigan’s local government leaders regarding the relationships between their local jurisdictions and the State government, including particular factors that affect State-local relations, how those relations...

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Support or oppose requiring Emergency Managers to consider local elected official input before making decisions

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State government, State oversight, Emergency Manager Law, State policies, State government reform

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Agree or disagree that the Emergency Manager Law leads to an overemphasis on cost-cutting

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State government, State oversight, Emergency Manager Law, State policies, Community and Social Issues

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Top priority for reforms to the system of funding local government

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State government, Finance Budget and Operations, State oversight, Revenue, fiscal health, Finances, System of Funding Local Government, State government reform, State policies

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Support or opposition to the Emergency Manager Law overall

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Michigan Public Policy Survey (MPPS)

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State government, State oversight, Emergency Manager Law, State policies

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Support or oppose requiring Emergency Managers to plan for improving factors beyond just finances

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State government, State oversight, Emergency Manager Law, State policies, State government reform

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Support or oppose including provisions for possible new local or state revenue options for jurisdictions with Emergency Managers

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State government, State oversight, Emergency Manager Law, State policies, State government reform

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Agree or disagree that the Emergency Manager Law serves the interests of local residents by improving their jurisdiction’s fiscal sustainability

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State government, State oversight, Emergency Manager Law, State policies

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Agree or disagree that the Emergency Manager Law helps difficult decisions to be made because the EM is an “outsider”

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State government, State oversight, Emergency Manager Law, State policies

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Agree or disagree that the Emergency Manager Law is undemocratic

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State government, State oversight, Emergency Manager Law, State policies, Community and Social Issues

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Effectiveness of Emergency Manager Law at restoring fiscal health in the short-term

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State government, State oversight, Emergency Manager Law, State policies

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Effectiveness of Emergency Manager Law at establishing sustainable financial conditions for the long-term

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State government, State oversight, Emergency Manager Law, State policies

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Support or oppose allowing a State-appointed advisory board to have ongoing oversight powers after the Emergency Manager leaves

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State government, State oversight, Emergency Manager Law, State policies

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Support or oppose allowing an Emergency Manager to set aside decision-making powers of local elected officials

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State government, State oversight, Emergency Manager Law, State policies

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Support or oppose allowing local units the choice between a consent agreement, Emergency Manager, mediation, or bankruptcy

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State government, State oversight, Emergency Manager Law, State policies

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Agree or disagree that the Emergency Manager Law is racially discriminatory

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State government, State oversight, Emergency Manager Law, State policies, Community and Social Issues, DEI

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Support or oppose requiring Emergency Managers to analyze impact on disadvantaged groups when making decisions

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State government, State oversight, Emergency Manager Law, State policies, State government reform

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Support or oppose requiring Emergency Managers to consider citizen input before making decisions

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State government, State oversight, Emergency Manager Law, State policies, State government reform

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Support or oppose adding a state-level ombudsperson oversight for citizens and local officials to appeal any Emergency Manager decision

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State government, State oversight, Emergency Manager Law, State policies, State government reform

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Support or oppose changing the Emergency Manager Law by making other changes

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State government, State oversight, Emergency Manager Law, State policies, State government reform

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Is the current system for funding local government in need of significant reform

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State government, Finance Budget and Operations, State oversight, Revenue, fiscal health, Finances, State policies, System of Funding Local Government, State government reform

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Support or oppose allowing local-option taxes

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State government, Finance Budget and Operations, State oversight, Revenue, fiscal health, Finances, System of Funding Local Government, State government reform, Taxes, State policies

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Support or oppose compelling the State to pay for "unfunded mandates"

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State government, Finance Budget and Operations, State oversight, Revenue, fiscal health, Finances, System of Funding Local Government, State government reform, State policies, State mandates and preemption

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Support or oppose increasing maximum allowable local millage rates

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State government, Finance Budget and Operations, State oversight, Revenue, fiscal health, Finances, System of Funding Local Government, State government reform, State policies, Property taxes

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Support or oppose reforming Headlee Amendment to limit millage roll-backs

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State government, Finance Budget and Operations, State oversight, Revenue, fiscal health, Finances, System of Funding Local Government, State government reform, State policies

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Support or oppose reforming Proposal A to allow more taxable value growth

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State government, Finance Budget and Operations, State oversight, Revenue, fiscal health, Finances, System of Funding Local Government, State government reform, Property taxes, State policies

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Support or oppose restoring full statutory revenue sharing

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State government, Finance Budget and Operations, State oversight, Revenue, fiscal health, Finances, System of Funding Local Government, State government reform, State policies

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Support or oppose adding new services to the state sales tax base

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State government, Finance Budget and Operations, State oversight, Revenue, fiscal health, Finances, System of Funding Local Government, State government reform, State policies

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Support or oppose increasing rates on state sales taxes with revenue-sharing components

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State government, Finance Budget and Operations, State oversight, Revenue, fiscal health, Finances, System of Funding Local Government, State government reform, State policies