Saanich wants to hear from you.
Saanich residents and businesses will have a chance to shape the policies of the municipality by participating in its citizen and business surveys starting Jan. 21.
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Saanich surveys the community every four years following the start of a new council term.
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The surveys actually consist out of two kinds of surveys B次元官网网址� one statistically significant, the other not.
Forum Research Inc., conducting the statistically significant portion of the survey, will survey up to 1,000 residents and 400 businesses over a two-week period by telephone. Participants will have a chance to answer questions on topics such as municipal service delivery, quality of life in Saanich, value for taxes, allocation of funding, public participation opportunities, and strategic and financial planning processes among others.
All Saanich residents can also complete an online survey from Jan. 21 to Feb. 1, which includes questions on topics similar to the citizen phone survey. The online survey opens Jan. 21 at saanich.ca/survey. Past citizen and business survey results are also available on the Saanich website.
Forum Research Inc. will present its findings at the Feb. 25 council meeting.
Saanich has budgeted $83,000 for the surveys B次元官网网址� up 66 per cent from the original budget.
B次元官网网址淚 think this is very important input for us, as an incoming council to inform our strategic planning that lies ahead, to give us a sense of levels of satisfaction and priorities in our community with respect to services,B次元官网网址� said Coun. Rebecca Mersereau late last year in justifying the increase, with the additional funding coming from SaanichB次元官网网址檚 strategic initiatives contingency fund, whose current balance stands at $339,580. None of the four returned proposals had come within budget, prompting the increase.
Saanich earlier this month launched Shaping Saanich, which the municipality describes as B次元官网网址渁 new public education and engagement campaignB次元官网网址� to B次元官网网址渆nsure residents understand the elements of municipal decision making and the opportunities to participateB次元官网网址� as part of a B次元官网网址渓ong-term commitment by Mayor and Council to offer opportunities for education and meaningful public input.B次元官网网址�
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