Emily Plihal
Local Journalism
Initiative Reporter
In the next few weeks, town of Peace River residents will have an opportunity to provide feedback to the municipality on how their level of satisfaction with services provided.
At its regular meeting Sept. 16, council discussed the Resident Satisfaction Survey and benefits of having the survey circulated to residents.
“(Council) has not completed a formal resident satisfaction survey in at least several years and doing this survey on an annual basis will help with information on how residents feel about Town communications, service levels, where they would support reduced or increased service levels based on impacts to taxes, recreational opportunities in the town, and other items,” says Mayor Elaine Manzer.
However, she adds council has done engagements about the trails and taxi pass program.
The survey will be made available to residents through various media and will be available in upcoming weeks.
“It gives residents an opportunity to formally state their views on various topics and also provides another source of input into the decisions that the Town makes on various programs,” Manzer notes.
“We are hoping to gather information about how residents feel about various service levels.”
Residents will also be asked about the variety of recreational opportunities in the community.
Many municipalities across the province utilize these types of surveys as a way to set benchmarks. Peace River’s intention is to make this an annual practice, utilizing similar questions each year, so they can evaluate how they are doing and which areas need to be approved.