Wainfleet survey results

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Township of Wainfleet

Services Questionnaire

Results as at

November 15, 2013


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Background

Survey questions provided to Township

form consultants retained to provide Asset

Management Plan

Survey link put on Township web page end

of August 2013

Information pamphlet mailed to each

homeowner October 21, 2013

Township of WainfleetWainfleet -find your country side!


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Number of Responses

Prior to mailing only 22 responses

As at November 15, 2013 - 147 responses



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Age of Respondents


0.7% 8.3%

12.4%

24.8%

25.5%

21.4%

6.9%

What is your age?

18 to 24

25 to 34

35 to 44

45 to 54

55 to 64

65 to 74

75 or older


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Language Spoken at Home

Language

English

French

Other



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Gender


52.1%

47.9%

Female Male


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Years Lived in Wainfleet

One year to 73 years

Average years 22

Median

18 years



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Years Expect to Live in Wainfleet

0

5

10

15

20

25

30

35

Years

10 or Less

11 to 20

21 to 30

31 to 40

40 to 50

More than 50



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Highest Education Level


1.4%

19.9%

6.4%

39.7%

32.6%No certificate, diploma or degree

High school certificate or equivalent

Apprenticeship or trade certificate or diploma

College, CEGEP or other non-university certification ordiploma

University Certificate, diploma or degree


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How far is Commute to Work


18.3%

14.7%

17.4%11.9%

11.9%

25.7%

0-10kms

10-20kms

20-30kms

30-40kms

40-50kms

I am not employed


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Employment Type

0.00%

5.00%

10.00%

15.00%

20.00%

25.00%

30.00%

35.00%

40.00%

45.00%

Self Employed Full Time Part

Time/Seasonal

Retired Unemployed



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10.7%

43.5%

31.3%

14.5%

Do you agree or disagree that the Township is a good place for abusiness to succeed?

Strongly Agree

Agree

Disagree

Strongly Disagree


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Finance&

Education

Arts/Entertainment

NoChange

GreenEnergy

HealthCare

Construction

RealEstate

Farming

Accomodations/F

Transportation&

Manufacturing

Retai

l

Tourism

Recreation

Other

0

5

10

15

20

25

30

Service

Service

Industry Sector to Attract New

Economic Growth


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4.8%

8.1%

38.7%21.0%

27.4%

How effective is the Township at helping to solveproblems ?

Extremely effective

Very effective

Moderately effective

Slightly effective

Not at all effective


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10.8%

33.8%34.6%

20.8%

Quality & value when residents &/or businesses use Townshipservices & facilities

Very Good

Good

Average

Below Average


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16.5%

54.3%

29.1%

Residents & Businesses can easily access information about what takes place atthe Township Council

Very Easy

Easy

Difficult


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0

20

40

60

80

100

120

140

What do you think are the most important issues facing our Township? Least important - 1, mostimportant - 10.

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10


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0

20

40

60

80

100

120

140

Better

accessibility

Moreparks

More

community

events

More

community

a

ctivities

Better

maintenanceof

facilities

Betterroads

Bette

rwaterand

wa

stewater

More

accessible

Councilmeetings

Moresocial

services

More"thingsto

do"

Mor

eyouthand

family

pro

gramming

What do you think would most improve our Township? Least important - 1, most important - 10.

1

23

4

5

6

7

8

9

10


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0

20

40

60

80

100

120

140

Ourtaxdollarsarebeing

usedeffectively

Ourinfrastructure(roads,

buildings,parks)isw

ell-

maintained

Ouradministrativeservices

(inquiries,taxpaymen

ts,

hoursofoperation)are

effective

Wehavegoodanimal

controlservices

Weprovidegoodbuilding

controlandlandus

e

planning

Weprovidegoodby

law

enforcement

Welookafter

our

cemeteriesw

ell

Weprovidesufficie

nt

environmentalprotec

tion

Weprovidequality

fire

protectionservices

Weprovidequalitymed

ical

emergencyresponse

services

Wemaintainourparks

and

recreationfacilities

Weprovideagoodquality

oflifeforresidents

(economicdevelopme

nt,

recreationprograms,

Weadequatelyclear

our

roadsinthewinte

r

Wehavegoodstreet

lighting

Using a scale of 1 to 10 where 1 means strongly disagree and 10 means strongly agree, please ratethe extent to which you agree or disagree with each statement about our Township.

1

2

3

4

5

6

78

9

10


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7.0%

27.1%

20.2%

20.9%

24.8%

How often should we hold a Town Hall meeting

Once annually

Twice annually

Three times annually

More than three times annually

I don't know


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0

20

40

60

80

100

120

140

Cost of living, taxes Sense of community Friendliness of the people Peace, tranquility

Why do you choose to live in the Township ? Least important - 1, most important -10.

1

2

34

5

6

7

8

9

10


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15.6%

21.9%

14.1%18.0%

3.1%

4.7%

22.7%

Do you favor or oppose giving tax breaks to companies that move tothe Township ?

Favor a great dealFavor a moderate amount

Favor a little

Neither favor nor oppose

Oppose a little

Oppose a moderate amount

Oppose a great deal


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In the future, the Township is facingincreased costs for infrastructureconstruction and replacement includingrecreation facilities, community center,library, fire hall and roads.

Would you support increasing taxes for the

construction or replacement of Municipalinfrastructure?

Yes 33.6% No 66.4%


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0

20

40

60

80

100

120

140

Artsandculture

Environmentalprotection

andenhancement

Municipalbuildings

Parksandtrails

Recreationfacilities

Roadsanddrainage

Sidewalksandtrails

SnowRemoval

Streetscape/beautification

projects

WaterSystems

The Township spends a portion of its yearly budget on large projects, known as capital projects.Which of the following capital projects would you spend it on? Please prioritize the order of your

spending.

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10


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9.4%

59.4%

21.1%

10.2%

If faced with the following choices, what would you advise Council to do?choose only one)

Maintainorincreaseexisting

servicesprimarilybyincreasingpropertytaxrates

Maintainorincreaseexistingservicesprimarilybyincreasinguserfeesforservices

Reduceservicesinordertomaintainordecreasecurrentpropertytaxrates

Noopinion


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0

20

40

60

80

100

120

140

Maintain/increase services by

increasing user fees for those services

Maintain/increase services by

increasing property taxes

Reduce services to maintain/decrease

user fees and property taxes

Regarding the Townships budget, which of the following guiding principles would you most preferto be adopted when designing future budgets? Least favoured - 1, most favoured - 10.

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10


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24.2%

37.5%

6.3%

8.6%

5.5%

8.6%

9.4%

Overall, are you satisfied with living in the Township ?

Extremely satisfied

Moderately satisfied

Slightly satisfied

Neither satisfied nor dissatisfied

Slightly dissatisfied

Moderately dissatisfied

Extremely dissatisfied


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Suggestions to Make the

Township More Effective and

Efficient

81 of the 147 respondents made

suggestions Suggestions were varied comments

tended to made about development,

property tax rates, solar energy, Council,services, roads and staff


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Suggestion Summary

16 suggestions about property tax spend

taxpayer money wisely

14 comments about development 10

wanting growth, 4 wanting to maintain

what we have

9 comments about solar energy 5

support solar energy, 4 opposed to

Have summary sheet of all 81 responses



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