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The Town of Essex is committed to always striving to be the best that we can be. We recognize that our ability to consistently deliver exceptional services to our community depends on spending our time, energy and money on the things that matter most to our residents. That is why we have kicked off a project to create our 2023-2026 Strategic Action Plan! We are pleased to be partnering with Linton Consulting for this important project.

We need to make sure that our priorities match up to what matters the most to our residents. After all, we are using your tax dollars! That is why your input is critical to the success of this assignment. Linton Consulting has developed a brief (5 min) Citizen Questionnaire to provide your thoughts and input on what we need to get done to make our community an even better place to live.

We thank you in advance for completing this before March 15, 2023. If you have questions, contact Kelly Linton directly at kelly@lintonconsulting.ca.

I sincerely thank you for taking the time to provide your valuable input!

Mayor Sherry Bondy

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* 1. Rank the below features (by using the arrows to the right) that you think make Essex a great place to live?

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* 2. On a sliding scale of 1 to 5 (with 1 being “not important at all” and 5 being “extremely important”), how important is the following local government service to your household -  fitness, recreation & leisure programs?

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* 3. On a sliding scale of 1 to 5 (with 1 being “not important at all” and 5 being “extremely important”), how important is the following local government service to your household - arts, culture & heritage programs?

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* 4. On a sliding scale of 1 to 5 (with 1 being “not important at all” and 5 being “extremely important”), how important is the following local government service to your household - parks, trails, playgrounds & open space?

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* 5. On a sliding scale of 1 to 5 (with 1 being “not important at all” and 5 being “extremely important”), how important is the following local government service to your household - bylaw, property standards & parking enforcement?

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* 6. On a sliding scale of 1 to 5 (with 1 being “not important at all” and 5 being “extremely important”), how important is the following local government service to your household - tourism & special events?

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* 7. On a sliding scale of 1 to 5 (with 1 being “not important at all” and 5 being “extremely important”), how important is the following local government service to your household - landscaping / maintenance of public property?

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* 8. On a sliding scale of 1 to 5 (with 1 being “not important at all” and 5 being “extremely important”), how important is the following local government service to your household - safe / well-maintained transportation network (roads)?

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* 9. On a sliding scale of 1 to 5 (with 1 being “not important at all” and 5 being “extremely important”), how important is the following local government service to your household - economic development / land for businesses / jobs & investment?

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* 10. On a sliding scale of 1 to 5 (with 1 being “not important at all” and 5 being “extremely important”), how important is the following local government service to your household - timely communication from the municipality?

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* 11. On a sliding scale of 1 to 5 (with 1 being “not important at all” and 5 being “extremely important”), how important is the following local government service to your household - sidewalks & street lighting?

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* 12. Rank the below communication methods based on how you would prefer to learn about Town issues/events/initiatives?

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* 13. Considering that the Town of Essex receives 59₵ of every dollar of property tax paid by a resident (County and school boards receive the remainder), for each of the following services, identify what you would like to see happen:

  Reduce spending & reduce level of service Maintain spending & maintain level of service Increase spending & improve level of service
Fitness, recreation & leisure programs
Arts, culture & heritage programs
Parks, trails, playgrounds & open space
Bylaw, property standards & parking enforcement
Landscaping/maintenance of public property
Safe & well-maintained transportation network (roads)
Economic development / land for businesses / jobs and investment
Timely communication from the municipality
Sidewalks & street lighting

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* 14. If faced with the following choices, what would you prefer?

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* 15. Every year, the municipality has to decide what capital projects to complete. In order of preference, list the type of projects that you would like to see the municipality invest your tax dollars on in this term of Council?

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