2024-2028 Strategic Planning Survey

The Township of Billings is updating its Strategic Plan, which will establish goals and guide actions to achieve these objectives over a four-year period, from 2024 to 2028. The Council members invite you to define the future of our Township. This 10 minute online survey has been created to gather contributions and suggestions from residents of the community.
Please respond no later than December 15th, 2023.  

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* 1. Please tell us about yourself:  Your Age:

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* 2. Your Status: (Please check all that apply.)

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* 3. Your Housing:

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* 4. Which of the following best describes your employment status?

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* 5. Please tell us the age of each child under the age of 21 living in your household. Proceed to question 6 if this question does not apply to you.

  Child #1 Child #2 Child #3 Child #4 Child #5
Ages 0-4
Ages 5-10 
Ages 11-15
Ages 16-20

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* 6. How many years have you lived, owned property, or worked in the Township of Billings?   

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* 7. Our Services:  Please indicate how satisfied you are with each of the following services provided by the Township of Billings.

  Very Satisfied Satisfied Dissatisfied Very Dissatisfied Don't Know/Do Not Use
Protection Services (Fire and Police)
Library
Museum 
Recreation Programs and Facilities 
Marina 
Recycling and Garbage Services
Municipal Water Services
Bylaw Enforcement 
Land Use and Development Planning 
Road Infrastructure

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* 8. Our Services:  How important to you is each of the following services provided by the Township of Billings?

  Very Important  Important Unimportant Very Unimportant  Don't Know/Do Not Use
Protection Services (Fire and Police)  
Library
Museum 
Recreation Programs and Facilities 
Marina 
Recycling and Garbage Services
Municipal Water Services
Bylaw Enforcement 
Land Use and Development Planning 
Road Infrastructure

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* 9. Quality of Life:  How would you rate the overall quality of life in the Township of Billings?

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* 10. Overall Satisfaction:  Considering all the programs and services the Township of Billings provides, please rate your overall satisfaction?  

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* 11. Municipal property taxes are the primary source of funds used to provide services in the Township.  We must balance taxation and service delivery levels to deal with uncontrollable costs associated with maintaining current service levels.  Which of the following four options would you most like the Township of Billings to pursue to deal with this? 

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* 12. Climate change is a major challenge for all of us.  Specific to taking steps to mitigate and adapt to climate change, which of the following four options would you most like the Township of Billings to pursue?  

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* 13. OUR STRENGTHS:  If you were talking to someone from outside of the Township of Billings, please name up to THREE things you would tell them that make our township a great place to live?

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* 14. OUR OPPORTUNITIES:  Please name up to THREE opportunities to make the Township of Billings an even better place to live.

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* 15. Our Challenges:  When you get together with neighbours and relatives, please name up to THREE things about the Township of Billings that you most often say need to be improved.

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* 16. Our Communication:  Please rate your level of satisfaction with communication from the Township.

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* 17. Please rank the communication methods below based on how you prefer to learn about Township issues, events, initiatives, etc.  Click the up and down arrows until you have ranked all of the options from your most preferred, (moved to the top of the list), to your least preferred, (moved to the bottom of the list).  

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* 18. Your Vision:  What would you like to see in the Township of Billings in the next 25 years?

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