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The Municipality of Huron East is a vibrant community, committed to providing a great quality of life and services to our residents. As Huron East continues to grow, we must continue to invest your tax dollars to maintain and improve our roads, bridges, water and wastewater, parks, facilities, and recreational centres to maintain this quality of life. 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.

Many factors influence how we spend your tax dollars, including our growth rate, local and regional economies, social and environmental factors, and policies developed by provincial and federal government. Most importantly, we need to make sure that the priorities that we set as a Municipality matches up to what matters the most to you, our residents. We want a future that enhances our quality of life and sense of community. That is why citizen input is critical to the success of both strategic planning and asset management. This brief (5 min) Citizen Questionnaire provides you with a meaningful opportunity to share your thoughts on our strengths and weaknesses and your feedback on what our priorities should be over the next few years.

We thank you in advance for completing this questionnaire before February 9th, 2024. If you have questions about the questionnaire, contact Kelly Linton directly at kelly@lintonconsulting.ca.

Thanks in advance for your input and for helping us to make Huron East an even better place to be!

Mayor MacLellan

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* 1. Where do you live?

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* 2. How old are you?

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* 3. Rank the below communication methods based on how you would prefer to learn about Municipal issues/events/initiatives? (click – drag – drop or click the arrows to move the items into your order)

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* 4. Rank the below features that you think make Huron East a great place to live (click – drag – drop or click the arrows to move the items into your order).

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* 5. How important is the following local government service to your household?

  Not important at all Hardly important Somewhat important Important Extremely important
Recreation, leisure & special community events/programs
Arts, culture & heritage opportunities
Parks, trails, playgrounds & open spaces
Building services & bylaw enforcement
Police, fire, and emergency services
Maintenance of public property
Safe & well-maintained roads
Economic investment & local jobs
Communication from the Municipality

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* 6. How would you describe your experience with different infrastructure?

  Highly satisfied Satisfied Unsure Dissatisfied Very dissatisfied
Roads
Sidewalks
Bridges
Parks, trails and open spaces
Community centres
Emergency vehicles & equipment (firetrucks/snowplows)
Water & sewers
Drainage

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* 7. In your opinion, Huron East is making the right investments in infrastructure for its current residents.

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* 8. Considering that the Municipality of Huron East receives about 50₵ of every dollar of property tax paid by a resident (Huron County and school board receive the rest), for each of the following services, identify what you would like to see happen:

  Maintain spending & maintain level of service Increase spending & improve level of service Reduce spending & reduce level of service
Recreation, leisure & special community events/programs
Arts, culture & heritage opportunities
Parks, trails, playgrounds & open space
Property standards and bylaw enforcement
Maintenance of public property
Safe & well-maintained roads & bridges
Economic Investment (business retention & attraction, local jobs)
Communication from the municipality

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* 9. Huron East is growing. This means spending on infrastructure services may need to change over time to meet the evolving needs of the community. Which factors are most important to you in deciding if Huron East’s spending on infrastructure is best for the community? Please rank the following in order of importance (click – drag – drop or click the arrows to move the items into your order).

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* 10. Every year, decisions have to be made on 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. (click – drag – drop or click the arrows to move the items into your order)

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* 11. In my opinion, Huron East is making the right investments in infrastructure for its future:

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* 12. Any other thoughts/comments?

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