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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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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Thank You