08-30-94 Council Workshop Minutes

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Morris pointed out that the next several questions deal with code enforcement. The last survey showed that about a quarter of the community felt that the City was not tough enough in this area. The questions proposed identify code enforcement issues specifically. The City Administrator did not know that question 52 was a valid one since he believed there were ways for the City to increase code enforcement without raising property taxes. The Administrator suggested that a question be included on whether or not property owners would be in favor of increased code enforcement activities. Remerowski suggested a question asking where property owners feel services could be cut. Morris pointed out that question 43 asks where services could be cut if it were needed to maintain City services at their current level. Remerowski sugqested a question about how City services could be improved. The Administrator suggested the survey ask where the City should be spending more money, and give the respondent some information on spending levels. Morris stated that the budget could be condensed to 10 or 12 items, and the survey could ask where the respondent felt cuts should be made if the budget had to be decreased by 10%. Morelan suggested that questions 25 through 34 should be reworded to ask if more or less dollars should be spent in these particular areas. Scalze suggested that the rewording extend through question 38. Remerowski suggested that the survey ask if there is a place the respondent feels tax dollars are being wasted. The Administrator felt it would be good to know how property owners feel budget dollars should be allocated. Morris again suggested a question which condenses the budget and asks the property owners to make reductions. Morris felt that this was a very good exercise. It was suggested that a question be included on noise under the list of "nuisances". 7