by Mike Knaak
editor@thenewsleaders.com
The city of St. Joseph is again conducting an online survey so residents can rate city services.
The 2010 state Legislature passed a law allowing cities to participate in a standard measures program to provide communication to its citizens annually.
The Legislature directed the State Auditor to establish a committee to identify 10 standard measurements as the minimum measurements each city should adopt.
For each person who participates, the city is reimbursed 14 cents.
The city conducted a survey in fall 2018 for reporting in 2019. Staff suggested to conduct the next survey in March to get feedback at a different time of the year. The online survey is available here: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/St_Joseph2020
Only nine residents completed the 2019 survey, according to the State Auditor. Ten people responded in 2018.
The survey questions include public safety, quality of city services such as streets, snowplowing, recreation, water and overall city appearance.
