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Resident Input on Municipal Budget Priorities

Gathers resident feedback on city service satisfaction, spending priorities, and fiscal trade-offs to inform local government budget planning and resource allocation decisions.

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16 questions · ~4 min
Q01
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Welcome to the Municipal Budget Priorities Survey. This survey collects your input on city services and how public funds should be allocated. Your responses will help inform budget decisions for the upcoming fiscal year. • Participation is voluntary and you may stop at any time. • There are no right or wrong answers—we want your honest opinions. • All responses are anonymous and will be reported only in aggregate. • Estimated completion time: 5–7 minutes. Please proceed to begin.

Q02
Multiple Choice

Which best describes your connection to [Municipality Name]?

Q03
Multiple Choice

In the past 12 months, which city services did you personally use? Select all that apply.

Q04
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Please rank the following areas the city should prioritize over the next two years, from highest to lowest priority.

Q05
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Based on your responses in this survey, what specific projects or service improvements do you think should be funded in the next budget cycle?

Q06
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What is your age group?

Q07
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Thank you for completing this survey. Your input will directly inform budget decisions for the upcoming fiscal year. Summary results will be shared publicly on the municipality's website.

Q08
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Overall, how satisfied are you with the quality of the city services you have used in the past 12 months?

Q09
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If a property tax increase of about 2–3% were proposed to maintain current service levels, to what extent would you support or oppose it?

Q10
AI Interview

We'd like to learn more about your budget priorities. An AI moderator will ask a few brief follow-up questions based on your earlier responses.

Q11
Multiple Choice

How do you describe your gender? Select all that apply.

Q12
Multiple Choice

When balancing the city's budget, which approach do you most prefer?

Q13
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What is the highest level of education you have completed?

Q14
Multiple Choice

What is your current employment status? Select all that apply.

Q15
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Which best describes your current housing situation?

Q16
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Which area of the municipality do you consider home?

What’s included

  • AI follow-ups

    Adaptive probes on open-ended answers that pull out detail a static form would miss.

  • Attention checks

    Built-in safeguards against rushed answers and low-quality respondents.

  • AI-drafted copy

    Wording, ordering, and branching written by the AI — tuned to your research goal.

  • Auto report

    Themes, quotes, and a plain-English summary write themselves once responses come in.

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