Q01
Message
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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.
Sample questions
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16 questions · ~8 min
Q02
Multiple Choice
Which best describes your connection to [Municipality Name]?
- I live in the municipality
- I own property here but live elsewhere
- I work or study here but live elsewhere
- I do not live, work, or study here
Q03
Multiple Choice
In the past 12 months, which city services did you personally use? Select all that apply.
- Parks or recreation programs
- Public library
- Transit or paratransit
- Recreation center or pool
- Street maintenance requests (e.g., pothole repair)
- Public safety services (non-emergency)
- Other (please specify)
- None of the above
Q04
Ranking
Please rank the following areas the city should prioritize over the next two years, from highest to lowest priority.
- Public safety
- Street and road maintenance
- Affordable housing
- Parks and recreation
- Public transit
- Economic development
Drag to rank
Q05
Long Text
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
Dropdown
What is your age group?
- Under 18
- 18–24
- 25–34
- 35–44
- 45–54
- 55–64
- 65–74
- 75 or older
- Prefer not to say
Q07
Message
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
Opinion Scale
Overall, how satisfied are you with the quality of the city services you have used in the past 12 months?
Scale: 1 – 7
Min:Very dissatisfiedMax:Very satisfied
Q09
Opinion Scale
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?
Scale: 1 – 7
Min:Strongly opposeMax:Strongly support
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.
- Woman
- Man
- Non-binary
- Prefer to self-describe
- Prefer not to say
Q12
Multiple Choice
When balancing the city's budget, which approach do you most prefer?
- Increase taxes to maintain or improve services
- Reduce service levels to avoid tax increases
- Use reserves short-term while creating a long-term plan
- A combination of the above approaches
- Unsure / need more information
Q13
Dropdown
What is the highest level of education you have completed?
- Some high school
- High school diploma or GED
- Some college or associate degree
- Bachelor's degree
- Graduate or professional degree
- Prefer not to say
Q14
Multiple Choice
What is your current employment status? Select all that apply.
- Employed full-time
- Employed part-time
- Self-employed
- Unemployed, looking for work
- Unemployed, not looking for work
- Student
- Retired
- Unable to work
- Caregiver or homemaker
- Prefer not to say
Q15
Dropdown
Which best describes your current housing situation?
- Own my home
- Rent
- Live with family or roommates without paying rent
- Temporary housing
- Currently unhoused
- Prefer not to say
Q16
Dropdown
Which area of the municipality do you consider home?
- North
- South
- East
- West
- Central / Downtown
- Across multiple areas
- Outside the municipality
- Prefer not to say
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.
How it compares
We reviewed the closest templates from other survey tools. Here’s what they do well — and where this template goes further.
Why this template
- Combines structured questions (service usage, satisfaction scale, priority ranking, tax trade-off scale, budget approach preference) with an open-text follow-up and an AI-moderated interview to probe the 'why' behind each resident's priorities.
- Includes a dedicated fiscal trade-off item (2-3% property tax increase scenario) directly tied to budget planning, not just general satisfaction.
- Captures demographic and geographic context (age, education, employment, housing, home area) so results can be segmented by neighborhood or resident type for planning decisions.
- Automated per-response quality scoring and an auto-generated report mean city staff get analysis-ready output rather than raw survey exports.
Jotform
Budget Planning Form TemplateThis is a general-purpose budget planning form template rather than one built specifically for municipal resident input; it looks geared toward organizational or personal budget intake rather than gathering public opinion on city spending trade-offs. It's a static, ready-to-use form builder template, useful for structured data collection but not for open-ended resident sentiment.
What it does well
- Quick to deploy as a standard form
- Jotform's broad form-building and integration ecosystem
- Likely customizable fields for line-item budget entry
Where it falls short
- No adaptive AI follow-up or interview capability
- Not specifically designed for resident/municipal satisfaction context
- No published methodology or automated quality scoring of responses
SurveyMonkey
Resident Satisfaction Survey TemplateA purpose-built resident satisfaction survey, directly relevant to municipal service feedback, backed by SurveyMonkey's established survey infrastructure and analytics dashboard. It appears to be a static question set focused on general satisfaction rather than budget-specific trade-offs or prioritization ranking.
What it does well
- Established survey platform with strong analytics and benchmarking
- Purpose-built for resident/government feedback use cases
- Easy distribution and response collection at scale
Where it falls short
- No adaptive AI-driven follow-up questioning
- No voice AI interview option
- Unclear whether it includes explicit fiscal trade-off or spending-priority ranking questions
SurveySparrow
Resident Satisfaction Survey TemplateAnother dedicated resident satisfaction template, conversational-style UI is SurveySparrow's known strength, making it relevant for community feedback collection. It appears focused on general service satisfaction rather than the specific budget trade-off and prioritization mechanics needed for fiscal planning.
What it does well
- Conversational, chat-like survey format for higher engagement
- Built specifically for community/resident feedback
- Simple setup for recurring satisfaction tracking
Where it falls short
- No adaptive AI interview or voice AI follow-up
- No transparent prompt or scoring methodology published
- Likely lacks a dedicated tax/spending trade-off or ranking question set
Typeform
Budget Planning Form TemplateThis is a general budget planning form template, not one designed around municipal resident feedback or fiscal trade-off scenarios; it seems oriented toward budget intake for a business, project, or personal use. It's a static, conversational-style form, good for structured data entry rather than open-ended opinion gathering.
What it does well
- Typeform's polished, conversational form design
- Easy to embed and share
- Good for simple structured budget data collection
Where it falls short
- No adaptive AI follow-up or interview capability
- Not tailored to municipal/resident satisfaction or spending-priority context
- No automated quality scoring or auto-generated analytical report
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