Aurora launches second online citizen budget survey

Yorkregion.com
Sept. 17, 2015
by Teresa Latchford

If you ran the town, how would you use tax dollars?

Aurora is launching a second online citizen budget survey to allow residents to have their say on how they would like to see dollars spent when it comes to town services, in preparation for the 2016 budget.

The survey covers 13 core service areas and allows the residents to select whether to spend more, less or the same money on those services, while also seeing how those adjustments would impact property taxes.

To complete the survey, residents must enter the assessment value of their home and move the sliders next to each question. After entering a name, email address and postal code, the survey can be submitted.

The survey can be accessed at aurora.citizenbudget.com or at aurora.ca/citizenbudget and will be available until Oct. 30.

Residents can only fill in one survey and they will be entered into a draw for a $250 Cineplex gift card.

The results of the survey will be presented to council in November for consideration, as part of the budget process.