The deadline for responses to Peachtree City’s annual citizen survey is Monday, Feb. 28.
The survey seeks citizen input on a variety of issues, with one of the most significant being the citizen’s stance on property tax rates.
Also the survey seeks to gauge the support for funding recreation projects such as the expansion of The Gathering Place recreation center and also purchase of a new bubble that allows the Kedron pools to be used year-round.
The survey also includes room at the end for citizens to leave comments, suggestions and the like.
Citizens can take the survey online by clicking on the link for the survey at www.peachtree-city.org. Those unable to take the survey online can fill out a printed survey which is City Hall, the Peachtree City Library, and The Gathering Place.
Mayor Don Haddix said he thinks the survey results are important, particularly as it comes to the input on property tax rates and how to fund future city projects.
“I think it’s pretty valuable guidance,” Haddix said. “It allows us to see where the priorities are and then it tells on paying for it, how do you want to do it.”
Haddix noted that data from two weeks ago showed 86 percent of respondents were opposed to a property tax increase.
City spokesperson Betsy Tyler said while the survey is not set up to provide a scientific sampling of city residents, it is helpful in gathering the opinions of citizens “who are interested in some aspect of Peachtree City.”
The room on each survey for comments is also key, as it allows for improved communication between the city and its residents, Tyler said.
“If a comment says there’s a pothole on street X, then I can forward that to public works,” Tyler said.
The city is handling the survey in-house instead of hiring an outside firm. A private company performed a scientific sampling survey a few years back as part of the city’s comprehensive planning process, but because it only went to 1,200 residents, the city had a number of citizens who were upset because they didn’t get the survey, Tyler said.
