Yorkville Releases City Survey Results

How do you think Yorkville is doing?

The City wanted to know too and invited all residents and businesses to fill out the City Services Survey. The survey was distributed to 5,501 households and businesses through utility bills and direct mail and 479 responses (all from residential addresses) were received.

That is an 8.7 percent response rate, which rose slightly from 8.3 percent last year although there were a higher number of respondents the previous year.

Survey takers were asked 29 questions that ranged from what type of businesses residents would like to see to special events to public works items to police services.

The entire survey results in full can be seen in the PDF above. Scroll through the pages to see answers and comparisons to 2012 answers. 

Here's a few results from questions:

Which three of the public safety items listed below do you think should receive the most emphasis from City leaders over the next two years?
The top three answers were: efforts to prevent major crime (74.3 percent), visibility of police in neighborhood (55.1 percent), and visibility of police in retail areas (38.6 percent).

What do you consider to be the major assets and advantages of living in Yorkville?
The top three answers were: location (56.0 percent), friendliness of residents (54.8 percent), and residential neighborhoods (51.6 percent).

Which three of the items listed below do you think should receive the most emphasis from City leaders over the next two years?
The top three answers were: maintenance of streets, sidewalks, and infrastructure (80.6 percent), flow of traffic/congestion (60.5 percent), and quality of police services (23.5 percent).

Top highest and lowest satisfaction of city services
High: quality of waste water services (57.1 percent satisfied), quality of parks (55.5 percent satisfied) and quality of refuse, recycling, and yard waste collection services (54.8 percent satisfied).
Low: flow of traffic/congestion management (32.7 percent dissatisfied), maintenance of streets, sidewalks, and infrastructure (29.4 percent dissatisfied)