Survey results to be presented at Monday Westminster common council meeting

Survey results to be presented at Monday Westminster common council meeting

Carroll County Times News Briefs for Friday September 19, 2008

Survey results to be presented by Bryan Schutt

During the upcoming Westminster Common Council meeting Sept. 22, the planning department will present the results of a resident survey to the council.

About 6,000 surveys were sent out this summer, according to Thomas Beyard, director of planning and zoning. He said the city had about a 23 percent response rate.

The six-page survey was sent out in June, and it polled city residents on what they thought of city services.

Also at the council meeting, Beyard said the city will also review several utility connection rates detailed in the city code, but it won’t be talking about usage rates.

He said the water and sewer usage rates won’t be discussed until later this year, when there will be a public hearing before any final rate changes are made.

Monday’s discussion will be more of a tool to clean up the city code’s language so utility rates are easier to update on a yearly basis, Beyard said.

—Bryan Schutt

20080919 Survey results to be presented at Monday council meeting