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Fair Lawn Resident Survey

Tuesday, September 11, 2012

Borough Pleased With Early Survey Returns

As of Tuesday, Sept. 11, about 11 percent of Fair Lawn resident surveys had been returned.

Two weeks since resident surveys were mailed out to Fair Lawn home owners and renters, about 11 percent have already been completed and returned. "We were told 3 percent would make it a successful survey, so we're optimistic about that," borough manager Tom Metzler said. "But what we’re particularly encouraged by is easily 95 percent of the residents that have responded have taken the time to -- there's a section in the back where they can fill in their comments -- put a considerable amount of effort into putting their comments in." The surveys, which contain questions about municipal engagement and social service preferences, will be used to inform borough council’s budgetary decisions in wake of future cuts that may be necessary as a …

GEorgePatton

8:47 am on Thursday, September 13, 2012

@Taxed, no one is keeping you here...obviously you've chose not to assimilate   more ›

Tuesday, August 28, 2012

Resident Surveys Arrive!

The borough mailed out its resident surveys this week in an attempt to gauge public opinion on the worth of various borough services and amenities.

The borough mailed out its resident surveys to all Fair Lawn property owners and renters this week, a few days earlier than anticipated. The two-page double-sided surveys, which ask residents to answer questions about demographics, municipal engagement and social service preferences, must be completed and returned to the borough -- via mail or borough building drop-off -- by Oct. 1 to be considered. The responses provided by residents will inform the council’s future budgetary decisions around what services the town may be forced to reduce or eliminate in wake of today's harsh economic realities. "If you don’t exercise your right to respond to a survey, then don’t complain about your elected officials making the best judgment that they …

Stuart Pace

3:11 pm on Thursday, August 30, 2012

I didn't say me TP. A few council people said they knocked on thousands of doors. So didn't they discuss the residents concerns then? DId the concerns change in 10 months?   more ›

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