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Budget survey: Laredo residents rate infrastructure top priority and express dissatisfaction with roads and some services
Summary
City staff summarized results from a city budget survey completed by roughly 300 respondents, saying infrastructure (roads/drainage/water) ranked highest, residents reported dissatisfaction with road maintenance, and many respondents favored more transparent budgeting and participation.
City staff presented the results of a recent budget survey at the March 28 workshop, saying the instrument provided directional—not statistically representative—input from residents about budget priorities and service satisfaction.
Staff reported 255 usable structured responses through May 19 (the internal survey was open March 24–27), and noted that the respondent sample represented roughly 0.1% of the city population and skewed older and toward higher incomes compared with census figures. Despite the limited…
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