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Council adds aquatics and boards-and-commissions questions to annual resident survey
Summary
The Ames City Council approved several additions and clarifications to the city's annual resident satisfaction survey at its Feb. 25 meeting, including adding indoor/outdoor aquatics usage, clearer boards-and-commissions participation questions, and a language-barrier question.
City staff brought the 2025 resident satisfaction survey discussion to the council on Feb. 25 and invited council additions or deletions to the annual instrument. The survey is a long-running, January-to-October process administered by mail and electronically to a sample of residents and Iowa State students for benchmarking.
Council members approved a motion to add a subcategory to the parks-and-recreation table for aquatics…
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