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Erie council delays community survey after members flag new tax question and timing
Summary
Councilors directed staff to hold the town’s contracted 2025 community survey until after the council’s March comprehensive‑plan discussion, citing new custom questions (including a lodging‑tax item), concerns about sample representativeness and the survey’s timing relative to the budget cycle; staff said the Polco contract is $23,000 for the mailed wave.
Erie Town Council on Tuesday paused a planned community survey after council members raised concerns about several staff‑proposed custom questions and whether the survey’s timing would feed the town’s budget process with the right information.
Gabby Ray, the town’s director of communications and community engagement, told the council the town participates in the National Community Survey through contractor Polco and each year may add a page‑and‑a‑half of custom questions. "It is $23,000 for this survey," Ray said, describing the cost of the statistically valid mailed wave; she also said…
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