City Services Satisfaction Survey 2016 City Services Satisfaction Survey | Page 31

Perceptions of City Funding Through Taxe

Aware That City Funds Are Primarily Property, Sales, and Other Taxes
	February 2016	February 2017
Aware of city funding sources	84 %	85 %
Not aware of city funding sources	12	14

Tax Rate and City Services Preferences

Previous Score( Feb. 2016)

Prefer to Keep Taxes and Services About Where They Are

67 % 68 %

Prefer to Decrease Taxes and Decrease Services

11 % 10 %

Prefer to Raise Taxes and Increase Services

11 % 13 %

None of These / Don ' t Know

11 %

10 %

0 % 50 % 100 %

Questions: Q21a. Are you aware that the City is primarily funded through a portion of property, sales, and other taxes co your property and shopping dollars matter to the sustainability of the City structure? Q22. Considering all of the services the City provides and all of the taxes you pay, which of the following stat your view?

Base: Total respondents( n = 988)