Council Votes to Do Citizen Surveys More Often

Currently the citizens of Kansas City are given a survey once a year to voice their opinions of elected leaders. The City Council on Thursday voted to increase the number of times the citizen satisfaction survey is completed to four times a year. Councilmembers Marcason, Riley, Circo voted against the measure with the remaining members voting for it, and Councilmember Gottstein was not present. Marcason argued against the measure on the grounds that people would be swayed by different concerns during various seasons, like conditions of roads in the winter, skewing the results. She also voiced her concerns about the price of bumping up the amount to four times a year instead of one. Mayor Funkhouser did not believe there would be an increase in cost of doing four surveys.

Click here to read the resolution: 090340