Residents gave Airdrie a 97 per cent rating for quality of life and the overall Citizen Satisfaction Index came out at 3.81, which is second highest in the survey's history to last year's 3.86 rating. Also, 97 per cent of respondents considered Airdrie a safe place to live, which was the highest score in the municipal comparison group. The results were put together from 400 telephone interviews between Jan. 5-9, 2009 by Bannister Research and Consulting Inc.
Two areas dropping considerably were Efficiency of City Services - from 85 per cent to 79 per cent - and the happiness with city recycling programs, which went from 77 per cent to 61 per cent.
One of the reasons for the drop in Efficiency of City Services rating and the Satisfaction with Public Works from 66 per cent to 42 per cent is suspected to be the timing of the survey as it occurred during a time when roads were slushy and tough to navigate after the December snow thawed.
Bill
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