Deadline soon on Scarborough Borough Council services and tax reduction scheme survey
People are being asked for their views on the authority's 'Your Borough, Your Say' survey
The deadline for Scarborough borough residents wishing to take part in the council’s ‘Your Borough, Your Say’ survey is approaching.
The survey which is seeking local residents’ views on the council’s performance and services will close on September 30.
Respondents will be able to make their views known on the “way in which Scarborough Borough Council runs things” in their local area.
Questions about the council include whether the authority can be trusted, if it provides value for money, and how it affects local services and decision-making locally.
Residents are also asked about ways in which they communicate with the council, and opinions on how well informed it keeps residents “about the services and benefits it provides”.
Questions about these services include satisfaction with street cleansing, household waste collection, recycling collections, and the maintenance of grass verges.
The same survey has been conducted in previous years and data from the 2019/20 survey suggests that people living in the Esk Valley and Danby & Mulgrave wards were the most satisfied with their local areas, with more than 80 per cent of residents stating a high level of satisfaction.
The average borough-wide satisfaction rate was 64 per cent while the wards with the lowest satisfaction rate were the Northstead and the Derwent Valley & Moor wards with around 55 per cent satisfaction.
Analysis of the survey results indicated that residents’ top priorities in terms of what was most important and what most needed improving, included clean streets, public conveniences, crime and antisocial behaviour, and clamping down on fly-tipping and littering.
The authority’s council tax reduction survey is also set to close soon on Sunday September 18.
From April next year there will be a new single council in North Yorkshire, replacing district and borough councils and the county council, which means that a new tax scheme is needed.
Currently, the seven district and borough councils all have slightly different schemes for Council Tax Reduction, and by law, there has to be a single scheme covering the whole of the North Yorkshire area.
To take part in ongoing consultations, members of the public should visit the council’s website.