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City of Oshkosh
Citizen Survey 2010
Introduction
A survey of citizens in Oshkosh was undertaken by the Public Policy Analysis
class at the University of Wisconsin – Oshkosh in cooperation with the City of Oshkosh
in the Spring of 2010. This report will analyze the results of this survey and provide
insight into the perspectives of the citizens on a variety of issues. The 2010 Oshkosh
Citizen Survey included seven primary sections and multiple sub-sections, along with a
question requesting general demographic data as well as an opportunity for comments
from the respondents. Three hundred and thirty-eight (338) surveys were returned and
the resulting data has been entered into a statistical analysis program. Depending upon
the nature of the question, individuals were asked to respond to each question based on
three following possible rating options: 1.) excellent, good, fair and poor 2.) very
important, somewhat important, no opinion, somewhat unimportant, and very
unimportant or 3.) strongly agree, somewhat agree, neither agree/disagree, somewhat
disagree, strongly disagree and no opinion. The survey was sent to 1,500 properties
chosen randomly from the 28,329 parcels provided from a data base by the City of
Oshkosh. The 338 responses constitute a 22.5 percent response rate which is a little
lower than the norm for citizen surveys but an increase from the 17 percent return in
2009. The relationship between sample size and precision of the survey instrument at a
95 percent confidence rate frequently used in surveys is shown below.
Sample Size Margin of Error
100 10%
300 5.5%
400 5.0%
800 3.5%
The 338 responses create a confidence level of approximately 5.3 percent. A level of 5
percent is considered acceptable for most survey results.
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How Citizens of Oshkosh Feel About Their City – Section One
The following is an analysis of section one “How the citizens of Oshkosh feel
about their city” and its sub-sections. Graph 1 provides an overall view of how the
citizens of Oshkosh feel about their city. The original responses of excellent and good
were combined into a single category of “positive”, while fair and poor responses were
combined to form a category of “negative”. This may equalize some of the potential
variances resulting from personality differences and specific, temporary situations (a bad
day at the office, winter weather, etc.). By displaying the results in this manner, it seems
apparent that respondents generally feel “positive” about their city, except when asked
about the city’s future, the city’s appearance, and the city as a retirement option.
GRAPH 1
Positive vs. Negative Responses
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The following table shows the responses in more detail.
How Oshkosh Citizens Feel About Their City Results
Excellent Good Fair Poor
No
Opinion
As a place to live 49 207 67 5 10
Sense of community 15 161 123 24 15
Overall appearance of the city 4 123 161 40 10
Overall safety of residents 39 234 52 6 7
Your neighborhood as a place to live 98 173 52 9 7
As a place to raise children 63 175 64 7 29
As a place to retire 36 106 97 63 36
Community openness/acceptance of people 9 118 132 52 27
Overall quality of life 17 219 82 12 8
Environmentally Friendly 17 148 120 29 24
Direction moving for the future 10 81 155 70 22
How Oshkosh Citizens Feel About Their City Results Summary
Positive Negative No opinion
As a place to live 256 72 10
Sense of community 176 147 15
Overall appearance of the city 127 201 10
Overall safety of residents 273 58 7
Your neighborhood as a place to live 271 61 7
As a place to raise children 239 71 29
As a place to retire 142 160 36
Community openness/acceptance of people 127 184 27
Overall quality of life 236 94 8
Environmentally Friendly 165 149 24
Direction moving for the future 91 225 22
Positive = Excellent and Good Negative=Fair and Poor
The following is an analysis of the above tables:
How would you rate Oshkosh as a place to live?
There were 321 valid responses with 17 answers indicating a non-answer to the
question. Of the four rating options available with 4 being excellent, 3 good, 2 fair, and 1
poor, on average the respondents rated the City of Oshkosh a 2.91. This shows that
Oshkosh averaged out at just below the ‘good’ rating but certainly above average.
Overall, the cumulative percentage results show that nearly 78 percent of survey
respondents thought Oshkosh was an excellent or good place to live. The 2.91 average
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rating reveals a 38% change from the 2.14 average rating in the 2009 Oshkosh Survey.
Analysis of cross-tabulations shows that about 84% of people who have lived in Oshkosh
over 20 years gave a positive response to this question. In comparison, just under 67% of
people who have lived in Oshkosh less than five years gave similar ratings. The
percentage of excellent responses was nearly twice as high for people living in Oshkosh
for 20 plus years over the other categories. This seems to show that long-time residents
are pleased with their city.
How would you rate the sense of community in Oshkosh?
There were 316 valid responses to the sense of community rating with 22 non-
answers. The average for sense of community was 2.5 placing it half way between good
and fair. About 54% of the citizens thought that Oshkosh had a “positive” sense of
community. Again, “positive” notes a combination of ‘excellent’ and ‘good’ responses.
When cross tabulating the data of sense of community and homeowner status, it shows
that only 55 percent of homeowners who responded have a “positive” sense of
community, showing room for improvement. In addition, over 62% of women rated
Oshkosh as having a ‘positive’ sense of community, while only 47% of men felt the
same.
How would you rate the overall appearance of the city?
There were 321 valid responses for the appearance of the city rating with 17 non-
answers. Using the original four rating options, about 49 % of the respondents rated the
appearance of the city as “fair”, 37.7% chose good, 12 % chose poor and 1.2 % chose
excellent. These numbers actually show a 2% increase of negative feeling towards the
appearance of the city from the 2009 survey results. Cross tabulations between
appearance of the city and income show that 60% of respondents earning less than
$25,000 rated the city as good. Conversely, only 35% of respondents earning higher than
$25,000 gave Oshkosh a rating of good.
It is important to point out that consideration should be given to the time of year
when this survey was administered. February tends to be a “dull” month in Wisconsin, in
which there are often dirty snow banks lining the streets and a lack of leaves on the trees
or flowers blooming. This may have had an impact on how respondents felt about the
city’s appearance.
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How would you rate the overall safety of the residents?
There were 324 valid responses to this question and 14 indicating a non-answer.
Of the four rating options, “good” had the highest response rate of 70 percent, which far
out-weighed the responses of any other category. When converting the ratings into the
“positive/negative” scale, 82 % of the respondents rated the safety of Oshkosh as
“positive,” while 17 % rated it as “negative”. These numbers are almost identical to the
2009 survey results. Cross tabulations between safety and time lived in Oshkosh show
that those living in Oshkosh for over six years feel far safer in the city. Over 70% of
responses were in the good category compared to under 50% for those residents living in
Oshkosh less than five years. Considering that Oshkosh is also a “college town,” which
brings in a variety of activities, it would be helpful to examine any areas that may need
attention for improvement by correlating the feelings of safety with the demographic
information. This information would be beneficial for community service/program
providers as they develop their action plans for meeting the needs of the community.
How would you rate your neighborhood as a place to live?
There were 324 valid responses to the neighborhood as a place to live question,
with 14 non-answers. Using the four rating options, the average response to this question
comes in at a 3.1. This indicates that residents feel Oshkosh is a good place to live, or
slightly better. Fifty-two percent of respondents felt that Oshkosh was a good place to
live while 30 percent felt that Oshkosh is an excellent place to live. Only 18 percent of
respondents had negative feelings toward Oshkosh, or their neighborhood, as a place to
live. This also shows a slight increase in positive responses over the 2009 Oshkosh
survey.
How would you rate Oshkosh as a place to raise children?
There 303 valid responses and 35 non-answers to this question. A look at the
following crosstab tells us that among men, 17.8% chose excellent, 56.6% chose good
and 23.7% chose fair, and among women, 22.5 % chose excellent, 58.3% chose good,
and 16.6% chose fair.
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As_a_place_to_raise_children * MF Crosstabulation
27 34 61
17.8%22.5%20.1%
86 88 174
56.6%58.3%57.4%
36 25 61
23.7%16.6%20.1%
3 4 7
2.0%2.6%2.3%
152 151 303
100.0%100.0%100.0%
Count
% within MF
Count
% within MF
Count
% within MF
Count
% within MF
Count
% within MF
Excellent
Good
Fair
Poor
As_a_place_to_
raise_children
Total
Male Female
MF
Total
Thus, we conclude from the above crosstab, that no major gap existed regarding
Oshkosh as a place to raise children. Married couple has a better feeling to raise their
children in Oshkosh rather than single parents. Based on the crosstab results, we found
that 61.2 % of married people think Oshkosh is a good place to raise children, while
51.4% of unmarried people and 45.5% of widowed people think the same. The
difference of 9.8 points (61.2-51.4) and 15.7 points (61.2-45.5) respectively between
married versus unmarried people and married versus widowed people is within the
margin of error. Therefore, we cannot be certain that the difference actually exists.
We recognize that the size of our sample is not big enough to draw any major
conclusion as we go along this survey’s analysis. Therefore, we are using extreme
caution in our analysis. One thing is clear is that Oshkosh is a good place to raise
children.
How would you rate Oshkosh as a place to retire?
There were 295 valid responses and 43 non-answers to this question. Our team
found a satisfactory score of 59.8 % among the respondents about Oshkosh as a place to
retire. A record number of 210 from the valid answers are residents who are less than 65
years old. Our crosstab results indicate that 42.4% of these 210 people are in favor of
choosing Oshkosh as place to retire. It is a good sign, and yet, there many frustrations
from these residents about the City of Oshkosh.
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Some of the frustrations, as highlighted in their comments include a lack of
waterfront, a poor maintenance of the roads and streets, a high property taxes, a lack of
business and shopping areas in the City, and poor storm water management. If nothing is
done by the municipality government to address these issues and much more, this number
could decrease considerably over the years.
The crosstab tells us among people who have lived in Oshkosh for over 20 years,
40.2 % favored to retire in the City, and among people who have lived in Oshkosh for
less than 5 years, only 17.2 % favored Oshkosh as their retirement town. Despite any
margin of error between these numbers, we can conclude that the longer residents have
lived in Oshkosh, the more positive things they are able to say about the City.
Our analysis, due to a small size date, cannot be used to give an in-depth view
about this situation. However, the new residents represent the future of the City. Oshkosh
cannot afford to lose a great number of them. Therefore, something has to be done to
make Oshkosh attractive to these residents, so that, even during their retirement, they can
still consider Oshkosh as a second home. The City has to find new strategic ways to
generate money in order to improve the quality of services provided to its citizens. For
example, when the streets are repaired, it gives citizens a reason to consider Oshkosh as a
place to retire because they notice government body listen to their complaints.
How would you rate Oshkosh's community openness and acceptance to diversity?
There were 306 valid responses and 32 non-answers to this question. About 43%
of these valid responses grade Oshkosh as fair regarding community openness and
acceptance to diversity. There are about 38 % of the respondents who rate it as "good".
The difference of 4 points is within the margin of error.
Our crosstab results below suggest that as residents are having children, their
perception of Oshkosh as a City’s openness and acceptance to diversity decreases. For
example, 81 residents without children think Oshkosh is open to diversity, as opposed to
16 residents with 1 child, 14 residents with 2 children, 11 residents with 3 children and 1
resident with 4 children.
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Community_opennessacceptance_of_people * @#_of_children Crosstabulation
6 0 2 0 0 8
2.8%.0%6.9%.0%.0%2.6%
75 16 12 11 1 115
35.2%42.1%41.4%50.0%50.0%37.8%
93 16 11 8 1 129
43.7%42.1%37.9%36.4%50.0%42.4%
39 6 4 3 0 52
18.3%15.8%13.8%13.6%.0%17.1%
213 38 29 22 2 304
100.0%100.0%100.0%100.0%100.0%100.0%
Count
% within @#_of_children
Count
% within @#_of_children
Count
% within @#_of_children
Count
% within @#_of_children
Count
% within @#_of_children
Excellent
Good
Fair
Poor
Community_
opennessacceptance_of_
people
Total
None 1 child 2 children 3 children 4 children
@#_of_children
Total
How would you rate the overall quality of life in Oshkosh?
There were 323 valid responses and 15 non-answers in the overall quality of life
in Oshkosh. Our crosstab results suggest that, among male, 66.5% gave a positive rating
on Oshkosh’s quality of life while 78.2% of female gave a positive rating. Again, the
difference of 11 points lies within the margin of error, so we cannot conclude that the
results reflect the reality in every sense. In addition, married people and homeowners
favor the quality of life in the City of Oshkosh.
However, residents who are parents do not have an overall positive rating about
the quality of life in Oshkosh. This decreases as the number of children gradually
increases. It is quite unusual to make such observation. As we mentioned in previous
paragraphs, Oshkosh residents feel good about raising their children in the City.
However, people who have children do not think of Oshkosh as the best City in terms of
quality of life.
We have come up with two assumptions to this situation. The respondents could
have vaguely answered some questions without grasping its true meaning. The second
assumption is that they residents who have children decide trade a good quality of life for
a place that provides a good environment for their children.
How would you rate Oshkosh as an environmental friendly city?
There were 308 valid responses and 30 non-answers to this question. The
respondents feel that Oshkosh is a good (146) to excellent (16) environmentally friendly
city. We also noticed that a great number of residents who are under the age of 65
perceive Oshkosh as environmentally friendly.
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Nowadays, traffic, gas prices and air pollution are all rising at a fast rate.
However, the City of Oshkosh’s citizens are pleased to know the City is working to
establish and promote a sustainability plan that will improve the environment.
How would you rate the direction Oshkosh is moving for the future?
There were 311 valid responses and 27 non-answers to this question. About 29%
of these valid responses express a positive attitude towards Oshkosh’s plans for the
future. Our analysis for a satisfaction score reveals the lowest rating in this question than
all the other questions in section1.
The City Oshkosh has to think about strategic ways to meet citizens’ expectations.
People are very frustrated with poor services from water management system, the lack of
sites of attraction in downtown, the high property taxes and the poor maintenance of
roads and streets.
This analysis does not aim to solve any issues. This does provide some statistical
analysis that can be used to measure the performance of Oshkosh's government officials.
GRAPHS 2-6
All Responses
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Excellent Responses
Good Responses
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Fair Responses
Poor Responses
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City of Oshkosh Importance and Quality of Services
Section Two and Three
Importance of Services
The data collected through the 2010 City of Oshkosh Citizen Survey will help
provide some validity to 2009 citizen surveys and offer a deeper insight. There are clearly
services the respondent citizens find important, and other services are that provide little
or no importance to those responding. It is important to understand that the qualitative
data provided through both this section and section three are only representative of the
sample polled.
Services that received a combined percent of greater than 70% in the “very
important” response level include: Emergency and Medical Services (79.2% very
important); Fire Protection and Prevention Services (82.6%); Police Services (76.5%);
and Removal of Snow and Ice from City Streets (72.2%). These services similarly
resemble the 2009 citizen survey results that included Emergency and Medical Services,
Fire Protection and Prevention Services, Police Services and Removal of Snow and Ice
from City Streets.
Conversely, some services appear to be much less important to citizens who
responded. Included in this list of services are Lake Shore Golf Course (35.6%), Pollock
Aquatic Center (11.6%), and the Transit System (8.1%). The decision to rate these
services low may include such factors as: (i) the timing of the survey (the golf course and
aquatic center haven’t been used in nearly six (6) months); (ii) the respondents may not
find the transit system important because it is not used by the respondents.; (iii) the age of
average respondents may have also impacted the importance scales of these results. It is
important to conduct further analysis into the quantitative results to determine appropriate
action.
A table summarizing the responses is shown on the following page. Additionally,
a bar chart is provided to illustrate the services, from most to least important, as surveyed
from respondent citizens. Additionally, a comparison chart for questions 2 and 3 is
provided on a separate sheet. It is important to note on the large comparison table that
Question 3 is shown before Question 2 responses.
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Very
Important
Somewhat
Important
Somewhat
Unimportant
Very
Unimportant
Lake Shore Golf Course 9.5 28.5 26.4 35.6
Pollock Aquatic Center 20.7 49.7 18.0 11.6
Transit System 22.9 45.1 23.9 8.1
City Parking Facilities 24.5 51.6 19.0 4.9
Regulation and Zoning for Land
Use 26.4 53.8 16.1 3.7
Building Permits & Inspections 27.4 52.8 15.6 4.2
Animal Control 29.1 47.6 18.6 4.7
Maintenance of City Owned
Buildings 30.9 58.3 10.5 0.3
City Support for Neighborhood
Organizations 32.3 43.4 18.2 6.1
Leaf & Brush Pick-up 32.3 49.4 14.9 3.4
Senior Services Center 33.2 49.1 13.5 4.2
Enforcement of Property
Maintenance/ Nuisance Codes 34.1 50.0 12.3 3.6
Oshkosh Public Museum 36.1 44.5 15.5 3.9
Cable TV, Radio & Internet
Services 36.9 42.9 15.1 5.1
Efforts to Improve the Quality of
Housing 37.9 49.2 10.9 2.0
Public Health Programs 38.0 47.6 11.5 2.9
Bike & Pedestrian Trails 39.6 41.6 13.6 5.2
Economic Development
Assistance to Business 40.0 45.2 10.8 4.0
Transportation Planning for
Traffic 40.5 46.3 12.5 0.7
Maintenance/ Appearance of City
Parks & Greenways 42.6 49.2 7.5 0.7
City's Sidewalk System 47.4 42.3 8.0 2.3
Response to Citizen Complaints
and Requests 49.2 43.7 4.8 2.3
Street Lighting 50.8 40.6 7.0 1.6
Public Library Services 52.4 35.2 9.5 2.9
Refuse Collection and Recycling
Services 59.7 35.3 3.8 1.2
Storm Drainage System 63.4 30.3 4.5 1.8
Street Paving, Maintenance
Sweeping & Repair 68.2 29.3 1.3 1.2
Removal of Snow and Ice from
City Streets 72.2 24.4 2.8 0.6
Police Services 76.5 18.8 3.4 1.3
Emergency Medical & Rescue
Services 79.2 18.6 1.6 0.6
Fire Protection & Prevention
Services 82.6 14.8 1.9 0.7
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Quality of Services
In addition to understanding the importance level of the core services in the City,
it is also beneficial to understand the level of quality of services reported by those
responding to this question in the survey. This information is important because citizens
expect a level of quality for certain services and this information helps ensure their
expectations are being met.
From the survey results, the respondent citizens found most of the services to be
provided at a level of quality that is fair or above. The services that received the highest
excellent quality ratings include: Fire Protection and Prevention Services (58.1%);
Emergency Medical and Rescue Services (43.1%); Police Protection (42.0%); and Public
Library Services (39.6%).
It is also important to recognize that most of the top rated quality services are the same as
those reported in the 2009 citizen survey, with minor adjustments in the percentages. The
Public Library Services dropped in from 50.2% in 2009 to 39.6% in the excellent
category but remains at 90.8% for good/excellent. The excellence drop is one of the most
substantial drops from 2009 to 2010.
The lowest poor rated quality services include: Street Paving, Maintenance
Sweeping & Repair (35.8% poor quality); Storm Drainage System (29.4%);
Transportation Plans for Traffic (18.8%); Bike and Pedestrian Trails (18.3%), Economic
Development Assistance to Businesses (17.9%) and Building Permits and Inspections
(17.3%). It is important to note that the view of quality for Snow Removal has increased
from a poor quality rating in 2009 of 23.5% to 15.3% poor and an excellent quality rating
of 16.3% in 2010.
The survey may have been impacted based on the large number of planned street
and sewer construction projects. Additionally, the survey was dispersed at a time when
citizens are just beginning to revisit the bike and pedestrian trails that are located in
Oshkosh.
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Excellent
Quality
Good
Quality
Fair
Quality
Poor
Quality
Storm Drainage System 2.8 22.5 45.3 29.4
Street Paving, Maintenance
Sweeping & Repair 2.9 25.6 35.7 35.8
City Support for Neighborhood
Organizations 4.3 41.1 45.0 9.6
Transportation Planning for Traffic 4.5 38.8 37.9 18.8
Efforts to Improve the Quality of
Housing 4.7 31.9 46.5 16.9
Building Permits & Inspections 5.0 41.7 36.0 17.3
City Parking Facilities 5.2 45.7 41.6 7.5
Enforcement of Property
Maintenance/ Nuisance Codes 5.5 36.1 43.5 14.9
Economic Development Assistance
to Business 5.9 38.1 38.1 17.9
Bike & Pedestrian Trails 6.3 37.5 37.9 18.3
City's Sidewalk System 6.5 46.8 34.1 12.6
Regulation and Zoning for Land
Use 6.7 41.5 40.9 10.9
Response to Citizen Complaints
and Requests 8.7 35.9 41.6 13.8
Street Lighting 8.8 50.6 34.1 6.5
Transit System 9.6 55.9 26.6 7.9
Maintenance of City Owned
Buildings 10.0 55.0 32.3 2.7
Animal Control 10.5 59.4 26.4 3.7
Cable TV, Radio & Internet
Services 11.2 46.2 37.1 5.5
Lake Shore Golf Course 13.7 59.4 24.6 2.3
Public Health Programs 14.8 60.3 22.0 2.9
Maintenance/ Appearance of City
Parks & Greenways 15.3 60.1 22.7 1.9
Removal of Snow and Ice from
City Streets 16.3 38.7 29.7 15.3
Leaf & Brush Pick-up 22.7 52.4 21.7 3.2
Senior Services Center 27.4 55.4 16.1 1.1
Oshkosh Public Museum 27.6 61.1 10.5 0.8
Pollock Aquatic Center 33.5 54.7 11.8 0
Refuse Collection and Recycling
Services 37.5 50.5 10.7 1.3
Public Library Services 39.6 51.2 8.5 0.7
Police Services 42.0 48.7 8.3 1.0
Emergency Medical & Rescue
Services 43.1 51.7 5.2 0
Fire Protection & Prevention
Services 58.1 37.5 3.8 0.6
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Analysis of Importance and Quality of Services
Upon statistical analysis of the importance and quality of services, it was found
through the use of cross tab analysis that some of the services are rated very important
and excellent quality. These services include the core protection services mainly; Fire
Protection and Prevention Services, Police Services and Emergency Medical and Rescue
Services.
It is also important to understand that some services viewed as important lacked
the quality that citizens are looking for from their municipal government. Citizens found
a lack of quality in services that have a level of importance to them. Community
development items such as Economic Development, Street Paving, Maintenance, Seeping
& Repair and Storm Drainage had high or moderately high importance to respondents,
but found they lacked the desired quality provided by the municipality. An additional
community development item that had high importance levels with low quality levels
includes Transportation Planning for Traffic. City Sidewalk Systems also showed a low
level of quality responses when compared to the high importance placed on them by
respondents.
Snow Maintenance and Ice Removal proved to be very important, just over 72%
found it very importance. Conversely, only 16% found that they were provided a high
quality service.
Additionally, maintenance also showed a relatively high importance level and a
noticeably low quality rating. The topic of maintenance, includes Maintenance of City
Owned Buildings, Maintenance/ Appearance of Parks and Green Ways, as well as
Enforcement of Property Maintenance and Nuisance Codes. The last maintenance item
had a relatively high disproportion of importance to quality when compared to the other
maintenance levels. Based on this, it appears that citizens who responded find community
maintenance and appearance important to them. Additionally, they appear to believe that
they are not being provided as high a quality service as they expect based on the factors
they used to evaluate the services.
Bike and Pedestrian Trails also had a high importance level with a relatively low
quality rating. This is not surprising given the recent citizen interest in further developing
bike and pedestrian trails in the community. This should serve as a flag to council
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members and community officials that developing bike trails, and other recreational
trails, are important to the community. This is reassuring, and tends to re-enforce a desire
for residents that want to make Oshkosh more appealing to visitors and new residents.
The last item that had a strong disproportion of importance to quality ratings was
Citizen Complaints. Nearly 50% found them to be very important, but only 9% found that
they were provided a high quality service.
It is important to note that items that didn’t receive strongly disproportionate
reviews are essential services – such as Medical Services, Police Services and Fire
Protection Services. Additionally, non-essential services, which appear to be less utilized
at the time of the survey seem to have a more balanced response comparison between
importance and quality. These include Lake Shore Golf Course and Pollock Aquatic
Center. Additionally, it appeared that the Library was well balanced between importance
and quality.
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Budgeting Priorities – Section Four and Five
Section four, as with last year’s survey, asked survey respondents to give dollar
amounts to nine city service areas using a hypothetical $1 million dollar budget surplus.
The nine service areas listed were community services, economic development, refuse
and recycling, finance and administration, police protection, fire, parks, storm water, and
road maintenance. Road maintenance ranked number one, followed by storm water,
economic development, and police protection. Ranking last was finance and
administration. Of the nine categories, only four received any survey responses allotting
the full one million: community services, economic development, storm water, and road
maintenance. The rankings are reflective of how priorities should be set in the eyes of
the residents of Oshkosh.
The mean value of responses for increasing the road maintenance budget was
$307,500. In contrast, the second highest mean value was for storm water improvements,
with an average increase of $170,940. This is especially telling when looking at the
responses for the question asking residents how much value they are currently getting out
of city services. The response for value of street paving, maintenance and repair was
overwhelmingly negative, with 50.8% responding that it is currently a poor value and
33.1% felt it was fair. Only 16.1% felt the service is currently a good or excellent value.
Similarly, maintenance of storm drainage systems ranked second in number of
respondents reporting it being a poor value, with 38.3% of respondents rating the storm
drainage system a poor value.
When looking at this year’s survey compared to last year’s the rankings stay fairly
similar, with the notable exclusion of storm water in last year’s survey. In both this
survey and last year’s, road maintenance received the highest average allocation while
finance and administration received the smallest allocation in both surveys. With the
inclusion of storm water in this year’s survey, economic development and police
protection both moved down one notch, from second and third to third and fourth.
Similarly, when given a situation in which the City of Oshkosh’s budget must be trimmed
by $1 million, the rankings remain fairly similar. No department was raised or lowered
more than two spots in the rankings. Additionally, the largest dollar amount change was
in finance and administration, which saw its department budget reduced in 2009 by
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$200,290 and in this survey by $264,770. Also similar to last year’s survey the basic
protective (i.e. fire and police) services fared very well in regards to not receiving large
budget cuts. Road maintenance and storm water did not receive a large budget cut either
considering that both of these areas ranked low in perceived value and very high in
section four of the survey.
SURVEY DATA – SECTIONS FOUR AND FIVE
2009 Rank 2009 Mean* 2010 Rank 2010 Mean*
# 4 - Extra $1 million
Road Maintenance 1 259.53 1 307.5
Storm Water N/A N/A 2 170.94
Economic Development 2 165.11 3 119.23
Police Protection 3 137.91 4 109.37
Community Services 5 83.53 5 88.86
Fire Suppression/ Prevention 4 112.608 6 80.7
Parks 7 81.36 7 66.94
Refuse and Recycling 6 81.77 8 39.63
Finance and Administration 8 17.15 9 17.15
# 5 - Reduce $1 million
Finance and Administration 1 200.29 1 264.77
Economic Development 4 166.59 2 156.74
Community Services 3 146.85 3 129.85
Parks 2 169.05 4 113.42
Refuse and Recycling 5 113.99 5 95.68
Storm Water N/A N/A 6 67.4
Police Protection 8 59.69 7 62.12
Road Maintenance 6 71.35 8 58.77
Fire Suppression/ Prevention 7 70.14 9 51.25
*In thousands
Another interesting way to look at the responses from the hypothetical addition
and subtraction of the $1 million is to combine the two numbers so that they reflect on
citizen opinion on a budget with neither a shortfall nor surplus. This can be very telling
of the priorities of the respondents. To make this statistically valid, only the surveys in
which the respondent completed both sections four and five (259 responses) were used.
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Of the nine categories listed in this section, only four received a net positive allocation in
2010: road maintenance, storm water, police protection, and fire suppression. Just like
the conclusion from last year’s study authors, it seems to be the case once again that basic
services such as infrastructure and police and fire protection are what citizens of a
community feel most strongly should be provided. It is interesting however, that refuse
and recycling saw the second largest budget decrease despite being one of the essential
services of a municipal government.
SECTION 4 AND 5 – NET CHANGE
2010 Add* 2010 Subtract* Difference*
Road Maintenance 307.21 58.5 248.72
Storm Water 170.5 71.1 99.39
Police Protection 109.48 60.97 48.51
Fire Suppression/Prevention 81.45 51.6 28.85
Economic Development 120.23 157.31 -37.07
Community Services 89.49 126.8 -37.31
Parks 68.42 114.36 -45.93
Refuse and Recycling 36.57 93.3 -56.73
Finance and Administration 16.63 266.05 -249.42
*In thousands
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Funding of City Services – Section Six
Survey question #6 covers the satisfaction levels and what possible changes could
be made to the City of Oshkosh’s current tax process. The question is broken down into
five sections in which the citizens are asked to rate their level of satisfaction for the
current tax system, and to rate their level of agreement towards potential ways in which
the city could possible change this system for the better. The provided answer options for
each question ranged from “strongly agree, somewhat agree, neither agree/ disagree,
somewhat disagree, to strongly disagree.” Each answered survey is intended to give city
officials an idea of what the city can do to better satisfy its residents. Upon analysis, the
survey answers were then compared according to the demographics of each survey taker.
These demographics included age, sex, race, education level, occupation, income level,
area of Oshkosh in which the citizen resides, years as a citizen, marriage status, and
whether or not a child/ children resides in the household. The city intended to use this
demographic information to attempt to understand why certain citizens may have
responded in a particular way to a particular tax question (i.e. were people with children
less likely to be in agreement to lower taxes by raising fees, because these people with
children are more likely to use services which require fees: swimming pools or parks, or
beaches.)
Question #6 was broken down and measured on the above mentioned scale, as
followed:
“I am satisfied with my taxes”
40.9% of respondents either somewhat or strongly agreed with the statement, “I
am satisfied with my taxes. 33.2% of respondents either somewhat or strongly disagreed.
25.9% of respondents neither agreed nor disagreed.
Respondents were asked which part of the city they lived in: North of the Fox River,
South of the Fox River and East of US 41, South of the Fox River and West of US 41.
Geographically, the responses were very similar throughout the city, regardless of the
area in which a citizen lived.
The largest three income brackets to respond to the survey were the $35-49,999
bracket with 43 respondents, the $75-99,999 bracket with 55 respondents, and the $50-
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74,000 bracket with 70 respondents. Within these brackets the responses are very similar
to the overall results of the survey.
Strongly Agree 6%
Somewhat Agree 37.5%
Neither Agree/ Disagree 25.6%
Somewhat disagree 17.9%
Strongly disagree 13.1%
In general the results of this years question were very similar to 2009 with only single
digit plus or minus changes over the year.
“Cut taxes through efficiency”
75.3% of respondents either somewhat or strongly agreed that the city should
focus on being more efficient. There was only a slight change in the numbers this year, as
opposed to 2009, however, there is still a strong indication that the citizens of Oshkosh
feel the city should focus on reducing taxes by becoming more efficient.
“Cutting taxes through grants”
This option, as shown with last years survey, proved to be a popular option, with
overall positive responses of 64.2% strongly or somewhat agreeing with this proposed
change to the tax system. 7.4% of the respondents showed no desire to acquire more
grants to cut taxes, with a somewhat or strongly disagree response. Then again, 19.8% of
responses were neither agree nor disagree and 4.4% of citizens did not respond at all.
Although demographics were taken into account, there was no particular
demographic that appeared to cause a person to choose a particular response. Citizens
simply tended to choose either a positive response or to not feel particularly towards
either response, whether male or female, owners vs. renters, or married, single, or
widowed, etc: the strongest responses were either positive or neutral.
“Cutting taxes by raising fees”
The responses to this option were skewed slightly opposite to the prior option,
with more citizens tending to feel more negatively towards this option. 29.6% of citizens
responded with strong or somewhat agree, while 17.8% felt more neutral. The most
significant of responses were in the somewhat to strongly disagree categories, with 43.4%
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of citizens more against this type of change to the tax system. 4.1% of respondents did
not answer this question.
Again, taking into consideration the demographics analyzed for this study, results
tended to be less positive, regardless of any demographic in particular. For example,
married, single, or widowed citizens voiced their opinions in a similar manner, with all
groups appearing to feel more negatively towards this option than positively. Married
couples felt most negatively, with 48.8% somewhat to strongly disagreeing. Single
citizens voted 46.5% in these categories, while widowed citizens felt the least negative
with 33.3%. About 20% from each status chose to be neutral. And, citizens with or
without children were analyzed on the topic of higher fees to lower taxes. The outcomes
were relatively similar, with 31.78% and 34.3% strongly to somewhat agreeing,
respectively, and 18.33% and 20.1% feeling neutral. 54% of citizens with children were
either somewhat or strongly against this change, while 45.6% of childless citizens felt the
same way.
“I will support an increase in taxes if it would maintain or increase services I value”
2010 was the first appearance of this question. Values of “somewhat agree and
strongly agree” were combined to form one category of positive responses. “Somewhat
disagree and strongly disagree” were combined to form a category of negative responses.
The “neither agree/ disagree” category was viewed as a neutral response. Demographics
were analyzed and were found to be relatively consistent towards an approval rating
averaging 48.4% for an increase in taxes. There was an average of 17.03 % neutral
responses, and an average of a 34.57% against any increases.
The only significant demographics to deviate from the above average were as
follows. Unemployed persons (17 respondents) approved of an increase in taxes only
17.6%, were neutral 35.3%, and disagreed 47.1%. Similarly those who made over
$150,000 a year (seven respondents) 26.7% favored an increase, 20% were neutral, and
53.3% were against.
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An interesting note, in regard to educational level, the higher level, the more
likely it appeared as though the respondent approved an increase. Five citizens, with an
education level below high school, responded and all were against a tax increase. Those
with high school degrees (124 respondents) agreed 45.1% of the time, while 12.1 were
neutral, and 42.7% disagreed. 107 citizens held bachelor’s degrees and agreed 54.2% of
the time, while 15.9% were neutral, and 29.9% disagreed. 51 citizens responded with a
master’s degree or higher and agreed 56.9% of the time, while11.8% were neutral and
31.4% disagreed.
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Dogs in Parks – Section Seven
Allow leashed dogs in Oshkosh Parks?
To help understand the position of citizens regarding the current discussion of leased pets in city
parks, it was decided to ask the question on the 2010 Citizen Survey. Based on the results, it is equally
divided between the populous of respondents. 39.1% of respondents believe the current policy should
be maintained, 26.9% of respondents responded to allow dogs in some parks, and 34.1% believed
leashed pets should be allowed in all Oshkosh parks.
A pie chart is provided below to illustrate the results.
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Comments - Section Eight
In reviewing the written comments, the following major themes were noted
The condition of road maintenance, whether in reference to appearance,
condition, or snow removal was viewed negatively.
The issue of leashed dogs in the parks with many citizens on both sides of the
issue.
The issue of storm drainage was again a major topic, although Oshkosh was not
flooded in 2010.
Citizens tended to be particularly concerned with Oshkosh acquiring and retaining
more businesses and revamping the downtown area.
Many citizens commented on the necessity of some kind of attraction (a water
park, for example) to bring in tourists and revenue for the city.
Citizens seemed particularly concerned with the presence of police, making the
city appear as though it is a "police state," as some citizens referred to it.
The safety and appearance of neighborhoods was important.
Taxes and quality of services, or lack thereof, was again a major concern for
many, with the general tendency of citizens feeling that taxes should be lowered.
A handful of comments referred to the good job that the city administration is
doing.
There were many comments in opposition of roundabouts again.
There were a number of comments regarding city/union contracts and wages
being too high.
There were a number of comments asking that snow removal on sidewalks be
enforced along with other cosmetic' ordinances (especially around campus)
People seem very interested in having more/better bicycle paths.
There were a number of comments related to breaks being given to Oshkosh Corp
and other big businesses.
The rankings in section four and five were somewhat supported by the comments
section of the survey. Overall, the comments were negative in nature.
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Analysis of Survey Results to Demographics of City – Section Nine
The following survey demographics were requested from the survey participants
and compared to the census data from 2005-07 for the City of Oshkosh. The column
showing population statistics Without Institutions was inserted to reflect the numbers of
census responses that come from institutions such as the correctional institutions and the
campus dormitories which were not included in the parcel base for this survey.
Surveys Surveys Oshkosh Without
Results % Census Institutions
Gender Male 170 51.8% 51.6%
Female 158 48.2% 48.4%
Missing 10
Year Born 18 to 65 234 72.9% 88.1% 83.0%
Over 65 87 27.1% 11.9% 17.0%
Missing 17
Marital Status Married 222 67.9% 39.7% 45.5%
Not Married 80 24.% 53.5% 47.0%
Widowed 25 7.6% 6.8% 7.5%
Missing 11
Time Lived in
Oshkosh
5 years or less 33 10.0%
6 to 20 years 78 23.6%
20+ years 219 66.4%
Missing 8
Rent or Own Own 315 96.3% 59.2%
Rent 12 3.7% 40.8%
Missing 11
Number of Children None 226 69.1% 72.2%
1 42 12.8% 27.8%
2 1833 10.1%
3 823 7.0%
4 or more 43 .9%
Missing 11
Place of Residence North of Fox 153 47.1% 56.4% 50.8%
South of Fox/East of 41 114 35.1% 31.6% 35.7%
South of Fox/West of 41 58 17.8% 11.9% 13.5%
Missing 13
Income Under $25,000 37 11.9% 28.9%
$25,000-$75,000 155 50.0% 50.5%
Over $75,000 118 38.1% 20.6%
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Missing 28
Employment Status Employed 197 62.1%
Student 1 .3%
Unemployed 18 5.7% 5.5%
Retired 101 31.9%
Missing 21
Occupation Homemaker 7 3.2%
Service Occupation 43 19.7% 23.5%
Sales and Office 26 11.9% 26.7%
Production, Trans, Material
Moving
26 11.9% 18.5%
Management, professional 102 46.8% 26.1%
Farming, fishing, forestry 2 .9% 10.0%
Construction 12 5.5% 5.0%
Missing 120
Education Less than HS 6 1.9% 13.8%
HS 139 43.8% 62.5%
Bachelors 117 36.9% 16.7%
MA or higher 55 17.4% 7.0%
Missing 21
Race White 318 98.5% 91.6%*
African-American 1 .3% 2.9%*
Two or more races 4 1.2% 1.0%*
Gender – The sample replying to the survey is representative of the population in
Oshkosh and similar to last year’s survey’s results.
Year Born – The response rate over 65 years of age was nearly three times the
population in the city again this year. This may result in factors such as
preference for senior centers and user fees over taxes.
Marital Status – The percentage of married respondents is higher than the census
population data and higher than the previous year’s surveys. The high percent of
married individuals may result in stronger views on child related services, public
safety needs, and more vested interest in the community.
Years Lived in Oshkosh – The majority of respondents have lived in Oshkosh 20
plus years which results in respondents that are more vested interest and
involvement in the community.
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Home Ownership or Rental – The percentage of respondents who own homes is
significantly higher compared to the census data while the percent of respondents
who rent are significantly underrepresented in comparison with the census data.
In addition, the percent of renter respondents is greatly lower than the percent
represented in last year’s survey. This data may show that home owners tend to
have more involvement and interest in the community.
Children Under 18 in Household – The response of those with and without
children is reflective of the census data. There was a slight increase in percentages
of households with one or more children in the household which may result in
more support for child related services and safety.
Location in City – The percentage of survey respondents on both sides of the
river seem to be equal and similar to last year’s results.
Household Income Level – The lowest income bracket is underrepresented in
comparison with census data and decreased from last year’s survey. There was
increase in the percentage of respondents who make over $75,000.
Employment Status – The survey results appears to be consistent with last year’s
results and census data.
Profession – A high level of no responses is most likely the result of 37.6% of
respondents being retired or unemployed. There appears to be a higher response
rate from those in the management and professional areas again this year.
Level of Education – The percentage of respondents with secondary higher
education is higher than the percentages represented in the census. Overall, our
respondents are more highly educated than the census data represents.
Race- The response is reflective of the racial climate of Oshkosh.
*Data was compared to the 2006-2008 census data.
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Internet Surveys
An opportunity for citizens who were not part of the randomly selected survey
base to complete the citizen survey was provided on the City of Oshkosh web page site.
Thirty-five (35) citizens participated in this opportunity. While the results of these
surveys are not considered statistically significant for research considerations, they are
informative and are included in the Appendix A for consideration.
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Summary
The citizen survey for the City of Oshkosh resulted in 338 responses from a randomly
selected base of 1500 citizens. This 22.5 percent response rate, while considered slightly
low for citizen surveys, is statistically significant even though it is slightly higher than the
normally accepted margin of error rate of a 5.0%. The response rate of 338 is an increase
from the 255 survey responses in 2009. The results of the survey described in the body
of this report should aid the officials in the City of Oshkosh in helping to determine the
future priorities and direction of the city.
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Appendix A - Internet Surveys
Question 1 - How Oshkosh Citizens Feel About Their City Results
Excellent Good Fair Poor
No
Opinion
As a place to live 5 20 10 0 0
Sense of community 4 11 14 6 0
Overall appearance of the city 1 9 16 9 0
Overall safety of residents 3 24 8 0 0
Your neighborhood as a place to live 10 15 7 3 0
As a place to raise children 6 17 9 1 2
As a place to retire 1 11 9 6 8
Community openness/acceptance of
people 1 12 16 6 0
Overall quality of life 3 18 11 2 1
Environmentally friendly city 0 10 19 5 1
Direction moving for the future 2 12 15 5 1
Question 1 - How Oshkosh Citizens Feel About Their City Results Summary
Positive Negative No opinion
As a place to live 25 10 0
Sense of community 15 20 0
Overall appearance of the city 10 25 0
Overall safety of residents 27 8 0
Your neighborhood as a place to live 25 10 0
As a place to raise children 23 10 2
As a place to retire 12 15 8
Community openness/acceptance of people 13 22 0
Overall quality of life 21 13 1
Environmentally friendly city 10 24 1
Direction moving for the future 14 20 1
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Question 3 - Importance of Services - Percentage
Importance of Services Very Im Some Im No Opin Some Un Very Un
Animal Control 14.3 45.7 2.9 28.6 8.6
Bike and Pedestrian Trails 42.9 45.7 2.9 5.7 2.9
Building Permits and Inspections 25.7 57.1 0 14.3 2.9
Cable TV, Radio, and Internet Services 28.6 42.9 0 28.6 0
City Parking Facilities 22.9 57.1 0 17.1 2.9
City Support for Neighborhood Organizations 20.0 60.0 2.9 14.3 2.9
City’s Sidewalk System 54.3 34.3 0 8.6 2.9
Economic Development Assistance to Businesses 45.7 34.3 5.7 14.3 0
Efforts to Improve the Quality of Housing 42.9 42.9 2.9 8.6 2.9
Emergency Medical and Rescue Services 88.6 8.6 0 2.9 0
Enforcement of Property Maintenance/Nuisance
Codes 40.0 42.9 0 14.3 2.9
Fire Protection and Prevention Services 88.6 11.4 0 0 0
Lake Shore Golf Course 8.6 20.0 5.7 37.1 28.6
Leaf and Brush Pick up 34.3 48.6 2.9 11.4 2.9
Maintenance/Appearance of City Parks & Greenways 51.4 42.9 0 5.7 0
Maintenance of City-Owned Buildings 42.9 54.3 0 2.9 0
Oshkosh Public Museum 25.7 60.0 0 14.3 0
Police Services 85.7 11.4 0 2.9 0
Pollock Aquatic Center 11.4 45.7 2.9 28.6 11.4
Public Health Programs 42.9 45.7 2.9 5.7 2.9
Public Library Services 62.9 28.6 0 5.7 2.9
Refuse Collection and Recycling Services 82.9 14.3 2.9 0 0
Regulation and Zoning for Land Use 42.9 10.0 2.9 11.4 2.9
Removal of Snow and Ice From City Streets 91.4 8.6 0 0 0
Response to Citizen Complaints and Requests 62.9 34.3 0 2.9 0
Senior Services Center 11.4 68.6 8.6 11.4 0
Storm Drainage Systems 68.6 25.7 0 5.7 0
Street Lighting 48.6 40.0 0 11.4 0
Street Paving, Maintenance, Sweeping and Repair 74.3 25.7 0 0 0
Transit System 34.3 48.6 0 14.3 2.9
Transportation Planning For Traffic 42.9 48.6 0 5.7 2.9
Rating - Very Important - Somewhat Important - No Opinion - Somewhat Unimportant - Very Unimportant
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Question 2 - Quality of Services - Percentage
Quality of Services Value Excellent Good Fair Poor
Animal Control 3.4 62.1 20.7 13.8
Bike and Pedestrian Trails 6.1 15.2 51.5 27.3
Building Permits and Inspections 3.7 29.6 48.1 18.5
Cable TV, Radio, and Internet Services 18.2 45.5 27.3 9.1
City Parking Facilities 9.4 37.5 43.8 9.4
City Support for Neighborhood Organizations 7.7 42.3 34.6 15.4
City’s Sidewalk System 8.6 48.6 40.0 2.9
Economic Development Assistance to Businesses 0 35.7 39.3 25.0
Efforts to Improve the Quality of Housing 0 32.1 42.9 25.0
Emergency Medical and Rescue Services 48.3 41.4 10.3 0
Enforcement of Property Maintenance/Nuisance
Codes 3.6 53.6 25.0 17.9
Fire Protection and Prevention Services 53.6 35.7 10.7 0
Lake Shore Golf Course 5.3 68.4 21.1 5.3
Leaf and Brush Pick up 11.8 67.6 20.6 0
Maintenance/Appearance of City Parks & Greenways 11.4 65.7 20.0 2.9
Maintenance of City-Owned Buildings 3.0 57.6 36.4 3.0
Oshkosh Public Museum 34.4 53.1 9.4 3.1
Police Services 30.3 48.5 15.2 6.1
Pollock Aquatic Center 37.0 48.1 14.8 0
Public Health Programs 8.7 60.9 30.4 0
Public Library Services 47.1 44.1 8.8 0
Refuse Collection and Recycling Services 36.4 51.5 12.1 0
Regulation and Zoning for Land Use 0 41.7 41.7 16.7
Removal of Snow and Ice From City Streets 11.4 22.9 42.9 22.9
Response to Citizen Complaints and Requests 3.6 32.1 42.9 21.4
Senior Services Center 27.3 54.5 13.6 4.5
Storm Drainage Systems 0 23.5 55.9 20.6
Street Lighting 2.9 58.8 32.4 5.9
Street Paving, Maintenance, Sweeping and Repair 2.9 14.3 40.0 42.9
Transit System 7.1 57.1 32.1 3.6
Transportation Planning For Traffic 0 22.6 51.6 25.8
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Question 4 - Budgeting Priorities
# Minimum Maximum Mean Std. Deviation
# 4 - Extra $1 million
Community Services 30 0 500 112.80 110.197
Economic Development 30 0 556 131.57 158.862
Refuse and Recycling 30 0 200 36.73 47.227
Finance and Administration 30 0 100 19.66 30.733
Police Protection 30 0 250 58.58 69.285
Fire Suppression/ Prevention 30 0 250 50.62 67.159
Parks 30 0 250 82.20 72.505
Storm Water Maintenance 30 0 450 139.76 127.099
Road Maintenance 30 0 1000 373.40 291.738
Question 5 - Budgeting Priorities
# Minimum Maximum Mean Std. Deviation
# 5 - Reduce $1 million
Community Services 25 0 250 65.72 82.138
Economic Development 25 0 1000 200.12 234.928
Refuse and Recycling 25 0 1000 131.04 203.767
Finance and Administration 25 0 1000 209.32 195.807
Police Protection 25 0 1000 166.92 316.736
Fire Suppression/ Prevention 25 0 100 28.80 37.033
Parks 25 0 334 78.68 90.676
Storm Water Maintenance 25 0 500 89.38 133.728
Road Maintenance 25 0 125 33.60 43.601
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Question 6 - Funding of City Services - Percentages
Key:
Strongly
Agree
Somewhat
Agree
Neither
Agree/
Disagree
Somewhat
Disagree
Strongly
Disagree
No
Opinion
I am satisfied with the
current mix of taxes, aids,
grants and fees
0 34.3 17.1 22.9 14.3 11.4
The City could reduce taxes
and maintain current
services by being more
efficient.
34.3 31.4 20.0 2.9 5.7 5.7
The City should focus on
reducing taxes by pursuing
grants (many of which
require local funding match)
31.4 40.0 22.9 0 5.7 0
The City should focus on
reducing taxes by increasing
service fees and charges.
0 14.3 40.0 25.7 20.0 0
I support an increase in
taxes if it would maintain or
increase the services I value
22.9 25.7 14.3 20.0 17.1 0
Question 7 – Allowing Dogs in Parks
Allow Dogs in Parks 23 65.7%
Allow in Some Parks 5 14.3%
Retain Current Policy – No Dogs 7 20.0%
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Question 9 - Analysis of Survey Results to Demographics of City
Surveys Surveys Oshkosh Without
Results % Census Institutions
Gender Male 19 54.3 51.6%
Female 16 45.7 48.4%
Missing 0 0 0.0%
Year Born 18 to 65 29 85.3 88.1% 83.0%
Over 65 5 14.7 11.9% 17.0%
Missing 1
Marital Status Married 22 62.9 39.7% 45.5%
Not Married 13 37.1 53.5% 47.0%
Widowed 0 6.8% 7.5%
Missing 0
Time Lived in Oshkosh 5 or less 10 28.6
6 to 20 7 20.0
>20 18 51.4
Missing 0
Rent or Own Own 29 82.9 59.2%
Rent 6 17.1 40.8%
Missing 0
Number of Children None 30 85.7 72.2%
1 1 2.9 27.8%
2 3 8.6
3 1 2.9
4 or more 0 0
Missing 0
Place of Residence North of Fox 21 60.0 56.4% 50.8%
South of Fox/East of 41 11 31.4 31.6% 35.7%
South of Fox/West of 41 3 8.6 11.9% 13.5%
Missing 0
Income <10K 2 5.7 7.8%
10 to 15K 1 2.9 7.3%
15 to 25K 4 11.4 13.8%
25 to 35K 3 8.6 13.2%
35 to 50K 5 14.3 15.7%
50 to 75K 11 31.4 21.6%
75 to 100K 6 17.1 11.8%
100 to 150K 1 2.9 6.8%
150 to 200K 1 2.9 1.2%
>200K 1 2.9 0.8%
Missing 0 100.0%
Median HHI $ 42,298
Mean HHI $ 51,647
Employment Status Employed 21 60.0
Student 3 8.6
Unemployed 5 14.3 5.5%
Retired 6 17.1
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Missing 0
Occupation Homemaker 3 8.6
Service Occupation 6 17.1 23.5%
Sales and Office 1 2.9 26.7%
Production, Trans, Material
Moving
2 5.7 18.5%
Management, professional 10 28.6 26.1%
Farming, fishing, forestry 0 0 10.0%
Construction 1 2.9 5.0%
Missing 12 34.3
Education Less than HS 1 2.9 13.8%
HS 14 40.0 62.5%
Bachelors 13 37.1 16.7%
MA or higher 7 20.0 7.0%
Missing 0