To review, the Franklin survey on emergency services that residents have until July 30th to fill out has two phases.

Phases I and II would have an estimated cost of between $31,100 and $38,200.

The city opted not to use the free service of Survey Monkey.

Meanwhile an Oak Creek survey was e-mailed to us on July 2.

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Oak Creek went with Survey Monkey.

From Franklin Mayor Steve Olson’s Facebook Page:

Are tax dollars being used to pay for the development and facilitation of survey?

Yes, the Common Council approved a budget of $42,000 for survey development, design, printing, mailing, return mailing, data collection and analysis, as well as a report on the findings of the survey.

Why not use Survey Monkey or another free on-line survey?

We want to make the survey is accessible to all residents. In addition to providing the online participation opportunity, a paper version is also mailed giving residents a chance to respond in writing and mail their response back. The feedback provided online and via mail is all processed by the vendor.

Using a professional survey consultant helps to ensure the integrity of the survey by controlling access to prevent individuals from responding to the survey more than once. Community Perceptions is a neutral third party that can provide independent analysis of the data.

A rather lengthy explanation that the city simply can’t help itself.

All those in favor of spending more money say aye!