Most recently surveyed residents said they are satisfied with the overall quality of city services provided by Longmont with 86% satisfied, compared to the National Average of 51%.
A majority of residents also gave the city high ratings in the overall quality of life in the city — with 87% indicating that Longont was an “excellent” and “good” place to live, and 83% as a good place to raise children, according to a recently released survey.
The city council will discuss the survey, conducted by the ETC Institute, at Tuesday night’s study session which begins at 7 p.m. A total of 1,031 residents returned the surveys that resulted in a margin of error of plus or minus three percentage points at the 95% level of confidence, according to a city staff report to the city council.
The survey did reveal some dissatisfaction with the city. All four police services decreased in satisfaction from 2018.
The decreases were in the overall quality of police services (-25%), enforcement of local traffic laws (-23%), efforts by Animal Control to meet public needs (-19%) and efforts by police to prevent crime (-16%), according to the survey.
At the same time, residents’ feelings of safety have increased, according to the survey. Since 2018, residents feel more safe in Downtown Longmont at night (+5%), overall in Longmont at night (+4%), in their neighborhood at night (+2%), and in their community parks, open spaces and trails (1%), the survey states.
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