Strategic-Plan Survey: Preliminary Results

Commissioner Dan Miller writes on his blog about some early results from the survey undertaken as part of the municipality's strategic-planning process. A few highlights:

• When told they had to lower spending somewhere in the budget, surveyed residents chose to cut spending on civic activities, then zoning enforcement, forestry, parking, and public information. The number one response, however, was that no services should be cut, even if it means raising taxes and fees.
• When asked what services should receive more funding, residents chose the library first, then recreation facilities, street maintenance, parks, and planning for the future. The number two response: nothing should get more funding.
• Most surveyed residents said that services in Mt. Lebanon were good; the next most-popular response was that services were great. Only 0.7% said services were poor or inadequate.
• In describing Mt. Lebanon as a place to live, 48% of surveyed residents said it was excellent; 43% said good; 0.4% said poor.

For the full highlights, see Dan Miller's blog: Strategic Plan Preliminary Survey Results.

Lebo Republican Survey Released

UPDATE: A copy of the results of the survey can be found here.

The Republican Committee of Mt. Lebanon has compiled the results of its recent survey and has released them. It will surprise very few people that a clear majority of the close to 1000 people who responded oppose the proposed high school renovation as currently budgeted and would vote against the project if it were posed as a referendum.

I hope that someone with more time than I have will put the full results online.

I went to the RCML website at http://www.lebogop.com , but neither the survey nor the results are posted there. The website is slick. Why not use it? Put the results up there.

School Board Approves Survey of HS Property

The school board approved a contract for $17,685 with Professional Land Survey Services for a survey of the high school property. The survey will mark off all property boundaries and utilities. It is the first step in the process toward the planning of a new or renovated high school.

Link: www.post-gazette.com/pg/08024/851623-55.stm