Online Survey Open for DuPage Residents to Give Input

This year’s county budget survey is open for DuPage residents to share their priorities.

The survey is available online at surveymonkey.com/r/dupagebudgetsurvey.

This feedback is collected every year to help shape next year’s budget, according to the county.

County Board Chairman Dan Cronin said this year’s budget survey is particularly important because the county faces a potential loss of $4.5 million in funding due to the state’s budget crisis.

“When the state faces a fiscal crisis, we all feel it in the counties. We will tighten our belts accordingly but our goal remains the same: to provide the highest quality services for our residents in the most efficient, cost-effective manner possible,” said Cronin in a statement.

Finance Committee Chairman Paul Fichtner said officials are deciding spending levels for Fiscal Year 2016, which begins Dec. 1.

“We have always received thoughtful feedback from our residents through our budget surveys,” said Fichtner in a statement. “We look forward to engaging the public through this process and hearing what our residents believe are the programs and services they value most.”