Pinole City Hall Asks Residents to Rank Priorities

Pinole City Hall wants to hear from you. The city's website has posted a Community Feedback Survey to gauge pubic support for various public services. The survey invites visitors to rank the importance of:

• maintaining existing fire department service levels
• maintaining rapid 911 emergency/police response times
• keeping the Pinole Swim Center open
• maintaining city parks and graffiti abatement
• maintaining neighborhood police patrols at current levels
• keeping Pinole Cable Television operating
• code enforcement such as neighborhood blight, illegal dumping, graffiti, etc

After selecting priorities, site visitors are invited to leave a comment and to request follow-up information.

The survey is available on the website's Index page.

With deep losses from sales tax and property revenues in recent years, the city has cut numerous jobs, raised fees and eliminated some programs. The city council has placed a measure on the Nov. 6 ballot to retain an existing 8 percent tax on utility bills for another eight years. The tax provides about 20 percent of the $10.4 million city budget.

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