DuPage County FY25 Budget Survey DuPage County conducts this budget survey to capture the community’s preferences regarding how our strategic priorities should be funded in the 2025 Fiscal Year. The results of the survey will be used to inform the development of the County’s next budget. Question Title * 1. Please rank the following strategic priorities from 1 as the most important to 6 to the least important in terms of where county funding should be prioritized. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Community well-being 1 2 3 4 5 6 Fiscal responsibility 1 2 3 4 5 6 Thriving economy 1 2 3 4 5 6 Safe community 1 2 3 4 5 6 Environmental stewardship 1 2 3 4 5 6 Mobility (getting around in the community) Question Title * 2. Safe Community: Please select and rank the three most important objectives for the County to fund by placing a number (1, 2, or 3) in the box next to your choices. Use 1 for the most important, 2 for the second most important, and 3 for the third most important. After ranking your top three items, please proceed to the next question. In partnership with the public safety agencies operating within the County, work to reduce crime and enhance the safety of residents and visitors in the community by supporting strong public safety policies, funding, and initiatives, such as policies mandating secure gun storage. Ensure a safe and efficient network of roads, trails, and sidewalks. Promote emergency preparedness, all hazards planning, and community engagement to make the population more resilient in the face of all hazards, natural or otherwise. Implement strategies to increase rabies compliance, promote the welfare of domesticated animals, and prevent negative interactions with wildlife. Manage cybersecurity risks, protect against cyberattacks, and develop employees’ knowledge and skills to collectively safeguard the County’s IT infrastructure to protect data and ensure service delivery. Invest in the appropriate human and technology resources needed to maintain critical IT infrastructure that supports public safety, citizen engagement, and emergency management programs in the County. In collaboration with DuPage County municipal water utilities and state and federal officials, work to identify funding sources to reduce the cost to homeowners who wish to connect with a public water supply. Question Title * 3. Are there any other activities or services you would fund for the County to achieve a Safe Community? Question Title * 4. Community Well Being: Please select and rank the three most important objectives for the County to fund by placing a number (1, 2, or 3) in the box next to your choices. Use 1 for the most important, 2 for the second most important, and 3 for the third most important. After ranking your top three items, please proceed to the next question. Provide County services in an equitable manner to ensure access to every member of the community. Help individuals and families access services that work to reduce poverty by offering pathways to financial sustainability. Establish, maintain, and enhance familial relationships and to help reduce adverse impacts of family conflict. Determine long-term funding strategy and improve awareness and ease of use of the 211 system to help residents access County and partner agency services. Along with partner organizations, develop a strategy to leverage the expertise of older adults in the community via volunteer and mentoring opportunities to increase civic engagement, reduce the impacts of isolation, improve mental health, and support aging in place. Create broad community awareness of adult protective services to help raise awareness of needs and services available to support vulnerable adults in the community and in long-term care facilities. Create broad community awareness of Community Services programs via outreach and public relations initiatives. Continue providing safety net services at the DuPage Care Center to meet community needs for older adults and people with disabilities. Provide resources for food pantries and other organizations striving to reduce hunger and food insecurity. Continue to fund efforts to expand availability of mental health and addiction treatment services. Question Title * 5. Are there any other activities or services you would fund for the County to achieve a Safe Community? Question Title * 6. Fiscal Responsibility: Please select and rank the three most important objectives for the County to fund by placing a number (1, 2, or 3) in the box next to your choices. Use 1 for the most important, 2 for the second most important, and 3 for the third most important. After ranking your top three items, please proceed to the next question. Make strategic funding investments in personnel, capital equipment, and programs. Evaluate services and programs sustained by COVID-19-era funding sources for continued viability, need, and budgetary support. When using state and federal funds to provide County services, maintain full compliance while also transparently communicating program outcomes to the community. Enhance the County’s financial and collaboration capabilities by procuring and implementing a new ERP system that will better integrate budget, grants, accounts payable/receivable, the general ledger, procurement, receiving, and cash management. Annually evaluate and identify areas of interdepartmental efficiencies to consolidate efforts where possible and identify cost savings. Evaluate the County’s Human Resources processes and procedures to create a learning culture, effectively manage and reward performance, and ensure the County can attract and retain a talented workforce that best aligns with department needs and succession planning efforts. Diversify the revenue stream for the General Fund to minimize the impact of fluctuations in any one revenue source and improve income stability. Retain metrics needed to maintain the County’s bond rating. Question Title * 7. Are there any other activities or services you would fund for the County to achieve Fiscal Responsibility? Question Title * 8. Thriving Economy: Please select and rank the three most important objectives for the County to fund by placing a number (1, 2, or 3) in the box next to your choices. Use 1 for the most important, 2 for the second most important, and 3 for the third most important. After ranking your top three items, please proceed to the next question. Support initiatives that promote the arts, sporting, and cultural events to help drive economic and social capital. Collaborate and partner with Choose DuPage and the DuPage Convention & Visitor Bureau to support new and existing business growth and strengthen and diversify the County’s economy. Support local businesses by developing policies and practices that encourage using County-based businesses for County service delivery. Incentivize private developers to build affordable housing by granting density bonuses and other variances, providing land and necessary site infrastructure, and identifying other tools and mechanisms identified as part of the Ad-Hoc Housing Committee review. Educate developers about the resources available through the state and federal government, including the Illinois Housing Development Authority, and help them connect to resources available to increase the number of workforce housing units built and preserved. Increase access to employment and career opportunities in key sectors of the DuPage County economy by providing workforce development programming. Question Title * 9. Are there any other activities or services you would fund for the County to achieve a Thriving Economy? Question Title * 10. Environmental Stewardship: Please select and rank the three most important objectives for the County to fund by placing a number (1, 2, or 3) in the box next to your choices. Use 1 for the most important, 2 for the second most important, and 3 for the third most important. After ranking your top three items, please proceed to the next question. Mitigate the impacts of climate change locally by improving funding stability for the County’s Stormwater Management program. Create a stormwater stream bank stabilization program to improve water quality and maintain continuity of the watershed. Reconvene the Green Government Council and lead the effort to establish the next community-wide climate action goals to continue progress made under Cool DuPage. Reduce waste landfilled by pursuing initiatives included in the Solid Waste Management Plan, partnering with the commercial sector to explore composting with commercial food providers, and working to increase recycling and diversion rates. Advance County facility projects and fleet investments that lower the County’s emissions, enhance beneficial reuse, and improve efficiency. Invest in integrated technology solutions to leverage data in order to maintain optimized performance, inform future infrastructure planning, and enhance environmental sustainability of the County’s facilities. Question Title * 11. Are there any other activities or services you would fund for the County to achieve Environmental Stewardship? Question Title * 12. Mobility (getting around the community): Please select and rank the three most important objectives for the County to fund by placing a number (1, 2, or 3) in the box next to your choices. Use 1 for the most important, 2 for the second most important, and 3 for the third most important. After ranking your top three items, please proceed to the next question. Ensure state of good repair for County roadways, sidewalks, and bridges. Expand the bike and pedestrian network and enhance user experience. Collaborate on a reimagined, more-accessible transit system. Invest in new infrastructure, explore innovations in integrated circuit deployment for smarter traffic control, enhance usage of data, deploy emerging technologies, and invest in ongoing operations and maintenance to reduce traffic congestion. Provide strategic investment for the development of Pace Pulse Routes between DuPage County and neighboring counties. Question Title * 13. Are there any other activities or services you would fund for the County to achieve Mobility (getting around in the community)? Question Title * 14. If you had $1,000 to spend, how much money would you spend in the following areas? Community well-being Fiscal responsibility Thriving economy Safe community Environmental stewardship Mobility (getting around in the community) Question Title * 15. How did you learn about this survey? 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