(KAIR)--Atchison City Commissioners this week unanimously approved a new comprehensive community survey “which will help City leaders to measure service delivery performance and allow for public input at a strategic level.”

That’s according to a release from the City of Atchison, which explains that the survey, approved by the Commission Monday, “is a follow up to one taken in December 2018 that covered nearly every area of City government service delivery as well as outlining community standards and priorities.”

 According to the release, “the first survey helped lay the groundwork for the strategic plan that was adopted in 2020, which has been used extensively in budget creation and performance management within the organization over the past year.”

Assistant City Manager Justin Pregont, in the release, said doing the surveys every three years or so can help commissioners and staff to plan from a strategic level.

The Commission was back to business Wednesday, holding a noon hour special meeting held mostly behind closed doors as an executive session.  

According to the agenda for Wednesday’s meeting, the private session was held "for discussion relating to personnel matters of non-elected personnel.”  No action was taken by the Atchison City Commission following the special meeting.