North Union residents asked to take part in bureau survey
The North Union Township supervisors asked residents Tuesday to participate in a U.S. Census Bureau survey that will replace the once-a-decade process and provide municipalities with updated yearly information about their residents. The American Community Survey is scheduled to replace the census starting in 2010 and the short-form survey has been chosen as its replacement, according to supervisor Tom Kumor.
He said a number of residents will receive the survey each month and are required to complete it and return it to the Census Bureau.
“We’re encouraging you to complete the survey and return it as soon as possible,” he said.
The bureau is also looking to hire people to interview household members who do not return the survey so that everyone in the township has completed the questionnaire, Kumor said.
Additional information is available at www.census.gov or by calling 1-800-262-4236, extension 1. “This helps us with future planning and anticipating our needs,” he said.
“Hopefully it will work out if everyone who receives it fills it out and sends it back.”
According to information from the U.S. Census Bureau Web site, the mailing began last month and about 250,000 people will receive the survey each month.
No address will receive the survey more than once in a five-year period, according to the site.
In another matter, the supervisors announced the township received $15,029 from the state Department of Environmental Protection in reimbursement for recycling activities in the township over the past several years.
Kumor said the supervisors submitted a list of items the township has purchased for the recycling program, including materials and items for public education about recycling.
“It was an extensive grant application, but it was worth the money,” he said. The supervisors also announced that construction will begin on Route 40 near Fan Hollow Road March 1 to install drainage systems, but they had no timetable as to when the work would be finished.