According to DiCiccio, “My office has used that time to reach out to Grand Canyon University, which has a history of providing similar services to municipalities at little to no cost. After I presented that information at yesterday’s Council meeting, the City Council voted 5-3 against spending $1.1 million on surveys.”
“One of the Council members who voted in favor of spending this money repeatedly stated “this is only a little money,” advised DiCiccio in a constituent newsletter, “it is still your money, and we have a duty to spend it wisely and carefully, saving everywhere we can.”
According to DiCiccio, after his email went out exposing the money set-aside for polling, he was “contacted about the possibility of this partnership which the City may now consider pursuing instead of simply continuing to spend as usual.”