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��4�� � <br />���- - � , , ,. � J 1 <br />Memo <br />To: Mayor and Council - ��a <br />From: Chris Miller, Finance Director and Interim City Manage�i�✓--- .— <br />Date: August21,2006 �– � <br />Re: Discussion on Redesigning the City's Website <br />Date: 08/21/06 <br />Item: 2 <br />C1ty�S ���751�e <br />Background <br />At the May 15, 2006 City Council meeting, the Council affirmed nine newly established goals <br />for the upcoming year (200612007). One of the stated goals was: <br />Continue to research and develop new technologies that will enhance programs <br />and services by either reducing operating costs and/oY improving the level of <br />service currently being provided <br />The City's website is one form of technology that is used both for information purposes, as well <br />as e-commerce. However, it has its limitations. The City established its website in the mid <br />1990's. Since that time however, while individual pages of the City's website have been <br />modified, it has been done in piecemeal fashion as de�artmental resources permitted. <br />As most site visitors will quickly observe, this has resulted in many pages having different <br />perspectives, looks, and functionality. In addition, some of the City's web pages have remained <br />virtually unchanged from the time they were originally created. Finally, the internal support <br />requirements for maintaining the City's website continue to grow rapidly, making it difficult to <br />keep the City's website purposeful with the resources that are currently available. <br />Earlier this year, a We�bsiie Task Force consisting of employee representatives from each City <br />department was created to evaluate the City's website. The Task Force's original wor�Cplan was <br />as follows: <br />L� <br />�� <br />a� <br />�� <br />�� <br />�� <br />t7 <br />�� <br />4�`,� <br />Identify the purpose of the webs�te <br />Identify the types of content that should be on the website <br />Assess the strengths and weaknesses of our current website <br />Identify the preferred attributes of a well designed website <br />Identify other websites that emulate the preferred attributes that we can use as a model <br />Establish an organizational structure and new design for the City's new website <br />Determine whether to host the website in-house, or outsource <br />Determine whether to manage content in-house, or outsource <br />Make recommendations to the City Manager and City Council <br />Action steps #1-4 are detailed further in AttachmentA. <br />� <br />