Title
Discussion of issues relating to the City website re-design.
Body
Summary:
The City website, deerparktx.gov is a vital information and community engagement tool. Residents are able to obtain current information about city meetings, events, programs and activities, as well as conduct certain business on-line. The current website, created through CIVICPLUS in January 2013 had a total cost of $49,774. After forty-eight (48) consecutive months under the terms of our contract and associated pricing, we are now fully eligible for a basic redesign at no cost.
The original site and now the re-design, is steered by the Website Committee. The committee has seventeen (17) staff members representing all departments across the city. The role of the committee is to examine strategies for making the most effective use of the City’s website focusing on the latest innovation and user satisfaction.
Discussion:
This is an informational item only. We wanted to present to Council the purpose of the re-design, project scope and a timeline and discuss the website usability assessment. We will also be adding a Fire Department section to the City website not in the re-design scope but done simultaneously.
Fiscal/Budgetary Impact:
There is no cost for the re-design.
Recommended action
Discussion only in Workshop.