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Staff recommends new website/app to centralize city communications; proposes $100,000 grant‑match fund
Summary
Staff recommended a web/app product that integrates with Facebook, Twitter and Instagram and includes an app and agenda features; staff also proposed setting aside $100,000 as match funding for grants, noted a community survey had 29 responses, and announced an August coffee hour at the Hive.
Speaker 1 (unidentified speaker) demonstrated a website and app product intended to centralize the city’s public communications and reduce reliance on individual staff Facebook accounts.
Staff said the proposed platform would let the city publish a post to the website and push it automatically to Facebook, Instagram and Twitter, include an agenda builder and video hosting, and offer a mobile app with notifications. Staff compared the product favorably to CivicPlus on price and highlighted features such as live chat customer service and integrated agenda tools.
On budget and outreach, Speaker 1 proposed establishing a reserve of about $100,000 to use as matching funds for grant opportunities (for example, an 80/20 match), arguing a small fund could unlock larger capital grants in subsequent cycles. Speaker 1 also reported 29 responses to a recent community survey and asked for greater public participation. Finally, staff announced a community coffee hour in August at 11 a.m. at the Hive for informal resident engagement.
Staff said they will continue product evaluations and return with recommendations for purchase and integration into the city’s communications workflow.
