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Select Board favors carrabassettvalley.gov for town website and email
Summary
The board endorsed moving town email addresses off roadrunner.com to a town-managed domain and preferred the full .gov domain carrabassettvalley.gov for legitimacy and security; the transition may take several months and has cost and record-retention implications.
Town Manager Garrett Corbin and contractor Tim Flight discussed options to shift staff and Select Board email addresses from roadrunner.com to a domain aligned with the town website. Board members expressed a preference for the .gov designation using the full town name, carrabassettvalley.gov, despite the longer length.
Flight explained the .gov registration process can take three to six months and generally offers stronger legitimacy and web security than an easily acquired .org or .com. Town Clerk Wendy Russell said there would be additional expense to manage email addresses and that she would coordinate with the town’s contractor. Flight added that any hosting company must be able to comply with the town’s record-retention policy.
Why it matters: Moving to a .gov domain can improve public trust and security for official communications, but the town must budget for management costs and ensure record-retention compliance by the hosting provider.
The Select Board did not adopt a formal motion to expend funds at the meeting; staff will pursue registration and implementation details.
