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Council seeks better website, public project-tracking and a web manager
Summary
Council praised recent website improvements and discussed adding a public-facing dashboard or transparency center for tracking projects; members suggested modest plugin solutions and hiring a paid web manager rather than relying on volunteers.
Councilors and staff described recent improvements to the city website and discussed options to increase transparency and resident access to project information. Several council members recommended a dashboard or 'transparency center' that would host project updates (for example, weekly Great West updates on the sewer project) and suggested that low-cost plugins might deliver functionality without large consulting fees.
Tammy and others urged hiring or budgeting for a trained, paid staff person to manage the website rather than relying on volunteers. The mayor said department heads will be asked to upload memos and updates to a transparency area on the website and that staff would explore plugin and visual options to let residents 'click into' project status. Council agreed to consider small, recurring funding for website improvements in the FY2027 budget.
