New City Website Project Update

City staff wishes to inform the council on the progress of the City Website Project.  Additionally, staff would like to provide an opportunity for Council feedback.

Progress
To date, we have:  collaborated on a webpage structure, completed our consulting engagements with all departments, identified content updates prior to the scheduled February migration, and received a draft mock-up of the homepage and interior page designs. We are currently in the process of collecting feedback on the initial mock-up, as well as performing changes to our existing site for the coming migration.

Our next deadline concerns the revisions on the mock-up, which are due back by December 15th. If revisions are needed/requested, CivicPlus will get a revised mock-up back to Ramsey in five business days. Consecutive revisions may cause delay for the entire project.

Having met our deadlines through the project so far and provided we meet the deadline for the 15th, we are currently still on track to meet our soft launch date of early April.
 

General Fund - Budgeted Item

IT Manager
CivicPlus
Web Admins (various departments)
 

The purpose of this case is to provide the City Council an update, and to provide an opportunity to take feedback.