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<br /> <br />MINUTES OF UNIVERSITY CITY COUNCIL <br />STUDY SESSION <br />January 25, 2010 <br /> <br /> <br />The Council Study Session, held on the Fifth Floor of the City Hall, on Monday, January <br />25, 2010, was called to order by Mayor Joseph Adams at 5:30 p.m. The following <br />members of the Council were present: <br /> Mr. Terry Crow <br /> Mr. Michael Glickert <br /> Mr. Arthur Sharpe, Jr. <br /> Mr. Robert Wagner <br /> Ms. Lynn Ricci <br /> Mr. Byron Price <br /> Mayor Joseph Adams <br />Also present were the City Manager Julie Feier, IT Director Leisha Meine, Deputy <br />Director/Finance Director Janet Watson and City Attorney John Mulligan. <br /> <br />The study session was to give a presentation on the draft of the new Web Design present <br />by IT Director Leisha Meine. Ms. Meine provided a print out of the proposed new web <br />page by the City’s provider, CivicPlus. The new design culminated in the following goals: <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> Simplify the homepage while maintaining aesthetics suitable as a major marketing <br />presence for the City <br /> <br /> Simplify navigation on the homepage to facilitate ease in finding information deeper <br />in the site <br /> <br /> Eliminate scrolling as much as possible on the homepage <br /> <br /> Give homepage status for the most visited information based on website statistics <br /> <br /> Simplify the calendar tool – eliminate separate departmental calendars <br /> <br /> Make the search tool more prominent on the home page <br /> <br /> Simplify and consolidate department menus and pages to assist the website user in <br />finding their information quicker <br /> <br /> Add social networking tools to attract and interest a more diverse group of residents <br />to what is occurring in the City <br />The new website design will occupy more of the screen. The goal to use more e- <br />commerce remains. Through web-track, parking ticket violations and CenCom can be <br />paid. Next to be added is the payment of refuse bills. The new web-site will go live in <br />March. <br /> <br />IT is working with LaserFishe, who publishes all of the City’s documents on the web-site, <br />trying to make it more user friendly. Ms. Meine welcomes all photos with permission for <br />possible use on the web-site. <br /> <br />Mr. Glickert thought it would be nice to have pictures of the Directors and Chiefs with a <br />mission statement for each department. Ms. Meine state that none of the content has <br />been changed with this new design but can be worked on later. <br /> <br />QUESTIONS ON THE UPCOMING AGENDA <br />Mr. Glickert asked if number 9 on the City Manager’s Report belong there. It dealt with the <br />Legislative budget. <br /> <br />