HomeMy Public PortalAbout2016-03-23 Ad Hoc Tech Mtg MinMEETING MINUTES
AD HOC COMMITTEE ON TECHNOLOGY
Meeting: March 23, 2016 6:00 PM
The Chair called the meeting to order at 6:00 p.m. Attending the meeting were
Councilors Kenneth Woodland, chair; Susan Falkoff, vice chair; Lisa Feltner, secretary,
Councilor Vincent Piccirilli, Councilor President Mark Sideris, Joseph Mahoney,
Watertown IT Manager, David Stokes, and Bob Erickson.
The purpose of the meeting was to discuss the goals of the committee following the
general introduction meeting the month before. The committee discussed pursuing
either renovation or complete change of the current website and how such a change
would be accomplished.
The committee voted 3-0 to take the following steps:
1. The committee voted to maintain the current name: "Ad Hoc Committee on
Technology."
2. The committee voted to recommend that the Town Council request the Town
Manager to investigate the posting and accuracy of agenda and meeting
minutes in accordance with the previously approved "Resolution #2013-4
Electronic Communications and Distribution of Documents within the Town
Council and Town Hall" and report back as to any recommendations and/or
solutions for upkeep of said postings.
3. The committee will work with Watertown IT Manager Joseph Mahoney to plan
a meeting with the current website vendor, CivicPlus.
4. The committee will work with Watertown IT Manager Joseph Mahoney to
produce a survey in order to gather information from Town Departments on
current and future operations of the website. More specifically, the survey will
focus on the following areas: aesthetics, central organization, internal policies
regarding site maintenance and upkeep, suggested improvements, suggested
content highlights, the desired level of granularity in items such as the "drop -
down" menus, comparison to other municipalities and MMA best practices,
vision for future use, and mobile -use.
The meeting adjourned at or about 7:00 PM.
Minutes respectfully prepared by Kenneth Woodland, Chair.