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We as a council have talked about creating a public information <br />channel. Most of the council did not favor the idea since it involved <br />hiring more staff, old technology, as well as the fact that it was felt that <br />this would involve the city spending more money and not receiving all <br />of the benefits. As a result, the ideal was shelved. <br />My proposition at this time is that under the auspicious of the IT <br />department; create an animated public channel for the residents <br />accessible by computer for the residents. Information on this public <br />channel would give direction to residents to address the problems that <br />they face in daily lives, such as applying for permits, to learn rules and <br />regulations and various ordinances of the City. <br />This should be done without any added expenditure to the City and <br />without employing any further employees. A onetime videographer <br />can be consulted as deemed necessary by the IT department. <br />Attached to this should be the fact that the same finances should be <br />used to update the city website. At present if one wants to access the <br />City website, it takes a lot of running around the website to find certain <br />information. <br />The website should be easy to navigate and should be such that we can <br />quickly find answers to the questions without having to spend hours <br />going through it. If the council is in agreement, if this can be funded <br />through what has been discussed without having to spend money on <br />hiring staff or additional funding, we can re- discuss this ideal. <br />