City unveils new Web site
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Officials are working to improve accessibility to information about the city after launching the city’s first Web site recently.
While there is a Web site for the area via the Chamber of Commerce, the city’s Web site contains information specifically geared toward McMinnville government.
It’s a work in progress, City Administrator Herb Llewellyn said, noting the city is following the advice of the Municipal Technical Advisory Service, which offers technical advice to cities throughout the state and suggested the city develop one.
“We always knew we needed a Web site. That was the impetus, and the other one was to do a better job at customer service,” Llewellyn said.
Currently, the Web site offers some information about city happenings, information about various departments, names of city officials and even the city ordinances.
“Our city code is on it so if someone wanted to look at them, they could. I think we’ll try to make it more user friendly to try to give people more access to the city on their time and not necessarily on our time. We’re trying to make it user friendly and make it as easy as possible for people to interact with us,” he added.
There is a possibility of one day offering bill payment for things like water bills on the site, but that is likely far into the future.
“Those have some information technology issues and some state ones as well, but if we could, that would be a wonderful addition,” Llewellyn added.
The Web address is www.mcminnvilletenn.com.