The present web site at parsonsks.com was developed in 2013 by CivicPlus. Town received a free web site makeover from the corporate however pays an annual internet hosting and upkeep charge, which began at $4,150. The contract will increase 5% annually, and over a six-year interval, Lamb mentioned town has paid $28,750. The contract will expire this yr.

The CivicPlus platform will not be straightforward to make use of, and metropolis employees should contact the corporate to make adjustments. It additionally doesn’t adjust to People with Disabilities Act requirements, which as of 2019 apply to web sites, Lamb mentioned. Moreover, the present web site doesn’t work nicely on smartphones.

“It’s just about ineffective on a smartphone proper now,” Commissioner Leland Crooks mentioned.

CivicPlus supplied to revamp the web site at a value of $5,625, with the identical charge construction for internet hosting and upkeep.

Matt Hoisington, occasions and media director for town, labored with a small group of individuals to analysis corporations and determined Most Wished Authorities Web sites was the best choice. The corporate already hosts and maintains the Parsons Police Division web site in addition to the Labette County web site.

Police Chief Robert Spinks mentioned he has no complaints with the corporate, and the platform is simple to handle.

Most Wished will cost town $6,995 to construct the brand new web site with the addition of Fb integration for one more $795. The corporate will cost $2,995 yearly for internet hosting and administration. Hoisington mentioned the charge is not going to change so long as town continues to make use of Most Wished.

Most Wished plans to get the brand new web site up earlier than the previous one goes darkish on Jan. 1.

Lamb mentioned any workers member with a password ought to have the ability to make adjustments to the brand new web site with out having to undergo the corporate.

“Every thing I’ve seen that I’ve researched, it’s going to be a lot extra simpler to get in there and program,” Hoisington mentioned.

Hoisington mentioned the present web site nonetheless makes use of coding, and just one workers member, Jana Henderson, is conversant in it. Henderson is Hoisington’s assistant.

“I’ll need to be trustworthy with you, if Jana determined to retire tomorrow, we’d in all probability be useless within the water. In all honesty, I can go surfing and get into the person facet of it, however I might in all probability do extra harm than good,” Hoisington mentioned.

In different enterprise Monday, the commissioners:

— Authorized a proposal from 911 Direct to improve the police division dispatch heart for $94,384.

— Authorized a bid of $578,000 to LaForge and Budd Development Co. for a peak circulate pump station and pressure essential on the wastewater therapy plant. Crossland Heavy Contractors, Columbus, bid $830,580 on the challenge, and Weiss Development Co., Aston, Nebraska, bid $1,451,947.

— Set 10 a.m. Nov. 12 because the time to obtain proposals for brand new police and fireplace autos.

— Authorized fee of $27,830.99 to Heck & Wicker Development Inc. for work on the 16th Road (U.S. 59) enchancment challenge. The work contains the set up of bigger storm pipes, concrete resurfacing and the widening of the intersection of 16th and Primary Road to permit left-turn lanes.

— Authorized fee of $28,647.90 to RenoSys Corp. for repairs to the Parsons Municipal Swimming Pool. The corporate is putting in a brand new gutter and is predicted to reline the pool in March.

— Authorized fee of $29,400 to Verdunity Inc. for consulting providers to replace town’s complete plan and zoning rules.