For the week of November 20 - 26, 2002

City of Ketchum boasts new improved Web site

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By GREG STAHL
Express Staff Writer

For more than a year, Ketchum officials have been fielding complaints about the city’s Web site, but that could be about to change.

The city announced last week the launching of a new city Internet site, www.ketchumidaho.org.

Cyberspace surfers will be able to log onto the site and view upcoming meeting schedules, agendas and minutes, in addition to the entire city code and comprehensive plan. Election information, public notices and city job postings will also be available.

"On behalf of the city government and all of our staff, we look forward to serving our residents and visitors with information which we hope they will find interesting and useful," Mayor Ed Simon said. "Through the city’s new site, our citizens will have convenient, direct access to the latest city information."

For more than a year, Ketchum resident Jake Jacoby has been spurring the city toward fixing its Internet offerings, which have often been woefully out-of-date.

After a cursory look at the new site last week, Jacoby said, "it looked pretty good," high praise from a generally harsh critic.

 

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