Council to lock down website design contract

Published 11:41 am Sunday, August 3, 2014

The Austin City Council is set to approve a website redesign at its upcoming meeting at 5:30 p.m. Monday.

Though the city received 32 bids from places as far off as London, U.K., city staff narrowed proposals to three local vendors and council members chose independent consultant Theresa Tucker to redesign the site.

The city will spend $8,500 from its contingency fund for the site redesign as well as $25 per hour to train city staff on how to upload things to the website. Tucker’s proposal was chosen over bids by Tecstra Systems and ViDeyo Arts because it was the lowest bid that allowed the city to host the website on its own servers, while staff can upload content.

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The council will also discuss downtown parking and new stop signs.