The City of Mount Vernon has approved DeNovo as the developer for a new city website.
City administrator Chris Nosbisch said that there were two firms interviewed for the new website design.
“The committee deciding on the group was excited what DeNovo brought to the table, and is looking forward to this moving forward,” Nosbisch said.
Nosbisch said there’s a $30,000 proposed design cost for the new website, but he expects that to grow as the council and staff engineer it.
There will be some carry over for designs on both the wayfinding signage and the Lester Buresh Family Community Wellness Center’s websites to people know they are from the same community.
As for timeframe, Nosbisch said completion will happen sometime in the next six to eight months.
“I can’t say how excited I am to see this moving forward,” said council member Scott Rose. “This has been a process six years in the making at this point.”
Council changes urban renewal district to include police department
The City of Mount Vernon changed the urban renewal district to include the Mount Vernon-Lisbon Police Department building at 380 Old Lincoln Highway.
That will allow the city to take some of the fund improvements via tax increment funding (TIF) to make improvements to the building.
City administrator Chris Nosbisch said that doesn’t change the costs of the project or the plans, and allows the city to reverse referendum borrowing for improvements to the facilities.