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<br />Item No: 03 <br />Meeting Date: 09/02/2025 <br />Type of Business: Work Session <br />Administrator Review: ____ <br />City of Mounds View Staff Report <br />To: Honorable Mayor and City Council <br />From: Nyle Zikmund, City Administrator <br />Item Title/Subject: Website Design Upgrade and Hosting Agreement with <br />Revize, LLC. <br /> <br />Introduction: <br /> <br />The City of Mounds View initially entered into a four-year agreement with Revize back in <br />December of 2016. If the Council concurs, the City would now like to have Revize <br />perform a design upgrade as it has been nearly nine years since the new website was <br />launched and five years since any features were added. <br /> <br />Discussion: <br /> <br />The initial contract with Revize stated that after the four-year agreement was reached, it <br />would automatically renew if the City did nothing. In 2020, the City entered into a <br />revised agreement, which added several features. There have been no upgrades to the <br />City’s website since that time. <br /> <br />Prompted by resident feedback on mobile usability and internal challenges related to <br />document management and notification limitations of Revize, Council instructed staff to <br />evaluate an alternative website platform, CivicPlus, a platform commonly utilized by <br />local governments. The purpose of the research was to determine whether CivicPlus <br />would better serve our operational needs, improve user experience with regard to <br />mobile devices, and provide more comprehensive support and functionality at a cost <br />that would be affordable for the City. However, the cost-effectiveness of switching to this <br />platform does not fit with an affordable solution. Additionally, Staff has heard that, <br />driven by the need for more cost-effective solutions, many metro cities are migrating <br />from CivicPlus to Revize because they deliver a better value. <br /> <br />City staff has since met with Revize, our current platform. After meeting with Revize <br />and discussing our website needs, they have provided the City with the following quote: <br /> <br />Annual Website Support: $2,760 (This is the current fee that we are paying annually <br />and Revize has indicated that it would remain the same in the new five-year contract). <br /> <br /> <br />The only fee associated with redesign would involve migrating current pages and