Community Corner
City Website Keeps Improving
In his first column for Brookfield Patch, Mayor Steve Ponto explains how the City's website has grown into a rich resource for Brookfield information.
Brookfield Patch is off to a great start! I congratulate all of those involved and, particularly, editor Lisa Sink.
This is my first column which I intend to be a monthly feature of Brookfield Patch. If you’re reading this, it’s likely you are computer savvy and get much of your news from the internet. Accordingly, I want to use this first column to call attention to our City website: www.ci.brookfield.wi.us.
The City has had a website since 1999. Like most things involving technology and the internet, our website has changed and developed rapidly, and continues to do so. In 2010, there were over 20,000 visits to the website and it grew to 282 website pages.
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The website is a great reference resource for information about our government and community. There is a News and Announcements section on the home page. The website has numerous facts and statistics about Brookfield, as well as extensive information about City services. There is contact information for City officials, as well as agendas and minutes for City meetings. Key documents are available such as City ordinances and Brookfield’s 2035 Comprehensive Plan.
You can access our Library’s online catalog through the website. There are also “Quick Links” to the websites of Waukesha County, the State of Wisconsin, the Elmbrook School District, the Elmbrook Humane Society and the Brookfield Convention and Visitors Bureau.
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We have information about our “Sister City,” Seligenstadt, Germany, on the website and about the next trip to Seligenstadt which our Sister Cities Committee has planned.
We recently upgraded our technology and now have “streaming video” which enables you to watch video recordings of meetings of the Common Council and the Plan Commission on your computer whenever you want. In the near future, we plan to have other brief videos relating to the City government and our community available as well.
I hope you will visit the City website to help you and your family be fully informed about our City government and our community.
Mayor Steve Ponto
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