2021-51CITY OF CHANHASSEN
CARVER AND HENNEPIN COUNTIES, MINNESOTA
DATE: September 13, 2021 RESOLUTION NO: 2021-51
MOTION BY: McDonald
and
SECONDED BY: Campion
RESOLUTION APPROVING CONTRACT WITH GRANICUS FOR
CITY WEBSITE REDESIGN AND SERVICES
WHEREAS, City Council and staff set Communications as a strategic priority for 2021-2023;
WHEREAS, enhancing and streamlining the city's website was identified as a strategic initiative
to accomplish the desired outcomes and meet performance targets within the strategic priority; and
WHEREAS, the Communications Team determined that basic maintenance would not address
the identified deficiencies and the website is in need of a complete redesign and overhaul; and
WHEREAS, the City's current website vendor, CivicPlus, provided a timeline of well over a
year before a new website could be completed due to a high volume of website redesigns, many as a
result of CARES funding; and
WHEREAS, Staff evaluated three vendors - CivicPlus, Granicus, and Revize to determine the
best path forward in delivering a completely new, more user-friendly website for the City of
Chanhassen; and
WHEREAS, after much research, the Communications Team determined it was best to move
forward with migrating the City's website services to Granicus.
NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Chanhassen,
Minnesota, as follows:
Approves the Contract with Granicus for City Website Redesign and Services.
Passed and adopted by the Chanhassen City Council this 13t' day of September, 2021.
ATTEST:
Kimn euwissen, Cler
YES NO
Ryan
McDonald
Campion
Rehm
Elise Ryan, Mayor
ABSENT
Schubert