Town Continues Website Improvements

By Adam Swift

The town is continuing to make upgrades to its website, even as there have been improvements over the past year, according to the Town Council President.

At Tuesday night’s meeting, Council President Jim Letterie fielded a question about town information regarding trash pick up and other updates that were posted on Winthrop discussion boards, but were not found on the town website. One resident noted that citizens could get confused if information was posted in the discussion groups but was hard to find on the official town website.

“As far as policy goes, I think the council’s internal policy is that everything should be on the town website,” said Letterie. “There are people that will copy and paste stuff like that … and there’s not much we can do about that. Anything concerning late pick-up days or holiday pick-up or leaf pick-up should be, and I believe it is … on the town website.”

Town Manager Tony Marino said information on trash and leaf pickup schedules should be on the public works department page of the town’s website.

“Nothing should go out on social media without it being on the town website,” said Letterie. 

While there have been improvements to the town’s website, Letterie said there is still work to do and it has not gone unnoticed by the town manager and the council.

“It will continue to be worked on,” Letterie said.

In other business, the council opened and continued the tax classification hearing for Fiscal Year 2024.

“We are still awaiting more information,” said Letterie. “I have asked and the town manager has asked to get more definitive information on certain questions, so we are waiting for numbers. We needed to open the public hearing tonight and we will continue the public hearing.”

The public hearing was continued to the council’s meeting next week on Tuesday, Dec. 5