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AGENDA TITLE: Approve Response to 2010/11 San Joaquin County Grand Jury Report Regarding
City Govern mentWebsites
MEETING DATE: August 17,2011
PREPARED B Y Deputy City Manager
RECOMMENDED ACTION: Approve responseto 2010/11 San Joaquin County Grand Jury
Report regarding city government websites.
BACKGROUND INFORMATION: The 2010/11 San Joaquin Grand Jury reviewed the findings,
recommendations and city responses to the 2009/10 Grand Jury
report regarding city government websites. The 2009/10 Grand
Jury made four findings regarding the City of Lodi website. The City Council responded to these findings
on August 5,2009.
The 2010/11 Grand Jury accepted the City responses to three of the above findings, but requested
additional follow-up regarding one of the findings. The remaining finding relatesto having a specific
process in place to annually review website content. The attached letter responds to this finding.
FISCAL IMPACT:
FUNDING AVAILABLE:
Attachment
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Jo dan Ayers
Deputy City Manager
APPROVED:'�'----
Konradt Bartlam, City Manager
CITY COUNCIL
BOB JOHNSON, Mayor
JOANNE MOUNCE,
Mayor Pro Tempore
LARRY D. HANSEN
PH I L KATZAKIAN
ALAN NAKANISHI
August 18,2011
CITY OF LODI
CITY HALL, 221 WEST PINE STREET
P.O. BOX 3006
LODI, CALIFORNIA 95241-1910
(209) 333-6700 / FAX (209) 333-6807
Hon. Robin Appel, Presiding Judge
San Joaquin County Superior Court
222 E. Webber Av., Room 303
Stockton, CA 95202
RE: Follow -Up Report to the 2009/10 San Joaquin County Grand Jury Case No. 0609
Dear Judge Appel:
KONRADT BARTLAM
City Manager
RANDI JOHL, City Clerk
D. STEPHEN SCHWABAUER
City Attorney
The City of Lodi has reviewed the follow-up report to the 2009/10 San Joaquin County Grand Jury Case No.
0609 regarding City government websites, issued on June 13,20 11. The Council has seriously considered
the finding and recommendation of the Grand Jury applicable to the City of Lodi, discussed the same with its
professional staff and pursuant to Penal Code section 933.05, submits its comments as set forth below.
As required by Penal Code section 933 (c), the Council's comments were approved at the
Council's regularly scheduled meeting of August 17,2011.
Finding 1:
The City of Lodi does not have a process to review website content.
City Response: Partially agree with finding. While the City's process is not formalized, individual
departments do update web content.
Recommendation 1:
Develop and document a process to evaluate documents and the relevance to users of the website.
City Response: The City will annually, in December, provide a list of department specific links to each
department head for review. The City Manager's office will implement the department recommended
changes if they are consistent with the City's goals to provide accurate, timely and useful information to the
public.
espectf illy�'submitted,
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Bob Jon on
Mayor
cc: City Council
Konradt Bartlam, City Manager
Jordan Ayers, Deputy City Manager
D. Stephen Schwabauer, City Attorney