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Published January 13, 2009 10:42 pm - Initial plans to archive every city ordinance online — making them accessible to anyone via the city’s Web site — have been approved by the Cullman city council. Cullman may put ordinances online By Trent Moore The Cullman Times Cullman is going digital.
Initial plans to archive every city ordinance online — making them accessible to anyone via the city’s Web site — have been approved by the Cullman city council. “This is a necessity that I feel will really bring us into the twenty-first century,” Mayor Max Townson said. “All of the ordinances will be attached to our Web site.” The council approved approximately $15,000, over a two-year period, to get the project off the ground. The city will be working with the Municipal Code Corporation to put the ordinances online. The ordinances will be saved in a view-only PDF format. When finished, the database could total as many as 300 ordinances. Townson said the project should be a great convenience for both Cullman citizens and city employees. “I think it’s a good way to keep everyone informed,” he said. “For example, if someone wants to know something about a noise ordinance, they’ll be able to just pull it up online. It’s accessibility without paper and it cuts down on time, without needing someone to go to the books and pull it up.” Though the plan has officially been approved, it will still be at least 12-14 months until the online archive goes live. “It’ll take about a year to do it,” Townson said. “The main thing is, once it’s established, it will just be a process of keeping it updated. We’ll simply send them (Municipal Code Corporation) our new ordinances and they’ll add them.” Once the project is finished, the city will pay Municipal Code Corporation approximately $400 per year to maintain and update the database. The City of Cullman Web site can be found at http://www.cullmancity.org. The council also: ‰ Approved a request for $939 in repairs to the public Wi-Fi at the Cullman County Museum, Depot Park and Festhalle Market Platz. Some of the equipment was damaged by recent storms. ‰ Approved a $905 bid with Moore Medical for medical supplies for the fire department. ‰ Approved $808 of fire department supplies, to be purchased from North America Fire Equipment Company (NAFECO). The supplies include RIT line kits an reflective traffic cones. ‰ Approved a $74 replacement printer for the municipal court. 
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