Friday, December 7, 2001
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Friday, December 7, 2001 |
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Updates to PTC Web site designed to reduce trips to City Hall By JOHN
MUNFORD Peachtree City residents now have several ways to avoid a trip to City Hall altogether ... through new features on the city's Web site, www.peachtree-city.org. Getting yard sale signs used to require an appearance at City Hall to fill out the appropriate form. But a few clicks online will now pull up that form on your computer where it can be filled out, printed out and mailed in or dropped by. Other forms posted online will allow residents to register their golf carts, change or cancel their golf cart registration, register for a permit to solicit in the city and register for an occupational tax license. Citizens also will be able to post "live" messages to the city regarding problems with a street or cart path. Building inspections also may be requested immediately. Last week, the Recreation Department began accepting online registration for its classes and events. Matt Robinson, technical support manager for Peachtree City, said the new online services are a way of assisting residents who don't often have time to drop by City Hall. "We took a lot of things commonly done at City Hall and now they are there whenever residents need them," Robinson said. He also pointed out that residents without online access can take advantage of the computers at the Peachtree City Library, which have Internet connections. City clerk Jane Miller said the city will be exploring more ways to make city government services available online in the near future. Soon, citizens will be able to request outdoor burning permits online also. The city Web site also has a new design, which includes a search engine on the home page. To use the online city services mentioned in this article, go to the Web site and click on "VELO-CITY: Virtual City Hall." Now that the city is using its own Web server, city departments can now update their own pages, and much more quickly than under the old process, Robinson said. "We're just trying to increase the citizen interaction with the Web site," Robinson said.
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