Discussion and Consideration of Dedicated Website for the Recreation Center and Council Action as Needed — K-4

AGENDA ITEM # K-4 AGENDA INFORMATION TIFFIN CITY COUNCIL COMMUNICATION DATE: August 13, 2026 AGENDA ITEM: Discussion and Consideration of Dedicated Website for the Recreation Center and Council Action as Needed ACTION: Motion Recommendation Websites – Several months ago we made the move to RecDesk for our operational software for Parks and Rec. It handles all of our registrations, rentals, memberships, point of sale, etc. To get more information to the public, we could explore a website for the Recreation Center, very similar to the approach Mt. Vernon took. They also use RecDesk, and decided their own City Website was too difficult to use to get information out to the public about their recreation center. Their website is here - https://thelbc.com/. I have reached out to several businesses that build and manage websites, and received various quotes and scopes for the project. The key differences have been highlighted in the summary page. My initial gut reaction was that this website may not be 100% necessary today, but in 2-3 years, I think it’s something we’ll wish we had. I am leaning towards recommending we spend the extra money and go with a firm like de Novo, simply due to the added support and professional content writing that they offer, that will help free up time and resources for Parks and Recreation and other City staff. ATTACHMENTS: Website Comparison 1