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Tuesday, October 18, 2016

Wernersville launches new website to inform residents

by Steve Reinbrecht

Wernersville borough has a new website to provide important information to residents.


A resident who knows about website technology said he noticed that his hometown’s website was unsatisfactory, so he offered to create a new one.

Keegan Worley, a 2008 Conrad Weiser High School graduate, is the financial controller for Runwell Solutions, an outsource IT company based in Wyomissing.

At their meeting June 1 [according to records I just looked up on the new website], supervisors voted 3-0 to pay Runwell Solutions as much as $4,400 for the website.

A state grant will help pay for the website because it will have information about recycling, environmental education and green technology, officials expect.

“It’s letting my neighbors know what’s going on in Wernersville,” Worley said. He noted that the borough also has a new Facebook page to engage with residents.

Supervisors President Steve Price said launching a better website has been on a back burner for years. Wernersville had been using a site hosted by Berks County, which staff had trouble even accessing.

The new website has copies of meeting minutes, which are approved records of all the discussions and votes at public meetings. It has the names of staff, elected officials and committee members. And you can read the ordinances that deal with dogs, trash and weeds, and snow and ice.

Borough office workers will have an easier time keeping the site updated with minutes, events and weather-related news. The site should reduce calls from residents who can find their answers online.

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