MASSENA — Town Council members have agreed to pay up to $270 to have updates made to the Massena International Airport website.
During their meeting Wednesday, board members agreed to pay a representative from Design Delineations $90 an hour to update the website at www.flymassena.com/en.
“The site was put together 12 years ago,” Town Supervisor Joseph D. Gray said.
Because of its age, he said, it had inaccurate and outdated information, as well as the Cape Air logo. Cape Air had served the Massena community until last month, when Boutique Air began operating from the airport under an Essential Air Service contract.
Mr. Gray said his concern and that of Airport Manager Frank J. Diagostino was that outdated material on the website was listing services that weren’t available, as well as Cape Air’s information. Mr. Diagostino said that although the website indicates the services are available, the airport has no limousines or air freight and doesn’t provide meals.
Mr. Gray said bookkeeper Nancy A. Fregoe was able to track down the person who originally designed the site for Design Delineations, which also owns the domain and hosts the website.
During his conversation with the website designer, Mr. Gray said he wanted the ability to control content locally, which would be possible if the town had access to a certain type of software.
Under the terms of the agreement, the website update will be done within a three-hour time span at $90 an hour, and there will be provisions to have the content controlled locally so the website can be updated as necessary. The town will also pay Design Delineations an annual fee to host the domain.
In approving the expense along with other council members, Councilman Samuel D. Carbone Jr. wondered aloud whether Boutique Air would be willing to pay to be promoted on the website.
Board members also unanimously approved paying $1,700 to H3 Designs, Massena, for a newly created fishing website at www.fishmassenany.com. Mr. Gray said the cost to design the website was $3,400. The town initially had paid $1,700, and now it was being asked to pay the balance.
“The site is operational,” he said.
Councilman Thomas C. Miller said now that the final payment was being made, it needed to ensure that the website was updated as necessary.