Those looking for information on the City of the Village of Clarkston’s website over the holidays were out of luck ? Villageofclarkston.org was down from Dec. 26 to at least Dec. 29. According to Go Daddy, the website provider, the page was down pending renewal or deletion.
City Manager Carol Eberhardt said the previous administration and Councilman Steve Hargis created the website about five years ago.
‘He is the only one that can reinstate the website and recover the password,? she said, adding city officials were able to contact Hargis and he did not even remember setting the site up.
Eberhardt said once Hargis resets the password, it will quickly be up and running. She estimated the site would be up and running on Monday.
Resident Steven Orasco, commenting on Facebook, said ‘I have to say it is totally ridiculous that no one knew the bill was coming due on the web page. It seems they should be able to get a .gov thru the state.”
Eberhardt said in order to prevent similar issues from occurring in the future, she will set up an single email address for important city business to be sent to. Calls to Mayor Joe Luginski were unreturned as of press time.