From Sunshine Review
Ashland County is one of 72 counties in Wisconsin. The county was formed in 1848 and is named after the Henry Clay's home in Kentucky. It covers 1,043.82 square miles and contains 157 lakes. The city of Ashland is the county seat. [1]
[edit] Website evaluation
- Main article: Evaluation of Wisconsin county websites
[edit] The good
- The Ashland County Supervisors are identified and their contact information is online. [2]
- Administrative staff are identified, [3] and contact information is available. [4]
- Zoning guidelines are available. [5]
- There is a link on the home page to "purchase" public documents, but no open record policies or information about administrators is available. [6]
[edit] The bad
- No budget or checkbook register are online.
- There is no information about public meetings -- no schedules, agenda or minutes.
- No audits, contracts, or information about lobbying activities.
- No tax information is available, although there is an option to pay online. [7]
- There is no information on how to file a public records request.
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