Fayette County's

government continues to update its Web site to provide new information

and make the site easier for residents to use.

The site, which

is reached at www.admin.co.fayette.ga.us , now offers more complete

information on property taxes, including address-specific information,

and residents also can now register for recreation programs or apply for

a job with the county online.

There's also

a new page for the county's E-911 center.

The site is

being updated and upgraded, not as a onetime project, but as an ongoing

process, says Marc Rogers of the Information Systems Department.

"We want

to get to where the folks use the web site as an alternative to picking

up the phone," said Rogers, who is working full-time to enhance the

site.

The 2000 digest

property tax information can be found at https://www.admin.co.fayette.ga.us/property/propsearch.asp

Users may search

for property information by owner's name, address or subdivision. Search

results yield general information regarding the property. Users then have

the option of selecting "Details," which will take them to a

more in-depth listing of information for that particular piece of property,

says Rogers.

Folks who are

interested in working with Fayette County are now able to download an

application for employment at https://www.admin.co.fayette.ga.us/humanres/application.asp

. The application is in an Adobe Acrobat file so users will need to have

the Adobe Acrobat Reader installed on their computers. This is a free

download and there is a link from the application page to the Adobe site

where users can download the Adobe Reader. In addition, current employment

opportunities are listed and are updated weekly.

Class registration

forms are at https://www.admin.co.fayette.ga.us/recreation/registration_form.htm

for activities provided through the Recreation Department. As with the

application for employment form, users need to have Adobe Acrobat Reader

to download and print the class registration form. Classes and activities

for winter 2001 are listed on the Recreation Department's site.

The Communications

Center (E-911) Web site is now up and operational. Information on the

history of 911, frequent questions, and related items are contained in

this area.

Other recent

innovations include a new navigation system online, in which departments

and services will be grouped in logical ways.

"This

type of grouping will continue to occur so that users are never more than

a click away form the county's main home page," said Rogers.

"From

the main home page, users can then select a different area to view, such

as the government section, which has information about county departments

and services. The departments' page, which is under the government section,

contains a listing of county departments with a brief description of their

functions as well as contact, address and e-mail information. More departments

will be added to this page," he said.

A new "jump

to" menu also is on the home page, so surfers can scroll down the

list and select a page.

A "news

and information" area now is regularly updated with information about

changes to the web site, county events and links to new additions to the

web site.

Plans are to

soon include an employee directory, with searches by name or by department.

Future plans

include more interactive services, such as online payment of water or

tax bills and applications for service.

If you have

a comment or suggestion, e-mail [email protected] .

There's also

a "mail-to" link at the bottom of the home page.