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Source: Daily Jefferson County Union

JEFFERSON — Mayor Dale Oppermann outlined updates about the City of Jefferson in a mayoral report to the Common Council, including communication and transparency improvements, collaborations with the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater School of Business, energy agreements and senior center honors.He started by saying the city is adjusting technology to improve transparency and communication with the public.“I think the process is going very well — both among city staff and our volunteers — in improving our communication and looking at what we do and how we do it. We’ve already had some really positive implementation here,” said Oppermann.“We have some other things that are just really fantastic, great ideas that I think people will be impressed — if not blown away — by what the technology we can use today (can do to) provide transparency and public information.”Oppermann also attended the Wisconsin Public Power Inc.

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