NEW PORT RICHEY — Pasco County government's new mobile application for smartphone users is available online following a demonstration for commissioners.
The MyPasco app will work on platforms for Android, Apple, Blackberry and Windows mobile products.
The name was chosen after more than 250 people participated in a social media contest to come up with a moniker. In May, three winners who submitted the same suggestion received a small prize package.
The app will provide the ability to view County Commission meetings, press releases, National Weather Service alerts, parks information, library map locator, emergency management information, pet adoption services and commuter information.
The initial features of the MyPasco app are "just the start," Doug Tobin, the county's public information officer, said in a press release. "We plan on rolling out new features and it will be updated automatically on each smartphone."
Soon, residents will be able to pay their utility bills, report a pothole directly to road and bridge department and watch programs from the Pasco County Television cable TV channel on their phones.
"There has been a lot of excitement with this new app," Pasco's Chief Information Technology Officer Todd Bayley said. "As we were testing this app, citizens were finding us online. We had a park reservation before we even announced it to the public."
"We could also look at the app as a way of communicating with all 2,000 county employees in the future," said County Administrator Michele Baker. "This would be especially beneficial to employees who don't have easy access to a computer and spend much of their time in the field. The possibilities are endless for both employees and Pasco citizens."
Source: Pasco County debuts its new smartphone app
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