One site for staff, the council and residents.
Set up with your departments, pages and meeting bodies.
Easy for staff to edit
Staff edit pages in a plain editor, with no code. Changes go to an approver before they're published, roles set who can edit what, and every sign-in takes two steps.
Agendas and meeting packets
Staff add agenda items and attachments, and the system builds one accessible packet PDF. Agendas and minutes archive automatically on your retention schedule.
The city code online
The municipal and development code, searchable on any phone. Residents ask questions in plain English and get answers from the code with citations. Staff add ordinances themselves.
What's built in.
What residents look for on a local government site, in one system.
- Emergency alertsA banner across every page, plus email and text alerts residents sign up for.
- CalendarMonth and list views, synced with recreation systems such as CivicRec.
- Document centerEvery document in one place, searchable by keyword and date.
- Forms and a staff directoryOnline forms with spam protection, and a directory of departments and staff.
- Payments, permits and newslettersLinks and embeds for Tyler payments and permits, and for Constant Contact.
- AnalyticsGoogle Analytics 4 and an admin dashboard.
- Accessibility checksEvery page and document is checked for accessibility, and PDFs are remediated.
How it's run.
Consul hosts and maintains the site, so your staff only manage what it says.
Hosting
Hosted by Consul on Google Cloud in the US, with daily backups and monitoring.
Security
Two-step sign-in, roles for every staff account, a log of every change, and monthly updates.
Accessibility
Built to WCAG 2.2 AA and tested with screen readers. You get an accessibility report at launch.
Support
Training and documentation for staff, help on weekdays, and emergency support around the clock.