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Personal Services Agreement with Granicus, Inc. for Government Transparency, Boards and Commissions Monitoring, and Agenda Workflow Solutions for a 2-year Term
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RECOMMENDED ACTION (Motion):
Staff recommends the City Commission approve a personal services agreement (PSA) with Granicus, Inc. and authorize the City Manager to sign the two-year agreement for a government transparency, boards and committees monitoring, and agenda workflow solutions.
BACKGROUND:
On April 4, 2012, the City Commission approved an agreement with Granicus, Inc. to fully integrate the Web streaming and electronic voting and agenda packet creation into the organization. The City Commission's Goal #4 for seek opportunities to maintain communications with citizens and facilitate citizen participation was one of the driving forces for approval of the agreement.
The City's sustainable practice efforts and desire for government transparency and citizen participation have continued. Since Web streaming began with Granicus, Inc., ten boards and commissions have begun streaming their meetings, providing continued transparency and communication with the public. The public response to the added communication services has been positive, and the verbatim, video recording of the meetings has developed a first-rate records management system for the City's permanent records. Granicus has new and improved features that add additional transparency and citizen participation, and the new contract includes one added module.
Granicus recently launched a "Boards & Commissions Suite" which is designed to help manage government body appointments, vacancies, and citizen applications online. With this module, the public can easily see what boards and commissions exist and take the opportunity to apply for open seats quickly from the web.
Some of the key features it includes:
*Easily publish and promote open vacancies on our website and across social networks
*Customize and design the citizen ap...
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