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Recommendation to Authorize the City Manager (or Designee) to Execute a One-Year Agreement with OpenGov, Inc., for the Communications and Reporting for Citizen Engagement and Operational Performance Solutions, in an Amount Not to Exceed $114,438, with the Option of Four One-Year Extensions, for a Total Five-Year Compensation Not to Exceed $382,897. (Information Technology 2611)
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To: Honorable Mayor and Members of the City Council
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
City of Alameda (City) staff is seeking the City Council's approval to purchase additional modules of the OpenGov platform that include Citizen Engagement and Operational Performance Management. These additional modules are designed to increase transparency and will be implemented first by the Police and Public Works Departments, with the ability to be used across all City departments as needed. Working with the Alameda Police Department, OpenGov will enhance their ability to display data from historical and current police systems, allowing staff and the general public to review trends. For Public Works, OpenGov will assist in displaying information regarding capital projects, including status, metrics, and mapping.
BACKGROUND
OpenGov is a leader in cloud-based tools built for local government to achieve better budgeting, performance, communications, reporting, and open data that ultimately result in better outcomes for the public.
For the last three years, OpenGov has supported the City's community engagement efforts through the Open Town Hall platform. This solution helps the City survey and engage our residents on key community items such as transportation choices and climate action strategies. In January, we expanded our usage of OpenGov, using the Stories module on a pilot basis to display historical police data and trends in conjunction with our new website launch. This effort received positive community feedback.
While all City departments will have access to the OpenGov platform, we plan to initi...
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