Moraga council approves switch to Granicus agenda-management system
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The Moraga Town Council voted to approve use of Granicus for agenda management and digital packet storage, a cloud-based system town staff said will improve security and workflow over the current shared‑drive approach.
The Moraga Town Council on March 26 voted to add Granicus, a cloud-based agenda-management platform, to the town’s clerks and council workflow.
Town Clerk Amy Hevener said Granicus is “widely used, especially throughout the state of California. It has it's used by over 600 cities in California,” and told the council the town’s current practice of storing agenda packets on a shared drive “puts us at risk” if the server fails.
Hevener told the council Granicus would store agenda packets in the cloud, provide a consistent agenda-management workflow for staff, and give council members an app designed to read and annotate agenda packets on tablets. “It's really user friendly. It's really customizable,” she said.
Council members asked procedural and usability questions during the consent discussion before voting to approve item 6.2, which authorizes the town’s transition to Granicus. The consent item was moved, seconded and approved during the March 26 meeting.
Staff said Granicus will replace the town’s current shared-drive approach, provide built-in version control for agendas and reduce risk of packet loss in the event of server problems. No specific implementation date was provided in the staff presentation.
The vote to adopt item 6.2 was taken as part of the consent calendar; the council approved the pulled consent items 6.2 and 6.3 after brief discussion and public comment (none), with all members voting in favor on the motion to approve those pulled items.
