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Perrysburg committee advances ClearGov budgeting software contract for faster public transparency
Summary
The Perrysburg finance committee moved forward a contract with ClearGov for budgeting-transparency software, with staff saying the tool will integrate with existing finance systems and publish departmental budget details online. Committee members raised no objections to treating the purchase as an emergency to speed setup.
The Perrysburg Finance Committee advanced a contract with ClearGov to provide budgeting-transparency software, Finance Director Amber Radburn said during the committee’s meeting. Radburn said the city originally budgeted $38,000 for the software in the 2025 budget, will need $22,500 from 2025 and that the overall contract covers roughly a year and a half and total costs presented to the committee amount to about $52,050.
Radburn said, “They also integrate with our current financial software. Mhmm. So that's definitely a plus. I really feel that this will help our budget be even better than '25 was.” She added that the vendor waived a setup fee and that department heads would be able to enter requests and notes in the system: “It's all online. So, department heads can enter their requests and their notes and everything on there. And then, once approved, it'll be on our website for the public.”
Nut graf: City staff told the committee the ClearGov platform will publish department-level budget tables and visualizations online, allow quarterly reporting, and help update projections after budget adjustments. Committee members agreed to move the contract forward and recorded no objections to treating the purchase as an emergency to accelerate implementation.
Committee members emphasized usability and vendor references during discussion. Radburn said staff and Deputy Finance Director Kayla Trego researched multiple vendors and evaluated features; she referenced local municipal users, including Toledo Metroparks, as examples of comparable deployments. A committee member asked whether other municipal customers were listed; Radburn responded that ClearGov had a “long list” of municipal clients and offered to share specific names.
The committee agreed to advance the contract for final action; the chair noted the item would be moved forward with a 3-0 vote recorded on the meeting floor. No additional conditions or amendments to the contract were discussed at the committee meeting.
Ending: Staff said setup will take a few months and that the city expects to begin the next budget cycle with ClearGov in place. Radburn said staff plans to use the platform to produce more regular quarterly fund reports and to post approved budget information on the city website for public access.
