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City rolls out ClearGov platform for FY2026 budget planning; council told June 9 workshop will provide next round
Summary
At the May 22 workshop, staff introduced the ClearGov digital budgeting platform to support FY2026 planning, described features for collaborative department inputs, public-facing digital budget pages, historicals back to 2022, and the potential capital improvements module; staff cited an annual platform cost of about $18,000.
At the City of Montgomery’s May 22, 2025 workshop, staff presented the ClearGov budgeting platform as the primary tool for the FY2026 budget process and demonstrated how the city will use the software to collect department requests, track changes, attach supporting documents, and publish a public-facing digital budget.
Mary Ann Clark, who introduced the platform to the council, said the ClearGov implementation was adopted in the current fiscal year to enable a more interactive and auditable budget process. Clark explained that departments enter baseline figures, create 'in…
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