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Glendale launches 'OpenBook' financial dashboard to let residents drill into city spending

Glendale City Council (workshop) · January 14, 2026
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Budget staff demonstrated OpenBook, a Questica/UnoPro dashboard that pulls nightly from the city’s Tyler Munis financial system to display sales tax, fund snapshots, operating and CIP detail, and vendor‑level invoices; staff said the public link would go live the afternoon of Jan. 13.

Glendale budget staff demonstrated an interactive online transparency tool called OpenBook during the Jan. 13 workshop, showing dashboards for monthly sales tax, major fund snapshots, an operating “follow your money” dashboard, a capital‑projects explorer (including a 10‑year CIP) and an interactive CIP map. The tool integrates with the city’s Tyler Munis financial system and Questica budget software and, staff said, updates automatically each…

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