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Sunbury previews ClearGov tool to build five‑year capital improvement plan
Summary
Staff demonstrated newly purchased ClearGov software and showed a draft capital improvement plan; the one‑year 2026 plan lists roughly $22 million in capital projects, and staff said the platform can be made public once out years are finalized.
City staff demonstrated ClearGov, a budgeting and forecasting tool the city recently purchased, and previewed a capital improvement plan the system can produce in a budget‑book format.
Dana and Carla walked committee members through ClearGov’s one‑year and multi‑year views, showing project pages, funding‑source fields and category breakdowns (water/sewer, roadways, buildings and facilities). Staff said the one‑year plan for 2026 includes about $22 million in capital projects and the multi‑year plan is being expanded toward a five‑year target; only 2026 has been approved by council so far.
On the question of public access, staff said ClearGov is highly customizable and the entire budget book could be set to public with a click, though out‑year items that have not been council‑approved should be treated as draft. Staff also noted the system relies on manual updates or data dumps from the city’s accounting package and that historic data (back to about 2022) was imported to provide context.
Committee members asked whether other nearby jurisdictions or the local school district use ClearGov; staff said they are checking with peers and that an interim CFO at the school district had offered to provide a tutorial.
Staff said they will continue populating project pages, add funding‑source detail, and refine cost‑center hierarchies before making broader public displays.
