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Presenter says city dashboards aim to make tax spending clearer
Summary
A city presenter described an Office of Analytics Innovation and Data that provides public dashboards so residents can see how tax dollars are spent and to support data-driven decisions by city leadership.
A city presenter outlined efforts to make municipal spending and service outcomes more transparent, saying the Office of Analytics Innovation and Data partners with departments to provide public dashboards. "It's important that the community understands how their tax dollars are spent," the presenter said.
The presenter told the meeting that the office works with departments to "collect the very best information" so the council and manager's office can use data when deciding how to deliver services. The presentation emphasized dashboards covering a range of topics and framed the tools as both accountability and planning resources for elected officials and residents. The presenter did not provide a rollout schedule or specific dashboard URLs during these remarks.
