For city clerks, IT, and records teams
We help cities do more with their Legistar data.
At GovData Consulting, we specialize in data conversions, migrations, integrations, public portals, and AI-powered transparency for Legistar cities and other legislative systems. Our work is led by the original architect of the Legistar database, so we deliver clarity and accuracy without guesswork.
Services tailored to Legistar cities
Whether you are staying on Legistar, preparing an RFP, or moving away entirely, we help you protect your record, improve your public experience, and unlock new capabilities from the data you already own.
High-fidelity Legistar exports
We extract and normalize your complete legislative history-accurately and verifiably.
- Every meeting, file, motion, vote, and attachment
- Preserved relationships and cross-links
- Ready for new systems, archives, or analytics
Moves to new legislative systems
When you switch platforms, we make sure nothing is lost in translation.
- Source-to-target mapping done by schema insiders
- Test loads and reconciliation reports
- No “read-only Legistar server for five years” required
Modern APIs & data feeds
We turn Legistar into a clean, understandable data source for your IT and civic-tech partners.
- REST/JSON endpoints over your existing data
- Feeds into websites, dashboards, and archives
- Support for open data and transparency initiatives
New citizen-facing experiences
We design modern, mobile-first public views over your Legistar content.
- Searchable, thumb-friendly meeting and file pages
- Video sync and inline document previews
- City-branded interfaces that feel first-party
AI-powered transparency & summaries
We layer responsible AI on top of your official record-never instead of it.
- Meeting and agenda summaries grounded in your minutes
- Natural-language search over files, topics, and districts
- Voting patterns and attendance highlights for council and public
Clerk & council-friendly visualizations
We create clear, defensible views of activity for leadership and staff.
- Attendance and voting dashboards
- Timelines for key topics and ordinances
- Exportable visuals for reports and retreats
Built around the city clerk’s reality
Our work is grounded in how clerk and records offices actually function: busy agendas, limited IT bandwidth, and high expectations from council and the public.
- Cities planning to migrate away from Legistar
- Cities needing a complete, trustworthy Legistar export
- Cities struggling with an outdated public portal
- Cities exploring AI but unsure where to start safely
- Cities preparing RFPs and needing expert guidance on data
“Darius is the only person on the planet who really understands the Legistar system and its complicated database.”
Let’s make your Legistar data work harder for you
Share where you are in your journey-renewing Legistar, exploring alternatives, or planning a full migration-and we’ll propose a path that protects your record and improves your public experience.
Start a conversation
Send us an e-mail first. Then, we can schedule a short discovery call focused on your current Legistar environment, goals, and deadlines. From there, we can scope a clear, fixed-fee engagement if it’s a good fit.
Principal: Darius Tajanko, Original Legistar Architect
Email: info@govdataconsulting.com
Phone: (312) 767-4004
Prefer something in writing first? We’re happy to review RFP drafts, export samples, or previous migration reports and provide an honest assessment.
How we work with clerk & IT teams
We treat your legislative record as critical infrastructure-not just rows in a database.
- Clear timelines that respect meeting cycles and elections
- Documented processes and reconciliation reports
- Plain-language explanations for council and leadership
- Flexible collaboration with your IT staff and vendors