O’Fallon Adopts Next Generation Board Management Technology Called BoardDocs

NEWS FROM O’FALLON CITY HALL FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

O’Fallon, Illinois – Mayor Gary L. Graham is pleased to announce that the City of O’Fallon is now using the board management technology ‘BoardDocs’ to manage all City of O’Fallon board meeting agenda and minutes in order to improve the governance process, and increase productivity and transparency. The new board management features can be accessed via the City of O’Fallon’s website or at https://www.boarddocs.com/il/ofallon/Board.nsf.

“The easy-to-use service will allow the City of O’Fallon to maximize the effectiveness of board meetings with increased transparency, providing a basis for better and more open communication with the public, while dramatically improving productivity,” said Mayor Graham.

BoardDocs is an easy to use paperless agenda solution designed to meet the unique needs and legal requirements of municipal governments, public school boards, and a wide variety of other types of governing bodies.

Meeting agenda distribution through BoardDocs will not only save time and resources, but it will also provide unprecedented public access via the City of O’Fallon’s web site to agenda items and other board-related information. This process will allow interested parties to review information prior to meetings. All documents associated with the meetings are automatically archived and can be accessed by date or by using the system’s comprehensive search feature.

Anyone who is interested in receiving email notices when new meeting agendas are posted can sign up at https://visitor.r20.constantcontact.com/manage/optin?v=001EHs8nXD-JT83hi8NK6WSLCskgjFYXBe3efiZ0JTVodDVB6t8T0oxl9XYKAop6kut_SII_gTm6wB-66cE5cVVqtpg7cB3G-ZJe9nYLAmdxvGG6VEUOHk6kMYEjtD5DXhgfSJ4HJQN9fqFq4KcSvsNVTCEKrJ64q_TnY15h_LXdwj2Av0drkSJ4-NAy95Xwfdxur_mWoQf-QYHi_Ahr53r6w%3D%3D. If you already receive these notices, there is no need to sign up again.

Agenda and minutes for meetings prior to February 7, 2017 will continue to be archived on the City of O’Fallon’s website at http://www.ofallon.org/minutes-and-agendas.

BoardDocs is the market leader of board management solutions. Serving over 2,000 organizations, BoardDocs’ services give governing bodies turn-key electronic solutions for processing virtually any type of governance document, including agenda items, supporting documents, policies, procedures and more. BoardDocs’ services alleviate the enormous task of assembling, printing, distributing, and revising board packets. BoardDocs’ unique, state-of-the-art solutions also save money, reduce staff time, improve board effectiveness, increase transparency in governance and have a positive effect on the environment.

 
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Additional Information Contact:
Pamala L. Funk
Assistant City Administrator
624-4500, ext. 8731