Village increases open government, legislative efficiency online

LOMBARD, Illinois— The Village of Lombard just implemented a new software system that will make the legislative management process more efficient, transparent, and will cut numerous costs. This project is a significant step in Lombard's budget reduction and open government initiatives.

“As a government unit, it is our responsibility to our residents that we become more efficient, eliminate waste and provide increasingly better services. What we've achieved here is the next step in becoming a smarter and more responsive government for our citizens,” said Lombard Village President William Mueller. “By automating our internal processes, we are able to automate open government. The public research tools now available on our website provide all of Lombard's business, including all legislation, its entire history with all votes at every stage as well as supporting documentation,” he added.

Lombard's new solution will save time, for example, with tasks such as introducing, managing, and tracking legislation through the democratic process.

With the new software, tasks such as creating meeting agendas, routing approvals, or generating minute records will require less redundancy, paper, and printing costs. At the same time, the system includes an online research center to make current and historic legislation including staff reports, minutes, and video easy to access.

“The change to the new software will assist us with the transparency of the Village and open government,” added Mueller.

Anyone interested in accessing the information on the Village website, www.villageoflombard.org, is directed to the purple tab in the lower middle of the home page entitled, “Agendas & Minutes.”