Counciloris
City council meetings, made readable — plain-language summaries, votes, and searchable transcripts drawn straight from the public record. A demo prototype serving Monterey Park, Montebello, Seattle, and Fort Collins.
After sitting through a five-hour city council meeting, I realized there was no easy way to go back and find what was actually said about a specific agenda item. Recordings exist, but minutes are sparse and search is impossible.
Counciloris takes the public record — meeting video and agenda documents — transcribes it with OpenAI's Whisper, and turns it into a short plain-language summary, how each council member voted, and a full searchable transcript alongside the video. You can follow a city or a topic and get an email when something you care about is coming up.
It's a demo prototype for now, serving updates for Monterey Park, Montebello, Seattle, and Fort Collins — and there's a form on the site to request your city.
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