Shenandoah is Extremely Transparent

•  Documents & Records are Easily Available Online.

• All Agenda Items are Posted 3 business days in advance.

• Discussed  & Voted on Individually in Public Open Sessions.

• All Meetings are Open to the Public & Scheduled 1 year in advance on a regular meeting cycle.

 Live Streaming City Meetings & On-Demand Video. 

    Created by this City Council in 2017

• Allowing residents greater Convenience & Transparency.

• Live City Council Meetings.

• Live City Council Budget Meetings.

 

4 Texas State Government Transparency Stars * 

Traditional Finances.

• Financial Summaries for Expenditures, Revenues, Property Taxes.

• 5 years Graphical Visualizations.

• 5 years Downloadable Budgets in Excel.

• Excel Formatted Check Registers.

• 5 years of Financial Audit Reports.​​

Debt Obligations.

• Debt Informational Summaries.

• 5 years Debt Visualizations.

• 5 years Fiscal Tax Rate Summaries.

• Tax Rate Visualizations

​Public Pensions.

• Texas Municipal Retirement System (TMRS) Participation.

• TMRS operates and manages the system.

• Once funds contributed to TMRS we have no further financial obligations.

• TMRS Pension Summary.

• 5 years Pension Visualizations.

• 5 years TMRS Documentation.

• Downloadable Pension Information.​

​Procurement & Contracts.

• All bids are Reviewed and Awarded publicly in Open Sessions for Public Awareness and Oversight.

• Contracts & Procurement Summary.

• Contracts & Procurement Visualizations.

• Documents for Bids and Awards.

• Downloadable Data for Check Registers, Bids and Awards.​

Open Government & Compliance.

• Recognized for Open Books & Compliance.

• Provides timely, accurate statutory reporting.

• Provides clear, meaningful, and accessible public information

* 1 Star Currently in Progress.