What’s on the agenda.
Big questions. Local decisions. Explore the topics appearing in official meeting agendas across our five towns.
These are agenda mentions in the documents we collected. Coverage varies by town. They do not measure what residents support or every discussion at a meeting.
Housing & zoning
Homes, residential zoning, variances and affordable housing.
Where it comes up
Across: share of agendas mentioning housing. Up: agendas collected. Larger dots have more matches.
A zero means no keyword match in the collected agendas. A dash means no agendas collected for this period.
The conversation, on paper
All towns · by quarter. Gaps mean no collected agendas; the latest quarter may be incomplete.
Counts are matching agendas / collected agendas. *Partial quarter through Oct 26, 2026. Changes in archive coverage can change the trend.
What else is on the table?
All towns · 195 collected agendas. Each agenda can mention several topics.
Use the topic selector to explore any category. A count is a keyword match, not a measure of importance or speaking time.
The records behind the chart
110 matching agendas · latest Oct 26, 2026
Public records. A clear counting rule.
We collect dated council and village board agendas from official archives, then look for a published set of topic terms. One distinct agenda document counts once per topic, even when a term appears several times. Separate same-day special agendas count separately. Charts update when a new source snapshot is published.
Agendas show planned business. They cannot tell us who spoke, how long a discussion lasted, whether an item passed, or whether residents supported it. We do not infer those things from keywords.
Documents dated Jan 1, 2025 through Oct 26, 2026. Sources checked Oct 26, 2026. Searchable agenda text only; omissions, scanned pages and archive gaps can affect results. Routine archive menus and repeated committee headings are excluded where the source format allows.
What a comparison meansThe percentage is matching agendas divided by collected agendas in that same town and period. It adjusts for sample size, but does not make incomplete archives equivalent. These are keyword categories, which can overlap.
Topic terms and source coverage
Council agenda item titles from Granicus. Committee of the Whole agendas are excluded. Split recordings of the same council meeting are deduplicated. Checked Oct 26, 2026.
Official archiveStandalone Village Board agendas from the official Agenda Center. Canceled meetings and supporting packets are excluded. Checked Oct 26, 2026.
Official archiveVillage Council regular, special and study-session agendas from CivicClerk. Separate same-day agendas count separately. Events without a published agenda are excluded. Checked Oct 26, 2026. 2 source fetches or extractions failed.
Official archiveBoard of Trustees agendas from the legacy IQM2 archive and its Legistar replacement. Archive migration and missing documents leave gaps; committees and test meetings are excluded. Checked Oct 26, 2026.
Official archive 1 Official archive 2Village Board agendas from the official Agenda Center. Only agenda pages of combined packets are searched; supporting documents are excluded. Checked Oct 26, 2026.
Official archiveHousing & zoning: affordable housing, housing, residential, zoning, rezoning, variance, variances, subdivision, duplex, duplexes, multifamily, multi-family, apartment, apartments
Streets & traffic: traffic, parking, roadway, roadways, resurfacing, pavement, street improvement, street improvements, speed limit, speed limits, stop sign, stop signs, intersection, intersections
Water & flooding: stormwater, storm water, flood, flooding, floodplain, sewer, sewers, drainage, water main, water mains, water treatment, water supply, lead service, water meter, water meters
Parks & recreation: park district, parks, recreation, playground, playgrounds, pickleball, tennis, athletic field, athletic fields, open space, park improvement, park improvements
Taxes & budgets: tax levy, tax levies, property tax, property taxes, annual budget, budget, budget amendment, budget amendments, budget hearing, proposed budget, fiscal year budget, appropriation, appropriations, general obligation, bond issuance, capital improvement plan
Public safety: police, fire department, fire station, fire stations, firefighter, firefighters, ambulance, emergency medical, public safety, license plate reader, license plate readers, surveillance
Walking & cycling: sidewalk, sidewalks, bicycle, bicycles, bike lane, bike lanes, bike path, bike paths, pedestrian, pedestrians, crosswalk, crosswalks, multi-use trail, shared-use path
Business & downtown: downtown, economic development, business district, commercial development, retail, restaurant, restaurants, liquor license, liquor licenses, outdoor dining, special use permit
Environment & energy: sustainability, solar, renewable energy, electric vehicle, electric vehicles, ev charging, recycling, compost, composting, tree preservation, tree removal, urban forest, greenhouse gas, climate action
Pickleball: pickleball, pickle ball
Data centers: data center, data centers, data centre, data centres, server farm, server farms
Short-term rentals: short-term rental, short-term rentals, short term rental, short term rentals, vacation rental, vacation rentals, airbnb, vrbo
Vocabulary 2026-10-26.1. Download a CSV for source URLs, document hashes and match terms.