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Planning a city budget

A city budget takes months, from department requests through public hearings to a final council vote. Basecamp keeps requests, resident comments, and hearing dates together, so council members always know what’s funded.

Ashford City Council keeps budget charts in Docs & Files, resident comments arrive through , and a Card Table moves each budget request from finance review to a funding decision. The Calendar holds the second public hearing and adoption vote, To-dos lay out the road to adoption, and the Message Board explains what changed after hearing #1.

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The same core features are included with every package

  • Message Boards for internal announcements
  • To-dos for tracking work and accountability
  • Card Tables is our take on Kanban for process tracking
  • Chats & Pings for group chat and direct messaging
  • Scheduling for deadlines, milestones, and events
  • Docs & Files for storing assets
  • Reports & Automatic Check-ins for staying up on things
  • Connect your AI agents, Claude, ChatGPT, Muse, Grok Bot, and others
  • Rock-solid reliability and a record you can trust
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