This is what residents see on the town website at 9 PM on a Sunday. Ask it anything a resident would β trash pickup, water bills, when council meets, how to reach the clerk. Then open the Staff Console in another window, and watch the AI step back the moment you (the clerk) join the conversation.
In production this sits on the town's own website and phone line, catches the questions that would otherwise become voicemails, and alerts the clerk by text the moment a resident asks for a human.
Upload a meeting recording or paste a transcript. TownDesk drafts NC-format minutes: members present, every motion with mover, seconder, and vote β and closed sessions are automatically kept out of the public minutes per G.S. 143-318.11.
Enter a public records request as it came in. TownDesk drafts the acknowledgment letter, a fill-in response letter, and a processing checklist aligned to N.C.G.S. Chapter 132 β with judgment calls flagged for the town attorney.
Every logged request, its age, and its status β so nothing slips. NC law requires responding "as promptly as possible"; anything over 10 days shows red.
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Describe a project your town wants funded. TownDesk matches it against NC and federal programs built for small towns β Golden LEAF, Rural Transformation, CDBG, PARTF, USDA β and drafts the need-and-impact narrative.