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Better preparation. Better governance. Better outcomes. Governly analyzes every agenda item before your meeting — surfacing what matters, explaining what's complex, and preparing you to lead with confidence.

Governly gives your team and board the analysis, preparation tools, and shared context to run shorter, more impactful meetings and make better decisions for your community.

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Governly — Board Preparation
Tonight's Agenda · 6 Items
2024-25 Annual Budget Adoption — $487M
⚠ High Impact
Fiscal Review Policy Check Summary Ready
Personnel: Interim Superintendent Appointment
Review Ready
Stakeholder Impact Remarks Drafted
You
What's the fiscal risk in Item 1?
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Reserves rise to 8.2% — above the 5% minimum but below your board's 10% target set in March. See p.14 for the shortfall rationale.
Dr. Allen Zeman
Dr. Allen Zeman Founder & CEO Board Member, Broward County Public Schools

We believe the people making decisions for a community's children deserve the best preparation tools available. We've all sat in the meetings where better preparation would have changed the conversation. That's why we built Governly. Not adapted from another industry. Not bolted onto existing software. Purpose-built for the work of public governance.

How It Works

Your agenda goes in. Your board comes out prepared.

Your current agenda software organizes documents. Governly analyzes them. The difference between a filing cabinet and a research assistant.

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Agenda Ingestion

Your Governly coach handles the setup. When your agenda is published, we load it into the platform — documents, attachments, and all.

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Automatic Analysis

Governly analyzes every item in the packet. Summaries, fiscal overviews, stakeholder impacts, policy checks — generated automatically.

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Personalized Preparation

Each board member reviews their agenda, drafts remarks, flags questions, and builds their prep sheet — on their own time, at their own pace.

We mapped 28 core processes in local government meeting governance. AI meaningfully improves 24 of them. Governly covers them all.
For Board Members

You arrive Monday night with your remarks drafted, your questions prepared, and complete confidence in every vote.

For Your Community

Every decision is made with full context, full transparency, and the preparation the public expects from their elected leaders.

For Your District

Your board arrives informed. Your staff focuses on district priorities instead of last-minute briefings. Meetings end on time.

For Your Community

Every decision is made with full context, full transparency, and the preparation the public expects from their elected leaders.

Board Preparation
Board Preparation

The preparation your role demands.

Tools that make your whole district run better.

Governly reads your entire agenda packet — every item, every attachment — and delivers the analysis your board needs to vote with confidence. Hours of prep time, done automatically.

From meeting prep to staff efficiency, Governly closes the gap between what your board needs and what your team can deliver.

AI Agenda Analysis

For every agenda item, Governly generates four layers of analysis: an executive summary; a fiscal overview; a stakeholder impact assessment; and a policy analysis. It's all there when your board logs in.

Chat With Your Agenda

Every agenda item loads with its full set of attachments. If something needs more context, board members can ask Governly directly and get answers drawn from the packet.

Speech Writer

Want to speak on an item? Choose your format; set your position and tone; add notes. Governly drafts it in seconds. Edit it, make it yours. Governly also suggests strategic questions for items where you want to probe before taking a position.

My Notes

As board members work through the agenda — flagging items, saving remarks, drafting questions — Governly collects everything into a single prep document. Print it or pull it up on a device.

Governly — AI Agenda Analysis

Complete Context. Instantly.

Your board gets the same context your staff has — before anyone picks up the phone.

District-Wide Tools
Better meetings start before the gavel drops.

Governly gives board members, superintendents, and administrators a shared picture of every meeting — so your whole district is operating from the same information.

Governly isn't just for board members. It gives your entire district a shared operational picture — so your board walks in with the same context your staff has.

Executive Dashboard

Predicted meeting length, item counts, statuses, and the hot items most likely to generate significant discussion — leading to fewer surprises and more efficient meetings.

Policy & Procedures

Two tools that make your board more confident and more compliant — Policy Pal and Robert's Rules Assistant, both conversational.

In-Meeting Support

Ask real-time questions about agenda items, reference your prepared notes, or check policy on the spot. Board members can bring Governly into the meeting for on-demand support.

Executive Dashboard · January 14 Meeting Agenda published 3 days ago
6Total Items
2High Impact
3h 20mPredicted Length
5/6Members Prepped
Items Most Likely to Drive Discussion
2024-25 Budget Adoption — $487M
Fiscal Review · Policy Check
⚠ High Impact60+ min predicted
Redistricting Plan — Lincoln & Roosevelt
Stakeholder Impact · Policy Flag
⚠ High Impact45+ min predicted
Personnel: Interim Superintendent
Stakeholder Impact · Summary Ready
✓ Routine
Policy & Procedures Powered by your district's adopted policies
Policy Pal
You
Can the board vote on a personnel item not on the posted agenda?
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No. Under Brown Act §54954.2, action on non-agendized items is prohibited unless a 4/5 majority finds an emergency. Your Board Policy 2320 mirrors this requirement.
You
What counts as an emergency under that section?
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A need arising after agenda posting that requires immediate action. Fiscal or operational urgency qualifies — not scheduling convenience.
Robert's Rules Assistant
You
Can I amend a motion that's already been seconded?
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Yes — a motion to amend is in order after a second and before the vote. State “I move to amend by…” and a new second is required.
You
Can the maker of the original motion object?
G
Yes, but the assembly votes on the amendment regardless. The maker has no special veto right once the motion is on the floor.
In-Meeting Support · Live Session 🔴 Item 3 of 6 · In Progress
Item 1 ✓
Budget Adoption — $487M
Item 2 ✓
Personnel: Interim Superintendent
Item 3 · NOW
Redistricting Plan — Lincoln & Roosevelt
Item 4
Central Office Reorganization
Item 5
Facility Master Plan Update
✨ Real-Time Support · Item 3
Policy Flag: Staff has not addressed the 90-day notice requirement under Policy 5120.1. Consider raising before vote.
📝Your Remarks: “I move to table pending clarification on the notice requirement.” — saved in prep sheet.
💬Ask Governly: What's the legal basis for tabling on policy grounds?
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A motion to table (postpone) is proper and requires a majority vote. No reason need be stated, but citing policy compliance is appropriate on the record.
Know what to expect as soon as the agenda gets published.
Pricing

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About Governly

Built by Practitioners, for Practitioners.

We started with a question most people in local government already know the answer to: Could the meeting process be dramatically better?

The meetings are long. The agenda packets are dense. The staff is stretched thin. And elected leaders are expected to vote on complex issues with limited prep time and support.

We mapped 28 core processes in board governance and partnered with leading technologists to discover AI was capable of improving 24 of them.

So we built the platform that covers them all, designed from the ground up for local government, by people who serve in it.

The Three-Legged Stool

Effective local government requires alignment across three groups. Governly serves all three.

Elected Board MembersThe decision-makers. Governly gives them the preparation, analysis, and confidence to lead every meeting effectively.
Superintendent & AdministratorsThe operators. Governly reduces prep burden, improves staff report quality, and shortens the feedback loop between staff and board.
The PublicThe constituents. Governly's transparency tools give communities real-time visibility into decisions made on their behalf.

Ethical AI

Our AI surfaces information and flags considerations. Humans make the decisions. Always.

Transparency

Every summary, every analysis, every output is traceable to source documents.

Practitioner-Built

Designed by people who have sat in the rooms where these decisions happen.

Data-Driven

CGCS district benchmarks and real-time data inform every recommendation.

FAQ

Common questions answered.

What exactly does Governly do?
Local government board members are expected to vote on complex issues — budget allocations, personnel decisions, policy changes — often with only days to prepare. Governly reads the agenda before they do. For each item, it surfaces what matters: a plain-language summary, the financial implications, which stakeholder groups are affected, and whether the proposal conflicts with existing policy. Board members walk in prepared. Meetings get shorter. Decisions get better.
How is this different from other agenda management tools?
BoardDocs and similar platforms organize and distribute agenda documents. Governly analyzes them. Think of it as the difference between a filing cabinet and a research assistant. Governly reads the packet, explains what matters, surfaces risks, and prepares your board to vote with confidence — automatically.
How does Governly handle data security and privacy?
Governly is built for the security requirements of government entities. Data is encrypted in transit and at rest, hosted on SOC 2-compliant infrastructure, and never used to train external AI models. Your district's documents stay within your isolated environment.
Can we trust AI to analyze government decisions?
Governly is designed to inform human decisions, not replace them. Every AI output is grounded in your actual agenda and policy documents and traceable to source material. Our AI flags considerations and surfaces context — your board still deliberates and votes. We've built explicit safeguards to prevent the system from advocating for specific outcomes.
How long does onboarding take?
Most districts can be up and running before their next board meeting. Your Governly coach handles the technical integration with your existing agenda system, configures user access, and runs a training session with your board and staff. The platform is designed to require minimal ongoing IT support.
Is Governly right for smaller districts?
Governly works for districts of all sizes. Smaller districts often see the biggest impact — board members tend to be part-time and have the least time for research. Governly gives them the same quality of preparation as a large district with a full administrative staff.
Can individual board members access Governly on their own?
Yes, individual school board members can purchase and use Governly independently if their district does not subscribe. Contact us for individual pricing and support.
Will this change how our board operates?
Yes — for the better. Governly improves preparation quality, shortens meetings because everyone comes in informed, and increases transparency between elected leaders, staff, and the community. It's a shift that strengthens governance without disrupting the way your board already works.

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