The Watchman
The hat you put on when someone should be in the room when they vote.
Every city council meeting sets policy that touches your street, your taxes, and what your town becomes — and most of them happen to an empty gallery. The votes are public and the packets are posted online. Almost no one reads them. Put on the Watchman hat and someone is finally in the room.
Anyone wears this hat
A shift worker who can't make a Tuesday night, a neighbor who's tired of finding out after the fact, anyone who wants to know before it's decided. No procedure knowledge required; that's what your staff is for.
What it covers
Every city council meeting — the agenda, the packet behind each item, and the recorded vote.
What your Chief of Staff does
Reads the full agenda packet before the meeting and surfaces the three items that actually touch your street, with the page they came from. You skim a short brief instead of a 90-page packet.
What you get
- Council watch + vote tracker — Agendas summarized before each meeting; votes logged after.
Proof the method works
The method is proven live on the Deer Park page — sourced, corrected, and traced figure by figure. This seat’s own headline numbers ship the same way: none go public until they carry a locator. numbers source-lock before publish