Public Portal Overview

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Agenda and Meeting Management Select has a dedicated Public Portal that gives members of the public access to meeting content. This article will give a quick overview of the Public Portal's user-friendly features.

The Public Portal's homepage for an example city.

Important Note

The images and features highlighted in this article depict a standard Public Portal with few modifications. The layout and appearance of your Public Portal may differ depending on your municipality or organization's customizations.

Find Events

The Public Portal includes built-in navigation that allows users to quickly jump to past, current, and upcoming events with continuous scrolls, an embedded calendar, and full-text searching and filtering options.

An event selected from a list of filtered events.

Learn how to find events in the Public Portal:

View Motions and Votes

The Public Portal's ‘Voting History’ feature allows users to navigate to a meeting's Meeting Overview tab and view votes cast by board, commission, and committee members.

The Motions and Votes Detail pop-up modal.

Learn how to view motions and votes in the Public Portal:

View Motions and Votes on the Public Portal

View Meeting Media

If a municipality or organization has opted into sharing meeting media, users can access, view, or download that media in the Public Portal.

Embedded media can be accessed directly in the Public Portal.

A meeting media's 'Play' button.

Linked media can be accessed by clicking a link within the Public Portal.

A Public Portal Meeting Media tab with an external media link URL.

Learn how to view meeting media in the Public Portal:

View Meeting Files

Users can view and download meeting documentation that has been published to the Public Portal.

In the Meeting Files tab, with the document's name and Document Viewer field.

Learn how to view and download meeting files in the Public Portal:

View Meeting Files in the Public Portal

Share a Meeting

Users can use the 'Share Meeting' function to email a link to the Meeting Overview page for a meeting. Email recipients can use the link to access the meeting's overview, media, and files as applicable.

The information fields for sharing a meeting with someone.

Learn how to share a link to the Meeting Overview page for a meeting:

Share a Meeting from the Public Portal

Submit Public Portal Comments

If your municipality or organization has opted into allowing public comments, users can submit comments on the meetings of their choice.

The information fields for submitting a comment about a meeting.

Learn how to submit comments in the Public Portal:

Submit a Public Portal Comment

Subscribe to Public Portal Notifications

Users can subscribe to Public Portal notifications to receive email alerts anytime documentation is published for the meeting types of their choice.

A status message stating you've subscribed to an event category.

Learn how to subscribe and unsubscribe from Public Portal notifications: