This week, the City of Westfield launched its new Financial Transparency Portal. It allows residents and administrators full, around-the-clock access to the city’s financial data. The interactive tool, called OpenGov, enables the user to explore data in various graphical formats.
Cook
“We take great care with how tax dollars are spent in Westfield,” said Mayor Andy Cook. “This tool allows our citizens to be more educated about how we operate and thereby more engaged.”
“I am excited to be a part of the City of Westfield’s open data initiative,” said Westfield Financial Strategist Tammy Havard. “Government finance can be confusing but with a few clicks in the user-friendly tool, citizens can get a better understanding of the types of revenues and expenses occurring in the city.”
Westfield will be one of four Indiana communities on the OpenGov platform. This site provides an opportunity to view, filter and analyze revenue, expense and balance sheet financial data for the City of Westfield. The portal is accessible at westfieldin.opengov.com.
OpenGov, a California-based company specializing in financial transparency, pioneered this application for the public to have full access to city finances.
For more information and to visit the portal, click here.
This is wonderful! I am so happy to see this. I hope the other cities in Hamilton County, as well as the county government itself, follow Westfield’s lead. The money belongs to the public so the public should be able to see exactly how it is being spent. Kudos to Westfield for its leadership.