What is Open Council?
Open Council makes London, Ontario’s city council meetings searchable and accessible. Browse meeting transcripts, explore voting records, track councillor attendance, and ask questions about any topic discussed in council using our AI-powered chatbot.
Why was it made?
City council decisions shape our communities, but meeting minutes are often buried in PDFs and hard to navigate. Open Council was built to make local democracy more transparent and accessible to everyone.
Who made it?
Open Council was created by Heenal Rajani, a London resident who wanted to make it easier for citizens to engage with their local government.
How does it work?
The site scrapes publicly available meeting data from London’s eScribe system, processes it into searchable formats, and uses AI (Retrieval Augmented Generation) to let you ask natural language questions about council discussions from 2011 to present.
Help us improve
This project is still in active development. We need your help to make it better!
- Test the site and let us know if something doesn’t work
- Report inaccuracies in meeting data or AI responses
- Suggest new features you’d like to see
Email us at info@opencouncil.xyz
Support the project
Open Council is a labour of love. Over 600 hours (and counting) have been poured into building and maintaining this project.
If you find it useful, please consider supporting us: