The Municipal
Intelligence Reports
Comprehensive fiscal benchmarking reports — auto-generated from verified public sources, peer-benchmarked against comparable municipalities, and delivered as a board-ready PDF and editable Word document.
What's inside every report
The full report runs 50+ pages. Every metric cited. Nothing left to guess.
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We identify where you're spending above your peers
Every Intelligence Report includes a Savings Analysis — a systematic comparison of your spending across all major categories against your 8 peer municipalities. Where you're above the peer median, we quantify the gap in dollars and flag it as a potential savings opportunity.
This is source-attributed data — audited actuals where available, current budget figures where audits lag — benchmarked against the same basis from comparable municipalities. Every figure is labeled with its source and confidence level. Finance directors use it to walk into budget season with a prioritized list of categories worth examining.
vs. 8 comparable municipalities · FY2024 audited data
Not a consultant. Not a spreadsheet.
A new category of fiscal intelligence.
Auto-generated, not manually compiled
Consultants take months and charge $30K+. Our reports are generated in minutes from verified public sources — and automatically refresh when new data is published.
Peer-benchmarked, not just your numbers
Every metric is compared against 8 carefully selected comparable municipalities — same population, budget size, and tax base structure. Context that matters.
Source-cited, not trust-me data
Every number has a footnote. Every footnote has a URL to the original government filing. Finance directors and auditors can verify every claim independently.
Who uses the Intelligence Reports
Finance Directors
Preparing for annual budget presentations, board of finance meetings, or state audits. The report provides the benchmarking context and source citations that take weeks to compile manually.
Boards of Finance
Reviewing fiscal health between meetings. Board members get plain-English summaries and talking points they can use without needing to be CPAs.
Town Managers
Tracking budget performance against plan and against similar towns. What-if scenarios help model the fiscal impact of pending decisions before they go to a vote.
First Selectmen
Understanding the fiscal picture before making decisions. The report gives you the benchmarking context and scenario modeling to back every budget recommendation before it goes to a vote.
Always current. Automatically.
Reports refresh automatically whenever source data is updated — no action needed on your end.
| Data Source | Update Cycle | Typical Timing |
|---|---|---|
| Audited ACFRs | Annual | Oct – Apr (varies by municipality) |
| Grand List / Assessed Values | Annual | Late summer |
| Mill Rates | Annual | August – September |
| OPM UCOA Budget Actuals | Annual | Q2, following fiscal year close |
| EMMA Municipal Bond Data | Continuous | As filings are submitted |
| Pension & OPEB Filings | Annual | With ACFR (1-year lag) |
| Management Letters (Audit) | Annual | October – March |
| Unemployment & Labor Data | Monthly | Monthly release |
| US Census ACS Demographics | Annual | December |
| CPI / Inflation Index | Monthly | Monthly release |
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