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Harbour Software understands the importance of council meetings for business continuity and has worked with local governments across the country to deliver cloud-based services and online solutions.

During COVID-19, the City was presented with the challenge of transitioning their staff to work from home. This process also included looking for innovative ways to maintain collaboration on shared documents such as Council agendas and minutes.

Doc Assembler is a cloud-based application that provides a modern agenda and minutes solution for local governments.

The Shire of Cardinia situated on the south eastern fringe of metropolitan Melbourne and with an estimated resident population of over 112,000 recognised the need to modernise and streamline their agenda and minute process.

One of the downsides from a consultants perspective with the restrictions on travel is having to spend winter down south which really hits home when you have the opportunity to work with a Council like the Whitsunday Regional Council...

Harbour Software is well equipped to facilitate online Council meetings utilising the Live Voting feature offered by Docs On Tap.

See the latest edition from LGFocus which has as its focus Administration and Management Systems including an article around Doc Assembler

Even during this time of working remotely the implementation projects for Doc Assembler keep rolling on.

Doc Assembler is a comprehensive cloud-based web application specifically developed for local governments to allow council staff to collaborate on council documents.

Having staff working from home hasn't stopped the roll out of Doc Assembler for Hobsons Bay

Wellington Shire Council and East Gippsland Shire Council have taken a regional approach to improving the process for managing the creation and distribution of their Council Agenda's.

The City of Stonnington look to make preparing and managing their agenda and minutes process simpler with a modern web based solution

Every organisation is seeking to evolve their systems and processes in order to improve efficiency, productivity, accessibility and engagement. Harbour Software is able to provide a platform for both the businesses and government sectors to deliver workplace collaboration through Doc Assembler.

The City of Casey located in the Eastern Suburbs of Melbourne, Victoria, is the largest Council in Victoria and are an industry leader in delivering an innovative workplace including embracing Activity Based Working within their award winning Bunjil Place Civic Centre.

The City of Brimbank having reviewed a range of options to improve and deliver efficiencies in the management, preparation and processing of their Agenda and Minutes management process go cloud with Doc Assembler

Edward River take up EasyRev Rate Modelling solution

goTAFE has opted to go with Doc Assembler to assist preparation of Board papers.

Colac Otway Shire Council migrate across to Doc Assembler

Well, its been a little while since we last managed to draw a breath and post an update on the growing number of clients opting to come on board with the most modern and fastest growing solution for delivering a cloud based agenda and minutes solution.

Northern Grampians Shire Council, located in Stawell, Victoria, like many rural councils have had to balance the needs of its local community with ensuring the fair and equitable distribution of the rate burden over its entire rate base. Relying on the rate modelling solution provided by Harbour Software, EasyRev, Council recently had to address some significant impacts arising from a revaluation combined with the rate pegging requirements in place in Victoria.

Welcome to the City of Lithgow, the latest Council to join the ever expanding list of Council’s that haves selected Doc Assembler as their solution for delivering agenda and minutes software.

A massive milestone achieved by the Project Team at Blacktown City Council last Friday (08/06/18) with not just one but 5 committee meeting agenda’s been published from Doc Assembler for the first time.

The Town of Victoria Park located in Victoria Park, Perth Western Australia, engaged with Harbour Software to deliver a Live Voting Module used by Councils Elected Members in Council Meetings.

Kempsey Shire Council is the latest Council to move to the cloud with the selection of Doc Assembler as their preferred solution for their agenda and minutes processing functions.

As a new site implements Doc Assembler, its not uncommon for our clients to coincide this with the opportunity to refresh the presentation of their existing Agenda formatting.

Congratulations to the City of Kalamunda for producing their first Council Agenda using Doc Assembler.

Knox City Council have awarded Harbour Software the contract to supply and install Doc Assembler in response to their request for tender for an integrated Agenda and Minutes Management Solution.

Congratulations to Northern Grampians Shire Council who took out the Innovative Management Initiative Award at the Local Government Professionals Conference in Melbourne on Thursday 22nd February.

Coolgardie Shire Council located approximately 558 kilometres east of Perth in Western Australia have embraced the move to a cloud based solution for managing their Council Agendas and Minutes by moving to Doc Assembler.

Blacktown City Council went to the market seeking a suitably qualified and experienced partner to upgrade the existing Council’s Meeting Management System and to improve the meeting experience for residence and visitors