City Council motions, votes and attendance

Each motion in City Council and committee minutes, how each member voted, and who attended, read from the minutes the City publishes.

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OpenDover, from City of Dover minutes

Source

cityofdover.gov/meetings

License

CC BY 4.0

Credit line

OpenDover, from City of Dover meeting minutes.

Updated

Daily, as minutes are published

Covers

Meetings with published minutes

Area

Dover, Delaware

Fields

`motions`

id, meeting_id, agenda_item_id, motion_text, mover_speaker_id, seconder_speaker_id, vote_type, result, yea_count, nay_count, abstain_count, absent_count, timestamp_sec, source_document_id, created_at, mover_name, seconder_name

`votes`

id, motion_id, meeting_id, speaker_id, vote_cast, created_at, member_name

`meeting_attendance`

id, meeting_id, speaker_id, status, notes, created_at, member_name

Downloads and API

motions: CSV · JSON
votes: CSV · JSON
meeting_attendance: CSV · JSON
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https://api.opendover.org/v1/datasets/dover-council-votes/rows?table=motions

https://api.opendover.org/v1/datasets/dover-council-votes/rows?table=votes

https://api.opendover.org/v1/datasets/dover-council-votes/rows?table=meeting_attendance

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