Wakeshma Township

Like most Michigan townships, Wakeshma was running its FOIA and Open Meetings workflow across an Outlook inbox, a series of Excel spreadsheets, and a shelf of paper binders. Deadlines were tracked from memory. Notices were drafted from prior templates. Minutes were transcribed by hand.

It worked. It always works, until it does not. The risk was not whether the township was getting things done. The risk was whether anyone could prove it had been done correctly six months later, when an audit or a citizen request asked.

Wakeshma signed up in spring 2026. We imported the existing FOIA log, the meeting calendar, and the minutes archive. The Compliance Graph applied Michigan retention schedules to every category at upload.

A single 90-minute working session covered the first FOIA response, the first auto-drafted minutes, and the first OMA notice with the 18-hour math handled. By the end of the call Jason was running his own request through the new system.

FOIA requests now travel a defined path. They land in the inbox, get drafted automatically, and queue for Jason's approval. The portal carries the public-facing weight. Meeting notices post on schedule. Minutes are drafted from the recording and approved before publish.

When the AG updates the OMA Handbook, Wakeshma's templates update the same day. Jason does not attend a seminar. He does not call an attorney. He opens Dekree the next morning and his system is current.