Case Study: Township of Teaneck achieves streamlined meeting management and cost savings with Accela Agenda & Minutes (Accela)

Accela Makes It Easy to Organize, Distribute and Store Council Content

Teaneck, New Jersey (pop. 39,776) faced an outdated, paper-based council agenda process that consumed a full week per meeting. Township Clerk Jaime Evelina struggled with bulky pre-punched resolution paper, multiple hard-copy packets for officials and the public, cumbersome change workflows, and limited visibility into whether items had been reviewed by legal or administration.

By adopting Accela Agenda and Minutes and Accela Civic Streaming, Teaneck trained staff to manage agendas and minutes online, make real-time edits with a few clicks, convert agendas to minutes with one click, and broadcast time-stamped meetings for public access. The change streamlined agenda creation, saved staff time for citizen services, eliminated roughly 10,000 sheets of resolution paper and video DVDs annually, provided unlimited storage, and increased transparency for residents.

Township of Teaneck

Jaime Evelina

Township Clerk, Teaneck, New Jersey