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Taro Sez turns Buffalo agendas, PDFs, public meetings, budgets, contracts, and Charter requirements into plain-English civic cards residents can understand, share, and act on.

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THE BUDGET

Council Item 26-684

Bailey Complete Street Change Order

Public Works • May 12 Council Meeting
$298,606 detected

Taro Sez: Council is considering added spending on an existing street project. Change orders can reveal cost growth, scope changes, or project delays.

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Reads the packets

Scrapes agendas, PDFs, attachments, reports, org charts, budgets, and Charter sections.

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Explains what matters

Uses civic context to identify money, deadlines, departments, compliance questions, and public impact.

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Turns info into action

Creates cards, alerts, summaries, and shareable posts so residents can comment before decisions are final.

The bigger idea

An AI civic beat reporter for Buffalo.

Taro Sez is building a municipal intelligence layer: agenda monitoring, budget watch, contract tracking, Charter compliance alerts, 311 analysis, and public comment opportunities — delivered as a civic news feed people can actually use.

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