Source & method

Every record on For the Record is built from public council minutes, reconciled with each city clerk's office and refreshed every six hours.

Where a councillor has explained a vote, their approved response is reproduced verbatim and time-stamped at submission. No editorial commentary is layered on top of either the votes or the responses.

Votes are grouped by topic with plain Yea / Nay / Absent counts and drill-down to the underlying motion. Positions and changes are derived only from the recorded votes themselves — there is no opinion layer.