A demonstration. This is not the city's website. It is a working proposal for the City of Pharr, built with the city's real seal, officials, departments and video. Every agenda item, vote, vehicle and dollar figure is invented, and each page says so. About this proposal Developed by Pragmatic Business Solutions, LLC (opens in a new tab), a Rio Grande City, TX custom software company.

Government

Mayor and City Commission

Seven members — the mayor and six commissioners — elected by the city. Every vote they cast in the published meeting is here, by name.

City Manager: Dr. Jonathan B. Flores

Pharr's commission is the mayor and six commissioners. Which member holds which place, and who serves as mayor pro-tem, is not shown here because this build could not verify it — and a seat number invented for a real person is the kind of small false detail that discredits everything around it.

Agendas, minutes and how each member voted

The city currently publishes its agendas as documents inside a viewer. On that page a screen reader meets ninety progress bars with no accessible name before it reaches the agenda. Published as text, a meeting becomes something a resident can read on a phone, in either language.