Des Moines

Top issues

The five most-discussed unresolved issues, ranked by recorded discussion time (a measure of importance and contention), then by how many meetings they came up in.

Issues on upcoming agendas

Issues linked from the meetings scheduled in the next 10 days.

Recent updates

Issues with new information found in the last 7 days, newest first.

Upcoming meetings

Recent meetings

One page per meeting, summarizing every record we have of it (agenda, minutes, video and transcript).

Issues with near term decisions

Long running topics

No actions pending

Completed

Sources

Where the data comes from

• City website: https://www.dsm.city
• Agendas and meeting calendar: https://dsmcityiowa.civicclerk.com/
• Meeting video: City YouTube: council livestream playlist https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLBHmhqDB2nMTG4xBNl3pIOixCFecxOLg2 and channel https://www.youtube.com/@DesMoinesGov (Plan and Zoning video found on the channel).
• Officials, agendas and video lists were collected from these official sources on 2026-10-22; meeting content comes from the transcripts as they are processed.

Data quality notes

• Refresh 2026-11-11: the council documents server and the city meetings page list nothing after 2026-08-03, and no agendas for November 16, November 23 or December were found there. The council YouTube playlist is current: the 2026-11-02 council meeting and work session videos are linked on their pages. The November 16, November 23 and December 7 Monday dates are inferred from the usual schedule and not confirmed.

• Could not retrieve any agenda for the window: councildocs.dsm.city archive stops at early Aug 2026, CivicClerk portal is JS-only and its API returned 404 with automated requests, and the dsm.city calendar is JS-rendered.

• So meetings and issues are empty (past meetings require an agenda; future dates not published in fetched data).

• Council normally meets bi-weekly at 5:00 PM with 7:30 AM work sessions at 1200 Locust St.

• Video dates come from video titles.