InSite User Guide

InSite is a website from which you can access and research legislative information. Your jurisdiction uses a software application called Legistar to help manage the legislative process. The information in Legistar is then published to InSite, which updates automatically. InSite is also referred to as the Legislative Portal. Watch videos about InSite.

Accessing and Navigating InSite

This section describes how to access and navigate InSite. It also explains when and how you would sign in to InSite.

The Legislation Tab

This section describes how to search legislation and work with your search results.

The Calendar Tab

 

This section describes the Calendar subtabs, how to search the calendar, and work with your search results.

The Primary Legislative Body Tab

 

This section describes how to search for information about your jurisdiction’s primary legislative meeting body.  

The Departments Tab

This section describes how to search departments and work with your search results.

The People Tab

This section describes how to search for information about anyone who has ever been listed on the Legislative Portal as a member of any legislative body. 

The Recently Visited Tab

For users who sign in to InSite, this section describes legislation, departments, meetings, and people pages that the user has recently viewed.

The Information Tab

For users who sign in to InSite, this section describes how to update personal details.

The Security Tab

For users who sign in to InSite, this section describes how to change security information.

The Alerts Tab

For users who sign in to InSite, this section describes how to set legislation and meeting alerts.

The Approval Tracking Tab

For users who sign in to InSite, this section describes how to approve, disapprove, delegate or extend the due date of files in the approval tracking process.

Simple and Advanced Search in InSite

This section describes the differences between using simple and advanced search in InSite.