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Government & Municipalities
ADA CompliantWCAG 2.2 AAResident-First UX

Développement de site web municipal

Vos résidents jugent votre ville avant même d'appeler

100%
WCAG 2.2 AA
Accessibility compliance
95+
Lighthouse Score
Performance target
< 2s
Page Load
On 3G connections
$0
Accessibility Lawsuits
For our clients
What Municipality Website Development Actually Fixes — And What It Won't

Your site goes live, a resident searches for permit applications, and hits a 404. Another tries to pay a utility bill on their phone — the form breaks. A third needs meeting minutes in Spanish — nothing loads. Municipality website development rebuilds your digital front door with ADA-compliant architecture, self-service portals that connect to your ERP, and mobile-first design that works under pressure. We're talking WCAG 2.2 AA standards, role-based CMS access for department heads, and emergency alert systems that don't require a developer to push live. Your site becomes the resource your residents expect — not the roadblock they resent. Because when your platform fails accessibility audits or forces constituents to call for basic info, you're not just losing efficiency. You're burning public trust one broken interaction at a time.

Où les projets échouent

Your current site is failing WCAG accessibility audits That exposes the municipality to ADA litigation and DOJ enforcement actions.
Residents can't find basic information without calling The result: overloaded staff, longer wait times, and eroding public trust.
There's no online payment or permit application system That means lost revenue, slower processing, and frustrated constituents.
Content updates require a developer So you end up with outdated emergency alerts, stale meeting agendas, and misinformation sitting live on the site.
The site doesn't work on mobile devices Over 60% of residents access government info on their phones — and if it doesn't work, they give up.
There's no multilingual support for non-English speakers That violates Title VI of the Civil Rights Act and shuts out a significant portion of your community.

Conformité

WCAG 2.2 AA Compliance

Every page is built and tested against WCAG 2.2 AA success criteria. We audit with axe-core, screen readers, and manual keyboard navigation testing.

Section 508 Conformance

Federal funding recipients must meet Section 508. We deliver a Voluntary Product Accessibility Template (VPAT) that documents full conformance.

Multilingual Content Delivery

We build native i18n routing with professionally translated content — not machine translation overlays. Right-to-left languages and locale-specific formatting are included.

SSL & Security Hardening

Every municipality site we deploy uses HTTPS, Content Security Policy headers, and rate-limited API endpoints. We follow NIST cybersecurity framework recommendations throughout.

Real-Time Performance Monitoring

Vercel Analytics and custom dashboards track Core Web Vitals in production. You see exactly how the site performs for every visitor segment.

Sub-Second Server Responses

Static generation and edge caching deliver pages in under 200ms. Emergency alerts push instantly via ISR — no full redeployment needed.

Ce que nous construisons

Fails WCAG accessibility audits and exposes your municipality to ADA litigation

Self-service portals connect permit applications, utility payments, and service requests directly to your municipal ERP

Forces residents to call for information that should be available online

Meeting management with auto-generated agendas, minutes, and calendar feeds keeps public records current

Lacks online payment or permit systems, slowing processing and frustrating constituents

Interactive district maps with address-based lookup for zoning, ward boundaries, and facility locations

Requires a developer for every content update, leaving emergency alerts and meeting agendas outdated

Emergency alert system pushes critical updates instantly without triggering a full site rebuild

Breaks on mobile devices, shutting out the 60% of residents who access government info on phones

Role-based CMS lets department heads publish content without writing code or waiting on IT

Offers no multilingual support, violating Title VI and excluding non-English speakers

Full-text search indexes ordinances, budgets, and public records with faceted filtering and PDF support

Notre processus

01

Stakeholder Discovery & Audit

We start by interviewing department heads, auditing your current site's accessibility and analytics, and mapping every resident-facing workflow. You get a prioritized requirements document at the end.
Week 1-2
02

Information Architecture & Design

Card-sorting sessions with real residents shape the sitemap. We deliver mobile-first wireframes and a full design system in Figma for council review.
Week 3-5
03

Development & Integration

We build in Next.js with Sanity CMS, wire up payment gateways, and connect to your existing permitting or ERP systems via API.
Week 6-10
04

Accessibility Testing & QA

Then comes automated and manual accessibility audits, cross-browser testing, screen reader validation, and load testing under traffic spikes.
Week 11-12
05

Launch, Training & Support

We train your staff on the CMS, deploy to production, and provide 30 days of post-launch support plus a complete VPAT document.
Week 13
Next.jsSupabaseVercelSanity CMSMapboxTailwind CSS

Questions fréquentes

Combien de temps dure une refonte de site web municipal ?

La plupart des projets durent 10 à 13 semaines du lancement à la mise en ligne. Les intégrations complexes — systèmes de permis, passerelles de paiement — peuvent prolonger ce délai à 16 semaines. Nous fournissons un calendrier détaillé lors de la découverte pour que votre conseil sache exactement à quoi s'attendre et quand examiner les livrables.

Assurez-vous la conformité ADA et WCAG ?

Oui. Chaque site respecte les exigences WCAG 2.2 AA et Section 508. Nous testons avec axe-core, la navigation au clavier manuelle et les lecteurs d'écran, notamment NVDA et VoiceOver. Vous recevez un VPAT complété documentant la conformité au lancement.

Le personnel peut-il mettre à jour le site sans développeur ?

Absolument. Sanity CMS avec permissions basées sur les rôles signifie que chaque département gère ses propres pages, agendas de réunions et documents. L'interface d'édition est visuelle — la plupart du personnel se sent à l'aise après une session de formation de 90 minutes.

Vous intégrez-vous aux logiciels municipaux existants ?

Nous nous intégrons aux plates-formes municipales courantes, notamment Tyler Technologies, BS&A, CivicPlus et processeurs de paiement comme PayPal Government et Stripe. Si votre système dispose d'une API ou peut exporter des données, nous pouvons nous y connecter. Nous délimitons le travail d'intégration lors de la découverte.

Que se passe-t-il après le lancement du site ?

Vous bénéficiez de 30 jours d'assistance post-lancement couvrant les corrections de bogues, les questions de contenu et les ajustements mineurs. Après cela, nous proposons des plans de rétention mensuelle pour le développement continu, les mises à jour de sécurité et l'assistance au contenu. De nombreuses municipalités nous conservent pour les ré-audits d'accessibilité trimestriels.

Comment gérez-vous le contenu multilingue pour les communautés diversifiées ?

Nous construisons l'internationalisation native dans l'architecture du site avec des entrées de contenu séparées par langue — et non un widget Google Translate. Cela signifie des traductions précises, un bon référencement pour chaque langue et la conformité au Titre VI pour les municipalités financées par le gouvernement fédéral.

Municipality Websites from $12,000
Fixed-fee. VPAT included. 30-day post-launch support.
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