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Government & Municipalities
ADA CompliantWCAG 2.2 AAResident-First UX

Ontwikkeling Gemeentelijke Website

Uw Inwoners Beoordelen Uw Gemeente Voordat Ze U Bellen

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.

Waar projecten falen

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Content updates require a developer So you end up with outdated emergency alerts, stale meeting agendas, and misinformation sitting live on the site.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.

Compliance

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.

Wat we bouwen

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

Ons proces

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

Veelgestelde vragen

Hoe lang duurt een gemeentelijke website-redesign?

De meeste projecten duren 10–13 weken van start tot lancering. Complexe integraties — vergunningssystemen, betaalgateways — kunnen dat tot 16 weken uitstellen. We stellen een gedetailleerd schema op tijdens de discovery zodat uw raad precies weet wat te verwachten en wanneer deliverables door te nemen.

Zorgt u voor ADA en WCAG conformiteit?

Ja. Elke site voldoet aan WCAG 2.2 AA en Section 508 vereisten. We testen met axe-core, handmatige toetsenbordnavigatie, en schermlezers waaronder NVDA en VoiceOver. U ontvangt bij lancering een voltooide VPAT die conformiteit documenteert.

Kunnen medewerkers de website zonder een ontwikkelaar bijwerken?

Absoluut. Sanity CMS met op rollen gebaseerde machtigingen betekent dat elke afdeling hun eigen pagina's, vergaderagenda's en documenten beheert. De bewerkingsinterface is visueel — meeste medewerkers zijn na een trainingsessie van 90 minuten comfortabel.

Integreert u met bestaande gemeentelijke software?

We integreren met veelgebruikte gemeentelijke platforms waaronder Tyler Technologies, BS&A, CivicPlus, en betaalproviders zoals PayPal Government en Stripe. Als uw systeem een API heeft of data kan exporteren, kunnen we het verbinden. We bepalen integratiewerk tijdens discovery.

Wat gebeurt er na de site lancering?

U krijgt 30 dagen post-launch ondersteuning met bugfixes, contentvragen en kleine aanpassingen. Daarna bieden we maandelijkse retainer-plannen voor doorlopende ontwikkeling, beveiligingsupdates en content-ondersteuning. Veel gemeenten houden ons aan voor driemaandelijkse toegankelijkheidsheraudits.

Hoe gaat u om met meertalige content voor diverse gemeenschappen?

We bouwen native internationalisering in de site-architectuur in met aparte content-entries per taal — geen Google Translate-widget. Dit betekent nauwkeurige vertalingen, juiste SEO voor elke taal, en Title VI-conformiteit voor federaal gefinancierde gemeenten.

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