Barn Gippaily, a data engineer and recent Northeastern University graduate, presented an AI-powered civic dashboard to the Revere City Council on Oct. 27, saying it would let residents ask natural-language questions about city services and see visualized data from police logs, MBTA transit feeds and census records. "Solamente estoy pidiendo que la ciudad tenga reconocimiento de este sitio de línea," Gippaily told the council during a 20-minute demonstration.

Gippaily said the platform consolidates multiple departmental feeds into a single website and can show historical slices (for example, looking back 13 days) and 24-hour activity charts for police calls. He told councilors the prototype was built from hundreds of pages of material and code he developed and cited figures including roughly 50,000 lines of code and a claimed city savings of about $275,000; at points presenters and councilors referenced annual operating estimates between roughly $250,000 and $275,000 and an example first-year arrangement in which the first 10 months would be free.

Councilors welcomed the potential for faster public access to budget and service information but repeatedly pressed Gippaily on data provenance and accuracy. One councilor asked for the original sources and references behind the police logs and other feeds so staff could verify how the dashboard processes and displays official records. Gippaily acknowledged the need for verification and said the tool ingests police data and other feeds in various formats and standardizes them for display.

Members raised technical and procurement questions: how the dashboard would integrate with city systems, whether it would require recurring infrastructure and maintenance costs, and whether the city should seek competitive bids. Several councilors recommended forming a subcommittee or inviting city technology staff to evaluate the proposal further and suggested the administration consider an RFP if the council chose to proceed.

After discussion, a motion was made asking the mayor to investigate implementing the proposed dashboard in Revere as a prototype. The transcript records the motion and an order noted as "Ordenada," but no roll-call vote or tally appears in the recorded segment. Councilors said administration should review references and return with options for a trial, procurement pathway, and cost/benefit analysis.

Next steps: councilors requested that the presenter provide documentation and data-source references to the administration and suggested follow-up in a subcommittee or through an RFP process. The council recorded the motion to ask the mayor to investigate a pilot; staff follow-up and any formal procurement would be the cityadministrationresponsibility.