Speaker Insights

How elected officials in Needham engage with civic topics — by speaking time or segment count.

Speakers
City Council5/5 selected
Other0/1 selected

Total Speaking Time by Speaker

Aggregate across all meetings, ranked.

Total Speaking Time by Topic

Combined time all selected speakers spent on each topic, ranked.

Speaker Comparison by Topic

Each group is a topic. Bars compare speakers side by side.

Catherine Reid Dowd
Heidi Frail
Joshua Levy
Kevin Keane
Marianne Cooley

Topic Share by Speaker

Each donut: one topic. Slices show each speaker's share of that topic's time.

Catherine Reid Dowd
Heidi Frail
Joshua Levy
Kevin Keane
Marianne Cooley
Budget & Taxes24m 34s
Economic Development3m 27s
Education20m 15s
Environment37m 58s
Housing33m 55s
Infrastructure38m 33s
Public Health8m 29s
Public Safety32m 59s
Social Services19m 25s
Transportation51m 55s
Zoning19m 43s

Time Allocation by Speaker

Each donut: one speaker. Slices show what share of their time went to each topic.

Budget & Taxes
Economic Development
Education
Environment
Housing
Infrastructure
Public Health
Public Safety
Social Services
Transportation
Zoning
Catherine Reid Dowd43m 10s
Heidi Frail1h 23m
Joshua Levy46m 29s
Kevin Keane35m 12s
Marianne Cooley1h 24m

Speaker × Topic Heatmap

Brighter cells indicate more time. Hover for exact values.

SpeakerBudget & TaxesEconomic DevelopmentEducationEnvironmentHousingInfrastructurePublic HealthPublic SafetySocial ServicesTransportationZoning
Catherine Reid Dowd3m 8s1m 22s30s41s7m 0s6m 26s1m 58s9m 49s2m 34s8m 27s1m 15s
Heidi Frail5m 52s59s5m 58s24m 59s4m 53s10m 11s4m 11s8m 39s4m 45s8m 38s3m 38s
Joshua Levy7m 58s32s5m 12s3m 33s7m 24s3m 55s1m 38s2m 33s2m 32s7m 10s4m 2s
Kevin Keane2m 10s0s2m 31s4m 48s1m 41s7m 29s29s2m 43s27s10m 38s2m 16s
Marianne Cooley5m 26s34s6m 4s3m 57s12m 57s10m 32s13s9m 15s9m 7s17m 2s8m 32s