Post BOS meeting videos online.
Here is a company that hosts the videos http://www.leightronix.com/streaming/pegcentral.php . The cost is reasonable and it would improve the transparency of the board. Perhaps the cable access department has sufficient funds from the fees to pay for the service (assuming they have interest in the project)? Here is another town's (Durham, NH) example of the dedicated video site for you to see an example (dedicated site is part of the service package): http://dcat.pegcentral.com/
Efforts are currently under way to research ways of recording meetings for rebroadcast. The initial focus is on recording meetings for rebroadcast on Ch. 13. Once that happens, we can look to posting meetings online after the town’s new website is up and running.
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Betty Hall commented
I like the idea of posting video of meetings to the web by Drew Keller and wenwt to the Durham Town Council link on his post and could not access it. I hope Drew can work on it it so we can see the video.What a great idea! I hope it is not too expensive and could be paid from cable access funds to supplement channel 13 for those who do not have cable.
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Denise Morrissette commented
Extending on the topic of transparency, there are rules for the posting of minutes from non-public sessions and currently they don't appear to be followed. Also, the town documents and policies are not online and they should be.