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Davenport council restores gavel-to-gavel livestream including public comment after legal review
Summary
Following legal analysis, the Davenport City Council voted unanimously to resume live-streaming full city meetings, including public comment, and to continue uploading recordings to YouTube.
The Davenport City Council voted 10–0 on March 12 to resume live-streaming and publishing full council and Committee of the Whole meetings — including the public comment period — and to maintain recordings on YouTube.
City legal analyst Huff briefed the council before the vote, advising that the law around meeting broadcasts is evolving and that a policy choice was required. Huff said his analysis found the city is in a stronger legal position if it either publishes the meeting in its entirety or does not stream at all. He highlighted risks related to selective…
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