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Officials discuss replacing town laptop and buying 'Owl' speaker-camera for hybrid meetings; software costs noted
Summary
Board members discussed replacing a failing town laptop used for Zoom meetings and considered purchasing a 360-degree speaker-camera (often called an "Owl") to improve remote participation; they asked staff to get cost estimates including software and licensing before any purchase.
Officials reviewed problems with the town laptop used for hybrid meetings and discussed purchasing a speaker-camera device (referred to in the meeting as an "Owl") that would follow and pick up speakers during meetings.
A selectperson described a recent planning-board Zoom meeting in which the town's laptop keyboard and microphone failed; as a workaround staff used a mobile phone on speaker to hear a remote lawyer. The…
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