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Council approves adding Facebook Live note to agendas, votes to add agenda item on live-advertising
Summary
The council unanimously added a short agenda item to discuss Facebook Live advertising and agreed to add a blurb to future agendas directing residents to watch meetings on the City of Isanti Facebook page.
The Isanti City Council unanimously approved adding an agenda item to discuss Facebook Live advertising and agreed to include a notice on future meeting agendas directing residents to watch meetings via the City of Isanti Facebook live stream.
Council Member Holmgren moved to add the item; Council Member Petersen seconded. The mayor announced, "Motion carries four-zero." The council then discussed wording and placement. Staff said they would explore adding a line on the front page of the posted agenda that reads something like "Watch on Facebook Live." A staff representative said the city posts agendas as images on Facebook and could add the live-watch language to the agenda image and to Facebook posts.
Why it matters: Council members said expanding notice of the Facebook live stream would make meetings more accessible to residents who cannot attend in person and could reduce misinformation spread on social platforms by directing residents to the official live feed.
Details from the meeting: Council members discussed nonpaid versus paid promotion and whether to expand to other platforms such as Instagram or YouTube. Staff noted current hardware cannot multicast live streams to multiple platforms simultaneously; meeting video is uploaded to YouTube after meetings.
Next steps: Staff will add the agreed line about Facebook Live to agenda templates and follow up on platform options at a future goal-setting meeting. No extra budget appropriation was approved at this meeting.
