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Resident presses city on .gov website, webcasts, ADA and public-comment procedures; officials cite implementation steps

5714462 · September 2, 2025
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Summary

A frequent speaker criticized the city for delays converting to a .gov domain, improving webcasts and making municipal records and meetings more accessible. Corporation counsel and staff said the city is working on the transition and that prior-submitted questions may be answered in writing; no full timetable was offered at the meeting.

Laurie Sandow (public commenter) pressed the city on multiple transparency and access issues: whether the city will move its official site to a .gov domain as required by a state amendment signed Feb. 28, 2025; when agendas, minutes, audits and financial documents will be posted; when webcasts will be improved with better audio, larger images and reliable closed captioning; and whether the city's site will be made ADA-compliant and searchable for board…

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