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Resident urges consistent recording of council and committee meetings under city resolution
Summary
During public comment, resident Lee Phillips urged the Independence City Council to consistently record meetings, citing Resolution 7002 and recent votes to decline recording for some meetings.
Lee Phillips, a resident of Independence, told the City Council during public comment that the city should consistently record committee and council meetings and make them available online, citing what he said was existing direction in Resolution 7002 and a recent, divided vote on recording other public meetings. Phillips said the council previously voted to record meetings related to proposed charter changes and that a later vote to record other governance discussions passed by a 4–3 margin. “If transparency is a principle, then it should be applied consistently, not selectively,” Phillips said. He…
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