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Plano staff proposes formal recording-equipment guidelines for council meetings
Summary
City media-relations director presented proposed rules to concentrate tripod-mounted cameras in designated seating areas to reduce glare and distractions after chamber renovations; staff says guidelines were reviewed by legal.
Steve Stoler, the city’s director of media relations, told the Plano City Council on April 7 that staff has drafted recording-equipment guidelines for council chambers after recent renovations altered camera sight lines and created glare issues.
Stoler said he consulted chief photographers from the four main television stations and the city legal department before drafting a rule set intended for “anyone who wants to record a meeting,” which staff defines as devices tablet-size or larger and equipment that needs a tripod. “The guidelines are designed…
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