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Adams County staff begin livestream practice ahead of July 1 statutory requirement
Summary
County staff told commissioners they are testing livestreaming for public meetings ahead of a state statute that, starting July 1, requires counties to livestream meetings held in the commissioners’ meeting room.
County staff informed Adams County commissioners that a state statute requires counties to livestream public meetings held in the county commissioners’ meeting room beginning July 1.
Staff said the county has begun practicing livestreams and will mute microphones during gaps when other bodies (for example, council then commissioners) use the room; staff will edit recordings to remove the muted gap before publishing. “Ethan had to kind of practice starting this live stream,” a county staff member said, and the county held a practice run of the commissioners’ meeting this week.
Commissioners asked whether the livestream requirement applies to other public meetings held in the room, such as board of zoning appeals, community corrections or budget hearings. Staff said a judge is checking the statute’s application to other boards and to meetings held in spaces that do not have livestream capability. If a meeting is a public meeting held in the commissioners’ room it likely must be livestreamed, staff said; the judge will clarify whether some groups must be treated differently.
Staff noted that public comment via livestream is disabled for the current setups. County staff said they will continue testing and will seek clarifications from the court on how broadly the livestreaming requirement applies.
