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Council tests Zoom webinar format and adopts amended meeting-participation policy
Summary
After public commenters reported difficulty participating in the new webinar format, the City Council discussed testing panelist/cohost roles and amended and adopted its meeting rules and participation guidelines to allow schedule/location flexibility.
Essex Junction City Council members on Jan. 8 tested hosting their meeting as a Zoom webinar rather than an open Zoom meeting and adopted an amended City Council meeting policy giving the council flexibility to alter time or place when needed.
Lede: Council members and several remote attendees reported problems with visibility and the ability to signal participation when the council ran the meeting in webinar mode instead of the meeting mode that shows all attendees' video; the council voted unanimously to adopt the City Council rules of procedure with a small amendment so the “regular meeting” language allows…
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