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Jonesboro staff test microphones; say meeting stream to Channel 24 and Facebook was not enabled
Summary
City staff and meeting participants tested microphones and cameras and said the city was not streaming the meeting to Channel 24 or Facebook; staff planned follow-up with colleagues about camera control and streaming settings.
City staff and meeting participants tested microphones and cameras during a Jonesboro city meeting and said the meeting was not being streamed to Channel 24 or Facebook.
The tests focused on whether the room microphones and cameras were feeding public broadcast systems. “So we're not streaming anything anywhere. Just 1, 2, 3,” a staff member said while testing a microphone. That speaker and others confirmed that the agenda system Legistar was connected to the room microphones and cameras but that the city’s public-facing streams were not turned on.
The exchange arose while participants checked audio and video: a staff member said Legistar was “hooked up to the mics and the cameras” but described that as a separate stream that was not configured to broadcast to the city channels. The staff member added that, with the room microphones and cameras on, “you guys could stream anytime you want. It doesn't require the city to do anything” to initiate an external stream, interpreting the system’s current configuration.
Meeting participants performed a series of microphone checks and one read aloud a list of names present in the room. “John Street, Kevin Miller, LJ Bryant, Joe Hafner, doctor Anthony Coleman,” a meeting participant said while confirming who was in the chamber. Staff then tried muting all microphones from the city panel to see whether that would affect the Legistar-connected stream.
Staff discussed who had previously stopped a video feed and whether camera controls were being used. One staff member said they would check with a colleague named Emma to understand what settings had been changed and said they would explain the situation to another colleague, April, who had expressed concerns about changes that might affect her work. A staff member noted uncertainty about a centralized “mute all cameras” control and said the only apparent way to stop cameras was to shut the system down.
There were no formal motions or votes during the audio-visual checks. Staff characterized the interaction as troubleshooting and said they would follow up with colleagues to clarify camera controls and streaming settings.
