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Residents press Newcastle council over hard-to-find notices and unreliable meeting recordings
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Multiple residents told the council they could not find notice of the special meeting and complained of repeated livestream and recording problems; speakers asked the city to post full meeting recordings and include clearer notice on the website.
Newcastle — Residents who spoke during two public-comment periods at Tuesday’s special Newcastle City Council meeting pressed officials to improve meeting notice and recording practices, saying the special meeting was difficult to find on the city website and that recent meetings had not been reliably recorded.
Amber Elam of the China Creek neighborhood said she has noticed glitches during several meetings in the past two years and urged the city to have IT confirm recordings and to record daytime finance committee meetings so…
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