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Trenton to expand resident outreach with newsletters, YouTube and 'Ask the Mayor'
Summary
At a Nov. 6 work session, Trenton officials announced resumed newsletters, a new city YouTube channel for meeting videos and a monthly 'Ask the Mayor' feature; staff said round‑table sessions will be held monthly and will not be streamed to encourage candid in‑person input.
Trenton Mayor Perry and city staff announced a package of steps to improve communication with residents at the Nov. 6, 2025 council work session. Staff said the city’s newsletter — which they said last published in October — will return on a more regular schedule in 2026 with six issues, and that every council meeting and work session going forward will be posted to a new city YouTube channel after Facebook Live streams have been routinely deleted under Meta policy.
The mayor and staff also introduced an 'Ask the Mayor' segment that will let residents submit questions through the city portal for the mayor to answer; the mayor said the intention is to handle lighter, human‑interest questions on that platform while keeping deeper concerns for direct contact. "Everybody in Trenton has my phone number, I think, so you can just call me," Mayor Perry said during the session.
Council agreed to schedule invited round‑table discussions on the last Tuesday of each month and said those meetings will not be streamed to encourage residents who do not want to speak on camera to participate in person. Staff pledged to add a frequently asked questions page to the city website and to continue tuning the meeting audio system after attendees reported problems with sound on earlier streams.
Why it matters: City officials said these incremental changes are intended to reach residents who do not use the website or social media frequently, including shift workers and people with caregiving responsibilities. The measures combine proactive outreach (newsletters, FAQs) with increased opportunities for dialogue (round tables, 'Ask the Mayor').
What’s next: Staff said the next newsletter will be published in December and that more details on the round‑table invitations and FAQ rollout will be provided in coming weeks. The council moved on to zoning, legal and financial presentations after the communications update.
