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Council member pulls live-streaming plan after resident questions
Summary
Council Member Chris Cannon asked that the agenda item on meeting broadcasting be removed for further research after resident Don Satterfield questioned the need for live streaming and suggested recording meetings for the website instead; Clerk Loving suggested table microphones to improve audibility.
Council Member Chris Cannon asked that the council remove the proposed meeting broadcasting item from the agenda to allow further research into implementation challenges and public experience, after resident Don Satterfield raised questions about whether the city should live stream meetings or simply record and post them.
During public comments Satterfield questioned why the city wanted to live stream meetings and suggested recording sessions and posting them to the city website to measure public interest. Later in unfinished business, Cannon told the council he had discovered "numerous problems that others have experienced while trying to implement broadcasting" and requested the item be pulled so he could look into it further. Clerk Julia Loving suggested using small microphones at council tables to help the audience hear discussions.
The minutes record the council removing the broadcasting item from the agenda for further fact-finding; no formal motion or vote was recorded in the minutes to adopt or reject a broadcasting policy.
