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Mayor urges La Cygne to consider live-streaming council meetings to boost engagement
Summary
Mayor Debra Wilson advocated for live-streaming and recording council meetings to improve public engagement and information access; council members agreed but asked staff to create policies addressing recordkeeping and KORA (Open Records) requests.
Mayor Debra Wilson raised the topic of live-streaming and recording La Cygne City Council meetings, saying the effort would help engage residents and allow people to review meeting discussions.
Wilson said this is “the people’s government” and argued that making meetings more accessible would inform and involve more residents. Council Members David Brenneman and Thomas Capp agreed with the goal, but the mayor and council indicated that a formal policy would need to be developed covering recordkeeping and the process for KORA (Open Records) requests before implementation.
Council did not adopt any technology or vendor at the meeting; instead, members directed staff to draft policy language and procedures for future consideration.
