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Resident urges greater transparency and wider outreach on charter review
Summary
Janice Haggan repeatedly urged the commission to increase outreach — suggesting audio recordings, library postings and social media — and criticized the commission for not conducting a line‑by‑line charter review and for limited use of outreach funds.
Janice Haggan used public‑comment periods to press the Study Commission for broader outreach and better access to meeting records. She asked whether the meetings are recorded and urged that audio and chronological agendas be posted on the Anaconda‑Deer Lodge County website and made available at the library and senior center.
"Do you always record these meetings?" Haggan asked during the minutes approval item, and later during closing comment she said, "I wish there was an audio tape on the website for all users." Commissioners responded that the charter and meeting notices were posted on the county website and that some news coverage appeared in The Leader; Commissioner Kevin Hart also said commissioners should not personally pay for advocacy ads because that may violate the law.
