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Public commenter urges restoration of meeting camera; council to explore options
Summary
A member of the public asked the council to restore a camera and livestreaming that used to record meetings. Council members discussed past contracts, budget responsibility and that staff would look into options and costs.
During public comment Dave Buchen of the Upstate Conservative Coalition praised the council’s recent work and asked the city to restore a camera so the public could "see what we see." He told the council, "Let's get a camera," and recalled a prior vendor, Look TV, that had provided two viewpoints for council meetings under a roughly $20,000 contract.
Council members asked whether the camera responsibility would fall to the Department of Public Works or come from the mayor’s budget; staff said they will look into previous arrangements and the mayor's office agreed to review the budget and return with options. No formal commitment to contract a vendor was made at this meeting; members expressed a desire to improve transparency and streaming before the next public hearing.
Speakers listed for attribution: Dave Buchen (public commenter), Speaker 2 and Speaker 4 (council/finance staff discussing budgets).
