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Council seeks volunteers to relieve secretary, discusses Otter.ai and Slack for minutes and communications
Summary
The council discussed relieving Catherine of secretarial duties, a volunteer agreed to take tonight's minutes, and members debated using the town's Otter.ai transcription license and whether to pay for Slack to improve communications.
Chair (S3) opened a discussion about relieving Catherine of secretarial duties and asked for members to rotate or step up. Members discussed whether the town's Otter.ai account could be used to produce meeting minutes automatically; S4 noted the town uses Otter.ai but said the council must determine licensing and access.
After the discussion, Committee member (S5) volunteered to take minutes for the night. Members also debated internal communications: S6 recommended paying for the paid Slack tier (about $4 per member per month) to retain searchable conversation history, while others raised the lack of a budget and suggested trialing the service before authorizing payments. Chair (S3) and others agreed to continue using current channels and to revisit the budget question later.
A motion to approve the May 18 minutes was made and carried earlier in the meeting, and the meeting concluded with a motion to adjourn that passed on voice vote.
