Langley council raises version-control and accessibility concerns as it seeks to publish work plans

Council members discussed how to store and publish a consolidated work-plan document and raised concerns about version control and public accessibility. Mayor Kennedy Horstman noted Open Public Meetings Act constraints and suggested publishing a posted, read-only version when a council-agreed update is ready. "We can't have a shared document that it works on asynchronously because that effectively is a meeting," Horstman said, stressing the need to manage updates carefully.

Members supported using PDFs for published versions and noted the budget includes funds to modernize IT infrastructure to make documents more accessible. Carlson said he had placed a spreadsheet on the agenda page and was willing to expand it if the council found it useful. The council agreed to pursue a short workshop next week to settle priorities and to have staff circulate updated files in advance for review.