Commission sharpens meeting-recording language so technical failures won’t nullify votes
Commissioners agreed to edit recording and livestream policy language so that technical failures (equipment, livestream interruption, Internet outage, software malfunction, human error) 'shall not invalidate' official action rather than using wording that could be read as 'validate.' They also agreed to minor punctuation edits for clarity.
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Commissioners reviewed draft recording language that initially read — in the packet phrasing — that failures of recording equipment or livestreams "shall not validate any official action taken." Members recommended fixing the phrasing to read "shall not invalidate" so that the absence of a recording would not be taken to nullify an action. One participant suggested a small punctuation fix to the enumerated list to improve clarity: "Failure of recording equipment, livestream interruption, Internet outage, software malfunction, or human error shall not invalidate any official action taken."
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