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The motion, after some discussion passed 6 to 3 with
Councillors Brennan & Johnstone as well as Mayor Ruttan voting
against. While citing the cost and
stating she would not be supporting Councillor Johnstone stated "but I do
support transparency" guess just not in this vane. Councillor Brennan thinks the Shaw Auditorium
itself “constrains more open discussion” and also thought why bother when it
would just be the same 150 people who would normally access regular council
meetings on the City Website. Mayor
Ruttan stated he would not support the motion because the meetings would be
moving to the new annex in 8 months and he also would not support such a motion
when FPCOW meetings did move to the annex.
At question period, because the motion just dealt with FPCOW
at SHAW Auditorium and nothing has yet been set in place for the new annex I
asked the following question. I first told council I appreciated their decision
and that ; “thinking ahead to when these meetings are moved to the new annex I
am wondering that in the event council chooses not to continue with recording
of meetings is there any reason a member of the public could not come in and
personally record the meetings.” The
answer received from city staff was that there was not.
This of course opens it up for future discussion in that if
council wants meetings recorded in a so called professional manner they will in
all likelihood ensure that the proper equipment is installed in the annex and
meetings are posted to the city website.
In the event they choose not to do so I mentioned the possibility of Mid
Island TV recording them and then uploading to YoutubeJ This could have the
benefit of many others, than just the ‘regular 150’, uploading the videos and
in essence be promotional for the City. Of
course you can bet they would not want to see this happen in the event one or
another makes an ass of their self.
Believe it looks good for FPCOW meetings being available for
view on the city website for the foreseeable futureJ
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