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• <br />• <br />• <br />Options for Televising Council Meetings <br />The assumption from the wording of the charter amendment is that all regular open council <br />meetings (including the public comment /open mike portion) and all council work sessions will be <br />televised. <br />Most of the following information was obtained from the city's cable provider, North Metro <br />Cable. They noted that they have limited information to offer since no other cities in the North Metro <br />Cable area are televising any meetings outside of their council chamber facilities <br />Utilize the council chambers for all meetings <br />• Equipment is in place; technician services would be an additional cost ($12 per hour with a 3 <br />hour minimum). <br />• Would displace other meetings (Park Board meets on the first Monday of the month) <br />• Live coverage possible <br />• Less formal atmosphere not an option <br />Rearrange the council chambers for less formal work sessions <br />• Maintains a less formal environment by not using the dais <br />• Equipment is in place; technician services would be an additional cost ($12 per hour with a 3 <br />hour minimum). <br />• Audio would be a problem since microphones are on dais; would need to purchase a <br />microphone but sound may still not be good <br />• Live coverage possible <br />Continue to meet outside the council chambers for work sessions but televise the meetings through <br />use of remote equipment <br />• Quality is the biggest concern noted by cable television professionals — difficult to get good <br />audio, a single camera is very limiting, equipment will record for a limited time causing the need <br />to stop meetings to reset equipment <br />• Some equipment is available to loan from Metro Cable but there could be additional needs <br />(microphones) <br />• Producing a meeting with audio only is not an option; the cable company cannot accommodate; <br />also charter amendment contains the word "televised" <br />• The only way to go live would be through complex cabling to main system <br />• If not done by live feed, staff would have to deliver recordings to the cable station after each <br />meeting <br />